#Inua Ellams

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“FINALLY, FINALLY news dropped last Monday – about the hardest secret I’ve ever had to keep – that I wrote an episode on the upcoming series of Doctor Who! Guys, I’ve been watching this show since I was 10 yrs old in Nigeria – for 30 years! Getting to write an ep was a dreams, no, was several of my wildest fantasies come true! There is so much MORE I wish I could tell you right now, but I’ve signed NDAs so vast, they blanket the universe and exist in the past, present and future. I have to stay schtum. The new series drops in April and May. Until then you’ll just have to enjoy this picture of your boy in the TARDIS.”

- from Inua Ellams’ newsletter

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Four Writers Confirmed for Doctor Who Series 15

Four Writers Confirmed for #DoctorWho Series 15

Four writers have been confirmed for the next season of Doctor Who, the second series with Ncuti Gatwa as the Fifteenth Doctor. This includes a returning writer who previously worked on the Thirteenth Doctor era. Pete McTighe wrote Kerblam! and Praxeus, and has worked with showrunner, Russell T Davies, on the upcoming spin-off, The War Between the Land and the Sea. He’s also written for Doctor…

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Radio Free Skaro #998 - The Taking of Soul Patch One

Radio Free Skaro #998 - The Taking of Soul Patch One - #DoctorWho Season 2 writers announced! - #Gally1 schedule finalized! - "The Moonbase" commentary concludes!

http://traffic.libsyn.com/freyburg/rfs998.mp3 Download MP3 It’s an exciting week for Doctor Who news with more Gallifrey One updates, a list of Doctor Who Season 2 writers released to an eager public, a frankly insane amount of Doctor Who props coming up for auction, Big Finish releases all over the dang place, and the concluding episode of our Classic Series Commentary for “The…

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Two Big Plays: "3 Fingers Back" & "Three Sisters" Take to the Toronto Stage to Unpack War, Colonialism, Violence, and Oppression.

#frontmezzjunkies reviews: #DonnaMichelleStBernard's #3FingersBackPlay A @tarragontheatre &#LemonTreecreations co-production & #InuaEllams' #spThreeSisters adaptation after #Chekhov #otcThreeSisters A @Soulpepper & @obsidiantheatre co-production

The cast of Soulpepper’s Three Sisters. Photo by Dahlia Katz. The Toronto Theatre Review: Tarragon/lemonTree’s 3 Fingers Back & Soulpepper/Obsidian’s Three Sisters By Ross Two plays take to the Toronto stage in two nights courtesy of a few wonderfully inventive theatre companies, delivering some deeply moving and ultimately compelling theatre that sets its eyes on Africa, to explore some…

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With “The Half-God of Rainfall,” A.R.T. Once Again Breaks New Production Ground

Cast of “The Half-God of Rainfall,” at A.R.T. Credit: Lauren Miller By Shelley A. Sackett Will we ever become inured to the other-worldly team at American Repertory Theater and its ability to sprinkle fairy dust on Boston’s theater scene? With “The Half-God of Rainfall,” now in production through September 24, the answer is a resounding “No!” It helps that Nigerian native Inua Ellams’s sinuous…

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'The Half-God of Rainfall' at NYTW, Review

'The Half-God of Rainfall' is an intriguing dramatization of Inua Ellams' epic poem about gods and men

Mister Fitzgerald in The Half-God of Rainfall at NYTW (courtesy of the production) Inua Ellam’s epic poem The Half-God of Rainfall, has been brought to life with theatrical grist at New York Theater Workshop. Currently running until 20th August, the reconfiguration of Greek, Yoruba archetypes and myths are merged against a modern backdrop of an Olympic basketball champion born of mixed raced…

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Oh my god we're finally getting new, different Doctor Who writers

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From the BBC Mediacentre:

"Juno Dawson is a #1 Sunday Times best-selling novelist, screenwriter and journalist, whose books include the global bestsellers, This Book is Gay and Her Majesty’s Royal Coven. Her debut short film was The Birth of Venus and she created the first official Doctor Who scripted podcast, Doctor Who: Redacted.

Juno says: “I started watching Doctor Who with my grandma when I was ten-years-old in the 1990s. From writing fan-fiction for an audience of one, to scripting the best TV show of all time is truly a dream come true. I can't wait for fans and newcomers to see the new season.”

