Bolton
American Candy
Zaynab and Connor work in an American Candy store. It?s closing time and a customer still hasn?t left. 10 minutes later, they?re hiding her unconscious body in a basement. In the following commotion, their secrets are revealed. A thrilling dark comedy about capitalism, corruption and the distrust it generates. And how these anxieties have been projected onto minorities. ??You know, I took a cruise out to the Pacific once. Right into the blue. The edge of the world. Do you know what I found? American Candy. Wrappers as far as the eye can see. Great islands of the stuff. Whole new continents. Land masses so thick you could stand on them??It's a play that tackles ?American? cultural imperialism in a way that?s totally unique to anything on the UK stage. In a world of Trump, Musk, an American-backed Reform UK, race riots incited by US oligarchs, and American Candy stores littering our high streets, this story has never felt so urgent.?
