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The Royale Tickets

“Ain’t about bein’ no Heavyweight Champion of the White World. It’s about bein’ Champion, period.”

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Performance dates

3 - 26 Nov 2016

Bush Theatre

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Includes interval

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Jay ‘The Sport’ Jackson dreams of being the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world. But it’s 1905 and, in the racially segregated world of boxing, his chances are as good as knocked out...

Told in six rounds and set in a boxing ring, The Royale is inspired by the often overlooked story of Jack Johnson, a boxer who – at the height of the Jim Crow era – became the most famous and the most notorious black man on Earth.

Special notes

Audio described performance - Sat 19 Nov, 2.30pm Captioned performance - Fri 25 Nov, 7.30pm