August In England (Reading)
Written by LENNY HENRY
Read by TYRONE HUGGINS
Lenny Henry's funny and deeply moving debut play took London by storm and now comes to Live Theatre in this first reading outside of the capital. A story of love, family heartache and the Windrush scandal.
‘You never allow me tell my story. I been trying to tell it someone and nobody listenin'.
Charming, flawed, and with the gift of the gab, we all know a man like August Henderson. Between his three kids, devoted wife-to-be, and part-ownership of a fruit and veg shop, he is proud of the life he has built since landing in his beloved West Bromwich.
So, when faced with deportation to a country he has no memory of, he isn’t prepared to go quietly. Listen up, he is ready to tell his own story.
Poignant and hilarious in equal measure, August in England gives insight into the lives impacted by the injustice of the Windrush scandal.
Presented in proud partnership with NEEACA.
Cast
Tyrone Huggins
Tyrone has performed in over eighty stage productions, including for RSC, National Theatre, Birmingham Rep, Talawa, and Eclipse Theatre in Black Men Walking. For Forced Entertainment he performs the solo show To Move In Time which has toured to Barcelona, Hannover, Kyoto, Rio de Janeiro and UK. At Leeds Playhouse he played the central character in The Beatification Of Area Boy. Recently directed work includes All Blood Runs Red for Imitating The Dog and Made In India Britain for Rinkoo Barpaga. Many screen appearances include Black Earth Rising, Small Axe: Mangrove, Run Fat Boy Run, Emmerdale and the final series of Doctors. His professional career began when he co-founded the influential experimental company Impact Theatre Cooperative after graduating from Leeds University. He has been Associate Artist for Geraldine Connor Foundation; Birmingham Rep; Forced Entertainment. Within the last year he appeared in Life Class for 509 Arts & Bradford2025, Spirits of the Black Meridian for Dervish Productions/Culture&, and most recently in The Tempest at The Globe. In Newcastle he appeared for Improbable in Opening Skinners Box and played Prospero in their production of The Tempest. He brought his production Sounds…In Session to Live Theatre many years ago, and years later appeared in a reading of The Painted Rocks at Revolver Creek by Athol Fugard. As a writer, his plays include The Honeyman, The Carver Chair, Platform Tales, and his text for dance includes RJC’s Shared Testament and Anthology:19 for Phoenix Dance Theatre.