Inua Ellams is a writer and curator, whose published books of poetry include Candy Coated Unicorns & Converse All Stars and The Actual. His first play, The 14th Tale, was awarded a Fringe First at the Edinburgh International Theatre Festival, and other plays include Barber Shop Chronicles, which played at the National Theatre, Three Sisters and The Half-God of Rainfall.

Inua says: “For as long as I can remember television, I've been a Doctor Who fan. I started watching when I was 10 in Nigeria. The show invited me to dream, to live beyond my reality. Getting to write for the show felt like touching God; it was blasphemously humbling and exciting, and I can’t wait to share my story with the world.”

Pete McTighe is a writer and Executive Producer on the forthcoming spin-off The War Between The Land And The Sea. He has created, written or Exec'd dramas including The Pact (BBC), The Rising (Sky), A Discovery Of Witches (HBO), and Wentworth (Fox).

Pete says: “The TARDIS is my home away from home, so it's been a joy to step back inside, with Russell at the console and the incredible team at Bad Wolf hanging on for dear life. I love this show with all my heart, and am really proud of what we've been able to achieve with my next episode.”

Sharma Angel-Walfall originally hails from Manchester and won the inaugural Channel 4 New Writing Award that set her off on her screenwriting journey. She has been in a number of writers’ rooms, including Rapman’s Supacell (Netflix), Sally Wainwright's The Ballad of Renegade Nell (Disney+), A Town Called Malice (Sky) and Noughts & Crosses (BBC). She was a writing consultant on Paul Abbott’s Wolfe (Sky) and wrote an episode of Sharon Hogan’s Dreamland for Sky (starring Lilly Allen and Freema Agyeman).

Sharma says: “I am buzzing to be a part of such an iconic show! I am a massive Russell T Davies fan, so it is a dream come true to be able to work alongside him, especially on a show that I love. It’s a real privilege to be a part of the Doctor Who family. I have loved every minute!”

Russell T Davies, Showrunner says: “Doctor Who takes its talent from a glittering galaxy of names, and these extraordinary writers span the skies. We’ve got old hands, new stars, voices from theatre, radio and literature, the whole works! It’s the most wild and exciting season of Doctor Who yet, and I can’t wait to unleash their brilliant work.”

Good to see some more varied voices on the show again.

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Writers confirm for DW s41/s15/s2:

-Juno Dawson

-Inua Ellams

-Pete McTighe

-Sharma Angel-Walfall

While Juno Dawson has technically already written for Doctor Who, it will be her first time writing an episode of the main show.

Inua Ellams is a renowned poet and playwright, as far as I know it will be his first work for tv.

Sharma Angel-Walfall has been writing for tv since 2017, starting with an episode of Hollyoaks. Most recently she has been working on the show Dreamland.

I don't think I need to present Pete McTighe anymore but in case people need a reminder, he is a returning writer. He previously worked on Tales of the Tardis as well as having writing Kerblam and co-writen Praxeus.

This is really nice to see new faces being added to the list of doctor who writers! I can't wait to see what their stories will be.

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Mid-Year Book Freak Out

My good friend @logarithmicpanda tagged me!

Number of books you’ve read so far: 59,5

Best book you’ve read so far in 2024: No new books really made it to the top three, but discovering The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern was nice.

Best sequel you’ve read so far in 2024: Either book 2 or 3 of the series The Gods of Men by Barbara Kloss? I only read two series this years, disliked one and found the other just so-so...

New release you haven’t read yet but want to: I don't follow releases at all...

Most anticipated release for the second half of the year: Same answer.

Biggest surprise favorite new author (debut or new to you): Inua Ellams! I really liked reading The Half-God of Rainfall

Newest fictional crush: None, sadly.

Book that made you cry: I may not have cried real tears, but The Half-God of Rainfall that I've previously mentionned was very moving.

Most beautiful book you’ve bought so far this year (or received): I really like the covers for Stacey Halls' books! Technically I bought this one a while ago but only read it now so... I was a bit disappointed by the story though.

Book that made you happy: Mrs England by Stacey Halls. The end was very satisfying. Sometimes you don't need more than that~

What books do you need to read by the end of the year? : Not really looking forward to it, but I have a very important exam that will partly be on The Great Gatsby by Fitzgerald. Apart from that, I'm trying to get through a few prompt lists, so Babel, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, and a few classics are also on the menu.

Open tag because I don't know anyone! Feel free to consider this an invitation

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Part one of actors reading out South Africa's case file against Israel at the ICJ.

