Ada the Country | |
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Book | Titilope Sonuga |
Premiere | 2 January 2020: MUSON Centre, Onikan, Lagos |
Productions | 2020
Lagos
2022 Lagos 2022 Abuja |
Ada the Country is a 2020 Nigerian musical written by Titilope Sonuga and produced by Marian Ogaziechi under the theatrical studio of Doyenne Circle Productions. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] The play stars Nollywood actresses Patience Ozokwor, Joke Silva and Bikiya Graham Douglas. [3] [6] [7]
Although in the works for about ten years, the show was written in 2019. [8] [9] [10]
Ada, a young woman, is involved in a fire accident which destroys her property and kills her 9 month old daughter, Chiamaka. [11] [12] At the time, her husband Femi was away from home, only returning when the fire has ravaged their home. [12] In the aftermath of the incident Ada becomes depressed. [2] [5] She leaves her husband to return to her parents' home, where family members accuse her of being insensitive and inhumane for leaving Femi. [12] She speaks to the other women in her family, including her divorced sister, a single mother, and a working class woman struggling with sexism at work. Through sharing their experience of living as women in Nigeria, Ada is able to find some healing and reconcile with her husband. [8]
The show debuted in January 2020. [10] [13]
The show was performed at MUSON Centre, Onikan, Lagos from April 15 to 18, 2022. [2] [5] [6] The show was directed by Kemi Lala-Akindoju. [9]
In October 2022 Doyenne Circle brought the show to Abuja, where it was performed at the Musa Yaradua Centre on 21 and 22 October. [9] [11] This staging was directed by Kenneth Uphopho. [9]
2020 Doyenne Circle [10] [13] [14] | 2022 Doyenne Circle [1] [3] [12] | |
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Ada | Kate Henshaw | |
Ada's mother | Patience Ozokwor | |
Femi's mother | Joke Silva | |
Bikiya Graham Douglas | ||
Nkem | Chioma Chigul Omeruah | |
Ifeoma | Oluchi Odii | |
Kemi | Lala Akindoju | Tosin Adeyemi |
Imoh Eboh | ||
Femi | Ayo Ayoola | |
Alero | Bimbo Akintola | |
Funmi | Ade Laoye | |
Lola | Oludara Egerton-Shygnle |
Ada the Country | |
---|---|
Book | Titilope Sonuga |
Premiere | 2 January 2020: MUSON Centre, Onikan, Lagos |
Productions | 2020
Lagos
2022 Lagos 2022 Abuja |
Ada the Country is a 2020 Nigerian musical written by Titilope Sonuga and produced by Marian Ogaziechi under the theatrical studio of Doyenne Circle Productions. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] The play stars Nollywood actresses Patience Ozokwor, Joke Silva and Bikiya Graham Douglas. [3] [6] [7]
Although in the works for about ten years, the show was written in 2019. [8] [9] [10]
Ada, a young woman, is involved in a fire accident which destroys her property and kills her 9 month old daughter, Chiamaka. [11] [12] At the time, her husband Femi was away from home, only returning when the fire has ravaged their home. [12] In the aftermath of the incident Ada becomes depressed. [2] [5] She leaves her husband to return to her parents' home, where family members accuse her of being insensitive and inhumane for leaving Femi. [12] She speaks to the other women in her family, including her divorced sister, a single mother, and a working class woman struggling with sexism at work. Through sharing their experience of living as women in Nigeria, Ada is able to find some healing and reconcile with her husband. [8]
The show debuted in January 2020. [10] [13]
The show was performed at MUSON Centre, Onikan, Lagos from April 15 to 18, 2022. [2] [5] [6] The show was directed by Kemi Lala-Akindoju. [9]
In October 2022 Doyenne Circle brought the show to Abuja, where it was performed at the Musa Yaradua Centre on 21 and 22 October. [9] [11] This staging was directed by Kenneth Uphopho. [9]
2020 Doyenne Circle [10] [13] [14] | 2022 Doyenne Circle [1] [3] [12] | |
---|---|---|
Ada | Kate Henshaw | |
Ada's mother | Patience Ozokwor | |
Femi's mother | Joke Silva | |
Bikiya Graham Douglas | ||
Nkem | Chioma Chigul Omeruah | |
Ifeoma | Oluchi Odii | |
Kemi | Lala Akindoju | Tosin Adeyemi |
Imoh Eboh | ||
Femi | Ayo Ayoola | |
Alero | Bimbo Akintola | |
Funmi | Ade Laoye | |
Lola | Oludara Egerton-Shygnle |