Alterations at the National Theatre review: 'a finely tailored play' - 4/5 This rediscovered gem from the Black Plays Archive comes alive from the very start

Premiering in London back in 1978, Alterations by Guyanese writer Michael Abbensetts sees its first major revival at London’s National Theatre. We meet tailor Walker Holt; tasked with fulfilling a nigh-on impossible order,

Plays about the Windrush Generation are no longer a rarity, but it’s still unusual for revivals of black British classics to get the full resources of the National Theatre. Guyana-born playwright Michael Abbensetts,

But to reach his heart’s desire — a smart tailor’s shop of his own — he’s going to have to make some much more fundamental alterations. And while he’s grinding out the back-breaking 24-hour commission that will help him clinch his dream,