Set in a run-down London boxing ring in the 1980s, two young black boys, Leon and Troy, are trained by a white trainer, Charlie, who had seen their potential.
Troy soon rebels and is ejected from the gym by Charlie; he moves to the United States where he gains a boxing reputation.
[citation needed] The play, staged in 2010 at the Royal Court's Jerwood Theatre Downstairs in London,[3] was directed by Sacha Wares.
It received positive reviews[4][5] with particular attention drawn to the young star Daniel Kaluuya who won both the 2010 Critics Circle and Evening Standard Award for Outstanding Newcomer.
The play also starred Anthony Welsh, Gary Beadle, Nigel Lindsay, Trevor Laird, Jason Maza and Sarah Ridgeway.