For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Hue Gets Too Heavy 2024 - Articles Page 3

The winners of the Black British Theatre Awards 2022 have been announced. The awards' ceremony was held the National Theatre on October 16. 

After a virtual ceremony in 2020 and a pandemic-induced silence in 2021, The Stage Debut Awards have finally returned in all their glitz and glamour the day before the State Funeral of Queen Elizabeth II. Stage veterans and shooting starlets gathered to celebrate their debuts and, after a nationwide minute of silence at eight sharp, Susan Wokoma kicked off the festivities.

Talawa, the UK’s outstanding Black theatre company, is heading on tour with their outdoor production The Tide. Check out photos here!

Writer and performer Jenna Fincken blogs for Broadway World about premiering Ruckus at the Fringe. She details how she has sensitively created work which deals with real people’s experiences, self-care for her audiences and how theatre challenges social narratives.

Theatre Peckham has announced its Autumn/Winter Season and unveils the title of this year’s Christmas Show. The programme from September 2022 to March 2023 includes the Premiere of two new powerful dramas which bookend the season.

The Gate Theatre announced today the addition of four new Associate Artists to join the company from June 2022.

New Earth Theatre in association with the Museum of the Home presents Sonic Phở - The Audio Dining Experience, a chef's demonstration followed by a supper club in a traditional Vietnamese restaurant. Whilst eating, guests will listen to an accompanying audio story with poetry created by Anna Nguyen and award-winning sound designer Nicola T. Chang.

Deconstructing modern black masculinity, 'For Black Boys Who have Considered Suicide When the Hue Gets Too Heavy' is a poetic meditation on the discord between expectations of black men and their reality.

Presented in association with New Diorama Theatre and Nouveau Riche, Ryan Calais Cameron is the director and Tristan Fynn-Aiduenu is the co-director/original director. They are directing the original cast: Mark Akintimehin, Emmanuel Akwafo, Nnabiko Ejimofor, Darragh Hand, Aruna Jalloh and Kaine Lawrence.

Presented in association with New Diorama Theatre and Nouveau Riche, Ryan Calais Cameron is the director and Tristan Fynn-Aiduenu is the co-director/original director. They are directing the original cast: Mark Akintimehin, Emmanuel Akwafo, Nnabiko Ejimofor, Darragh Hand, Aruna Jalloh and Kaine Lawrence.

To celebrate World Theatre Day for Children and Young People 2022, and as part of the Drama Theatre and Education Alliance ‘Seize the Day’ campaign, the Royal Court Theatre are releasing 200 free tickets for Ryan Calais Cameron’s For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When The Hue Gets Too Heavy.

For World Theatre Day 2022, the Royal Court Theatre will host an Open Day from 10am to 4pm on Saturday 26 March 2022 for the public to access areas in the building and special content for free.   

From the award winning writer and actor Julene Robinson (The Witcher, Netflix; Stand Up, Get Up!, London West End) and Fringe First award winning producer Emma Blackman comes The Night Woman - a powerful show about womanhood, blackness and healing. Starring Robinson, directed by Martina Laird (Sunshine, Southwark Playhouse), with Lighting Design by Chuma Emembolu (For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When The Hue Gets Too Heavy, New Diorama Theatre), this striking play about finding strength in the darkest moments has never felt more crucial than in these times of pandemic and BLM.

The Royal Court Theatre will present For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When The Hue Gets Too Heavy by Ryan Calais Cameron in association with New Diorama Theatre and Nouveau Riche in the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs from March 31 2022, with press night on Thursday 7 April 2022, 7pm. 

All new rehearsal images have been released for Human Nurture, a new play by The Stage 25’s Ryan Calais Cameron (For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When The Hue Gets Too Heavy, New Diorama Theatre).

To celebrate 25 years of The Stage 100, The Stage has today announced a new list celebrating 25 individuals or partnerships tipped to become the future stars of the UK theatre industry.

Theatre Centre has announced the cast and creatives for the UK tour of Human Nurture by Alfred Fagon Award-shortlisted writer Ryan Calais-Cameron (Typical, Soho Theatre; Queens of Sheba, For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Hue Gets Too Heavy, New Diorama Theatre). 

For Black Boys who have considered suicide when the hue gets too heavy is a profound, poetic, and playful new production centred around mental health in young Black men.

The season opens with the world premiere of internationally-renowned curious directive's DECIPHERING (7 Sept – 2 Oct, 21). Inviting the audience on an inter-continental journey to the origins of human creativity, this new show blends expansive storytelling, innovative technology and international collaboration, taking them inside the real-life cave network containing the oldest graphic communication ever found.