| Statement of Regret | |
| Characters: | Kwaku Mackenzie Michael Akinbola Idrissa Adebayo Issimama Banjoko Lola Mackenzie Kwaku Mackenzie Junior Val Adrian Mackenzie Soby |
| Setting: | The offices of a Black policy think tank |
| Date Of Premiere: | 14 November 2007 |
| Original Language: | English |
| Series: | Elmina's Kitchen Fix Up |
| Web: | http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/statement |
Statement of Regret is a play by black British actor and playwright Kwame Kwei-Armah. The play premiered in the National Theatre's Cottesloe Theatre, London, in 2007, directed by Jeremy Herrin.[1]
Kwaku Mackenzie, founder of a Black policy think tank, hits the bottle after his father's death. As media interest in the once dynamic Institute fades, his team grows fractious and then, disastrously, he favours a young Oxford scholar over his own devastated son. When, in a vain attempt to regain influence, he publicly champions division within the Black community, the consequences are shattering.