Far Gone

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  – Fotomontage einer Person, die beide Hände vor das Gesicht hält. Auf den Handflächen sind Augen, Nase und Mund zu sehen, sodass die Hände das Gesicht ersetzen.

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“If I invited you to come with me on a journey, a story, will you come with me?”

Northern Uganda. When Okumu’s village is attacked by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), he and his brother’s lives are changed forever.

Inspired by John Rwothomack’s own real-life experience of nearly being kidnapped by the LRA, Far Gone is a profoundly moving story of a young boy’s journey from childhood innocence to child soldier. Told with humour, poetry, and startling physical theatre, Okumu’s experience strikes straight at the heart through a powerful one-man performance.

The play was first performed in 2019 and following a highly successful national tour in 2022 co-produced by Sheffield Theatres, Far Gone returns this time to the global stage touring Germany, Taiwan and South Africa with additional performances in Sheffield, Manchester and London.

‘This play is not about me, the kid who was lucky enough to escape. This play is for the hundreds of thousands who did not. For the future generations who will continue to suffer the trauma the LRA has imprinted on them, for many years to come’ – John Rwothomack

Writer and Actor

John Rwothomack

Director

Mojisola Elufowoju

Producer

Sam Holland

Assistant Producer

Tchiyiwe Chihana

Dramaturg

Paul Sirett

Designer

Kevin Jenkins

Musical Director

Lee Affen

Lighting Designer

Will Monks

Movement Director

Akeim Toussaint Buck

Lilac Yosiphon

Digital Director

Smart Banda

Production Manager

Tom Robbins

Stage Manager

Hannah Birtwistle-Crossland

Stage and Tour Manager

Sylvia Darkwa-Ohemeng

Tori Klays

Videographer

Gomolemo Nyakale

Next date:

• Date Thursday, 05/March/2026 19:30 (2 more dates)
• Venue Berliner Ringtheater
• Address Alt-Stralau 68, 10245 Berlin-Friedrichshain