Deep Azure
Closing: May 02, 2026Deep Azure - 2026 West End History , Info & More
The Globe Theatre
Globe Theatre 21 New Globe Walk Bankside London
When her fiancé, Deep, is killed by the police, Azure’s world falls apart. As grief spirals, and her eating disorder tightens its grip, Azure searches for control in a world that no longer makes sense. With Deep’s friends Roshad and Tone beside her — and the Heavenly MCs of Street Knowledge watching — she fights to survive the aftermath.
Inspired by the murder of Boseman’s friend Prince Jones, Deep Azure transforms personal loss into something ‘undeniably poetic… a rich blend of hip-hop, song and verse’ (The Guardian). Hip-Hop becomes chorus. Rhythm becomes ritual. Language becomes pulse. The result is theatre that is lyrical, physical and spiritually charged.
Deep Azure - 2026 - West End Cast
by Stephi Wild - March 10, 2026
Shakespeare’s Globe has announced that Deep Azure has been extended by 2 weeks and will now run until 2 May 2026 in the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse. Learn more here!
by Cindy Marcolina - February 18, 2026
While most people knew Chadwick Boseman for his blockbuster appearances in the Marvel Cinematic Universe as T’Challa/Black Panther, the actor was also a playwright and director. His early career was spent treading the boards in New York, where he became a Drama League Directing Fellow at 24 years old in 2000. His most celebrated play is now premiering in the UK 21 two decades after its American debut. Written in lyrical verse with direct references to the Shakespearean structure, it brings hip-hop to the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse. It’s a treat to see something so modern and pertinent to our times being staged on the cloistered stage, but the piece is frantically overlong and unfocused. There’s lots to love, but it ultimately doesn’t satisfy.
by Stephi Wild - December 11, 2025
Shakespeare’s Globe has announced the full cast and creative team of Deep Azure in the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse. Learn more about the production and the cast here!
by Stephi Wild - March 7, 2025
A reading of Chadwick Boseman's Deep Azure will take place on March 27 at 7:30 PM at Washington, D.C.'s Howard Theatre. Proceeds from the event will benefit the Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts at Howard University.
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