Retrograde
Apollo Theatre
- Opens: Saturday, 8 March 2025 -
Booking until: Saturday, 14 June 2025 - Running time: 1hr 30min. No interval.
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Retrograde description
Sidney Poitier: outstanding actor, trail blazer, activist, icon. The first black artist to win an Oscar for Best Actor.
Ryan Calais Cameron’s gripping thriller captures the moment when a young Sidney Poitier is about 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?
Retrograde follows Ryan’s smash West End hit For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Hue Gets Too Heavy - so good it sold out twice - first at the Apollo in 2023, returning swiftly by public demand to the Garrick in 2024.
Starring
Ivanno Jeremiah, Oliver Johnstone, Stanley Townsend
Playing at Apollo Theatre
Age restrictions
Ages 14+.
Important information
This show contains explicit language, racial slurs and themes of racisms and McCarthyism.