The Barber Shop Chronicles by Inua Ellams from National Theatre Live
presented as a fundraiser during the theatre closings due to the international pandemic of 2020.

IMDb     tt12300964/                            Includes subtitles in English
                                                            No interval break in this production
Summary

"Newsroom, political platform, local hotspot, confession box, preacher-pulpit and football stadium. For generations, African men have gathered in barber shops to discuss the world. These are places where the banter can be barbed and the truth is always telling.  Directed by Olivier award-winning director Bijan Sheibani and designed by Rae Smith (War Horse), Barber Shop Chronicles is a heart-warming, hilarious and insightful new play that leaps from a barber shop in Peckham to Johannesburg, Harare, Kampala, Lagos and Accra over the course of a single day."

Cast and Creative

Directed for the stage and screen by  Bijan Sheibani
Dialect Coach                         Hazel Holder

Cast

Samuel                                                                       Fisayo Akinade
Wallace/Timothy/Mohammed/Tinashe          Hammed Animanshaun
Kwabena/Brian/Fabrice/Olawale                      Peter Bankole
Musa/Andile/Mendah                                           Maynard Eziashi
Tanaka/Fiifi                                                              Simon Manyonda
Tokunbo/Paul/Simphiwe                                     Patrice Naiambana
Emmanuel                                                                Cyril Iniri
Ethan                                                                          Kwami Odoom
Einathan/Benjamin/Dwain                                   Sule Rimi
Kwame/Simon/Wole                                              Abdul Salis
Abram/Ohene/Sizwe                                             David Webber
Winston/Shoni                                                         Anthony Welsh

 full cast and crew lisitng in the credit roll

My notes

 In The Barber Shop Chronicles the narrative moves from one city to another and is
shown by set movement.

My included subtitles can help with parts that are less clear to understand.  A browser add-in now
allows SRT subtitle files to be downloaded.  From there I can add them into the show and they are accessible from the player such as VLC or Daum.

 This fileshare is given after the fundraiser has been taken down.  Support the theatres presenting these any way you can.

 There is only one thread running through the play of the young new owner and his relationship to an unseen father.  But here are many characters, much  vocal music but not much hair cut.  Cheers.

  Notes written May 31st,  2020