Retrograde
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About Retrograde
Inspired by real events in the life of Hollywood icon Sidney Poitier.
Explores the impact and consequences of McCarthyism.
Showcases a pivotal moment in civil rights history.
Following its sold out run at the Kiln Theatre, Ryan Calais Cameron’s ‘electrifying’ (Evening Standard) Retrograde comes to London’s West End for a strictly limited run – backed by double Oscar and BAFTA nominee Colman Domingo.
Ten years before he becomes the first Black man to win the Oscar for Best Actor, this gripping drama captures the moment a young Sidney Poitier prepares to sign a career-defining Hollywood contract that could make him a star. But there’s a catch. Will he put his career before his principles? In a time of betrayals, will he name names? Will he sign his life away?
Inspired by real events, this ‘exceptional’ (The Guardian) play directed by the Kiln Theatre’s Artistic Director Amit Sharma, features Ivanno Jeremiah (Black Mirror, Humans, Constellations) reprising his ‘tremendous’ (Time Out) performance as Sidney Poitier, opposite Stanley Townsend (Netflix’s Kaos) and Oliver Johnstone (Antigone).
Retrograde follows Ryan’s smash hit ‘modern masterpiece’ (The Sunday Times) For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When The Hue Gets Too Heavy – so good it sold out twice – cementing his place as ‘one of theatre’s most thrilling voices’ (Independent).
“It bears comparison with The Crucible”
“The dilemmas it flags up around what actors of colour are forced to exchange for entering the mainstream still echo today”
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Apollo Theatre
Shaftesbury Ave,
London,
W1D 7EZ
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90 minutes with no interval
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