The Hot Wing King
By Katori Hall
‘Every kang deserves a crown’
Things are heating up in Memphis as the annual Hot Wing Festival rolls into town. With their sights set on the crown, Cordell, his partner Dwayne and friends Isom and Big Charles team up again as the New Wing Order, with a new attitude and a mouth-watering new wing recipe.
But after an unexpected family emergency, their plans get derailed as the men navigate the meaning of love, family and staying true to yourself.
Full of laughter, song and healing, Katori Hall’s (Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, The Mountaintop) Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy makes its London debut in a fiery new production directed by Roy Alexander Weise (‘Master Harold’… and the Boys, Nine Night).
Suitability
Please note: This production contains descriptions of death and strong and offensive language.
- A description of a black character’s death at the hands of a police officer
- Racially offensive language is reclaimed and used as an expression of affection among Black friends
- Brief use of ableist language
- Use of a homophobic slur
- Sexual language and scenes of a sexual nature
Supporters
The National Theatre’s New Work programme is supported by the Lawton W Fitt & James I McLaren Foundation
Cast includes
Kadiff Kirwan
Cordell
Kadiff Kirwan
Production team
Playwright
Katori Hall
Katori Hall
Director
Roy Alexander Weise
Roy Alexander Weise
Set and Costume Designer
Rajha Shakiry
Rajha Shakiry
For the National: The Father and The Assassin, Trouble in Mind, ‘Master Harold’… and the boys and Nine Night (also West End)
Lighting Designer
Joshua Pharo
Joshua Pharo
Joshua Pharo works as a Lighting and Video Designer across theatre, opera, film and installation.
Composer
Femi Temowo
Femi Temowo
Sound Designer
Elena Peña
Elena Peña
Choreographer
DK Fashola
DK Fashola
Casting Director
Jacob Sparrow
Jacob Sparrow
Jacob worked in the National Theatre Casting Department from 2015 to 2019 before becoming a freelance Casting Director. Prior to working at the National Theatre, Jacob worked with Pippa Ailion Casting and Telsey and Company in New York, as well as alongside James Orange.
Dramatherapist
Samantha Adams
Samantha Adams
Samantha Adams is a qualified state-registered dramatherapist with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and a member of the British Association of Dramatherapists (BADTH).
Dialect Coach
Hazel Holder
Hazel Holder
For the National: Grenfell: in the words of survivors, The Crucible, Rockets and Blue Lights, Under Milk Wood, Death of England: Delroy, Death of England, Small Island, Nine Night, Barber Shop Chronicles, Pericles, Angels in America, Les Blancs and Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Staff Director
Cory Hippolyte
Cory Hippolyte
Ticket prices
Monday – Saturday evenings and matinees:
£20, £35, £49, £64
Previews 11 – 16 July:
£20, £29, £39, £49
For concessions and discounts, see Ways to save
Please note the 6.30pm start time on the following performances: Tue 30 Jul, Thu 8 Aug, Thu 22 Aug and Tue 27 Aug.
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Prices may change according to demand
What's on guide
Assisted performances
Captioned
BSL Interpreted
Audio described
No Chilled performance available.
No Dementia-friendly performances available.
Relaxed performance
No Sensory adapted performances available.
The interpreter for the BSL performance will be announced closer to the performance date.
Audio-described performances are preceded by a Touch Tour, 90 minutes before the performance start time. Call the Access line on 020 7452 3961 to book Touch Tours.
We have an allocation of tickets held for members of our Access scheme and if any of the assisted performances above are shown as “Sold Out”, tickets may still be available: Please log in to your account to view all available tickets, or call Box Office on 020 7452 3961
Smart caption glasses
Are planned to be available for performances of The Hot Wing King from 7.30pm, Wednesday 24 July.
Photography by Lydia Whitmore