Written and Performed by
Inua Ellams
Inua Ellams
Dates
1 Jul 2022 - 19 Oct 2023
1 Jul 2022 - 19 Oct 2023
Artist/Company
Inua Ellams
Inua Ellams
Born to a Muslim father and a Christian mother in what is now considered by many to be Boko Haram territory, award-winning poet and playwright Inua Ellams left Nigeria for England in 1996 aged 12, moved to Ireland for three years, before returning to London and starting work as a writer and graphic designer.
Part of this story was documented in his autobiographical Fringe First Award-winning play The 14th Tale, but much of it is untold. Littered with poems, stories, and anecdotes, Inua tells his ridiculous, fantastic, poignant immigrant-story of escaping fundamentalist Islam, experiencing prejudice and friendship in Dublin, performing solo at the National Theatre, and drinking wine with the Queen of England, all the while without a country to belong to or place to call home.
This performance is presented in association with the School of Advanced Study at the University of London, where Inua is a Practitioner in Residence, and Choose Love, an organisation that supports refugees and displaced people all over the world. Proceeds from this event will go towards Choose Love’s vital work supporting refugees, including those here in the UK.
19/07/2016 - 23/07/2016
Soho Theatre
London
26/08/2016
Greenbelt Festival
Kettering
08/10/2016
Gala Theatre Studio
Durham
12/10/2016 - 13/10/2016
The Cube Microplex
Bristol
24/11/2016
Lakeside Theatre
Colchester
28/01/2017 - 29/01/2017
Brighton Dome
Brighton
02/02/2017
New Wolsey Theatre
Ipswich
24/02/2017 - 25/02/2017
Studio Underground State Theatre Centre of WA
Perth, Australia
07/03/2017 - 08/03/2017
Alphabetti Theatre
Newcastle upon Tyne
09/03/2017
Queen's Hall
Hexham
11/03/2017
Derby Theatre
Derby
13/03/2017 - 14/03/2017
Warwick Arts Centre
Coventry
15/03/2017
Lighthouse
Poole
16/03/2017 - 18/03/2017
Stratford Circus Arts Centre
London
22/03/2017
Key Theatre
Peterborough
23/03/2017
Theatre Royal Margate
Margate
24/03/2017 - 25/03/2017
Tara Arts
London
04/04/2017
University of Oviedo
Asturias, Spain
22/04/2017
Birmingham Repertory Theatre Birmingham Literature Festival
Birmingham
25/04/2017
South Street Arts Centre
Reading
02/05/2017
Wise Words Festival
Cantebury
20/05/2017
The Complex ILFD
Dublin
21/06/2017
Theatre Delicatessen Migration Matters Festival
Sheffield
22/06/2017
The Shakespeare Centre Stratford-upon-Avon Poetry Festival
Stratford-upon-Avon
04/07/2017
Market Theatre Ledbury Poetry Festival
Ledbury
08/07/2017
Bradford Literature Festival
Bradford
23/07/2017
Chichester Festival
Chichester
21/08/2017 - 25/01/2017
Traverse Theatre
Edinburgh
04/09/2017
Sydney Opera House
Sydney, Australia
28/09/2017 - 29/09/2017
The Tricycle Theatre
London
03/10/2017
Arena Theatre
Wolverhampton
13/10/2017
Cheltenham Literature Festival
Cheltenham
14/10/2017
Alphabetti Theatre
Newcastle upon Tyne
19/10/2017
Theatre Tropicana
Weston-super-Mare
21/10/2017
Bridlington Poetry Festival
Bridlington
11/11/2017
Quarterhouse
21/11/2017
Norden Farm Centre for the Arts
Maidenhead
22/11/2017
Cambridge Junction
Cambridge
23/11/2017
Gosport Discovery Centre
Gosport
28/11/2017
The Regis Centre
Bognor Regis
29/11/2017
The Woodville
Gravesend
30/11/2017
The Bay Theatre
Dorset
01/12/2017
Dorchester Arts
Dorchester
02/12/2017
Bridport Arts Centre
Bridport
01/07/2022
The Abbey Theatre, Dublin
Dublin
19/10/2023
Bloomsbury Festival
London