Month March 2024

Reading Time: 2 minutesFor Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Hue Gets Too Heavy by Ryan Calais Cameron is a poignant and powerful play heavily inspired by Ntozake Shange's iconic 1975 choreopoem, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf. Cameron's work, like Shange's, follows a similar style, presenting a series of connected monologues infused with dance music and movement, all skillfully performed by a talented ensemble of six performers.

Reading Time: 3 minutesTrevor Nunn has directed every Shakespeare play, and a fair few of Chekov’s. And plenty more to boot. He is Artistic Director of the Theatre Royal Haymarket, having previously been in the same position at the RSC and the National Theatre. In short, a play adapted and directed by him is an event in and of itself. That it is Uncle Vanya, a play which has so far eluded him, makes it even more so. And it pays off, in spades. The Orange Tree is just such a wonderful setting for this claustrophobic play oscillating between boredom and passion, love, tenderness and murderous rage, and Nunn’s direction is immersive placing every audience member as a fly on the wall. 

Reading Time: 2 minutesIn their first UK tour since the pandemic, Zest Theatre’s Camp Phoenix made its way to The Albany this March. An action-packed show for the whole family, Camp Phoenix takes its audience along for a week-long camp designed to help seventeen-year-olds prepare for impending adulthood. Performed in collaboration with actual high school teens, catchy songs and a meaningful narrative make this show a delight to watch.