I know what heartbreak feels like

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I know what heartbreak feels like

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Idris Elba is one of the producers of Shifters

Luther actor Idris Elba told the BBC he knows what heartbreak feels like as he spoke at the opening of a new play he is promoting.

Shifters, starring Heather Agyepong and Tosin Cole, tells the story of Des and Dre, two young ****** people who meet again after years apart.

The drama of first love is described by

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as having “giddy kisses, real heart and soul” while also showing the “everyday tragedy of long-lost first loves”.

Speaking after the show at London’s Duke of York theatre, Elba said the theme was important now because “it feels like no one celebrates love anymore”.

“I’ve been in and out of love and I’ve had all the swings and roundabouts the characters have, so to see a love story that speaks to a young demographic is really unique.”

The 51-year-old actor is helping to promote the play alongside Love Island host Maya Jama and Mercury Prize and Brit-winning rapper Little Simz.

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Tosin Cole and Heather Agyepong play Dre and Des in Shifters

Playwright Benedict Lombe has now became the third ****** British woman to have a production staged in the West End.

But Elba says the play “is not about colour and even though the actors in it happen to be ******, this show is for everyone”.

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said Shifters “gives a fresh perspective on ****** storytelling on London stages”.

“Dre and Des feel like two ****** Britons who could feasibly exist, and we’re living in an age where that itself is ground-breaking on major West End stages,” Adam Bloodworth added.

Cole, who recently appeared in

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’s Supacell and plays Dre, says it’s great that people from certain ******* backgrounds are able to “connect with my character on a deeper level”.

But he adds that the emotions Dre experiences “are universal as everyone has dealt with grief, love and knows the pain of making mistakes”.

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said the show “tackles everyday issues – from mental health to grief to class inequality – without ever laying them on too thick”.

Kirsten Grant added that overall it was a “tender portrayal of human connection”.

The show first opened at London’s Bush Theatre earlier this year and received rave reviews from critics.

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and said its success was down “to the enormously attractive and nuanced portrayals by Heather Agyepong and Tosin Cole”.

Speaking to the BBC after the show, Agyepong said: “I always knew how important this play was but to see the audience really respond, gasp, cry and laugh throughout really feels amazing”.

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, the show is now set to be adapted into a TV series by Lombe and See-Saw Films.

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