A one-man play, with politics, history, war… Oh, and beautiful songs.

A Concert In a Play. A retired African diplomat escapes a civil war for more peaceful climes, on the wings of a famous composer's beautiful songs.

1999. George Coleridge-Taylor, retired Sierra Leonean diplomat, is trapped in Fourah Bay College when the civil war that’s been ravaging the country reaches Freetown. In hiding, he reflects on his and his country’s stories, worrying about defending the woman captured by the fearsome rebels.

His imagination takes him to more peaceful climes, where he sings the beautiful songs of his uncle, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor.

CONTAINS ALLUSIONS TO, AND SUGGESTIONS OF GENDER-BASED AND WAR VIOLENCE.

Written and performed by Tayo Aluko

Directed by Mojisola Kareem

With live piano accompaniment