About the Show

Tatenda Shamiso's autobiographical love letter to transitioning & examining the absurdity of bureaucratic systems.

Tatenda Shamiso recounts the story of his experience as a Black transgender immigrant in the UK. Using the songs he wrote throughout his first year of hormone replacement therapy, he guides us through what it takes to validate Black and queer identities in the eyes of the law.

Sean Ting-Hsuan Wang directs.

Critic Reviews (7)

"Shamiso's story is undeniably an important one to tell. But there shouldn't be an artistic trade off to do so."
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“The writing and performance are beautifully poised, full of revealing complexity. ”
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"This is a play about someone embracing their past to move forward to who they are... if you just want misery, go somewhere else; this is about hope among the challenges."
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“So far from being one (transgender) man against the system, ’No ID’ becomes something brisk, revealing, sometimes amusing, and above all self-accepting.”
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"Resolutely honest and brilliant, this is a lionhearted revelation in dramatic form."
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"Telling his story with frank honesty and offhand humour, Shamiso intimately and scathingly reveals the lazy cruelties of the bureaucratic systems which fail to extend empathy or understanding."
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"Touching without being saccharine, informative without being condescending, and accessible without pandering, 'No I.D.' is a piece open to the highs and lows, the crippling anxieties and soaring joys of finding one’s authentic self."
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