This was a high-energy 70 minutes as the story of Debris Stevenson unfolded, told through the vehicle of Dizzee Rascal's music - particularly the album Boy in da corner. The story itself is thought provoking - she is a girl growing up in east London with mormon parents, who by the time the story is told has become a teacher of poetry. As a white girl, she is accused by her old friend SS Vyper (Jammz) of appropriating his stuff and failing to acknowledge its provenance. So we have both the tale of her upbringing and her relationship with her childhood friends (both the specific case and the more general white-black relationship) to think about. All this with the innovative vehicle of grime music in a theatre located in perhaps the most prosperous and privileged London neighborhood.
The more I reflect on it, the more positive I feel, joining the raft of recommending reviewers from the 2018 original and this revival.
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