Barber Shop Chronicles A co-production of Fuel, National Theatre and West Yorkshire Playhouse
CAP UCLA | 8 p.m., Freud Playhouse
A co-production of Fuel, National Theatre and West Yorkshire Playhouse
Written by Inua Ellams
West Coast Premiere
“Ellams isn’t just sharing the experiences of people we seldom see on our stages, he does so with a color, force and boundlessness of intellectual inquiry.” —The Telegraph
One day. Six cities. A thousand stories. Barber Shop Chronicles is an equally funny, joyous, and poignant new play by Nigerian playwright and poet Inua Ellams that leaps from a barber shop in Londonto Johannesburg, to Harare, to Kampala, Lagos, and Accra exploring the African immigration experience.
For generations, African men have gathered in barber shops to share gossip, bare their souls, announce births, deaths, marriages, and other family news, and to discuss politics. Throughout the play, the importance of a good trim is emphasized often, but Barber Shop Chronicles is about more than hair — it’s about the politics of being part of the African diaspora and of being a man.
This event is presented by the Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA.
Event Date: Oct. 18–20, 8 p.m.*
*Join us for a pre-performance discussion on two nights, with Quincy T. Mills, author of Cutting Along the Color Line: Black Barbers and Black Barber Shops in America.
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Venue: Freud Playhouse
Price: $26–$56*
*UCLA Students: $15, UCLA Faculty & Staff $25
The Freud playhouse is located in the northeast corner of campus, next to the Broad Art Center, off of Sunset Boulevard and Hilgard Avenue.
Parking is available in Lot 3.
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