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Wed 28 May 2025
7:00pm
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Thu 29 May 2025
7:00pm
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Seating: Allocated - See Seating Plan for More Details

This Kind of Black (Requiem for Black Boys) is the powerful stage show from poet and musician Reece Williams. 

It’s about growing up in Manchester’s Moss Side in the 1990s, a stone’s throw from conflict and violence. It celebrates a community held together by prayers, warmth and humour, while mourning the tragic loss of young life. It’s about the intersection of race and class, when the media only portrays you through the lens of ‘Gunchester,’ gangs and poverty.

Above all the show explores the complex relationship between a gangland father and his son, and the impact of trauma on the mental health of young Black boys across the generations.

Written and Performed by Reece Williams 

Produced and Directed by Matt Fenton 

Praise for This Kind of Black

‘This Kind of Black is a beautiful, lyrical requiem that manages to be both moving and gently celebratory.’   Adventures In Theatreland

‘A real celebration of community, depicting its strength, hardship, humour and resilience. Williams is absolutely brilliant.’ ILoveManchester

Commissioned by HOME and Apples and Snakes, supported by STUN and Contact. Funded by Arts Council England and the Jerwood New Work Fund.