Inua is an award winning poet and performer, a writer with a style influenced by classic literature and hip hop, by Keats as it is by MosDef. Rooted in a love for rhythm and language, he crosses 18th century romanticism and traditional story telling with contemporary diction, loose rhythm and rhyme. 2009 saw the debut of his first play 'The 14th Tale', which toured nationally, scooping a prestigious Fringe First Award at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival before returning to London for a sold-out run at the Cottesloe, National Theatre. His second play toured nationally for 30 dates including 2 weeks at Soho Theatre in October 2010. The Midnight Run is an urban movement he started in 2006, which had now been held in several cities.

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