Theatre

THEATRE REVIEW: The Observer Reviewed by Tola Ositelu The Observer written by Matt Charman and directed by Richard Eyre is set in an unnamed African State on the cusp of its first ‘free and fair’ democratic election. The Observer of the title is deputy chief of the British observation team Fiona Russell (played by veteran [...]

By Tola Ositelu Boo is the poignant tale of a mentally impaired man who lives with his disgruntled but loving older brother Benny in a flat – or maisonette according to the protagonist – on a nameless estate, in a nameless city. Christened Beau by his parents, Boo’s neighbours soon brandish him with the infamous [...]

By Oladipo Agboluaje Directed by Femi Elufowoju, jr Ìyà-Ilé (Yoruba for ‘the first Wife’) is the long-awaited prequel to ‘The Estate’ which enjoyed a successful run at the Soho Theatre, London, in 2006. Both written by Oladipo Agboluaje, the plays chronicle the lives and loves of a well-to-do Nigerian family, the Adeyemis of the Yoruba [...]

Review: Death and the Kings Horseman By Tola Ositelu A play by former Poet Laureate Wole Soyinka, Death and the Kings Horseman is a clash-of-culture tale set in the land of the Yoruba people of western Nigeria circa early 1940s. The Alafin, King of the Oyo people, dies after a lengthy reign. Tradition has it [...]

Discover the soul and culture behind visual and word artist Inua Ellams. Something to see this Wednesday, Thursday and Friday @ Arcola Theatre, London. [...]