This beautiful magical and majestic story told by 4 storytellers ensemble style. The universal themes eloquently express the essence of Igbo culture as audiences experience journey to ancient Igbo land in the middle of a forest within a family compound, within a shrine sits Nne Eze, (Igbo word for mother leader).
Nne laments for her lost spirit child she has given birth to 8 times and lost 8 times after a few months each time. A spirit child is called Obanje and the same spirit returns to the same womb each time.
In desperation Nne makes a deal with river geni Osimiri, to grant her another child, arguing that life has no meaning without children. Osimiri grants her wish and states as long as Nne never raises a hand to her child all will be well. A promise Nne finds easy to make.
Nne and the Obanje Child
The Space, 269 Westferry Road, London
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Covid 19 Information
COVID-SAFE – ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW
What extra measures do you have in place?
We’ve placed seats at 1 metre intervals and limited our capacity to just 30-40 people per event.
The performers, stage crew and all Space staff will follow strict social distancing and cleanliness protocols.
We are operating a one-way entry system through the building with hand sanitiser at the entrance.
We will not be using paper tickets, instead just requiring audience members to show us their confirmation email (one per booking) either on their phone or via a print-out if that’s easier.
We will also be operating a cashless bar and box office, and only admitting online bookings. There will be no latecomers.
Will I be able to choose where I sit?
No, we will lay out seating to coincide with the bookings made for each event. You should only book tickets for those people you are able to sit next to (are in your bubble). Party members who cannot sit next to you should make a separate booking.
We will ask those at the front of the queue to take the seats furthest from the entrance and only sit in seats that match their party number.
What happens on the day?
When you arrive for your performance, you will be greeted at the door by a member of box office staff (they will be holding a clipboard or an Ipad). If the doors are not yet open (we are looking to have the doors opened earlier than normal) we will ask you to queue outside the building or take a seat in our café/bar.
A member of staff will then take you to the auditorium. We will be taking one party at a time through to the auditorium and getting them seated before admitting the next party, to allow for social distancing between each booking.
The entrance for this performance will be the red doors at the front of the building/the large red doors at the side of the building.
At the end of the show, you will be led out by a member of staff through the large doors at the side of the building. You are then more than welcome to come back in through the bar door to join us for a post-show drink in our socially-distanced bar.
COVID-SAFE – ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW
What extra measures do you have in place?
We’ve placed seats at 1 metre intervals and limited our capacity to just 30-40 people per event.
The performers, stage crew and all Space staff will follow strict social distancing and cleanliness protocols.
We are operating a one-way entry system through the building with hand sanitiser at the entrance.
We will not be using paper tickets, instead just requiring audience members to show us their confirmation email (one per booking) either on their phone or via a print-out if that’s easier.
We will also be operating a cashless bar and box office, and only admitting online bookings. There will be no latecomers.
Will I be able to choose where I sit?
No, we will lay out seating to coincide with the bookings made for each event. You should only book tickets for those people you are able to sit next to (are in your bubble). Party members who cannot sit next to you should make a separate booking.
We will ask those at the front of the queue to take the seats furthest from the entrance and only sit in seats that match their party number.
What happens on the day?
When you arrive for your performance, you will be greeted at the door by a member of box office staff (they will be holding a clipboard or an Ipad). If the doors are not yet open (we are looking to have the doors opened earlier than normal) we will ask you to queue outside the building or take a seat in our café/bar.
A member of staff will then take you to the auditorium. We will be taking one party at a time through to the auditorium and getting them seated before admitting the next party, to allow for social distancing between each booking.
The entrance for this performance will be the red doors at the front of the building/the large red doors at the side of the building.
At the end of the show, you will be led out by a member of staff through the large doors at the side of the building. You are then more than welcome to come back in through the bar door to join us for a post-show drink in our socially-distanced bar.
Event has ended
This event ended on Friday 15th of October 2021
This event ended on Friday 15th of October 2021
Admission
Warning: This performance includes themes of the loss of a child and attempted suicide.
Warning: This performance includes themes of the loss of a child and attempted suicide.
Location
The Space, 269 Westferry Road, London
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Theatre
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