For the black boys ...

Question 1

When did you go and see it and where ?

Answer 1

14th of march.Royal Court Theatre,
Garrick Theatre

Question 2

Who create For the black boys

Answer 2

Ryan Calais Cameron

Question 3

What is the performance style and Genre

Answer 3

Cameron’s own interpretation of a choreopoem, a genre defined by its blending of movement, dance, poetry and music, developed by Shange in 1974.
Stylysiic, physical movement dance, direct address

Question 4

Whats the Real name of the play

Answer 4

For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When The Hue Gets Too Heavy

Question 5

What was the play inspired by

Answer 5

” For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/ when the rainbow is Enuf. The play is a work by co-commissioned by Boundless Theatre , from mutli-award winning Nouveau Richie and playwright Ryan Calais Cameron

Question 6

What are the names of the performers

Answer 6

Onyx - Tobi King Bakare
Jet - Fela Lufadeju
Sable -Albert Magashi
Midnight- Posi Morakinyo

Question 7

Who was the movement director and choreographer

Answer 7

Theophilus O Bailey

Question 8

Who was the well-being Practitioner

Answer 8

Rukiya Jemmot

Question 9

What did The Stage , Feb 2022

Answer 9

“A genuine theatrical phenomenon - a miniature powerhouse”

Question 10

What is the royal court theater

Answer 10

It is called the writers theater. it is a leading force in world theater for cultivating and supporting writers that is undiscovered and emerging

Question 11

What is the name of the first moment and what is happening

Answer 11

“Black mans Gay Shame”. This is when jet explains how he feels about being black and gay. He talks about how he has to hide and he cant be prideful because he would loose his community

Question 12

What themes does the first moment highlight

Answer 12

Toxic masculinity
Gay and black
Religion vs Gay
lust vs love
lies vs truth

Question 13

What is the point of the first moment

Answer 13

It touches a wider population. It is supposed to be for the black boys and black boys can be gay and this just highlights the struggles that comes with it.

Question 14

Moment one - in the beginning( darkness)

Answer 14

” as I move through the alleway “

“I was forced to wait out til dark to move in the dark with my dark skin to dance my dark dance

Question 15

moment one - in the middle(fire and lust)

Answer 15

biblical imagery
“lamb to your alter”
“we came to worship you”
“I am playing with fire and I know It”
“this Firey rapture of lost bodies with lost bodies’;

Question 16

moment one - in the end (reality)

Answer 16

“hetero-masculinity as a black mans primary responsibility”

“being black is hard enough- black and queer is cruel”

Question 17

moment two?

Answer 17

“sexualisation, manscunlity and insecurity”oversexualisation and rape. in this paragraph we are going to be talking about sable and his oversexualisation and midnight and his sexual abuse. it is important to show the contrasting experiences with sex and how it can be perceived with their acting skills

Question 18

Moment two Sable key quotes

Answer 18

” a new girl is like getting a gold medal”
“the first time I have ever been called a man”
“ Iam lethal with the d”
“ she cant really love me right”

Question 19

moment two- midnight key quotes

Answer 19

“No man , I am talking to much”
“I ain’t no chicken, no baby “
“ I try to keep my head in the music”
“having someone love me on my body without me being there”
“ I never wanna feel like that if that’s what love feels like”
“ I am trying to articulate my words or my mum.. she tells me its all in my head”
“ I know your looking at me like I’m a victim”

Question 20

moment two - midnight
the choral speech and stage directions

Answer 20

“YOUR BODY IS YOUR BODY AND NO ONE CAN TAKE THAT AWAY FROM YOU”
‘these words are beginning to affect midnight “ - stage directions

Question 21

moment three

Answer 21

this moment is of the boys talking about oppression in education and the JET and Onyx talk about their juxtaposition relationship with their father.positive view on school good dad. negative relationship of school negative relationship with dad.

Question 22

moment three - Onyx quotes

Answer 22

“how that would make a man feel instead of just hearing about henry the Eighth duppying bare wives”
“My dad was a villain”
“He hated me”
“Growing up I would never see my father cry”

Question 23

moment three - jet quotes

Answer 23

“what do you mean by whitewashing”
“ I know that I can be what I want to be “
“ A good man that severed his God”

Question 24

what did the telegraph say

Answer 24

a landmark moment in the west end theatre