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In the Black review – rewarding drama about the Faustian pact of big business
['Mark Fisher']
The Guardian
Driving him is the sense of comfort and control he experienced as a teenage joyrider in a high-performance car.
Actor and writer Quaz Degraft knows the world he describes.
In a sweetly told piece of storytelling, featuring a rollcall of colleagues, friends and double dates, Degraft describes the implicit Faustian pact of big business: put in the hours, say the right things, keep quiet about the abuses and wait for the bonuses to roll in.
Above all, this is a #MeToo play told from the male perspective.
The insight is not new but, in Abigail Onwunali’s stripped-down production, it is subtly done.