Bola Agbaje’s THE BURIAL at the Albany

Bola Agbaje’s new play, produced by Stonecrabs Theatre Company, opens at the Albany Theatre, Deptford, this week.

Funmi has it all: a career, doting husband and a comfortable life in London… until the day her father dies and his two Nigerian wives arrive in a flurry of designer shoes and polished fingernails to clash over his burial arrangements. Born a Muslim, married a Christian and with new-found Buddhist beliefs, Funmi is forced to confront the past and her own faith to end the war over her father’s body.

This lively new satire explores how the conflicting traditions and religious tensions of one family reveal an unlikely respect for their Nigerian and British-Nigerian cultures.

The production runs until next Saturday (11th May) and tickets can be bought here.