LUCE Southwark Playhouse

American playwright J C Lee’s Luce is set within a more modern context: the fear of home grown terrorism. Luce (Martins Imhangbe) is a 17-year-old high school student who has written an essay in praise of a right-wing terrorist. His teacher (Natasha Gordon) is concerned and even more so when she finds illegal fireworks in his locker. She alerts his parents (Mel Giedroyc and Nigel Whitmey). They jump to conclusions and things get blown out of all proportion. Or do they? Has Luce cracked under the pressure of the high expectations of his school and his adoring parents? He deeply resents being a role model. So, is he a terrorist? Go and see Martins Imhangbe’s impressive and ambiguous