The Bite Magazine - Autmn/Winter 2020 - Issue 28

bitetheatre Once again, the family’s peace becomes incongruous as malice reigns over the two; mother ignoring her daughter’s calls. Ironically and culturally a way of remorsefully mak- ing peace, it is Omotola’s past family oppressor, back in her Nigerian childhood home, that intervenes and mediates between the two of them restoring amicability. Eventually, Aramide bears a child and the next generation, and indeed the story proceeds in this life. With each scene-change made to African drums, this beautifully played-out story to a well-written collage of life events was an endearing piece of theatre that at times heightened the emotions one way or the other, and it was just a damn shame that lockdown 2.0 started bang in the middle of its live theatre run. I, for one, am grateful at this time of technology advanc- es, that I could sit in my home in Shoreditch, London and witness this play played to a socially-distanced audience from hundreds of miles away, in Sheffield, on my laptop. Such has been my cultural social life for most of this year! YouTube has become the digital stage to many a theatre production, and if it wasn’t for this platform of accessibil- ity, I don’t know what I would have done to quench my theatrical thirst, or where many, many of our mainstream and West End theatres, talk less of fringe theatres would be this late in this crazy ‘new-normal’ of a year. True to their professionalism, ‘the show must go on’ and as such Here’s What She Said To Me is moving to the online platform and will be shown online throughout Decem- ber. What a worthy Christmas gift to that person who has missed out on attending the theatre they love so much! Or what about treating yourself to a bit of culture wearing your warmest snugly jim-jams on your sofa? Utopia Theatre, a producing company, formed in 2012, is passionate about producing innovative contemporary Af- rican Theatre celebrating elements of the culture, language and traditions fromAfrica for the British and international stage. The Crucible Theatre is a theatre in the city centre of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England which opened in 1971. As well as theatrical performances, it is more famous for hosting the prestigious World Snooker Championships since 1977. I, myself having hailed from Sheffield as a child, have watched some prestigious theatre there some many, many moons back and feel quite lucky to again watch a show fromThe Crucible Theatre’s programme. To watch this play on until 31st December 2020, go to: https://www.utopiatheatre.co.uk/our-work/heres-what- she-said-to-me/about-the-show#gallery-2 https://utopiatheatre.co.uk