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Tricycle Theatre, London >>>

2001

Royal Shakespeare Company >>>

Methuen Drama, London >>>

2001

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Synopsis: Snapshot of south-west London life including an uplifting portrayal of pure, uncomplicated family happiness.
Fiona Mountford, Evening Standard

BAC, London >>>

1995

Wild Iris

Amber Lane Press, Oxford

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Liverpool: Unity Theatre, England, EUR >>>

1999

Told By An Idiot Theatre Company

Methuen Drama, London >>>

2001

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Notes: devised by Told by an Idiot and Biyi Bandele-Thomas

Synopsis: A haunting love story laced with delicious comedy. Collaborating with a writer for the first time, Told by an Idiot has commissioned the acclaimed Biyi Bandele. The commissioning of this new play marks a major development for the Company and fulfils a desire to tackle a text, from a writer we have long admired. In a place where time has stood still, Mister Deka D celebrates his birthday. A man, Trisk, and a woman, Lika, come together to confront their past, whilst doing all they can to avoid it. Meanwhile, Mister Deka D doesn't seem to realise what is taking place around him, in the same way that Trisk and Lika don't seem to notice Mister Deka D's presence. The genesis of collaboration between Biyi Bandele and Told by an Idiot comes from a mutual fascination with storytelling. The rich vein of humour that runs through Biyi's work is a particular area that the Company wishes to explore and challenge with its own approach of mixing comedy and tragedy. Ultimately to attempt the fusion of new writing and physical theatre feels like an exciting departure and a natural progression for Told by an Idiot. The play aims to focus as much on what is unspoken in a relationship as what is said, and creating a world where the smallest detail can prove to have the greatest resonance. Mister Deka D celebrates his birthday in a place where time has stood still. A man and a woman come together to confront their past, whilst doing all they can to avoid it. Happy Birthday, Mister Deka D is an intense, moving and comic look at the nature of love and the effect that the past has on the present.

Royal Court Theatre Upstairs, London >>>

1993

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Amber Lane Press, Oxford

1993

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Other Place Theatre, Stratford, UK >>>

1999

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Notes: from Aphra Behn Novella

Synopsis: : "Behn's 1688 Oroonoko is the first English novel to portray black Africans in a positive light. Her title character, Oroonoko, is a 'noble savage' who speaks twelve languages. When he is chopped into pieces for leading a slave rebellion, Behn's super-hero never flinches and dies smoking a pipe. . .But in 1999, when the Royal Shakespeare Company commissioned Nigerian author Biyi Bandele to adapt the Behn novella into a play, Bandele rejected Behn's Oroonoko as an idealization. Instead, he explores African identity and portrays Oroonoko and other black Africans as flawed and human
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Cochrane, London

1994

Talawa Theatre Company, UK >>>

Amber Lane Press, Oxford

1994

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Young Vic Maria, London >>>

2007

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Notes: Original Playwright - Bertolt Brecht. Part of The Big Brecht Fest: Brecht Double Bill 2

Synopsis: Carrar must choose: protect her sons or back the resistance. A pocket political thriller.
The Theatre List

Quarry, West Yorks

1997

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Notes: Original Playwright - Chinua Achebe

Synopsis: story of how one man's courageous stand against colonialism leads to his own downfall

Bush Theatre, London >>>

1994

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Amber Lane Press, Oxford

1994

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