Ilford Boy
A funny, moving story about family, identity and finding your people.
Age guidance: 14+
Performance dates
10 October 2026 — 28 November 2026
Donmar Warehouse
Run time: TBC
Category
Play
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The boy lives in Ilford, of course he’s depressed
Mixed-race teenager Ted Martin is growing up in 90s East London in a house full of chaos, laughter and tough love.
One day Patrick arrives, shaking the foundations of Ted's life with his sense of style, humour and love of show tunes. Another way to live explodes into view. One filled with art, possibility and people who see him clearly for the first time.
Directed by Donmar Artistic Director Tim Sheader, Danny Lee Wynter's Ilford Boy is a funny, moving drama about the ghosts that follow us, the families we choose, and the Streisand that helps us survive.