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In the Studio: Sir Lenny Henry: August in England

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Lenny Henry Windrush Drama

16/05/2023 GMT

Sir Lenny Henry: August in England

BBC World Service - In the Studio, Sir Lenny Henry: August in England

Sir Lenny's new one-man play gives an insight into lives impacted by the Windrush scandal

Sir Lenny prepares for his exciting playwriting debut at The Bush Theatre in London.

"You never allow me tell my story. I been trying to tell it someone and nobody listenin'." These are the words of August Henderson the main character of British comedian, actor, impressionist, television presenter and now playwright, Sir Lenny Henry's new one man show - August in England.
 
The play gives an insight into the lives impacted by the Windrush scandal. In 2017, thousands of legal residents who arrived from Commonwealth countries from the late 1940s to early 1970s were misclassified as illegal immigrants and were wrongly detained, deported and denied legal rights.  Their experience has inspired, Sir Lenny Henry, to write and perform his very first one man show from the perspective of August, a grocer and father based in the West Midlands in England, who faces deportation from a country he has lived in for the past 52 years.
 
Presenter Vishva Samani is following Sir Lenny as he prepares for his exciting playwriting debut at The Bush Theatre in London.
 
Produced by Emma Betteridge.

(Image: Sir Lenny Henry. Credit: Tristram Kenton.)

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