Every Stage Play to Catch at Lagos Fringe Festival 2026 – See Full List

The Story⚡

A cunning father calculates the price of his daughter’s hand. Four men sit through one long night until every carefully built mask falls. A newcomer steps into a country whose unwritten rules no one handed him on arrival. Across six days in November, these stories, and others like them, will share the same stages in Lagos under one clear invitation: Let’s Play.

Tell Me More 

Lagos Fringe turns nine this year. Its theme, “Let’s Play,” is described by the organisers as an invitation rather than a command, meant to blur the line between performers and spectators. The festival runs from 3 to 8 November, and the ticketed shows fall on 6, 7 and 8 November. Fifteen of the 19 shows on the festival’s ticketing site are stage plays. 

Between them, they have 25 performances at the J. Randle Centre for Yorùbá Culture & History in Onikan, Freedom Park and the British Council. Friday carries two plays, Saturday carries twelve, and Sunday carries eleven.

Tomorrow

Idomalion Creations’ Tomorrow is the earliest play on the schedule and the only one with three performances. It opens at 12:00 PM on Friday 6 November, then returns at 7:00 PM on Saturday 7 November and again at 7:00 PM on Sunday 8 November. It is a theatrical call to action on sickle cell awareness, genotype literacy and genetic responsibility in Nigeria. Usiwo Sonia Uyouyou wrote it, and Oteikwu Emmanuel Adah (Idomalion) directs and produces, with Tess Ochu as production manager.

All three shows are in the FORUM (Venue 2) at the J. Randle Centre. The Friday noon show has student tickets at ₦5,000 (valid ID is checked at the door), regular at ₦10,000, and VIP at ₦20,000. The Saturday and Sunday evening shows are ₦10,000 regular and ₦20,000 VIP.

Put It On My Head

Inyang Edoho wrote Put It On My Head, which stars Charles Born, Temitope Tanpe Aje and Mofe Duncan. Inem Inyang-Ito directs, with David Ogundare as assistant director and Joy Grant-Ekong as producer, for Jove Productions. It plays once, at 7:00 PM on Friday 6 November, at the J. Randle Centre. A regular ticket costs ₦20,000 and VIP costs ₦35,000. That makes it the second-priciest regular ticket among the plays, after Rite Of Passage.

Cut Beneath The Silence

The festival lists Cut Beneath The Silence as a one-man play. It opens Saturday’s programme at 2:00 PM on 7 November and returns at 4:00 PM on Sunday 8 November. Both shows are in the FORUM (Venue 2) of the J. Randle Centre. Regular tickets are ₦10,000 for both. The Saturday show also has a Group of 5 ticket at ₦45,000, which admits five people together on one ticket.

Mentality: What Men Don’t Say  

The setup is four friends, one night, and the masks coming off. Tolulope Odebunmi wrote the play, co-directs it with Precious Okpala and acts in it alongside Seun Kentebe, Kazeem Akanji and Emeka Golden, for Jisyem’s View Productions. It plays once, at 3:00 PM on Saturday, 7 November, in the IDEAS LAB (Venue 4) at the J. Randle Centre. Tickets are ₦5,000 for students with ID, ₦10,000 for regular, and ₦25,000 for VIP. 

The Marriage Of Anansewa  

This production is inspired by Efua Sutherland’s play. Sutherland (1924–1996) was a Ghanaian playwright, and her storytelling drama draws on the Akan tradition of Anansesem, with songs, audience involvement and a storyteller who speaks to both cast and crowd. The original follows Ananse, a rogue who wants to earn as much as he can by marrying off his daughter Anansewa. Dapo Bruce directs, and students of Peaklane College perform for Atabonso Live Productions.

Bruce has been at the festival before: his 2025 entry, Once Upon an Elephant, adapted a text on the secondary school curriculum. The play runs once, at 4:30 PM on Saturday 7 November, in the AMPHI SPACE (Venue 1) at the J. Randle Centre. It is also the cheapest ticket among the plays, at ₦2,000 for students with ID and ₦5,000 for adults. 

Ìbi: The Unseen Evil  

Ìbi is the Yoruba word for evil, and the title pairs it with its English meaning. Erioluwa Popoola wrote the play, which is produced by Itan Production. It plays at 4:30 PM on both Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 November, in the COLLAB (Venue 3) at the J. Randle Centre, at ₦10,000 per regular ticket. 

My Room My Doom  

Yemi Akande’s My Room My Doom is directed by Hubert Ifokanbale and produced by Zainab Yunusa, under Hubert Ifokanbale Productions. Olude Omotola Molly is the listed actor. It plays at 4:30 PM on Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 November, in the IDEAS LAB (Venue 4) at the J. Randle Centre. Student tickets are ₦5,000, regular ₦10,000, and VIP ₦20,000. 

