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Two actors in an embrace. The actor standing looks mournfully off into the distance, cradling the other's head. The other actor is holding their waist, whilst looking directly at us with an unsettling stare.
Two actors in an embrace. The actor standing looks mournfully off into the distance, cradling the other's head. The other actor is holding their waist, whilst looking directly at us with an unsettling stare.

The Clinic

By Dipo Baruwa-Etti, Directed by Monique Touko

Event details

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3 Sep 2022 - 1 Oct 2022

“Dipo Baruwa-Etti is, without doubt, an exciting writer”
The Guardian

The Clinic is the “frequently funny, thrilling” (Time Out), “big, bold and unruly” (WhatsOnStage) new play that’s “well worth catching” (The Telegraph) from Dipo Baruwa-Etti.

Director Monique Touko‘s “slick production” (Evening Standard) is a “gripping and original drama of family tension, activism and mental heath crisis” (The Stage).

Wunmi is tired of the fight. When her world collapses, Ore provides sanctuary in her parents’ home – a family ​of charity workers, therapists and politicians, dedicated to serving their community.

But Wunmi’s presence soon disrupts familiar patterns – cracks start to widen and bad blood thickens. As these pillars of society crumble, Wunmi wonders whether she’s walked into a refuge or ​a trap?

“Dipo Baruwa-Etti skilfully blends big themes, authentically jagged and overlapping dialogue and a trademark hint of the supernatural”
Evening Standard

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Creatives

Writer Dipo Baruwa-Etti
Director Monique Touko
Designer Paul Wills
Lighting Designer Matt Haskins
Sound Designer Christopher Shutt
Composer Shiloh Coke
Movement Director Lanre Malaolu
Casting Director Julia Horan CDG
Fight Director Maisie Carter
Voice Coach Alice White
Costume Supervisor Jackie Orton
Assistant Director Nkechinyere Nwobani-Akanwo
Casting Assistant Lilly Mackie

Cast

Toyin Ayedun-Alase
Donna Berlin
Maynard Eziashi
Simon Manyonda
Gloria Obianyo
Mercy Ojelade

Artwork photography by Sebastian Nevols. Concept by Émilie Chen.