An Evening with an Immigrant
An Evening with an Immigrant is a show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2026, performing at a venue to be confirmed. It has 3 performances listed, running from Wed 19 Aug, 18:45 to Fri 21 Aug, 18:45. The run has finished — every listed performance has taken place.
About this show
Award-winning poet and playwright Inua Ellams, born to a Muslim father and a Christian mother in what is now considered to be Boko Haram territory, left Nigeria for England in 1996 aged 12. Littered with poems, stories and anecdotes, Inua tells his ridiculous, fantastic, poignant immigrant-story of escaping fundamentalist Islam, finding friendship in Dublin, performing solo at the National Theatre and drinking wine with the Queen of England, all the while without a country to belong to or a place to call home. This will be a special stripped-back version of the hit Fringe show.
Details
- Venue: a venue to be confirmed
- Space: Shedinburgh (Venue 322)
- Genre: THEATRE
- Country: UNITED KINGDOM - ENGLAND
- Running time: 85 minutes
- Room size: about 286 seats (Shedinburgh (Venue 322)) — the Fringe box office sells a share of the room, not all of it
- Performances listed: 3, of which 0 still to come and on sale
Accessibility
- Access features: Accessible toilet, Captioned performances
- Venue notes: Accessible entry: Large flight of stone steps up to the performance venue, which is on the first floor. Stairs: 20+ Number of stairs is provided as guidance and is not in addition to any wheelchair access type (lift/ramp etc) stated above.
Performance dates and ticket availability
- Wed 19 Aug, 18:45 — Already performed — £13.50
- Thu 20 Aug, 18:45 — Already performed — £13.50
- Fri 21 Aug, 18:45 — Cancelled — £13.50