Sir Lenny Henry: August in England
Vishva Samani follows Sir Lenny as he prepares for his exciting playwriting debut.
鈥榊ou never allow me tell my story. I been trying to tell it someone and nobody listenin鈥�. These are the words of August Henderson the main character of comedian, actor, impressionist, television presenter and now playwright, Sir Lenny Henry鈥檚 new one man show 鈥� 鈥楢ugust in England鈥�. The play gives an insight into the lives impacted by the Windrush scandal from the perspective of a grocer and father based in the West Midlands in England, faced with deportation. In 2017, thousands of legal residents who arrived from the Caribbean from the late 1940s to early 1970s were misclassified as illegal immigrants and faced deportation from the UK. Their experience has inspired Sir Lenny Henry to write and perform his very first one man show.
Presenter, Vishva Samani is following Sir Lenny, as he prepares for his exciting playwriting debut at The Bush Theatre in London.
