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.
Inspired in part by the story of a Leeds barber, the play invites the
audience into a unique environment where the banter may be barbed, but
the truth always telling. The barbers of these tales are sages, role
models and father figures who keep the men together and the stories
alive.
Inua Ellams's celebrated play was first produced by the National
Theatre, Fuel and Leeds Playhouse in 2017.