Indhu Rubasingham has announced her inaugural season at the helm of London's Tricycle Theatre, which will begin with Adrian Lester starring in the world premiere of Red Velvet, a play on the true story of the black American actor Ira Aldridge, who took over the role of Othello from Edmund Kean in 19th-century London.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:28PM on June 18, 2012