REVIEW: For Black Boys . . . Apollo Theatre (2023)
For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Hue Gets Too Heavy "We'll continue to only dance in the deepest depths of our shadows . . . And will…
For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Hue Gets Too Heavy "We'll continue to only dance in the deepest depths of our shadows . . . And will…
For those conspiracy minded there are clear lines leading towards what happens to the Quilters and their baby and cat. On press night we were given a text wrapped in an anonymous brown, sealed wrapper with CONFIDENTIAL rubber stamped on the envelope. “Intriguing” I thought. Having seen it, is my disbelief lifted? Maybe.
Even without Andy getting up to his paradoxical tricks, quarter-hours have not latterly had a good press, vis "un mauvais quart d'heure". Lasting 17 minutes straight through, What If If Only - the latest piece by Caryl Churchill, is the polar opposite of "un mauvais quart d'heure". It packs a wealth of suggestion in its brief allotted span. And the wonder of it is that it does so with an elating lightness of touch.