Upcoming actress Mamta Bhatia, stars new a new play later this week written by the acclaimed writer Kwame Kwei-Amah.

Titled ‘The Politician’ and showing this Thursday at The Albany in London, she plays the part of Ashna, a Conservative party candidate standing for election who is having an affair with a Black member of the Labour party.

The play will be part of Kwame’s ‘Success Personified’ event, as part of Black History Month, to recognise that he was the first black writer to have a hit play (Elimina’s Kitchen) produced in London’s West-end. The event is being organised by Tell Tarra, one of London’s most successful black theatre companies.