Since then he has performed at many venues and has two successfully sold out tours with State of Play Theatre. He performed as Ariel at the age of 10 in a school community performance of The Tempest at Southwark Playhouse. My Territory (Soho Theatre) The Gods Are Not To Blame (Young Vic theatre) and most recent House of Corrections (Riverside Studios).ĪNYEBE GODWIN ANTEYI (TOPE) is an actor from south London. Credits include: West 10 LDN (BBC Three). After graduating, she enrolled at a weekend drama school where she began her career. She studied entertainment journalism but after playing a role in a short film at university, she turned to acting. After a ten year break from touring, Tunde is ‘back on the road again’, fittingly retrieving his role of Baba six years after his appearance in the very first reading of Pandora’s Box at the Almeida Theatre.ĬHINWE NWOKOLO (BEV) is an actress from South London. Starting out as an actor, he later explored other “areas of artistic expression” and turned his hand to writing, directing and more recently, photography. TUNDE EUBA (BABA) is an actor/director/writer/facilitator who has enjoyed a long and varied career in theatre. An exuberant and thought-provoking mix of comedy, tragedy and family drama, Pandora’s Box reveals the heartbreak behind the difficult choices some parents must make – and the price their children pay. But the joy of reunion also unleashes long-suppressed truths.
Let him experience that for a change.” A family spanning three generations and two continents meets in Lagos for the first time in over thirty years. Because there are no ‘Black’ people in Africa. “What do you see out of that window? People right? Just people.
Should she leave her only child in a strict Lagos boarding school, or return him to the battlefields of inner London? On holiday with her streetwise son in Nigeria, a British-Nigerian mother is in turmoil. “You think England is hard? Compared to Nigeria? My dear, you haven’t seen anything yet!” Summer break is ending. Pandora’s Box is generously funded by Arts Council England with additional funding from the Unity Theatre Trust. This autumn offers the chance to catch this ‘touching, hilarious’ (The Stage) play that has been dazzling audiences with its ‘enthralling, brilliant’ (Public Reviews) story and performances. Shortlisted for this year’s Nigeria Prize for Literature, Africa’s biggest literary award, and nominated for Best New Play, Off West End Theatre Awards, this moving tragicomedy about families, betrayal, choices and love is a must-see. The cast includes TUNDE EUBA (BABA), CHINWE NWOKOLO (BEV), ANYEBE ANTEYI (TOPE), EDWARD KAGUTUZI (TIMI), YETUNDE ODUWOLE (SIS RONKE), ESTHER UWEJEYAH (TOYIN), AMOUR OWOLABI (PRINCIPAL OSUN) and TOMI OGUNJOBI (MAMA RONKE).įollowing sell-out shows at Arcola Theatre, the acclaimed, award-winning British-African family drama, Pandora’s Box, embarks on its long-awaited UK tour. Spora Stories is delighted to announce the cast for the UK Tour of Offie-nominated Pandora’s Box. It was fun!Ĭheck it out BBC London Dotun Adebayo showĬAST LIST PANDORA’S BOX NATIONAL TOUR 2014 We also popped into the BBC Radio London to chat about the show to Dotun Adebayo and shared an extract from the play with his listeners. So…basically the play is about worlds colliding.” Read the interview here …today’s kids are often prevented from experiencing that. “When I was growing up in London, London was our oyster! We’d spend the whole of the summer holidays exploring the city. We had another stimulating chat with Reconnect Africa about the play. It’s more about class differences and economic differences… in different parts of London.” Read more here I wanted to look at how young people in London are interacting and inter-relating. Three of the characters are British-African, but wearing their Londoner hats more in this story. This one is about teenagers who live in different parts of London. “Pandora’s Box was set in Lagos and is very much the British-African migration and inter-generational story. The British Blacklist (TBB) interviewed Ade about the changes in London the play looks at. We were thrilled to be invited into the ARISE NEWS London Studios in Piccadilly to chat about the play.
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