Lenny Henry’s first play, a monologue he also expertly performs, is a fierce indictment of our government’s mistreatment of Windrush generation immigrants. The tale of Jamaican-born grocer, grandfather, lover and wannabe singer August Henderson, threatened with deportation after five decades rooted in British society, is often unashamedly sentimental but also long on laughs. So when August is menaced by Theresa May’s “hostile environment”, it’s even more chilling.
