under kent's direction, the tricycle also presented the london premieres of many irish plays, such as "stones in his pockets" by marie jones, as well as staging productions with an emphasis on afro-caribbean experience, such as mustapha matura's "playboy of the west indies", lara foot newton's "karoo moose" and the "not black and white" trilogy (comprising new plays by kwame kwei-armah, roy williams and bola agbaje). the theatre also saw the premieres of "kat and the kings", a musical which won two olivier awards, and patrick barlow's adaptation of john buchan's "the thirty-nine steps".