My Fathers Fablewill run at West Londons Bush Theatre from June 15-July 27.
I found it really cathartic to write.
She wants the play to help us understand our identities or about our families.
Faith Omole (inset) Constanine Rousouli, Marla Mindelle & Alex Ellis in ‘Titanique’ at the asylumGetty/Emilio Madrid
We know what it is to lose somebody, we know what it is to have grief.
Those are the things we can connect to.
Omole told me that shes obsessed with Ayolas career.
Faith Omole (Photo by Baz Bamigboye/Deadline)
She also appears in upcoming Netflix dramaKaos.
Ayola last appeared at the Bush Theatre five years ago in a revival of Caryl Phillipss 1980 dramaStrange Fruit.
Its about inviting people to the table and empowering more people with voices.
Her aim, she said, has been to create complex characters for the women to play.
Laughing, she added that she wanted to create scenes where women can play more than one emotion!
Shaking her head, Omole cried one hundred percent.
Women are so amazing they cant just be summed up in one line.
Growing up, her home was a Nigerian household.
It was kind of a weird thing, she said.
The older she got, she felt she was more able to bridge the two cultures.
You get northerners who are in London and then their accent just kind of softens.
Thats an avenue explored in her play but in an exciting way.
These characters are funny and heartbreaking but powerful.
Omole told me that she wrote when she was younger and always has loved storytelling in all forms.
I was the kid that used a torch under my duvet to finish the novel.
And I can add my voice.
Five years ago she got brave enough to start writing again.
Once I started, it was like a dam burst, she said.
The prize recognizes and celebrates British writers of African and Caribbean descent.
Last year I decided to send these things to people.
Now were in the year of things being made, she said smiling.
Thesecond season ofWe Are Lady Partsbegins May 30on Peacock/Channel 4.
They have their eye on a West End house, but no deal has been struck.
However, Im officially informed that the plan will be forTitaniqueto drop anchor sometime in 2024.
