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Jeremy O Harris fires back at Rishi Sunak after Downing Street calls Slave Play ‘Black Out’ nights ‘divisive’

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The playwright and actor Jeremy O Harris has issued a rebuttal after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak criticised his West End theatre “Black Out” nights.

Slave Play, written by Harris, will run at the Noël Coward Theatre in London from 29 June to 21 September and will star Kit Harington, best known for his role as Jon Snow in HBO’s Game of Thrones.

Two nights – known as Black

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