It's a simple idea, really. 1. Wear a uniform. 2. Protect who you love, what you care about. 3. Let nothing get in your way.
Someone mugged Bruce's mum and he is not having it. The shock is still visible in her trembling fingers, rippling out across the calm waters of their lives. He grabs his hoodie, his uniform, his cape and goes out to find the culprit. Smithy wants everyone to stay inside, Uhuru wants everyone out. Tanya thinks it's boyish fun and games until, very suddenly, it isn't.
Inua Ellams was born in Nigeria and now lives and works in London. He is a poet, a graphic...

Seen from a British perspective, The Spalding Suite gets to the heart and soul of the gravity-defying game of basketball and delves into the hopes and dreams of those who play it. From the fleeting high of the score and the robust camaraderie of the team, to the poignant lows of a body too worn to play the game.

A beautiful, mellifluous narrative by award-winning writer and performer Inua Ellams. This play follows the hilarious exploits of a natural-born troublemaker, from a youth spent on the clay streets of Nigeria to the rooftops in Dublin and finally to London.

Inua Ellams' Barber Shop Chronicles is a generously funny, heart-warming and insightful new play set in five African cities, Johannesburg, Harare, Kampala, Lagos, Accra, and in London.