Malorie Blackman's bestseller leaps off the stage in a fine new adaptionThe Observer
By Malorie Blackman
Adapted by Sabrina Mahfouz
Winner of Excellence in Touring, UK Theatre Awards 2019
Finalist for Best Show for Children and Young People, UK Theatre Awards 2019
Sephy and Callum sit together on a beach. They are in love. It is forbidden.
Sephy is a Cross and Callum is a Nought. Between Noughts and Crosses there are racial and social divides. A segregated society teeters on a volatile knife edge.
As violence breaks out, Sephy and Callum draw closer, but this is a romance that will lead them into terrible danger.
This gripping Romeo and Juliet story by acclaimed writer Malorie Blackman and adapted by Sabrina Mahfouz is a captivating drama of love, revolution and what it means to grow up in a divided world.
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Compelling staging of Malorie Blackman's novel that provides a searing insight into the injustices of the worldThe Stage
A dynamic, powerful, compelling show whatever your ageBritish Theatre Guide