The Lottery Ticket  

Ahmed Yerima’s The Lottery Ticket is the festival’s only script with a published history. It appeared in print in 1996. It follows a small group of semi-literate and illiterate characters, among them a traffic officer and a police officer. Scholars who have studied it describe a play about greed, fraud and corruption among ordinary people. A 2024 reading also finds in it a case for collaboration as a way out of national problems. Oselenonomen directs, and Lagos Fringe and Cave Culture present it. It plays at 5:30 PM on Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 November, in the Amphitheatre at Freedom Park, at ₦7,000 per regular ticket. 

There Is Rice At Home 

This is a musical, written by Inyang Edoho and Joewackle J. Kusi, and it stars Isoken Aruede and David ‘Favoice’ Akpojisheri. Oladele Samuel Olusegun is artistic director, Angela Peters is producer, Babara Irabor is associate producer, Kehinde Oretimehin is music director, and Emmanuel Okocha is creative director. It comes from Instinct Pictures, the company behind A Palm Tree in London. That play went from Lagos Fringe 2024 to Brighton Fringe in 2025, and the company has called the festival a stepping stone. There Is Rice At Home plays at 5:30 PM on Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 November, in the FORUM (Venue 2) at the J. Randle Centre, at ₦10,000 per regular ticket. 

Waiting With The Madi-Sons  

T.T. Mattu wrote and directs Waiting With The Madi-Sons, with Onome Akpotebu and Emmanuel Eze in the cast. Ayo Alade produces it and composed the music. It plays once, at 6:00 PM on Saturday 7 November, in the IDEAS LAB (Venue 4) at the J. Randle Centre. A regular ticket is ₦15,000. 

Where’s My Groom? 

Joy Isi Bewaji wrote and directed this one, and Nene Aliemeke stars. Bewaji is a Nigerian essayist, screenwriter and playwright. It plays at 6:00 PM on Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 November. The Saturday show is at the British Council. The festival’s venue listing places the Sunday show in the IDEAS LAB at the J. Randle Centre. Regular tickets cost ₦10,000, and VIP tickets cost ₦20,000. 

Closure Is For Wigs  

Closure Is For Wigs is a Mayowa Daramola play. It plays at 6:00 PM on Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 November, at the J. Randle Centre. Regular tickets cost ₦10,000 and VIP tickets cost ₦20,000. 

Ìjàpá In Èkó!

It plays at 7:00 PM on Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 November, at Freedom Park, at ₦10,000 per regular ticket and ₦20,000 for VIP. Erioluwa Popoola, who also wrote Ìbi, is the writer, and Itan Production is behind it.

True Colors

True Colors is a story of self-love, identity, and the courage to embrace who you are. Gloria Ohiri-Amosun wrote, directed, and produced it, with Dr Folakemi Cole-Adeife as co-producer, for Go Creationz Production House. It plays once, at 5:00 PM on Sunday 8 November, in the AMPHI SPACE (Venue 1) at the J. Randle Centre. Regular tickets are ₦10,000 and VIP is ₦25,000.

Rite Of Passage 

Ember House presents Akah Nnani live in Lagos. It covers cultural collisions, embarrassing mistakes, and revelations, mixing comedy with confession. Uphopho is also the director of Lagos Fringe. The Lagos show plays once, at 7:00 PM on Sunday 8 November, at the J. Randle Centre. It has the festival’s highest prices: ₦30,000 regular and ₦60,000 VIP.

The Schedule at a Glance

How to Get Tickets

Tickets for every play are sold online at tickets.lagosfringe.com, the festival’s official ticketing site. Open the page for the play you want, choose a date and time, pick a ticket type (regular, VIP, or student where it is offered), and add it to your cart. One order can hold up to ten tickets. Prices are in naira, and a 5% VAT charge and a card processing fee are added at checkout, so the final amount will be slightly higher than the listed price.

Your tickets are emailed to you with a QR code for each person. Show it on your phone or print it. Each code works once, so keep it private and don’t post it online. If you lose the email, the site has a “Find my tickets” page where you can retrieve them. Student tickets are available for Tomorrow (Friday noon show only), Mentality: What Men Don’t Say, My Room My Doom, and The Marriage Of Anansewa, and you must bring a valid student ID, which is checked at the door. Every sale is final, and tickets are non-refundable. Separately, festival passes for paid programmes and special experiences are also on offer at lagosfringe.com/festival-passes.

In Summary 

Fifteen plays cannot be seen in one weekend. Saturday alone starts twelve of them between 2:00 PM and 7:00 PM, and Sunday gives you eleven more chances at most of the same titles. So choose the way you would choose a seat: by what you want to carry home. A family secret, a folktale, a musical, a one-man confession, a lesson on a genotype. Pick the ones that speak to you, book early at tickets.lagosfringe.com, and arrive before the lights go down. Which of the fifteen will you be in the room for? 

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