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Papatango New Writing Prize 2021

Long ReviewsOct 28, 2021Bush Theatre, London

Nkenna Akunna, author of Some of Us Exist in the Future. Photo: Tochi Hannah

Three compelling audio adaptations of Papatango Prize-winners: Tajinder Singh Hayer, Nkenna Akunna and Tom Powell, at London’s Bush Theatre

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