Iya-Ile : The First Wife
Iya-Ile : The First Wife

Author: Oladipo Agboluaje

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2009-05-01

Total Pages: 110

ISBN-13: 1849437947

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It's 1989 in Lagos. Political hysteria and social change are sweeping Nigeria. Chief Adeyemi's wife Toyin is turning 40 and, behind the mansion walls, the household is preparing for her party. But there are other distractions. Their troublesome sons, returning from college, are more interested in seduction and starting revolutions than their parents' disintegrating marriage. Meanwhile Helen, the ambitious house girl, is waiting for her chance... Iya-Ile was in production at the Soho Theatre, London in Spring 2009.

The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives
The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives

Author: Rotimi Babatunde

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2018-06-07

Total Pages: 104

ISBN-13: 178682552X

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The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives is a scandalous, engrossing tale of sexual politics and family strife in modern-day Nigeria. Lola Shoneyin's bestselling novel bursts on to the stage in a vivid adaptation by Caine Award-winning playwright Rotimi Babatunde. “Men are like yam, you cut them how you like.” Baba Segi has three wives, seven children, and a mansion filled with riches. But now he has his eyes on Bolanle, a young university graduate wise to life's misfortunes. When Bolanle responds to Baba Segi's advances, she unwittingly uncovers a secret which threatens to rock his patriarchal household to the core.

Africa on the Contemporary London Stage
Africa on the Contemporary London Stage

Author: Tiziana Morosetti

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2018-12-06

Total Pages: 251

ISBN-13: 3319945084

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This collection of essays investigates the way Africa has been portrayed on the London stage from the 1950s to the present. It focuses on whether — and, if so, to what extent — the Africa that emerges from the London scene is subject to stereotype, and/or in which ways the reception of audiences and critics have contributed to an understanding of the continent and its arts. The collection, divided into two parts, brings together well-established academics and emerging scholars, as well as playwrights, directors and performers currently active in London. With a focus on Wole Soyinka, Athol Fugard, Bola Agbaje, Biyi Bandele, and Dipo Agboluaje, amongst others, the volume examines the work of key companies such as Tiata Fahodzi and Talawa, as well as newer companies Two Gents, Iroko Theatre and Spora Stories. Interviews with Rotimi Babatunde, Ade Solanke and Dipo Agboluaje on the contemporary London scene are also included.

Immune
Immune

Author: Oladipo Agboluaje

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2015-07-14

Total Pages: 88

ISBN-13: 1783199423

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An ordinary school day. But today, there is no going home. When the rest of the world has forgotten your existence, where do you run when the Apocalypse looms? The dock? The navy base? Or do you just sit tight and ride the whole thing out? In a city overcome with death, we are finally forced to start living. A provocative and darkly comic new play, by award-winning playwright Oladipo Agboluaje, exploring our technological dependency, social resilience and the need to belong

Contemporary Black British Playwrights
Contemporary Black British Playwrights

Author: L. Goddard

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2015-02-17

Total Pages: 263

ISBN-13: 1137493100

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This book examines the socio-political and theatrical conditions that heralded the shift from the margins to the mainstream for black British Writers, through analysis of the social issues portrayed in plays by Kwame Kwei-Armah, debbie tucker green, Roy Williams, and Bola Agbaje.

Barber Shop Chronicles
Barber Shop Chronicles

Author: Inua Ellams

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2021-08-12

Total Pages: 137

ISBN-13: 1350200166

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Newsroom, political platform, local hot spot, confession box, preacher-pulpit and football stadium. For generations, African men have gathered in barber shops to discuss the world. These are places where the banter can be barbed and the truth is always telling. Barber Shop Chronicles, which was partly inspired by verbatim recordings, is a heart-warming, hilarious and insightful play that leaps from a barber shop in Peckham to Johannesburg, Harare, Kampala, Lagos and Accra over the course of a single day. It was first produced by the National Theatre, Fuel and Leeds Playhouse in 2017 and is here publishedas a Methuen Drama Student Edition with commentary and notes by Oladipo Agboluaje.

New Nigerians
New Nigerians

Author: Oladipo Agboluaje

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2017-02-13

Total Pages: 73

ISBN-13: 1786821389

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Nigeria: ‘the Giant of Africa’. Conservatives rule over the biggest economy on the continent, and one of the largest and youngest populations in the world. What if the people wanted something different? What if they got it? As time runs out to build a coalition which can challenge the ruling party, can progressive forces overcome their personal and political differences, or will their troubled pasts define an even more troubling future?