The Salt Road
Three sisters, one canoe and the last load of salt before the rains. A new play by Ime Okon-Archibong, with live drumming and a stage that floods.
Season 2026/27
Four plays. One river town.
New Nigerian writing, a Christmas show for families and our first comedy in three years. Every ticket is a real seat you choose yourself on the map.
The Salt Road
by Ime Okon-Archibong20 November to 13 December 2026The Lantern Keeper
by Arit Essien17 December to 3 January 2027Mama Ekaette’s Kitchen
by Kufre Edet14 January to 7 February 2027Nine Days of Harmattan
by Nkoyo Effiong-Asuquo25 February to 21 March 2027Season calendar
Pick a night, then a seat.
Every performance from November to March. Tap a date to see the times and how many seats are left, then go straight to the seat map.
November 2026
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Dates with a dot have performances.
★★★★
The flood in the second act is the most astonishing thing I have seen on a Calabar stage.Example review, four stars
On the playbill
The season in posters.
Our posters are still printed by hand, two colours, on a press in the scene dock. Hover over one to tilt it.
The Salt Road
Three sisters, one canoe and the last load of salt before the rains.
The Lantern Keeper
When the lights go out over the creek, a tortoise and a girl must carry the last lantern home.
Mama Ekaette’s Kitchen
The best pepper soup in Calabar, served after midnight, to people who should not be in the same room.
Nine Days of Harmattan
A family waits nine days for a son to come home from Lagos. The dust gets in everywhere.
How booking works
Your seat, not a queue.
The seat map shows every seat in the playhouse for every performance. Choose exactly where you sit, or let us find the best block together.
Open the seat mapChoose a date
From the season calendar or a play page. Matinees are on Saturdays and Sundays.
Pick your seats
Front stalls ₦12,000, stalls ₦8,000, rear stalls ₦6,000, balcony ₦4,000. Students pay 40% less.
Hold them for this visit
Seats wait in your basket while you browse. Book more than one play in one go.
Pay how you like
Transfer, POS at the door, or pay at the box office any day before the show.
In The Salt Road
The ensemble.
Eight actors on year round contracts, playing every part in the season. Example names for this demo.
Edidiong Archibong
Affiong, the eldest
Uduak Etim
Nse, the middle sister
Mfon Udo
Ini, the youngest
Ekpenyong Eyo
Okon, the creditor
Example figures for this demo.
The playhouse
Marian Road, since 2009.
A former cinema rebuilt as a playhouse, with a steep rake so every seat sees the whole stage. Air conditioned, with a generator that runs silently under the car park, so the lights never dip mid scene.
Doors 45 minutes before
Bar and pepper soup kitchen open from doors.
Step free to the stalls
Four wheelchair spaces in row H, booked by phone.
From the journal
Notes from the rehearsal room.
The house lights are going down.
Seats for the opening weekend of The Salt Road are going fastest. Choose yours now.