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?
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