Ryan Calais Cameron’s Olivier-Award nominated For Black Boys Who Have Thought of Suicide When The Hue Will get Too Heavy will return to London’s West Finish in 2024 following three earlier sold-out runs, the most recent on the Apollo Theatre earlier this 12 months.
The manufacturing will run for a strictly restricted season of 9 weeks on the Garrick Theatre from Thursday 29 February – Saturday 4 Could 2024.
The play, which was nominated for Finest New Play and Finest Actor in a Supporting Position on the 2023 Olivier Awards bought out its unique run on the New Diorama Theatre, its subsequent switch to the Royal Court docket Theatre and its preliminary West Finish run on the Apollo Theatre. The manufacturing has obtained widespread crucial and public acclaim garnering notable followers similar to John Boyega, David Harewood, Daniel Kaluuya, Beverley Knight, Rapman, Stormzy and Letitia Wright.
Impressed by Ntozake Shange’s seminal work For Coloured Ladies Who Have Thought of Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf, For Black Boys Who Have Thought of Suicide When The Hue Will get Too Heavy is situated on the edge 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 vogue ideas. Misplaced loves and jollof rice. African empires and illicit intercourse. Good days and unhealthy 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 2012 and has been developed over the course of the final decade with younger Black males and psychological well being teams.
For Black Boys Who Have Thought of Suicide When The Hue Will get Too Heavy was initially commissioned by New Diorama Theatre, co-commissioned by Boundless Theatre. The West Finish manufacturing is offered by the Royal Court docket Theatre, Nimax Theatres, Nouveau Riche and the New Diorama Theatre.
