BOYS IS BACK

Our award winning debut production is returning for a new run at the Barbican centre in 2022

Tue 12 - Sat 23 April 2022

Barbican Centre, Silk Street Theatre

We want to show the things about boys that you don’t always get to see. To challenge the things you think you already know. To celebrate the things that make us different and the same.

“Disarmingly Charming”, “The stage is awash not with testosterone but something more unexpected: love”

Lyn Gardner, Stagedoor

 

Celebrating male tenderness, silliness, vulnerability and community with a cast of young men of colour, BOYS gives you a window to share our experiences, our hopes, families and globe-spanning heritage. In our stories, brought alive by our bodies, you will see reflections of your brothers, friends, parents and lovers.

CAST

Aaron Gordon Jim Caesar-Goddard

Adam Strawford Jordan Ford Silver

Andre Fyffe Josh Lyster

Arran Green Jules Chan

Azan Ahmed Kamran Vahabi

Caleb Obediah Kofi Odoom

Conor Gordon Glean Marc Benga

Craig Talbot Mateus Daniel

Darragh Hand Maxwell Chartey

Delon Jessop Mohammed Mansaray

Dior Clarke Nathaniel Wade

Eben Figueiredo Nickcolia King-N’da

Jeffrey Sangalang Shiv Jalota

 

Creative team

Director - Kane Husbands

Assistant Director - Marc Benga and Eddie-Joe Robinson

Associate Director - Rachel Hosker and Sam Hardie

Composer/Sound Designer - Roly Botha

Lighting Designer - Saul Valiunas

Designer - Helena Bonner

Step Choreographer - Laura Meaton

Dramaturg - Lewis Hetherington

Unscripted, and each story uniquely told in every performance, BOYS is a joyful, electric, occasionally raw but always tender dance that hopes to unravel preconceptions and uncover the endless possibilities that can make up a man.

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Winner of the Vault Festival Origins Award for Outstanding New Work 2018

“Essential viewing for every boy” Theatre Weekly *****

“One of the highlights of my theatre year” Roy Williams

“Blown away by the sheer electricity of The PappyShow’s BOYS” Frantic Assembly

My Theatre Mates *****

The Spy In The Stalls *****

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