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A Child of Science
Bristol Old Vic, 5 June to 6 July
Tom Felton stars in this new production about the pioneers behind IVF. Bruntwood prize winner
Gareth Farr’s play explores the true story behind the way Patrick Steptoe, Robert Edwards and
Jean Purdy changed the world – and the many obstacles they had to overcome. Kate Wyver

Wedding Band: A Love Hate Story in Black and White
Lyric Hammersmith, London, to 29 June
Alice Childress’s 1966 play sees a Black seamstress fall in love with a white baker in South Carolina
during the first world war. This revival is courtesy of Monique Touko, after the success of her
production of School Girls; Or, the African Mean Girls Play. KW

Staying in: Streaming

Queenie
Channel 4, 4 June, 10pm
Candice Carty-Williams’s hit novel was marketed as a “Black Bridget Jones”, but its tale of a
Londoner’s quarter-life crisis turned out knottier and more political than the 90s heroine’s wry
confessionals. Now it’s finally coming to the small screen in an adaptation starring newcomer
Dionne Brown, with Jon Pointing, Sally Phillips and Laura Whitmore in supporting roles.