Dad is Mom

'Be careful what you wish for, for you might get it when you least expect it' this is what the Playwright, Uncle Ebo Whyte, seems to say in his latest play staged at the National Theatre last weekend.
‘Dad is Mom, Mom is Dad’  is  a story of a couple who nag each other on everything the other does and thus, wished to change places to teach the other what to do.
The play revolved around Mr and Mrs Asem, who were always fighting even in the presence of their teenage children.
During one of such fights, a frustrated Mr Asem blurted out, “I do everything for you and yet you are never satisfied. I wish you’d be in my shoes for one day, just one day, and see how it feels like”.
 To which his embittered and unhappy wife retorted, “What is there to being a man or a husband like you? Let God make us change places one day and I’ll teach you how to be a man and a husband”.
Hopefully,their wishes were granted and there lied the challenges as each other had to take the others position at the workplace.
All things being equal, their presence at each other’s work place made some changes which were somehow positive. However, Mrs Asem got to know how mean her husband was to his workers and thus, does not allow anyone to go on leave and also got to meet her husband’s teenage girlfriend, who she later advised to stick to her books and not follow ‘sugar daddies’.
On the other hand, Mr Asem had a share of his wife’s obnoxious boss, who even when something was lying on his table will come and ask his secretary for it and how his wife bought stuffs on credit as her money was not sufficient.
The change was, however, in favour of Mrs Asem since she treated her husband just the way he was treating her and thus, wished the change will never revert.
At the end, however, the couple came to the realisation that there was the need to settle their issues amicably rather than being at each other’s throat and also be appreciative of each other’s effort.
The play was written and directed by Uncle Ebo Whyte. Other plays of uncle Ebo are What Dad Left Behind, The Devil in a Mirror, Mr President Your Move, Unhappy Wives; Confused Husbands among others.
The writer, who is noted for his respect for time, started his play just on the time allotted on the ticket.