To the wonderful Lily Williams alongside Chloe Beeson, Emma Green and Mark Starling.

To everyone that read the play along the way: Lolita Chakrabarti, Doreene Blackstock, Lucy Prebble, Elayce Ismail, Natalie Ibu, Jess Edwards, Milli Bhatia, Adjoa Andoh and Suzanne Bell.

To Dom O’Hanlon, Sophie Beardsworth and everyone at Methuen Drama.

To the writers that paved my way and ignited the inspiration for this play: Lena Waithe, Wole Soyinka and Yrsa Daley Ward.

To my family. Blood and chosen. Thank you for all your support. Mum, Dad, Toni. And Travis Alabanza, Tom Ross-Williams, Celine Lowenthal, Tom Rasmussen, Nkenna Akunna, Jack Parlett, Ellie Kendrick, Paapa Essiedu, Rozzi Nicholson-Lailey and Paul Adeyefa.