Ryan Calais Cameron was eating lunch in a Chinese restaurant last month when he found out that his play had been nominated for an Olivier award. “I was like, ‘No!’ in the middle of the restaurant. Everyone was looking at me and I was like, ‘Oliviers! Oliviers!’ They didn’t know what I was talking about.”
For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Hue Gets Too Heavy was shaping up to be one of the hottest tickets in the West End even before it was nominated for Best Play for its run at the Royal Court Theatre last year. “Now,” the writer told his cast, who had broken rehearsals to celebrate the news, “there’s a premium on the show. Back to work…”
