Three plays, three weekends, nine performances - in Abuja

FESTIVAL OF THEATRE in ABUJA 

Featuring : 3 PLAYS... 3 WEEKENDS... 9 PERFORMANCES 

JITNEY- March 8th & 9th 

August Wilson’s Jitney is set in a taxi (jitney) park. It is the story of a father’s bitter disappointment with his son and his unwillingness to forgive his son before his death. His son had shot and killed his white girlfriend in circumstances that could have been avoided. The father’s bitterness stemmed from the fact that he had struggled to train his son through school. At the University he had a white girlfriend who had a wealthy father. The white father bought the girl a car and one day he caught his daughter and the ‘black boy’ at the back of the car. The girl said that she was raped. Getting out on bail, Booster went straight to her house and shot her. He was sentenced to death which was later commuted to life which enabled him to get parole after twenty years in jail. 

August Wilson is a master story teller! The multiple awards are testimony to his mastery.

TOTAL RUNNING TIME : ONE HOUR FORTY MINUTES (IDEAL FOR ALL AGES) 

CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF–March 15th & 16th

Tennessee Williams’ Cat On A Hot Tin Roof is the story of a dysfunctional family with a very sick patriarch who meet to possibly share his property while the man was dying. One of his sons, a lawyer believes that he should be the rightful heir while the son favoured by their father is an alcoholic who does not care for anything except his drink. Brick and his wife have no children. Gooper the lawyer has a wife and five children with the sixth on the way. It is their father’s 65th birthday. They have all met to celebrate him but the cloud of death is hanging over the entire celebrations and the household.

Tennessee Williams is one of the best and iconic writers of the world theatre. His talent is best seen and appreciated!Writes about life in an honest manner!

TOTAL RUNNING TIME: ONE HOUR FORTY FIVE MINUTES (STRONG LANGUAGE) 

MIDNIGHT HOTEL – March 22nd & 23rd

Femi Osofisan’s Midnight Hotel, is a metaphor of a sick nation ruined by greed, waste and addictive corruption. It is midnight and the cover of darkness gives room for all sorts of vices and arrangements Awero,wants to engage in a tryst with her husband’s friend, Pastor who wants a contract which she can arrange. They meet at the hotel run by a misplaced chief and his assistant receptionist, Bicycle. They are later joined by the retired headmaster and his three daughters. It is midnight and the hotel has no light.

Femi Osofisan is at his best! Come prepared to laugh, rejoice and marvel in the cover of darkness! 

TOTAL RUNNING TIME: ONE HOUR FORTY MINUTES (COMEDY, IDEAL FOR ALL AGES) 

VENUE: MERIT HOUSE, AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA 

TIME: EVERY FRIDAY @ 7.00PM 

EVERY SATURDAY @ 1.00PM & 7.00PM 

GATE: N 3,000 (tickets available at the gate) 

PLEASE FORWARD TO YOUR FRIENDS AND BRING THEM TO THE THEATRE! 

CALL PATRICK-JUDE 08037000496, 08059535215 for more information or send an e.mail to josreperthea@yahoo.com