Forgotten Play 'The Swamp Dwellers' Revived in Sheffield After 50 Years

Forgotten play 'The Swamp Dwellers' revived in Sheffield after 50 years

A 70-year-old play by Nobel Prize-winner Soyinka is being revived in Sheffield, tackling contemporary issues like migration and climate change.

Soyinka's "Forgotten" Play The Swamp Dwellers receives Sheffield Revival After Over Half A Century

The Swamp Dwellers, directed by Dr Mojisola Kareem and featuring RSC regular Jude Akuwudike, is at Utopia Theatre, Sheffield from 29 June - 11 July 2026 A one-act play by a Nigerian Nobel laureate that has not been performed in the UK since 1975 opens in Sheffield later this month. The Swamp Dwellers was written by Wole Soyinka in 1958, when he was just 24.