Two friends – one, a king and the other the descendant of kings. All is going well, except that the women in their lives upset the balance of politics and power, forcing the hand of fate. After 12 years in the cooler, this play about tradition, politics and faith produces mad twists and killer cliff-hanger! Showing to the public for the first time ever
A thriller involving two men pursuing the deal of a life-time to the Swiss Alps only to find themselves in the middle of very divergent goals and an unfolding saga of deceit, near misses and murder.
Dapo and his girlfriend, (ranting) Ranti, are having what should be a dream relationship; both are upwardly mobile executives in a down-economy and they are in love. They are live-in lovers who banter, pray and fight, challenging each other in many ways to be better. However, when the subject of marriage inevitably enters the reckoning, the questions of roles and who wears the pants, social conditioning and traditional marriage values begin to strain their love.
They find that if their relationship must ‘grow’ – if it must progress and not stagnate, they must marry but even so, they must consider that divorce is a necessary part of their yet-to-be contracted union. The Future Ex-Mrs. Apena is another 2MG-original for the 2017 seasons of theatre.
The Overnight Trial is a 2MG adaptation of Ariel Dorfman’s Death and the Maiden. The piece is a reflection on the secrets that haunt Nigeria as a nation and calls for openness in dealing with the ghosts of the country’s past.
In the play, Wandoo Ate, a former political prisoner from an unnamed past military era in Nigeria, had been raped by her captors, led by a sadistic doctor whose face she never saw. She has lived with the trauma for twenty years, buoyed up by her loving husband, Gbadebo Salami, a lawyer.
Years later, after the repressive regime has fallen and democracy is restored, Wandoo is on a visit with her husband to their country home, when he goes out and gets stuck on a lonely road at night. He is rescued by a good Samaritan, who brings him home. Wandoo is certain she recognizes the voice and mannerism of the stranger, Dr. Hassana Danlami, as those of her rapist and the conductor of her torture years before under the dictatorship. Holding him captive at gunpoint, she repeatedly attacks him and demands that he confess his crime. Her husband tries to stand by his wife and her claims, but he begins to doubt her story and sanity. She forces her husband to represent her captive in a mock trial that she devises over the course of a night and a morning.
Wandoo extracts a confession under duress but audiences will find more evidence than not, that indeed, Dr. Danlami is guilty of the accusations she levels against him.
*Warning: ‘Overnight Trial’ is not family viewing and not recommended for people under 18.
‘Amazing Fun!’ Joseph and a pregnant Mary enter the Bethlehem Hills Inn & Spa in search of a room to put to bed in…and it all goes crazy from there! This Christmas spectacle of theatre is a quirky, re-imagined take on the nativity story for the whole family. It features unexpected twists and a Chorus doing popular Christmas Carols in ways you have never heard.
Finding Adaora is a totally exhilarating play about black identity and diasporan relations that forces one to come to terms with, and take pride in who they are, and to refuse the perceptions and labels placed on them. This is very relevant in Nigeria today, with all the unwholesome perceptions of ethnic identity causing so much friction and conflict – attributes that are great for drama but not for nationhood!
The story is about a conflicted British woman of African descent who goes to Nigeria in search of her identity, only to find that skin colour is not the first or most important classification of human affinity. Her unique encounters at the hands of her Nigerian driver, Udoka, and his spurious side-kick, Emem, force her to rethink her values and the meaning of being African. When she chooses to change her name and adopt Nigeria as her home, she gets more than she bargained for! FINDING ADAORA was first shown at the British Council in Abuja with repeat performances, and has since been seen by audiences in their thousands.
The writers, Roli Ukwu and Segun Michaels have done a sterling work in expressing such a globally relevant thought about identity and race relations, in so poignant and compelling a manner. Their work is – if nothing else – sublime.