Thameside Theatre, 7pm, Wed 22 Oct - Award-winning British-African family drama: Pandora's Box 2014

Dear friends,

Please book now for a special showing of Pandora's box at Thameside Theatre, Grays

Black History Month Event

Date: Wednesday 22nd Oct 2014

Time: 7pm

 

Q& A with writer Ade Solanke before the show. 

You think England is hard? Compared to Nigeria? My dear, you haven't seen anything yet!"

 

Summer break is ending. On holiday with her streetwise son in Nigeria, a British-Nigerian mother is in turmoil. Should she leave her only child in a strict Lagos boarding school, or return him to the battlefields of inner London?

"What do you see out of that window? People, right? Just people. Because there are no 'Black' people in Africa. 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. But the joy of reunion also unleashes long-suppressed truths. 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.

Ade Solanke
Writer/Producer, Spora Stories
+44 (0) 7796 151 845
ade@sporastories.com
www.sporastories.com
@sporastories

Shortlisted: 2014 Nigeria Prize for Literature

Nominated: Best New Play, Off West End Awards 2012

Winner: Best Playwright, Nigerian Entertainment and Lifestyle Awards 2012 

Winner: Best Playwright, African Film Awards 2011

Spora Stories is a company Limited by Guarantee. Registered in England and Wales, no. 07958997.  Registered office: 2 Woodberry Grove, London N12 ODR, UK

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