Beware of Banksy: his art can make you homeless

You may not have heard of Goldie. He’s an actor and singer whose name refers to the bullion with which a cosmetic mason has decorated his incisors. A recent James Bond also featured a glimpse of the Fort Knox gnashers, and they’re currently on display at Stratford East in Roy Williams’s new drama Kingston 14. Goldie, and his high-value gob, plays a Jamaican gangster named Joker suspected of murdering a British businessman.

Curtain up and a small riot is in progress inside the cop shop as Joker gets hauled in for questioning by a gang of jumpy detectives. A great deal of comic kerfuffle ensues. A British detective arrives from London to help with the investigation. His parents were born in Jamaica but he exudes charm and urbanity as if he were a duke’s son educated at Harrow and Oxford (like so many black British policemen). His bungling naivety provides more entertainment as the Jamaican coppers ridicule his accent and his punctilious approach to detective work.