Crown Of Blood: A Yoruba adaptation of Macbeth
A Utopia Theatre Production
Written by Wole Soyinka and directed by Mojisola Kareem
The land is disappearing.
Utopia Theatre presents The Swamp Dwellers by Wole Soyinka.
A community stands on the edge.Flooded ground. Failed harvest. No way forward, no way back.The promise of the city lingers — but at what cost?
A community stands on the edge.Flooded ground. Failed harvest. No way forward, no way back.The promise of the city lingers — but at what cost?
Not everything lost can be reclaimed.
Performance Dates
Monday 29 June to Saturday 11 July (exc Sundays)
Evenings 7pm, Sat afternoons 2pm
Utopia Creative Hub,
Rockingham Gate S1 4JD
Rockingham Gate S1 4JD
Many Voices, One Movement
Join us for the second symposium on African performance where we explore how performance becomes an act of creative resistance and change - a space to challenge, imagine, create and transform.
Voices from across the Diaspora. Ideas that push boundaries. A movement that makes a change.
Be part of this conversation - Many Voices, One Movement
Date of next Symposium - 1 June 2026
Ticket registration opening soon.
A Utopia Theatre and Sheffield Theatres Production
Written by Oladipo Agboluaje and directed by Mojisola Kareem
Developed with support from the National Theatre's Generate programme.
A unique voice for African Theatre in the diaspora.
Utopia creates and produces the work of Mojisola Kareem. The work synthesises African and Western performing traditions to celebrate the meeting of different cultures.
Engaging audiences with African Theatre
Create better quality, authentic, and more frequent touring productions across the UK and internationally.
Inspire change in the hierarchies of UK theatre to celebrate the oral storytelling traditions and the travelling theatre model that reaches into the heart of the community.
Our Founder
CEO & Creative Director
Mojisola Kareem work raises awareness and appreciation of African culture. She commissions new writing and presents established classics within a strong African context, and in so doing, dispelling stereotypes and encouraging authentic voices from the African diaspora.
Our Founder -
Mojisola Kareem
Mojisola Kareem is the CEO and Artistic Director of Utopia Theatre.
Her work is to raise awareness and increase appreciation of African culture. She commissions new writing and presents established classics within a strong African context, and in doing, dispelling stereotypes and encouraging authentic voices from the African diaspora.
