Klook and Vinette
by Che Walker, Anoushka Lucas, Omar Lyefook

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Highlights

Female

Male

75 minsPresent DayRole(s) for Black Actor(s)Unit Set/Multiple Settings

Synopsis

Klook is a drifter who’s gotten too old to drift.

Vinette is on the run but she doesn’t know what’s chasing her.

Together they make a tentative stab at happiness, before the past they are evading begins to catch up with them.

Tough, tender, funny and poignant, Klook and Vinette will grab you from the inside out.

Soulful music and a lyrical text make this a mesmerising theatre experience.

Press Reviews

"Evocative... A small, contained show focused on two characters... very much grounded in the African American experience."
— Austin 360

"A well-balanced mix of dialogue and original R and B tunes that run the emotional gamut from breezy, to seductive, to playful, to heart-wrenching... Fittingly, the writing is incredibly on point: rich with witticisms, emotional exchanges, and some of the best vocabulary I’ve seen outside of a Martin Amis novel."
— CTX Live Theatre

"A script full of beautiful poetic language that is both romantic, ‘we were long-lost twins climbing back into a womb of our own design,’ and heartbreaking, ‘the world has become a kaleidoscope of spiritual upper cuts."
— Atlanta Journal-Constitution

"Equal parts freeform poetry piece and soulful duet, [Klook and Vinette] portrays a relationship as it is remembered: fantastic and intoxicating... Walker's prose paints a colorful world of tenderness."
— Austin Chronicle