The 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. 'A remarkable, mythic book' Alice Walker on The Fishermen by Chigozie Obioma Gbolahan Obisesan is an... alles anzeigen expand_more

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.

'A remarkable, mythic book' Alice Walker on The Fishermen by Chigozie Obioma



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.



'Beautiful and memorable... something very special'



'Gbolahan Obisesan has skilfully distilled this tragic story… [has] near-mythic qualities, exploring the bonds of family and the individual's ability to defy fate'



'Chigozie Obioma's novel [is brought] to vivid, unforgettable life'



'A supreme piece of theatre… what comes across most powerfully is the bleed between imagination and memory, as re-enactment can turn into trauma, and play can stop being play'

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