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An engaging classroom playscript. Seeking shelter in a desolate
graveyard, Mamo stumbles upon Dani, a fellow fugitive in the
dangerous city of Addis Ababa. Both boys are desperately trying to
outrun their past: Mamo has escaped the horrors of slavery while
Dani has sacrificed a life of luxury by running away from his
domineering father. Forced to live and work on a dumpsite in order
to survive, just how long can they run before their pasts catch up
with them?
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.
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Immune (Paperback)
Oladipo Agboluaje
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R369
Discovery Miles 3 690
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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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
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?
This is the first collection of plays by award-winning playwright
Oladipo Agboluaje, a significant force in Black British drama.
Described as an 'exciting, vital new voice' (Time Out), Agboluaje
demonstrates his versatility to write plays that transcend African
and British cultures. Early Morning is a satirical comedy about
three Nigerian office cleaners who decide to mount a coup to
institute Blackocracy in Great Britain. 'The comedy is witty,
astute and sublimely irresponsible' The Spectator The Estate
centres on the conflicts within the wealthy Adeyemi family as they
make funeral arrangements for their late patriarch, Chief Adeyemi.
The Estate is also a social study of class conflict in Nigeria.
'Agboluaje writes with a sharp, satiric eye.' Guardian The Christ
of Coldharbour Lane is the story of Omo who, believing he is the
son of God, preaches to the people of Brixton to abandon the
'wilful peace' that is holding them down. 'an often hilarious, and
often profound, snapshot of modern London...[a] thought-provoking
piece of original theatre.' The Stage The Hounding of David Oluwale
is based on Kester Aspden's award-winning book and reworks the
tragic story of David Oluwale, who was hounded by two police
officers in 1960s Leeds, and of the man who fought to get justice
for him. 'a shocking and engrossing story...a kind of In Cold Blood
set in Leeds' Financial Times Iyale (The First Wife) is the prequel
to The Estate and tells the story of Helen Adeyemi's rise from
being the servant to becoming the wife of the patriarch, Chief
Adeyemi. 'satirical yet sympathetic, brutal yet beautifully
observed.' The Times
Three 30 minute plays by leading playwrights for children to act,
commissioned by the Unicorn, one of the world's foremost companies
creating theatre with young people at its core. Premiered as end of
year performances by primary classes, the scripts are ideal school
productions or for younger youth theatre groups. They are designed
to be directed by teachers or youth leaders with no previous drama
training. The book includes advice and ideas to support
preparation, rehearsal and production.
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The Estate (Paperback)
Oladipo Agboluaje
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R304
R286
Discovery Miles 2 860
Save R18 (6%)
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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This is a powerful yet comic tale of explosive family secrets and
the dead hand of a corrupt patriarchy. Inspired by Chekhov but set
in contemporary Lagos, Nigeria, Chief (Mrs) Adeyemi is engulfed in
burial arrangements for her recently deceased husband, an
influential entrepreneur with an extended family scattered across
the globe. His children arrive from abroad to hear their father's
Will. As they divide his estate an unnatural turn of events takes
place and sparks begin to fly. "The Estate" is on tour in a
production by Tiata Fahodzi ('theatre of the emancipated'),
directed by Femi Elufowoju, Jr.
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