COAT

Yomi Sode's hit show COAT tackles immigration, identity and displacement.
'I don't know my grandparents' names, how embarrassing is that? But I can name all of Kanye's albums.'
Nigeria: a grandmother passes. London: a son cooks a pot of stew for his mother, hoping to uncover hidden stories and unanswered questions.
A humorous and moving response to the elders who leave the next generation uncertain of what is expected of them.

Yomi -ode is a Nigerian British writer, performer and facilitator. Shortlisted for the Jerwood Compton 2017 Poetry Fellowship, he has read poems at Lagos International Poetry Festival, Afrika Fest with Speaking Volumes in Finland and at the New York Public Library with the British Council. COAT has been programmed at the Southbank Centre, Roundhouse and Battersea Arts Centre to sold-out audiences. His writing has been published in Rialto Magazine, as well as the Bare Lit, 10: Poets of the New Generation, and Tales of Two Londons anthologies.