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Tilda Swinton and Gary Oldman return to stage for Royal Court’s 70th anniversary

Tilda Swinton’s performance marks 30 years since audiences last saw her tread the boards, meanwhile Gary Oldman will be in Krapp’s Last Tape

The Guardian - UK

The week in theatre: Retrograde; Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors – review

Ivanno Jeremiah rivets as Sidney Poitier in Ryan Calais Cameron’s electrifying McCarthy-era three-hander. Plus, a strenuously madcap vampire spoof

The Guardian - UK

Readers on the plays that changed their lives: ‘It gave me access to a world that seemed elite’

Our series on theatrical discoveries continues with cherished memories from Guardian readers who felt profoundly moved by works on the stage

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‘Black men are conditioned not to articulate our emotions’: Ryan Calais Cameron on his hit play bringing new audiences to the West End

As the writer and actor’s smash play For Black Boys... starts a fourth run, he discusses money, creativity and being the world’s worst electrician

The Guardian - UK

New Cast Revealed For Olivier Nominated Play In West End

Ryan Calais Cameron's acclaimed play 'For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When The Hue Gets Too Heavy' announces new cast for West End return, promi...

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Meet London’s leading emerging writers

Getting lit! Who are London’s leading emerging writers? Joanna Taylor finds them working everywhere from the London Library — described by stationer Montblanc as the home of the written word, FYI — to The Peckham Pelican

Evening Standard

The Evening Standard Theatre Podcast: Ryan Calais Cameron on ‘living in the 50s’ for his new play Retrograde

Plus our reviews of The Motive and the Cue and The Good Person of Szechwan

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Retrograde review: a ‘rousing and propulsive’ show at Kiln Theatre

Ryan Calais Cameron is having quite a year, said Dominic Cavendish in The Daily Telegraph. This spring, his breakout play For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Hue Gets Too Heavy completed its journey from fringe to West End. Now he has given us something utterly different, and…

The Week

The week in theatre: Retrograde; The Secret Life of Bees; Dixon and Daughters – review

Kiln; Almeida; Dorfman, LondonIn his quickfire new McCarthy-era play, For Black Boys… creator Ryan Calais Cameron speaks his mind; a civil rights musical buzzes with potential; and Deborah Bruce’s domestic abuse drama is full of surprises

The Guardian - UK

Queenie author credits ‘super-considerate’ Ryan Calais Cameron during work on TV adaptation

Candice Carty-Williams is working on the TV version of her award-winning novel

Evening Standard

Retrograde review – toxicity meets integrity in exceptional Sidney Poitier drama

Ryan Calais Cameron’s terrific three-hander dramatises a meeting in 1955 Hollywood, mapping the dilemmas that actors of colour still face

The Guardian - UK

Retrograde at Kiln Theatre review: Ryan Calais Cameron’s portrait of Sidney Poitier is electrifying

Ivanno Jeremiah delivers a performance of great strength and delicacy as the pioneering actor

Evening Standard

Manchester City starlet begins new career as actor

“Ever since I was kid, I always loved acting. I used to love doing impersonations and different voices and always used to make my family laugh"

Manchester Evening News

The Evening Standard Theatre Podcast | Creators of Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical

Plus our reviews of A Little Life and Ryan Calais Cameron’s latest show...

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For Black Boys … review – a moving meditation on Black masculinity

Underneath the pain in Ryan Calais Cameron’s powerful play there is an abundance of light, as six Black men open up about the experiences and beliefs that have shaped them

The Independent UK

Our weekend arts and culture picks, from Elton John to Dungeons & Dragons

Our guide to what to watch, read and listen to over the next few days

The Guardian - UK

‘If we’re in the building, you’ll know about it’: For Black Boys, the dynamic, daring play wowing the West End

For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Hue Gets Too Heavy drove audiences wild when it premiered in 2019, and is now set for an even bigger stage. Creator and cast discuss staying true to what made it so special

The Guardian - UK

Theatre criticism is a quick and dirty act – our views change and so do plays

A two-star show has the potential to be turned into a five-star hit – as I learned on a recent trip to the Royal Court

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The week in theatre: The Great Middlemarch Mystery; The 47th; For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide…

A site-specific quest gets to the heart of George Eliot’s novel; Mike Bartlett makes a Shakespearean tragedy of Trump; and six young black men find full expression in Ryan Calais Cameron’s eloquent new play

Evening Standard

For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Hue Gets Too Heavy - Royal Court review: pretty wonderful

There’s a surprising amount of joy in Ryan Calais Cameron’s play about the experience of young British black men

The Guardian - UK

Human Nurture review – urgent tale of race, identity and privilege

Ryan Calais Cameron’s story of two young men who grew up together in care is flawed yet has a visceral rawness

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