New comedy The Green Room to explore obstacles for black writers

Written by Yvvette Edwards and Irenosen Okojie, the ‘timely and clear-eyed’ play will be live-streamed in July

The publishing industry’s lack of diversity is to be the focus of a new comic play by award-winning writers Yvvette Edwards and Irenosen Okojie, who want it to be a “subtle and pertinent” reminder of the challenges black writers face.

The Green Room will be directed by the Manchester Royal Exchange’s joint artistic director Roy Alexander Weise and produced by Alex Wheatle, who said the play is a “reminder for publishers and writers of all backgrounds of what black creatives have to navigate in their chosen careers.”

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