A reckoning with the legacy of slavery with supernatural overtones, Joy
Nesbit's
Blood of my Blood is the penultimate Upstairs show of
the Royal Court's 70th Anniversary season, Natalie Pryce's design
turning the attic space into a South Carolina plantation. These
historical sites have come under a lot of scrutiny in recent years for
being turned into, to all intents and purposes, Antebellum cosplay theme
parks, but this one's conversion to an Airbnb and wedding venue is...
marginally less offensive? Talulah (Jodie Campbell) is a black British
woman whose grandfather moved to the UK from the States; after his
death, and with no other living relatives, she follows a family tree to
the plantation where her ancestors were once enslaved and, instead of
staying at the big house, has asked to stay at the former slave quarters
where Ginnie (Ronkẹ Adékọluẹ́jọ) once lived.
