Egusi Soup

As the Anyia’s, a British-Nigerian family, pack their suitcases and prepare to head home to Lagos for a memorial service in honour of the late Mr Anyia, they soon realise they will need to get rid of some excess baggage first!

A fast, furious and funny new family drama about inter-generational and cross- cultural relationships.

Janice Okoh is an award winning playwright. Her play Three Birds won the 2011 Bruntwood Prize and was short-listed for the Verity Bargate Award and the Alfred Fagon Award. Menagerie is one of the UK’s leading independent new writing theatre companies, seeking out and supporting talented writers in order to develop and produce innovative new theatre. As well as touring widely, Menagerie curates and produces the annual Hotbed Festival of new writing.