Barber Shop Chronicles
Fuel/National Theatre/Leeds Playhouse
By Inua Ellams
Directed by Bijan Sheibani
BAM DEBUT
Lagos. Johannesburg. Accra. Kampala. Harare. London.
Six radically different cities, all united by a familiar place where you can get more than just a good trim. Barber Shop Chronicles conjures the sacred space where discussion ranges from politics to family to soccer to Tupac.
Nigerian-British playwright Inua Ellams weaves a rich tapestry of unfiltered stories about father-son relationships and black masculinity, set to an Afrobeat score. This runaway international sensation is “a joyous piece of theatre” (The Independent).
Come early and join the cast onstage with music, mingling, and dancing. The party continues after the show with a photo booth and pop-up photo exhibition, plus DJs curated by OkayAfrica and Okayplayer on Friday and Saturday evenings!
Thursday, December 5 performance features Open Captioning by c2. For more information and access to specific seating locations, contact BAM ticket services at info@BAM.org or 718.636.4100.
Saturday, December 7 at 2pm performance features ASL interpretation. Learn more at HandsOn.org.







