Hymn review – thoughtful black bromance shuns convention

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Available onlineDanny Sapani and Adrian Lester strike up true chemistry in a poignant friendship drama that wears its racial context lightly
Danny Sapani describes this play about an oddball male friendship as an “unconventional love story”. He is one half of its cast, playing the gruff, comprehensive school-educated Benny to Adrian Lester’s middle-class Gilbert, who he meets on the day of the latter’s father’s funeral. It is a prickly encounter, but over the course of a year, they become part of each others’ families.
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