Name: For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When The Hue Gets Too Heavy By Ryan Calais Cameron
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For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When The Hue Gets Too Heavy by Ryan Calais Cameron

Nominated for Best New Play at the 2023 Olivier Awards 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 essential work For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf, For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When The Hue Gets Too Heavy is a profound and playful work, co-commissioned by Boundless Theatre, from multi-award-winning company Nouveau Riche and playwright Ryan Calais Cameron. For Black Boys... gained critical acclaim for the world premiere in October 2021 at New Diorama Theatre, before successfully transferring to London's Royal Court Theatre in March 2022. This edition was published to coincide with the West End production at the Apollo Theatre in March 2023.

About Ryan Calais Cameron

Ryan Calais Cameron is a writer for Theatre and TV. His play Typical, which starred Richard Blackwood, sold out its run at Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2019 and its transfer to Soho Theatre Upstairs, garnering 4 star reviews across the board. Queens of Sheba, co-written with Jessica Hagan, won the 2018 Edinburgh Untapped Award. Its four-week run at Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2018 sold out, garnering 4 and 5 star reviews and winning the Edinburgh Stage Award 2018; it transferred to the New Diorama Theatre, London and it went on national tour in 2019. Ryan was the winner of the 2018 Off West End Adopt A Playwright Award for his play Rhapsody, which was produced at the Arcola in March of that year. Retrograde, which he wrote on his year of 'adoption', was shortlisted for the 2019 Alfred Fagon Award and Verity Bargate Award 2020. Ryan is an alumnus of the Royal Court writer's programme 2017 and the Soho Young Company 2016/17. He has contributed to the Royal Court's Living Newspaper: Edition 2 and is currently under commission to the Royal Court, the Arcola, Soho Theatre and Theatre Centre.

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CIN1350419389VG

ISBN 13

9781350419384

ISBN 10

1350419389

Title

For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When The Hue Gets Too Heavy by Ryan Calais Cameron

Author

Ryan Calais Cameron

Series

Modern Plays

Condition

Used - Very Good

Binding type

Paperback

Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Year published

2023-03-25

Number of pages

64

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For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When The Hue Gets Too Heavy Ryan Calais Cameron

For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When The Hue Gets Too Heavy by Ryan Calais Cameron

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

For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When The Hue Gets Too Heavy by Ryan Calais Cameron

About Ryan Calais Cameron

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