Statement of Regret

Statement of Regret is a play by black British actor and playwright Kwame Kwei-Armah. The play premiered in the National Theatre's Cottesloe Theatre, London, in 2007, directed by Jeremy Herrin.^[1]

Statement of Regret
Written by	Kwame Kwei-Armah
Characters	Kwaku Mackenzie Michael Akinbola Idrissa Adebayo Issimama Banjoko Lola Mackenzie Kwaku Mackenzie Junior Val Adrian Mackenzie Soby
Date premiered	14 November 2007
Place premiered	United Kingdom
Original language	English
Series	Elmina's Kitchen Fix Up
Setting	The offices of a Black policy think tank
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Synopsis

Kwaku Mackenzie, founder of a Black policy think tank, hits the bottle after his father's death. As media interest in the once dynamic Institute fades, his team grows fractious and then, disastrously, he favours a young Oxford scholar over his own devastated son. When, in a vain attempt to regain influence, he publicly champions division within the Black community, the consequences are shattering.

Original cast

• Don Warrington - Kwaku Mackenzie
• Colin McFarlane - Michael Akinbola
• Chu Omambala - Idrissa Adebayo
• Angel Coulby - Issimama Banjoko
• Ellen Thomas - Lola Mackenzie
• Javone Prince - Kwaku Mackenzie Junior
• Trevor Laird - Val
• Clifford Samuel - Adrian Mackenzie
• Oscar James - Soby