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For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When The Hue Gets Too Heavy
  • For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When The Hue Gets Too Heavy

  • Garrick Theatre
For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When The Hue Gets Too Heavy
  • Booking details
  • Booking until: Tuesday, 7 May 2024
  • Running time: 2 hours and 35 minutes, including interval.

For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When The Hue Gets Too Heavy description

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ - ‘A landmark moment in West End theatre’ - ( The Telegraph)

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ - ‘A tender, joyous show’ - (Financial Times)

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ - ‘A powerful and deeply moving meditation on Black masculinity and Black life in Britain’ - (The Guardian)

For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When The Hue Gets Too Heavy returns to London’s West End in 2024 following three previously sold-out runs.

'I found a king in me and now I love you
I found a king in you and now I love me'

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.

Inspired by Ntozake Shange's ‘For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf’, For Black Boys... 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.

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ‘a powerful and deeply moving meditation on Black masculinity and Black life in Britain’ - The Guardian

Following sold-out runs at the Apollo Theatre, Royal Court Theatre and New Diorama Theatre, Ryan Calais Cameron’s Olivier-Award nominated, multi award- winning For Black Boys Who Considered Suicide When The Hue Gets Too Heavy returns to the West End for a limited 9 week run at the Garrick Theatre.

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The Independent

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Daily Mail

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★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Metro

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Afridiziak

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Broadway World

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ British Theatre Guide

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ British Black List

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Theatre Weekly

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Reviews Hub

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Arts Desk

★ ★ ★ ★ Time Out

★ ★ ★ ★ WhatsOnStage

★ ★ ★ ★ The Stage

★ ★ ★ ★ London Theatre

Assisted Performances
Monday 1st April 2024, 7:30pm – BSL performance
Friday 19th April 2024, 7:30pm – Captioned performance
Wednesday 1st May 2024, 7:30pm – Audio Described performance

Garrick Theatre

2 Charing Cross Road, London, WC2H 0HH GB

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