OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Bisi Adigun 

• Adapted / Translated From

  Jimmy Murphy

• Author Notes

  Based on Jimmy Murphy's The Kings of the Kilburn High Road.

• Setting

  This play is set on a Tuesday in an African restaurant that is struggling to stay open in a post-Celtic tiger Ireland.

• Synopsis

  Adapted from Jimmy Murphy's Irish emigration play, The Kings of Kilburn High Road, this play is set on an evening five old friends gather in a Nigerian restaurant on Parnell Street to celebrate Daps' 36th birthday. It is a unique opportunity for the friends to reminisce about the past, wonder about the future, and compare their experiences as immigrants in Ireland against the backdrop of the ever-changing Nigeria they left behind many years ago.

• Play Type

  Adaptation/Translation
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  5

• Total

  5

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  21 August 2013

• Producer

  Produced by Arambe Productions

• Venue Notes

  Performed at Theatre@36 at the Teacher's Club, Dublin.

Source Of Information

The information for this entry was taken from the original production programme.