Pulitzer Prize-winning play The Hot Wing King is a clever queer comedy – review
We’ve been looking forward to Katori Hall’s The Hot Wing King for some time – it picked up the 2021 Pulitzer Prize for Drama following its off-Broadway run (which was interrupted by the pandemic); it has now made its UK debut, premiering this week at the National Theatre.
It focuses on the close-knit friendship of four black gay men in Memphis, and is set during the run up to the local hot wing competition, which the quartet are keen to win.
The stage is set for the four to prepare their food for the festival, though suffice to say the marinade is not the only thing simmering in the kitchen.
We’re initially introduced to Cordell (Kadiff Kirwan) and Dwayne (Simon Anthony-Rhoden), a couple whose relationship is on the rocks, and their friends Big Charles (Jason Barnett) and Isom (Olisa Odele).
