New Frame Productions are delighted to be joining Nica Burns and Colman Domingo as a co-producer on the highly anticipated West End transfer of Ryan Calais Cameron’s Retrograde, starring Ivanno Jeremiah, Stanley Townsend and Oliver Johnstone, and directed by Amit Sharma (The Boy With Two Hearts). We are co-producing with Winnie Imara alongside Chuchu Nwagu Productions, Sayers & Sayers Productions, Tilted Productions, and Chris Steward & Shanay Holmes. 

SIDNEY POITIER: TRAILBLAZER, ACTIVIST, ICON

Following its sold out run at the Kiln Theatre, Ryan Calais Cameron's 'electrifying' (Evening Standard) Retrograde  comes 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?

★★★★★
'Yes, it's honestly that good'
The Telegraph 

8 MARCH - 14 JUNE

APOLLO THEATRE

“WATCH: RYAN CALAIS CAMERON”

PRODUCTION Photography

By Marc Brenner.

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  • ★★★★ "Ryan Calais Cameron’s superb thriller about a young Sidney Poitier now feels alarmingly timely as it hits the West End."

    TIME OUT

  • ★★★★ "Riveting comedy drama focusing on a pivotal moment in the career of real-life iconic black actor Sidney Poitier."

    THE STAGE

  • ★★★★★ "Powerful and convincing performances were delivered by all"

    AFRIDIZIAK

  • ★★★★ "Ryan Calais Cameron’s terrific three-hander dramatises a meeting in 1955 Hollywood, mapping the dilemmas that actors of colour still face"

    GUARDIAN

  • ★★★★ "Ryan Calais Cameron’s portrait of Sidney Poitier is electrifying! Ivanno Jeremiah delivers a performance of great strength and delicacy as the pioneering actor"

    THE STANDARD

  • ★★★★ "Ivanno Jeremiah, who played Sydney Poitier gave an outstanding performance. At the end of the play, I had a happy tear in my eye. I highly recommend watching it."

    ARTS EMERGENCY

CAST

STANLEY TOWNSEND

IVANNO JEREMIAH

OLIVER JOHNSTONE

THE TEAM

Director

AMIT SHARMA

Writer

RYAN CALAIS CAMERON

Designer

FRANKIE BRADSHAW

Lighting

AMY MAE

Sound

BETH DUKE

Casting

JULIA HORSLEY

Associate Director

RACHAEL NANYONJO

Photo by Marc Brenner

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