Exclusive: Faith Omole, one of the stars of Nida Manzoor’s Peacock/C4/Working Title punk comedy series We Are Lady Parts, will have her debut play produced on the London stage next month starring BAFTA Award winner Rakie Ayola.
My Father’s Fable will run at West London’s Bush Theatre from June 15-July 27.
Omole, a British-Nigerian born in London, said in an exclusive interview with Deadline that the play’s main character, Peace, has learnt a year after her father’s death that he had another son in Nigeria who’s now coming to visit in London. “She has a boyfriend who is pushing her to meet him and a mother [played by Ayola] that doesn’t want her to meet this strange boy from Nigeria.”
The thespian, nominated for an Olivier Award for her performance in the glorious Sheffield Theatre, National Theatre and Various Productions musical Standing at the Sky’s Edge,...
My Father’s Fable will run at West London’s Bush Theatre from June 15-July 27.
Omole, a British-Nigerian born in London, said in an exclusive interview with Deadline that the play’s main character, Peace, has learnt a year after her father’s death that he had another son in Nigeria who’s now coming to visit in London. “She has a boyfriend who is pushing her to meet him and a mother [played by Ayola] that doesn’t want her to meet this strange boy from Nigeria.”
The thespian, nominated for an Olivier Award for her performance in the glorious Sheffield Theatre, National Theatre and Various Productions musical Standing at the Sky’s Edge,...
- 5/1/2024
- by Baz Bamigboye
- Deadline Film + TV
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