Full list of participants: Khalid Abdalla, Tunde Adebimpe, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Adam Bakri, Kathleen Chalfant, Steve Coogan, Liam Cunningham, Charles Dance, Stephen Dillane, Inua Ellams, Paapa Essiedu, Lena Headey, Aida El-Kashef, Maaza Mengiste, Tobias Menzies, Sepideh Moafi, Indya Moore, Peter Mullan, Cynthia Nixon, Maxine Peake, Dario Ladani Sanchez, Susan Sarandon, Maisie Richardson Sellers, Alia Shawkat, Wallace Shawn, Morgan Spector, Carice van Houten, Harriet Walter, Zukiswa Wanner

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Dr Who rant incoming

BBC: We have new writers! Juno Dawson! ME: Noted iconic trans woman author Juno Dawson, the Dr Who Redacted writer? Neat! BBC: Inua Ellams! ME: Inua Ellams, British-Nigerian poet and playwright? Wow! BBC: Award-winning black Mancunian screenwriter Sharma Angel-Walfall! ME: Sweet! That's amazing! I loved her work on the Ballad of Renegade Nell! BBC: Pete McTighe! ME: That's another white guy. OK fine, I guess this goes a small way to making up for that time you fired a bisexual woman as showrunner on Dr Who Redacted ..... maybe. So when will one of these women or people of colour be tapped to be a showrunner? BBC: ... ME: It's just going to another white (gay) man isn't it? BBC: ... DIVERSITY! ME: OK I'm off to weep over Verity Lambert's memory I'll be back when you're willing to let a woman or a person of colour into your boys club to do the actual decision making. Fucking hell at least I have some new black creatives to follow on social media [muttering continues] DEADLINE: NEW WHITE PEOPLE WRITING FOR DR WHO and I guess here's a line about the new black people. ME: OH FUCK OFF

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NYTW's The Half-God of Rainfall Shoots but Doesn't Quite Score

#frontmezzjunkies reviews #TheHalfGodOfRainfall @nytw79 w: #InuaEllams d: #TaibiMagar w/ #JasonBowen #KelleyCurran #MisterFitzgerald #PatriceJohnsonChevannes #MichaelLaurence #LizanMitchell #JenniferMogbock #NewYorkTheatreWorkshop #OffBroadway #newplay

Mister Fitzgerald (center) and the cast of NYTW’s The Half-God of Rainfall. Photo by Joan Marcus. The Off-Broadway Theatre Review: NYTW’s The Half-God of Rainfall By Ross With a mystical donning of a strongly stated yellow hat, New York Theatre Workshop‘s dynamic and visually impressive play, The Half-God of Rainfall stomps forward, dribbling like a pro in a way that might make the Gods quake.…

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Comprehensive list of my theatre collection

Here's a list of everything I have in my collection of plays, ballets, operas and everything theatre that aren't listed on Encora:

(First, here's my Encora collection, I try to keep it updated as much as I can, but it might happen that I misplace a boot or another, in which case I update my list accordingly: https://encora.it/traders/tealisa)

Royal Opera House/Royal Ballet - proshots:

La Traviata from the Royal Opera House

Romeo and Juliet by the Royal Ballet

Cendrillion (Cinderella Opera) from the Royal Opera House (in this opera the prince is played by an actress so I had a lot of fun watching it as a sapphic)

The Cellist by the Royal Ballet

Il Trittico (Opera)

The Winter’s Tale by the Royal Ballet

National Theatre - proshots:

Barber Shop Chronicles by Inua Ellams

Replica Brazilian Productions:

Cinderella 2021 - with Fabi Bang as Ella - multicam bootleg

Once the Musical 2023/2024 - bootleg

Macbeth in Sorocaba, São Paulo, 1992 - proshot

Original Brazilian Productions (if any of these names interest you, I'd be more than happy to give you a synopsis of each show):

Menines (Um Jogo de Desconstruir Certezas) - proshot

Meu Destino É Ser Star (housecam) - with Myra Ruiz

O Mágico di Ó - proshot

Cargas d'Água - proshot

Elza - housecam (about black brazilian singer Elza Soares)

Era No Tempo do Rei - proshot

Glam - proshot

Gota d'Água (recreation of Medea) - proshot

Gota d'Água a seco - proshot with Vanessa da Mata

Vingança - O Musical - proshot?

Os Saltimbancos - Montagem do Instituto Odeom, 2011 - proshot

Os Saltimbancos - Montagem do Grupo EmCantar, 2021