ON Monday, August 7, the literary, art, and diplomatic communities in Abuja converged at the Cyprian Ekwensi Centre for Arts and Culture to honour an individual whose influence has indelibly …
Jerry Adesewo
‘The evening was not just about the play, but about the Chibok girls, to whom Amina, dedicated her Actress of the Year Award and prize money, with promises to establish …
Photo: A collage of images from Wordslam.. Feast of Poetic Flights… one of the precursors of teh current rave of Spoken Word and Performance Poetry projects, staged by the Culture …
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Taking it like a man: Spotlighting mental illness in Ifeoma Igwe’s ‘Aye Wale’
by Jerry Adesewo 6 minutes readBy Jerry Adesewo ‘To take it like a man, in this case, Is to bottle up your pain. To be macho, and not show that you are in any form …
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The ‘OBEY@80 ‘project holds audition for ‘Chief Commander…’
by Jerry Adesewo 2 minutes readPhoto: The Production crew at the audition: L-R: Ayo Ajayi (Music director), Felix Eboh (Music director), Makinde Adeniran, fta (Playwright), Awele Dekpe (Events Manager at National Theatre/ PhD Research Scholar), …
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LITHUANIA: Proud to be a Nigerian ambassador in Klaipedia, but I miss my homeland – Emmy Irobi
by Jerry Adesewo 7 minutes read‘I have remained a worthy Nigerian ambassador anywhere I have gone. I revel in the feel-good fact of being a Nigerian, because at that time, being a patriotic Nigerian is …
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Dike Chukwumerije’s ‘Made in Nigeria Poetry Show’ and the rebirth of Travelling Theatre
by Jerry Adesewo 5 minutes read‘Made in Nigeria’ is a poetry theatre show with twenty (20) of Dike Chukwumerije’s poems, strung together to tell the Nigerian story. Hence, MIN is, more or less, a historical …
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Schone Aussicht and the new generation initiative
by Jerry Adesewo 6 minutes readPHOTO: NG participants saying goodbye, but stay back in Stuttgart as miniatures. Photo by: Frédéric Lilje THE recently-concluded Bright View Festival, in Stuttgart, Germany, an international theatre festival which focuses …
Photo: A scene from the play. Photo by ALEX WUNSCH THE moment I saw the title of the play, ‘HOTEL Europa’, two similar titles came to mind immediately. Olu Obafemi’s …
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Schone Aussicht 2022… Two southern African theatre troupes thrill audience
by Jerry Adesewo 5 minutes readTWO African Theatre companies, Tefo Paya from Bostwana, and Magnet Theatre from South Africa featured in this year’s edition of the Bright View Festival in Stuttgart, Germany. While Tefo Paya …