Never Have I Ever
Alex Roach Amit Shah Greg Wise Susan Wokoma
A new play by Deborah Frances-White
–About Never Have I Ever
Deborah Frances-White has scored a bullseye with her debut play. A West End transfer should surely beckon for this savagely funny comedy
The i Newspaper
A salty, volatile cross between Indecent Proposal and a satanic edition of Come Dine with Me. The cast beautifully judge those moments when the joke curdles and teeth are bared. Exhilarating fun
Sunday Times
Gallery
This is a blessedly rare example of a play that doesn’t simply regurgitate conventional wisdoms about race, gender and class. A drama that will send you out into the night, arguing and laughing
Times
Jacq and Kas’s boutique restaurant has gone bust, and telling their oldest friends Adaego and her rich husband Tobin that his investment is toast is only the start of the evening. Cash, class, identity and infidelity are all on the menu. As the last of the expensive wine flows, a dangerous drinking game reveals long-hidden truths and provokes an unspeakable dare.
This explosive, savagely funny first play by Deborah Frances-White, comedian, screenwriter and host of the global hit podcast The Guilty Feminist, brilliantly skewers the contradictions of contemporary society, and the shifting sands of power and sexual politics.
Emma Butler was formerly resident director at the Almeida Theatre; her directing credits include Camelot (London Palladium), Hole (Jermyn Street Theatre) and Echoes (UK and international tour).
Alex Roach plays Jacq; her screen work includes Becky in Utopia, DS Jo Freers in No Offence, Sanditon, and the bilingual Welsh and English drama Y Golau/The Light in the Hall.
Amit Shah plays Kas; his TV roles include Faisal in Happy Valley and Fred in Crashing, while theatre includes The Comedy of Errors at the National Theatre and East is East (Trafalgar Studios).
Greg Wise also makes his Chichester debut as Tobin; his many screen credits include Lord Mountbatten in The Crown, Willoughby in the Academy award-winning Sense and Sensibility and A Private War.
Susan Wokoma plays Adaego; her TV work includes Chewing Gum, Enola Holmes, Crazyhead, Cheaters and Crashing. Theatre includes Bottom in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre) and Labour of Love (West End).
Contains strong language. Ages 15+
Cast and creatives
Alex Roach
JacqAmit Shah
KasGreg Wise
TobinSusan Wokoma
Adaego
Emma Butler
Frankie Bradshaw
Ryan Day
Alexandra Faye Braithwaite
Chi-San Howard
Claire Llewellyn of Rc-Annie Ltd
Lotte Hines CDG
Dubheasa Lanipekun
Malakaï Sargeant
Rachel Bown-Williams & Ruth Cooper-Brown of RC-Annie Ltd
Chris Hay
Laura Rushton
Marcus Hall Props
Lou Ballard
Olivia Roberts
Georgia Dacey