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Barber Shop Chronicles by Inua Ellams

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Each issue of D&T we bring a teachers’ guide to a play for study with your students. This issue Oladipo Agboluaje introduces Barber Shop Chronicles by Inua Ellams.
David Webber (Sizwe) and Fisayo Akinade (Samuel) in Barber Shop Chronicles at the National Theatre
David Webber (Sizwe) and Fisayo Akinade (Samuel) in Barber Shop Chronicles at the National Theatre - Marc Brenner

Barber Shop Chronicles was first performed in the Dorfman Theatre, one of the three performance spaces of the National Theatre, London on 7 June 2017, before it transferred to the Leeds Playhouse where it ran from 12 to 29 June. After this initial run, the play toured Australia, New Zealand and North America before embarking on a UK tour, going through several cast changes along the way. During the nationwide lockdown that was brought about by the coronavirus pandemic, Barber Shop Chronicles was streamed on the National Theatre YouTube channel from 14 to 21 May 2020 as part of its ‘National Theatre at Home’ programme.

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