Due to popular demand, Ryan Calais Cameron’s play is extending its stay in London by an additional month.
The Royal Court Theatre and Nimax Theatres have announced that For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When The Hue Gets Too Heavy is extending its run at the Garrick Theatre until the 1st June. Tickets for the extension are on sale now.
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 lettheir hearts – and imaginations – run wild.
Directed by Ryan Calais Cameron, the cast includes: Tobi King Bakare, Shakeel Haakim making his professional debut, Fela Lufadeju, Albert Magashi, Mohammed Mansaray and Posi Morakinyo who star in the roles of Onyx, Pitch, Jet, Sable, Obsidian and Midnight respectively.
Writer Ryan Calais Cameron was inspired by Ntozake Shange’s seminal work For
Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf. Responding to the run’s extension the writer and Nouveau Riche Artistic Director, said: “I’m so thrilled by the response to our show and extending the run by a further four weeks is a great testament to the strength of this new cast and the legacy built by the previous one. Watching audiences responding night after night gives us hope in the power of storytelling and affirms our belief that there is an appetite for stories like this to be told in the West End.”
It was originally commissioned by New Diorama Theatre, co-commissioned by Boundless Theatre. Tristan Fynn-Aiduenu directed the show’s original run at the New Diorama Theatre.
The double Olivier Award nominated play was shortlisted for Best New Play and Best Actor in a Supporting Role at the 2023 Olivier Awards and sold out its original run at the New Diorama Theatre, its subsequent transfer to the Royal Court Theatre and its initial West End run at the Apollo Theatre.
This production features set and costume design by Anna Reid, lighting design by Rory Beaton, sound design and composition by Nicola T. Chang. Movement direction and choreography is by Theophilus O. Bailey, musical direction and vocal arrangement by John Pfumojena. Associate director is Tatenda Shamiso. Casting by Isabella Odoffin
CDG.