About the Show
One day. Six cities. A thousand stories.
For generations, African men have gathered in barber shops. Sometimes they have haircuts, sometimes they listen, more often than not they talk. Barbershops are confession boxes, political platforms, preacher-pulpits and football pitches… places to go for unofficial advice, and to keep in touch with the world.
Fuel has produced Inua Ellams’ work for theatre since his debut play nine years ago. Barber Shop Chronicles is a heart-warming, hilarious and insightful play, set in Johannesburg, Harare, Kampala, Lagos, Accra and London. The play invites the audience into a uniquely masculine environment where the banter may be barbed, but the truth always telling. The barbers of these tales are sages, role models and father figures, they are the glue that keeps men together.
TOUR DATES
26 SEPTEMBER – 28 SEPTEMBER
BIRMINGHAM REPERTORY THEATRE, BIRMINGHAM
18 JULY – 24 AUGUST
ROUNDHOUSE, WEST END
23 OCTOBER – 9 NOVEMBER
ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE, EDINBURGH
16 OCTOBER – 19 OCTOBER
EDEN COURT THEATRE, INVERNESS
13 NOVEMBER – 17 NOVEMBER
NST CAMPUS, SOUTHAMPTON
9 OCTOBER – 12 OCTOBER
THE PLAYHOUSE, OXFORD
20 NOVEMBER – 23 NOVEMBER
LEEDS PLAYHOUSE (FORMERLY WEST YORKSHIRE PLAYHOUSE), LEEDS
Cast
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