Whitewash premiered
at Soho Theatre in a co-production between Francesca Moody Productions and Soho
Theatre.
It’s hard parenting a child that everyone thinks you’ve kidnapped. Spanning
thirty years, from Jamaica to London, Whitewash
is the story of Mary and Lysander, a mixed-race woman and her very
white son.
When Lysander tries to redevelop the housing estate Mary brought him up on
he believes he’s helping, but is he really just trying to erase his past?
Inspired by Gabriel’s own experience, this hilarious and devastating new
play is an exploration of the intersection between race and class, identity and
belonging. Who are you when you don’t look like your own family and no longer
recognise the changing city around you?