Tiata Delights 08
IN TIME by Bola Agbaje (Nigeria)
Two young lovers are forcibly separated, Years later their children from subsequent marriages meet. And fall in love. Will pain and hatred from the past stalk a new generation?
| Role | Name |
| Director | Femi Elufowoju, jr |
| Young Temi/Older | Temi Ayo-Dele Ajana |
| Young Chuka/Older Chuka | Chiké Okonkwo |
| Dad | Ben Onwukwe |
| Remi | Rhoda Ofori-Attah |
| Ngozi | Yetunde Oduwole |
| Deborah | Shyko Amos |
| Ike | Adetomiwa Edun |
| Composer | James Lascelles |
THE BURIAL by Francis Aidoo (Ghana)
Following the sudden death of their father in Ghana, three sons and their bereaved mother gather for supper in her London home. The evening is set for amusing and startling revelations.
| Role | Name |
| Director | Syan Blake |
| Elizabeth | Ellen Thomas |
| Patrick | Danny Sapani |
| Nana | Clifford Samuel |
| Samuel | Aml Ameen |
| Alex | Richard Pepple |
LIQUID GOLD by Yvonne Dodoo (Ghana)
Hours before a man stands trial for drink driving, his family attempt to piece together the missing fragments from their lives. But, on the doorstep, another bomb is ticking.
| Role | Name |
| Director | Gbemisola Ikumelo |
| Joseph | Danny Sapani |
| Rosemond | Ellen Thomas |
| Mercy | Gugu Mbatha-Raw |
| Naomi | Cush Jumbo |
| Michael | Adetomiwa Edun |
| Angela | Martina Lair |
BURNED TO NOTHING by Rex Obano (Nigeria)
Delta State, Nigeria, 2003. A 16 year old boy is abducted by militia resisting the rape of their country by multinational corporations. His father searches the charred landscape and discovers more than he can bear.
| Role | Name |
| Director | Femi Elufowoju, jr |
| Matthew | Christopher Colquhoun |
| The General | Cyril Nri |
| Medina | Cathy Tyson |
PANDORA’S BOX by Ade Solanke (Nigeria)
A British-born Nigerian mother, accompanies her streetwise son on his first trip to her homeland but then wrestles with whether to leave him there or return him to the ‘battlefields’ of urban London.
| Role | Name |
| Director | Nick Oshikanlu |
| Toyin | Jenny Jules |
| Sister Ronke | Yetunde Oduwole |
| Mama Ronke | Ellen Thomas |
| Bev Sandra | Euba |
| Timi Charles | Mnene |
| Tope | Adetomiwa Edun |
| Principal Osun | Israel Oyelumade |
| Dapo | Chiké Okonkwo |
WALKING WATERFALL by Nii Ayikwei Parkes (Ghana)
A bustling market place in scorching hot Accra. Kwame is a vendor of exquisite artefacts and a bashful romantic poet. His ultimate desire is to serenade the woman in his dreams. One morning she walks in.
| Role | Name |
| Director | Femi Elufowoju, jr |
| Junior | Babou Ceesay |
| Kwame | Chiké Okonkwo |
| Odame | Jude Akuwudike |
| Aba | Joy Elias-Rilwan |
| Akos | Marcy Oni |
AFRICAN MUSIC CONCERT
For one night only, a troupe of Africa’s best musicians and vocalists resident in the UK stormed the Almeida stage.
| Artists | |
| GK Real | |
| James Lascelles | |
| Leon Maddy | |
| Tunde Jegede | |
| Sola Akingbola | |
| Director | Femi Elufowoju, jr |
| Festival Creative Team | |
| Composer | James Lascelles |
| Dramaturgy | Femi Elufowoju, jr |
| Casting | Camilla Evans |
| Production Coordinator | Laura Flowers |
| Concert Production Coordinator | Matt Berry |
| Deputy Stage Managers | Nicole Keighley, Lucy Taylor |
| Assistant Stage Managers | Louise Green, Ali Hunter |
| Chief Technician | Jason Wescombe |
| Lighting Technician | Robin Fisher |
| Sound Technician | Howard Wood |
| Theatre Technician | Mark Jenkins |
| Wardrobe Supervisor | Catrina Richardson |
| Wardrobe Deputy | Eleanor Dolan |
| Photographer | Ade Omoloja |
| Graphic Design | Jane Harper |
| Marketing | The Cogency |
| Press | Premier PR |
| Sign Language Interpreter | Jacqui Beckford |