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Idris Elba, Little Simz, Maya Jama Join ‘Shifters’ West End Producing Team – Global Bulletin
Naman Ramachandran Idris Elba, Maya Jama and Little Simz have signed on as producers for the London West End transfer of Bush Theatre’s production “Shifters.” The trio joins Eleanor Lloyd Productions, Chuchu Nwagu Productions, and Sonia Friedman Productions to bring Benedict Lombe‘s romance to London’s Duke of York’s Theatre from West London’s Bush Theatre. Written by Lombe (“Lava,” Susan Smith Blackburn Prize winner) and directed by Evening Standard Theatre Award-winner Lynette Linton (“Blues for an Alabama Sky,” “August in England”), the play will run for a limited nine-week engagement, Aug. 12 – Oct.
