Olamide Babatunde
Organisers of the Lagos Theatre Festival (LTF) have announced a change in the date of this year’s Lagos Theatre Festival initially slated for March 4-10 2019. The festival won’t hold again next week due to the 2019 General Elections.
While theatre lovers await a new date, for the sixth time, the festival is set to engage West African theatre movers and shakers with conversation sparking debates and performances from over 100 showcases at various locations across Lagos, including Freedom Park Broad Street.
With the theme “Imagine the Unimaginable”, there will be mainstream performances, side gigs and workshops involving over 600 artists. Since inception, the organisation has committed to making theater more meaning full to the society, and promises to remain true to its course to deliver an unforgettable experience to everyone who will encounter the festival.
Over the years, it has featured works from Ifeoma Fafunwa, Joy Isi Bewaji, Wole Soyinka, and others. Some of the shows lined up for this year include Sisi Pelebe, directed by Kelvinmary Ndukwe, Colour me Pink, Hertitude, Fool’s Day, and Ayeraye.
Lagos Theatre Festival was conceived and launched in 2013 by British Council, the United Kingdom’s cultural organisation, inspired by the need to provide a platform for theatre makers in Nigeria to produce works for unconventional spaces and develop audiences for theatre productions.