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

Closing: June 01, 2024

For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Hue Gets Too Heavy - West End History , Info & More

Garrick Theatre
2 Charing Cross Road London WC2H 0HH London
Market West End
Previews May 06, 2024
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ - ‘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.

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by Stephi Wild - Apr 23, 2026


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by Stephi Wild - Mar 30, 2026


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Ryan Calais Cameron Named First Patron of Camden People's Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 24, 2026


Playwright and screenwriter Ryan Calais Cameron, best known for his Olivier Award-nominated play For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Hue Gets Too Heavy (which has had two sold-out West End runs) has been announced as the first ever Patron of Camden People's Theatre (CPT).

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Ryan Calais Cameron Appointed First Ever Patron of Camden People's Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 24, 2026


Playwright and screenwriter Ryan Calais Cameron, best known for his Olivier Award-nominated play For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Hue Gets Too Heavy, has been named as the first ever Patron of Camden People's Theatre.

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by Stephi Wild - Mar 3, 2026


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Photos: Sadie Sink, Noah Jupe, and More in Rehearsal For ROMEO & JULIET at the Harold Pinter Theatre
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by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 26, 2026


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