A widow hosts a gathering for her high-society friends in an attempt to help solve her husband's murder.

Wendy, a hardened immigration officer is offered a high-profile asylum case, judged on her ability to quickly and clinically reject applicants. Through her interrogation, she must uncover whether Haile is lying and has a more sinister reason for seeking asylum.

Hollywood’s so-called Golden Age. Ten years before becoming the first Black man to win an Oscar, a young Sidney Poitier arrives to sign a life-changing contract that could make him a star. But there’s a catch. As he becomes entangled in events larger than he imagined, Sidney is forced to make an impossible choice – one that will reshape his future, the Civil Rights Movement, and the soul of a nation. From award-winning writer Ryan Calais Cameron (For Black Boys…), exploring integrity, betrayal, and the personal cost of success, Retrograde asks what would you sacrifice to achieve your dream? Backed by double Oscar and BAFTA nominee Colman Domingo as producer, Amit Sharma’s ‘perfectly pitched production’ (Independent) features Ivanno Jeremiah (Constellations), Stanley Townsend (Kaos) and Oliver Johnstone (Antigone).

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.

《一报还一报》是英国剧作家威廉·莎士比亚创作的戏剧。
该剧讲述公爵文森修统治着维也纳，他想暂时离开公国，派安哲鲁代行职权。安哲鲁担任新职不久，发生了一位叫克劳狄奥的绅士勾引一位年轻小姐并导致其怀孕的事件。安哲鲁按照法律条文把克劳狄奥关进监狱，并判处死刑。克劳狄奥托人叫他姐姐依莎贝拉向安哲鲁求情。安哲鲁对美丽的伊莎贝拉动了邪念。他对伊莎贝拉表示：如果她把处女的贞洁献给他，他可以饶她弟弟一命。伊莎贝拉坚决拒绝。公爵用计谋揭穿了安哲鲁的卑鄙行径，保全了克劳狄奥的性命，也成全了克劳狄奥的婚姻。

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。

2002 British miniseries starring Gerard Butler and Derek Jacobi, with a second, unconnected series in 2011

2015 British-American science fiction TV series