There is arguably a calculated safety in staging a revival of this heart-wrenching Windrush generation story of war, love, migration and racial prejudice. Based on Andrea Levy’s bestselling novel, which spawned a two-part TV series more than a decade ago, it was adapted by Helen Edmundson for a 2019 stage production and streamed by the National Theatre the following year.
But it would be wholly churlish to sully this big, beautiful show with cynicism, given the wonders it accomplishes.
