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Playing at Apollo Theatre 25 March – 7 May 2023
For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When The Hue Gets Too Heavy by Ryan Calais Cameron will switch to the Apollo Theatre in London’s West End for a restricted run of six weeks solely. The sold-out hit transfers from the Royal Court Jerwood Theatre Downstairs the place it was on final spring, having initially opened on the New Diorama Theatre in affiliation with Nouveau Riche.
Inspired by Ntozake Shange’s seminal work For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf. For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When The Hue Gets Too Heavy is positioned on the brink of joyful fantasy and brutal actuality: a world of music, motion, storytelling and verse – the place six males conflict and join in a determined bid for survival. Father figures and style suggestions. Lost loves and jollof rice. African empires and illicit intercourse. Good days and dangerous days. Six younger Black males meet for group remedy, and let their hearts – and imaginations – run wild.
The play was initially conceived by Ryan Calais Cameron within the wake of the killing of Trayvon Martin in 2013 and has been developed over the course of the final decade with younger black males and psychological well being teams. Over 100 males auditioned for the manufacturing in 2021 which offered out each its preliminary run and subsequent switch to the Royal Court Theatre, with returns queues at each venues each night time.
The full unique forged return for this new manufacturing, directed by Ryan Calais Cameron. The forged, who collectively received the very best performer in a play class at The Stage Debut Awards in 2022 and can be making their West End debuts, contains: Mark Akintimehin, Emmanuel Akwafo, Nnabiko Ejimofor, Darragh Hand, Aruna Jalloh and Kaine Lawrence.