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  • Venue Theatre Royal Stratford East, London
  • Performance dates Booking to 10 May 2025
  • Running time 120 minutes (including an interval)
  • Age guidelines 14+

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Acclaimed Tambo & Bones returns to Stratford East following a sold-out season in 2023.

The show seriously… hilariously… roasts America’s racist past, wrestles America’s racist present, and explodes America’s post-racial future — where what’s at stake, for those deemed less-than-human, is the fate of humanity itself. 

Tambo & Bones stars Clifford Samuel (2:22 A Ghost Story, McMafia) as Tambo, and Daniel Ward (Cat on A Hot Tin Roof, Rebellion) reprises his role as Bones.

Presented by Theatre Royal Stratford East and Actors Touring Company, this rags-to-riches hip-hop journey and satirical rollercoaster of a show is part distorted clown-show, part spectacular hip-hop concert!

So accept our invitation, if you will, to step from the heart of the crumbling Empire into an America at the epicentre of the global Black Lives Matter movement.

Tambo & Bones runs at the Theatre Royal Stratford East from 29 April to 10 May 2025.

Tambo and Bones are two characters trapped in a minstrel show. It’s mad hard to feel like a real person when you’re trapped in a minstrel show. Their escape plan: get out, get bank, get even!

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Stars and Creatives

Clifford Samuel
Clifford Samuel
Daniel Ward
Daniel Ward

Who is in the cast of Tambo & Bones?

Starring Clifford Samuel as Tambo, and Daniel Ward as Bones.

Who are the creative team of Tambo & Bones?

Written by Dave Harris

Directed by Matthew Xia

Set and Costume designers Sadeysa Greenaway-Bailey and ULTZ, Lighting Designer Ciarán Cunningham, Hip-Hop Beats by Excalibah, Sound Designer & Additional Composition Richard Hammarton, Movement Director Kloé Dean,| Video Designer Gino Ricardo Green, Associate Director Dubheasa Lanipekun, Costume Supervisor Ysanne Tidd, Fight Director Sam Lyon-Behan, Original fight choreography Kevin McCurdy, Voice and Dialect Coach Joel Trill, Magic & Illusions Consultant Chris Cox, Production Drama Therapist Wabriya King, Lighting Associate Tom Lightbody, Puppetry Designer Hugh Purves and Assistant Designer Mark Simmons

An Actors Touring Company, Stratford East and Royal & Derngate, Northampton Co-Production in association with Belgrade Theatre, Leeds Playhouse and Liverpool Everyman

Important Notes

Content Warnings: Contains sounds of gunfire, violence, strong language, repeated use of a racial slur, references to genocide and discusses themes some may find upsetting relating to race.

Venue Information

Theatre Royal Stratford East , Gerry Raffles Square, London, E15 1BN

Nearest Tube or Train: Stratford

Nearest Buses: 25, 69, 86, 97, 104, 108, 158, 238, 241, 257, 262, 276, 308, 339, 425, 473, D8, N8, N86

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Critics' reviews of Tambo & Bones

★★★★ “Unique, challenging and oh-so necessary” The Guardian

★★★★ "Clever, prickly, elaborate, challenging and delivered with great skill" Financial Times

★★★★ "Like nothing you've ever seen” The Telegraph

Frequently Asked Questions

Tambo & Bones is playing at the Theatre Royal Stratford East in London
The running time of Tambo & Bones is 120 minutes (including an interval)
The age recommendations for Tambo & Bones are: 14+
Yes, Tambo & Bones has matinee performances on the following days: Thursday, Saturday
No, sorry, Tambo & Bones has now completed its run and is no longer on sale.

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