Thank you to Netgalley and the Publisher for providing me with this copy of The Lamplighter .

I am always in awe when I read Jackie Kay's works. The power in them is undeniable and The Lamplighter is no exception. Technically, this is only a re-print but it comes with a brand new foreword by the playwright herself and in it, she refers directly to the times we're living in at the moment. About our COVID-19 situation, about how the topics of racism and slavery are still as important as they always were.

I was already deeply affected just by reading the foreword.

It did not prepare me at all for what I would be feeling during the play.
This play is so incredibly important, and especially in times of Black Lives Matter and where we are all educating ourselves on the past and learning how to become anti-racist.

This piece of theatre has the power to change people.

Please read it.