About This 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

Show Details

Dates: Opening Night: 23 October 2019 Final Performance: 09 November 2019