To name something is to call it into life, to determine its future. If we let our children name themselves, will they author their own destinies? Will the nameless ones be free? Untitled is a magical realist story set in Nigeria and England, of identical twin boys separated at infancy. In the quarrel after the marred naming ceremony, the mother grabs the titled child and flees, leaving the unnamed brother to lead an impetuous, chaotic, blasphemous existence until the spirits of the land make their stand.
To name something is to call it into life, to determine its future. If we let our children name themselves, will they author their own destinies? Will the nameless ones be free? Untitled is a magical realist story set in Nigeria and England, of identical twin boys separated at infancy. In the quarrel after the marred naming ceremony, the mother grabs the titled child and flees, leaving the unnamed brother to lead an impetuous, chaotic, blasphemous existence until the spirits of the land make their stand.
An intriguing new play from a critically acclaimed performance poet.
Born in Nigeria, Inua Ellams is a cross-art-form practitioner, a
poet, playwright, performer, graphic artist, designer and founder
of the Midnight Run - a nocturnal urban excursion. He is a Complete
Works poet alumni and a designer at White Space Creative Agency.
Inua Ellams' previous plays at the National include The 14th Tale
(Fringe First award) and Black T-Shirt Collection.
Other plays include The Riddler at Theatre503; Knight Watch at
Greenwich + Docklands Festival; Mostly Like Blue for Islington
Community Theatre; Cape at the Unicorn; The Long Song Goodbye at
Battersea Arts Centre; Fastcuts and Snapshot at West Yorkshire
Playhouse; Marsh Orchids & Concrete for China Plate; Reset
Everything and An Evening with an Immigrant at the Soho; and Turned
at Trafalgar Studios. Radio plays include The Ballad of Abdul Ha z
and Wild Blood.
He has published three pamphlets of poetry 'Candy Coated Unicorns
and Converse All Stars', 'Thirteen Fairy Negro Tales' and 'The
Wire-Headed Heathen'. His poetry is published by Flipped Eye,
Akashic, Nine Arches, and several plays by Oberon Books. His new
book #Afterhours is published by Nine Arches Press.
inuaellams.com
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