Things Fall Apart

Archive Listings for Things Fall Apart

T1627838814 (DERBY99) Adapted by Biyi Bandele. Director Chuck Mike. Design Niki Turner.
6 Apr 99 to 10 Apr 99	Derby Theatre, Derby :: V1830193620 listing details L1374511767
9 Mar 99 to 13 Mar 99	Library Theatre, Manchester :: V487 listing details L1062701530
T806489384 (WEST97) Company West Yorkshire Playhouse. Company London International Festival of Theatre '97. Adapted by B Bandele.
12 Jun 97 to 21 Jun 97	The Ambassadors Theatre, West End :: V382 listing details L1083340589
28 May 97 to 7 Jun 97	West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds :: V977 listing details L0402313560
Other listings
23 Mar 99 to 27 Mar 99	Theatre Royal, Plymouth :: V895 listing details L1120575205

Details

Play :: Nigerian tale of one man's stand against colonialism. 'Things Fall Apart' is the story of Okonkwo and the tragic destruction of his tribe, the Igbo. Further than this, it is a tale of two cultures in collision. The stern paternalistic traditions of a small Nigerian village with its elaborate religious rituals and harsh systems of warfare and justice are defeated by the white man's law, education and religion. The play begins and ends with the death of Okonkwo, the great warrior, and it is the crisis points of his life which give the play its elliptic structure. Punctuated by thrilling demonstrations of Nigerian drumming and wild dancing, the production sketches the comic, sometimes fraught chemistry between Okonkwo, his clan and his gods.

Author

Chinua Achebe