Elmina's Kitchen to Close on July 23 in the West End

Elmina's Kitchen, which transferred from the National Theatre to the West End in April, will end its run at the Garrick Theatre on July 23.

Written by and starring Kwame Kwei-Armah, Elmina's Kitchen is the story of a single dad's struggle to survive and protect his wayward son from the temptations of crime. Set in a rundown West Indian café in Hackney, Deli takes on a new waitress, feisty Anastasia, to help him clean up and improve his café. Meanwhile, his son Ashley and his old friend Digger are out to advance themselves in a rather different way whilst Deli's own father and his best friend have their own ideas for self-improvement.

The show, directed by Angus Jackson, opened at the Garrick on April 26. In his review of the production, The Guardian's Michael Billington wrote: "While it's cheering to find black theatre taking centre stage, Kwei-Armah's lively, dialogue-rich play eventually lapses into melodrama: it's good, gutsy stuff but less thoughtful than his follow-up play, Fix Up… Angus Jackson's production can't solve all the plot problems but adorns the action with vibrant live music and gets excellent performances all round."