Skip to main content

Back to all resources

KS4 KS5

Lit in Colour Q&A: Inua Ellams on Barber Shop Chronicles

Drama English Performing Arts Playwriting
On a warmly lit stage, a man sits in an office chair smiling and touching his head, in front of him there are various barber shop accessories on a cabinet, and another man standing contorting his face.

Overview

In this filmed Q&A, playwright Inua Ellams talks to fellow writer Oladipo Agboluaje about his career as a writer and the process of writing Barber Shop Chronicles. The first in a series of writer Q&As delivered in partnership with Bloomsbury Publishing as part of the Lit in Colour initiative.

Learning outcomes

This film is designed to support students who are studying the play as part of a GCSE or A Level drama course. It is also useful for students with a more general interest in playwriting.

Watch

On a warmly lit stage, a man sits in an office chair smiling and touching his head, in front of him there are various barber shop accessories on a cabinet, and another man standing contorting his face.
Play Video

Inua Ellams on Barber Shop Chronicles

Production information

Dorfman Theatre, 2017.

Barber Shop Chronicles by Inua Ellams; directed by Bijan Sheibani; set and costume design by Rae Smith; lighting design by Jack Knowles; sound design by Gareth Fry; musical direction by Michael Henry; fight direction by Kev McCurdy.

Photo © Marc Brenner

Suitability

Suitable for 14+/KS4+

Keywords

Inua Ellams, Oladipo Agboluaje, Playwriting, A Level Drama and Theatre, Eduqas

More to explore

Small Island rehearsal diaries
KS3 KS4 KS5

Small Island rehearsal diaries

Drama English Performing Arts
The Free9: writer and North Korean expert - education resource
KS4 KS5
A green and red artwork featuring a CCTV camera merged with the legs of a human body and the words 'The Free9 by In-Sook Chappell' in white text

The Free9: writer and North Korean expert - education resource

Directing Drama Performing Arts
Complicité's Mnemonic education resource
KS5
Artwork with two superimposed images, one of a very blurred human face over which is a translucent image of a leaf. On top of these is a meandering line in blue, red and blue again, that could be a river, or capilliaries.

Complicité's Mnemonic education resource

Costume, wigs, hair and make-up Directing Drama Lighting, sound, video Performing Arts