FELA!
Winner of three 2010 Tony Awards including Best Choreography (Bill T. Jones)
4 STARS ‘TRIUMPHANT. A musical of rare choreographic splendour and political bite’ Sunday Times
4 STARS ‘No ordinary musical… a fierce explosion of fizzing theatrical energy.’ Sunday Express
‘There should be dancing in the streets. There has never been anything like this.’
Ben Brantley, New York Times
A provocative and wholly unique hybrid of dance, theatre and music, FELA! explores the extravagant, decadent and rebellious world of Afrobeat legend Fela Anikulapo-Kuti.
Watch videos and view images of the original Broadway show on the National's Fela London website.
Using his pioneering music (a blend of jazz, funk and African rhythm and harmonies), FELA! reveals Kuti’s controversial life as an artist and political activist.
Featuring many of Fela Kuti’s most captivating songs and Bill T. Jones’ visionary staging, FELA! – an original new creation – comes via Broadway to London and the National Theatre.
The role of Fela will be played by Rolan Bell at the following performances: Sat 22 Jan 2pm.
Day tickets are available from the Box Office in person on the day of the performance from 9.30am.
FELA! at Sadler's Wells
Following its run at the National Theatre, FELA! will play a six week run at Sadler's Wells from 20 July 2011. Click here for details.
FELA! is produced in association with Shawn ‘Jay-Z’ Carter, Will & Jada Pinkett Smith, Ruth & Stephen Hendel, Roy Gabay, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Edward Tyler Nahem, Slava Smolokowski, Chip Meyrelles/Ken Greiner, Douglas G. Smith, Steve Semlitz/Cathy Glazer, Daryl Roth/True Love Productions, Susan Dietz/Mort Swinsky, Knitting Factory Entertainment and with Ahmir ‘Questlove’ Thompson.
FELA! finished on: 23 January 2011
