World Theatre Day Celebration; Lagos State government puts structures in place to provide more platforms for theatre Art practitioners to perform- Mrs Saidat Olaitan Otulana
The Lagos State Council for Arts and Culture celebrated the prestigious World Theatre Day on 27th March. The theme of this year’s World Theatre Day is “Theatre and a World of Peace”.
The Director, Lagos State Council for Arts and Culture, Mrs Saidat Olaitan Otulana during an interview session with journalist
Since 1962 World Theatre Day has been celebrated by ITI Centres,
The Director, Lagos State Council for Arts and Culture,
The Entire cast of the live performance
She agreed that a lot still needs to be done for example there are not so many platforms for performances in Nigeria, particularly in Lagos. Right now we have places like Tera-Culture, which have stages for theatre art performance, we have the Freedom Park.
She said that the National Art Theatre should be the flagship in Lagos but unfortunately for some
But as we speak the Lagos State government is putting structures in place
The Audience
to provide more platforms for the theater Art practitioners to perform by the Commissioning of four new theater Arts coming on stream before the end of
On the life performance play-let of the day title “The Wizard Of Law” a play written by Late Professor Mrs. Zulu Sofola, she said the play is a
The Director, Lagos State Council for Arts and Culture, Mrs Saidat Olaitan Otulana During a tour around the Council’s Art gallery with Pupils of Oshodi/Isolo primary School
We see another Character, the cloth seller too who was trying to out smart the lawyer by selling his cloth above the normal price, both of them were cut in the web of their own game, you can
The lesson for us in this playlet “Wizard Of Law” is for us to be diligent in our work, honest and forthright and not live above our means.
The play indeed was a mixture of drama and comedy as the audience rolled over with laughter at the characters. It had a lot of lessons to teach the audience on societal moral decadence and building a good character in the face of economic hardship etc.
Also present is
Freedom Park Lagos Nigeria
Mrs. Saidat Olaitan Otulana the Director of Arts and Culture Lagos State took the Students on
The director informed the Pupils about how to build a Career as an Artist or Theatre Practitioner. The pupils learned about the culture of Lagos State and history. With particular reference to the Eyo.
The International Theatre Institute ITI is the world’s largest performing art organization founded in 1948 by theatre and dance experts and UNESCO. Dedicated to performing arts, ITI advances UNESCO’s goals of mutual understanding and peace and advocates for the protection and promotion of cultural expressions, regardless of age, gender, creed or ethnicity. It works to these ends internationally and nationally in the areas of arts education, exchange and collaboration, and youth training. ITI organizes the International Dance Day and World Theatre Day every year at the UNESCO, Paris.
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