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Following sold out runs at Royal Court & New Diorama Theatre, the award winning play transfers to the West End for 6 weeks only
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Ryan Calais Cameron’s play, the first of two West End bound shows that originated at the tiny New Diorama theatre in Euston, arrives for a limited six-week run by way of the Royal Court and on the back of a slew of rave reviews. A meditation on black masculinity and what is handed down from father to son, it is set during a male therapy group and uses a choreopoem format to make an invigorating song and dance about the hard realities of navigating a racist world and the daily indignities and microaggressions that brings. It does it with theatrical power and enormous grace. Impossible not to be moved.
About For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When The Hue Gets Too Heavy
Inspired by Ntozake Shange’s seminal work For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf. The story is located on the threshold of joyful fantasy and brutal reality: a world of music, movement, storytelling and verse – where six men clash and connect in a desperate bid for survival. Father figures and fashion tips. Lost loves and jollof rice. African empires and illicit sex. Good days and bad days. Six young Black men meet for group therapy, and let their hearts – and imaginations – run wild. 'I found a king in me and now I love you I found a king in you and now I love me' The play was originally conceived by Ryan Calais Cameron in the wake of the killing of Trayvon Martin in 2013 and has been developed over the course of the last decade with young black men and mental health groups. Over 100 men auditioned for the production in 2021 which sold out both its initial run and subsequent transfer to the Royal Court Theatre, with returns queues at both venues every night. The full original cast return for this new production, directed by Ryan Calais Cameron. The cast, who collectively won the best performer in a play category at The Stage Debut Awards in 2022 and will be making their West End debuts, includes: Mark Akintimehin, Emmanuel Akwafo, Nnabiko Ejimofor, Darragh Hand, Aruna Jalloh and Kaine Lawrence. Age Recommendation: 15+ Please note: This production contains themes that are likely to be upsetting including suicide, racism, racial slurs, and themes of violence, death and bereavement.