Volatile Space
A workshop led by Inua Ellams.
Volatile Space explores two foundational elements of theatre:
1. Dialogue – not just what is said, but intention, rhythm, subtext, and power.
2. Location – how physical space shapes meaning, tension, and theme.
This two-hour workshop, led by poet, playwright and performer Inua Ellams (An Evening with an Immigrant), demonstrates that drama does not emerge from plot alone, but from intention, relationship, and environment.
Inua Ellams
Born in Nigeria, Inua Ellams is a poet, playwright and performer, graphic artist and designer, and founder of The Midnight Run (an arts-filled, nighttime, urban walking experience); The Rhythm and Poetry Party (The R.A.P Party), which celebrates live literature and music; and Poetry + Film / Hack (P+F/H), which celebrates poetry and film. Identity, displacement and destiny are recurring themes in his work, where he tries to mix the old with the new: traditional African oral storytelling with contemporary poetics, paint with pixel, texture with vector. His books are published by Flipped Eye, Akashic, Nine Arches, Penned in the Margins and Bloomsbury.