Fishermen
In a small Nigerian town, Ben and Obembe, along with their two older brothers, slip away to fish at a forbidden river. Unnoticed and carefree, they keep coming back until one day a madman's prophecy changes the course of their lives forever.
Adapted by Gbolahan Obisesan from the Man Booker Prize-shortlisted novel by Chigozie Obioma, The Fishermen is a powerful allegory of brotherhood, vengeance and fate. It was first seen at HOME, Manchester, in 2018, before a tour of the UK including the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, in a co-production between New Perspectives and HOME.
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Gbolahan Obisesan is an award-winning playwright and screenwriter. His other plays include Zaida and Aadam, How Nigeria Became: A story, and a spear that didn't work, Hansel and Gretel, Mad About the Boy and Hold It Up, as well as stage adaptations of SS. Mendi: Dancing the Death Drill, based on a novel by Fred Khumalo, and Stephen Kelman's Pigeon English.