At a divergent point in their lives, two lifelong friends (Ivanno Jeremiah, Parys Jordon) meet at their favorite South London fried chicken shop.

Following its sold out run at the Kiln Theatre,Ryan Calais Cameron‘s’electrifying’ (Evening Standard)Retrogradecomes to the Apollo Theatre for a strictly limited run. 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 bythe Kiln Theatre’s Artistic Director Amit Sharma, features Ivanno Jeremiah(Constellations) reprising his ‘tremendous’ (Time Out) performance as Sidney Poitier, opposite Stanley Townsend(Netflix’s Kaos) andOliver 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 – and is backed by double Oscar and BAFTA nominee Colman Domingo as producer.

Closet witch Diana Bishop and centuries-old vampire Matthew Clairmont are drawn into a deadly mystery and forbidden romance when a magical book shows up in an Oxford library.

他们相遇，他有女朋友； 他们相遇，他有妻子； 他们相遇，他们相爱了； 他们回她的房间，她赶他走； 他们回她的房间，她留他，但他走了； 他们同居了； 他们因为性格不合分手了； 他们因为没感觉分手了； 他们因为出轨分手了； 他们没有任何原因地分手了； 他们有了新伴侣； 他们又在一起了； 她得了癌症； 她没得癌症； 他挽留她，他们做好准备在一起了。

In a parallel present where the latest must-have gadget for any busy family is a 'Synth' - a highly-developed robotic servant that's so similar to a real human it's transforming the way we live.