For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Hue Gets Too Heavy
Extended due to popular demand!
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.
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‘a powerful and deeply moving meditation on Black masculinity and Black life in Britain’
The Guardian
★★★★★‘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
Tobi King Bakare
Onyx
Shakeel Haakim
Pitch
Fela Lufadeju
Jet
Albert Magashi
Sable
Mohammed Mansaray
Obsidian
Posi Morakinyo
Midnight
Ryan Calais Cameron
Writer & Director
Tristan Fynn-Aiduenu
Original Director
Anna Reid
Designer
Rory Beaton
Lighting Designer
Nicola T.Chang
Sound Designer & Composer
Theophilus O.Bailey
Movement Director & Choreographer
John Pfumojena
Musical Director & Vocal Arrangement
Tatenda Shamiso
Associate Director
Noemi Daboczi
Associate Designer
Jack Ryan
Associate Lighting Designer
Salvatore Sorce
Vocal Coach
Jade Hackett
Assistant Choreographer
Rukiya Jemmott
Well-Being Practitioner
Constance Oak & Mica Taylor
Company Stage Managers
Jade Hunter
Deputy Stage Manager
Catriona McHugh
Assistant Stage Manager (Book Cover)
Garrick Theatre
2 Charing Cross Road, London, WC2H 0HH
