A Yoruba born in Western Nigeria (in 1934) and educated in Ibadan, and Leeds Universiy England, Wole Soyinka was the first African to win the Nobel Prize for Literature - in 1986. He has authored over forty works in the medium of plays, novels, poetry, essays, and biographies, many of which have received world-wide translations as well as theatre performances. He is active on artistic, academic and Human Rights organisations such as the International Theatre Institute, UNESCO, the International Parliament of Writers etc. He is recipient of numerous academic and national honours, and holds traditional titles in his own country. Wole Soyinka continues to lecture extensively within Nigeria and internationally, and currently holds positions as Emeritus Professor at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria, Hutchins Fellow, Harvard University, USA, and Fellow of Churchill College, Cambridge, UK. He currently teaches at New York University, Abu Dhabi, where he is Arts Professor of Drama.
The Lion and the Jewel; Death and the King’s Horseman are among his most celebrated plays while his poems are collected in IDANRE; MANDELA’S EARTH and Other Poems; SAMARKAND and Other Markets I Have Known. His autobiographical works encompassing childhood, youth and adult political and literary activities, comprise : AKE, The Years of Childhood; IBADAN The Penkelemes Years; YOU MUST SET FORTH AT DAWN. His corpus of prose fiction includes The Interpreters; Season of Anomie and CHRONICLES from the Land of the Happiest People in the World (BookCraft). His most recent play, CANTICLES for a Pyre Foretold was premiered in 2024 simultaneously in Abu Dhabi, UAE, and Ibadan, Nigeria.
He is married, with children, and lives in Ijegba, ABEOKUTA, Ogun State, Nigeria.
The online subscription is valid for the entire duration of the the Sibiu International Theater Festival, 20 June - 29 June 2025
The online single ticket can be purchased until the start time of the online event and is valid until the end of its broadcast.
Online performances are available for 24 hours from the broadcast time. If you purchase your ticket after the start of the broadcast, access will only be available until 24 hours after the start time. For example: if your performance started at 17:00, you will be able to purchase your ticket until 15:00 the following day.
After the first access of each performance, the viewing code is valid for 4 hours.
Steps to follow for viewing online events during the 31st edition of the Sibiu International Theater Festival:
Go to www.sibfest.ro In the menu at the top of the page, press the "PROGRAMME & TICKETS" button
Select the BY CATEGORY button, and at the All Events button, select Online
Scroll to the desired event and access the event
Press the View Stream
Enter the access code in the newly opened window
Scroll to the video player and press the "play" (triangle) button
Enjoy!
Situations of non-functionality can be reported at any time to the e-mail address scena@sibfest.ro or by phone, between 9:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m., on the phone number: 0728048945
