MOGADISHU

Following its world premiere and sell-out runs at the Lyric Hammersmith and Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, Mogadishu arrives at the Liverpool Playhouse to explore the clash of youth, class, race and justice.

When white secondary-school teacher Amanda is pushed to the ground by black student Jason, she’s reluctant to report him as she knows exclusion could condemn him to a future as troubled as his past.

But when Jason decided to protect himself by spinning a story of his own, Amanda is sucked into a vortex of lies in which victim becomes perpetrator. With the truth becoming less clear and more dangerous by the day, it isn’t long before careers, relationships and even lives are under threat.

Winner of the George Devine Award, Bruntwood Playwriting Competition and nominated for Best New Play in the upcoming Theatre Awards UK.

‘The play of the year? Quite possibly.’
Daily Telegraph

 A Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester and Lyric Hammersmith Production