Idris Elba and Kwame Kwei-Armah’s electrifying new blend of drama, music and dance follows one man’s journey into the heart and soul of contemporary South Africa – with the audience at the centre of the action.

Much of the show’s impact comes from the way it is staged, with the audience standing around the action which spills out into the crowd from The Revolving Stage Company’s 7m diameter revolving stage with a long runway attached.

Designers Jon Bausor (set and costumes), Jon Clark (lighting), Paul Arditti (sound) and Duncan McLean (projection) create a phantasmagorical, involving landscape where simple effects such as placards, a piece of cloth as a river, or an overarching tree made of string are combined with complex digital ones. A circular hoop of a screen overhead is full of light, a fence, fireflies, and the heat of the land.