BLACK SUPERHERO . @royalcourttheatre .jerwood theatre downstairs .14 March - 29 April 2023 . photography by Ajamu X.concept by Louise Richardson.styling by Lucy Walshaw.hair by Rhys Fergus. 🎟.

A tribute to the DAME. I will never forget you. My thoughts are with your sons, grandchildren, family, friends & your legions of fans throughout the world who admired & loved you. I couldn’t sleep last night, so wrote some words (below).

Now here they were. After we said goodbye we carried on walking in silence toward China Town. Gambon out of nowhere said “Funny things, fathers … Try to be happy, Danny. U must try.” Then he walked off & I watched him bleed into the crowd. The Singing Detective. I idolised him.

I felt my Dad’s love on that street, though I’d long since cared about seeking it. Gambon already knew about my old man when months before we were stuck in a canoe in Bodium Castle. For an entire day we covered everything; childhood, religion, sexuality, idols, regrets.

I didn’t feel embarrassed like I’d done in the past. Perhaps there were times when Dad was embarrassed of who I was. But I felt proud. Proud cos I’d become an actor with zero encouragement, not too dissimilar from this man who my father now called “Sir.”.

I then watched my father morph into a big kid. He kept calling him “Sir” & banging on about Lock Stock. “Your son did good” Gambonie told him of the film we just watched. “So did you” I said. “Oh, shut up you!” Gambon barked, “What do you know, eh?” The two men laughed.

As we walked I looked up & to my shock saw my Dad walk past. We locked eyes & then he carried on walking. Me & my father share a complex relationship. But I was stunned he was going to walk on. “Dad!” I cried out. He looked up, came over & I introduced them.

I also sensed Michael wasn’t happy with himself either. “You’re good in it” he said lighting up a fag. “I suppose yer gonna go bumming in soho now, are you? You know I tried it once, it made my eyes water.” We walked down Dean Street, everyone staring at us.

Months after filming the Stephen Poliakoff gig I was walking out of a screening room in Soho with Michael Gambon. I’d never seen myself on screen. It was pre dubbing, no music, hadn’t been graded, just the bare bones of a film. My heart sank. I thought I’d fucked it

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