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Statues, Bush Theatre

by Zahid Fayyaz

At the west London’s prestigious new writing venue comes the world premiere of Azan Ahmed’s latest play, a two-hander in the theatre’s intimate studio space. Running for a tight 70 minutes, the story is about teacher Yusuf, played by Ahmed himself. He is going through his recently deceased’s father’s things, and finds some old tapes which reveal that he used to be a rapper. Listening to the tapes, he begins to understand more about his father, whilst also going through the process of grieving a man who was a ‘statue’ in front of the TV for most of his life.

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Tones: a hip-hop opera, Edinburgh Festival Fringe

by Laura Kressly

Immensely intelligent Jerome has always struggled to find his place in the world. He was too poor to go to private school like his best friend Henry, but at secondary school he got bullied for sounding white and talking posh. This coming-of-age monologue navigates growing up when you don’t quite fit in on the estate in Harlesden, at the shop where you work, or at the competitive uni out of town.

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