Second Thoughts - The Play
By Instinct Pictures
Second Thoughts follows Clement Achebe, a once-successful Lagos professional who leaves behind a stable life in pursuit of greater opportunities abroad. What he hopes will be a journey toward a brighter future quickly becomes a confrontation with harsh realities, cultural shocks, and the emotional weight of having to start over. Told as an intimate one-man play, the story blends humour, vulnerability, and reflection as Clement questions the true cost of ambition, the meaning of home, and the choices that shape identity. Through moments of honesty and quiet revelation, he invites the audience into the internal battle between hope and regret, pride and survival. Second Thoughts is a deeply human exploration of migration, belonging, and the universal search for a life that feels truly one’s own.
PLAYWRIGHT: Chris Iheuwa
ACTOR: Oladele Samuel-Olusegun
CREATIVE DIRECTOR: Oladele Samuel-Olusegun
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: Oluyomi Taiwo
ASSISTANT PRODUCTION MANAGER: Ayorinde Mutiu
PRODUCTION MANAGER: Asere Demilade Damilare
STAGE MANAGER: Agbo Stanislaus
SET DESIGN/LOGISTICS: Justin Okonkwo
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR: Oluwatosin Taiwo
SOUND DESIGNER: Joel Ofodile Onah
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Emmanuel Okocha
PRODUCER: Grace Idowu
Running time: 50mins
Date & Time: Friday 23rd October @6pm
Audience Guidelines
Latecomers will not be admitted. Ticket purchases are non refundable.
Concession prices apply to students; under 18s; pensioners; those on disability and unemployment benefits; Equity, BECTU & SDUK members.
The Bread & Roses Theatre is an unfunded venue that continues to operate on ticket sales only. Donations help support independent arts and theatremakers, an essential step in preserving the future of fringe theatre.
Venue: The Bread and Roses Theatre
Home of The Lambeth Fringe, The Bread & Roses, is an award-winning and innovative fringe pub theatre.
A 50-seat fringe venue above The Bread & Roses Pub, the theatre programs a wide-spread variety of productions for local as well as far-reaching audiences. Equality, diversity and artistic quality are at the forefront of the theatre's programming, which features in-house productions as well as many visiting companies. The theatre regularly hosts touring shows and has worked with award-winning ensembles with decades of experience but also frequently welcomes and supports emerging theatre-makers taking their first steps. The programme includes new writing, contemporary revivals, reinvented classics and occasionally also devised work, improvisational theatre, comedy events, family shows and physical theatre.
Recently renovated, The Bread and Roses Theatre features brand new tiered seating, with 50 new individual seats, and a professional floor.
Theatre: Capacity 50, full rig, lighting desk and sound system. Projector and mics hire-able.
Perfect for: Theatre, new-writing, WIP, solo shows and boundary pushing work.
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