FirstBank of Nigeria is extremely passionate about the arts and is partnering with the British Council through its strategic initiative- First@arts to bring you Lagos Theatre Festival 2016, the largest outdoor theatre event in Nigeria which is scheduled to take place over six days from February 23 – 28.
British council in partnership with FirstBank announces 2016 edition of festival
The Lagos Theatre Festival, which first launched in 2012, was born out of the need to create professional exchange opportunities between the Nigerian and British theatre makers, stimulating innovation in theatre practice and changing the face of performing arts in Nigeria.
Lagos Theatre Festival
In preparation for the UK/Nigeria 2016-16 season of Arts, the British council in its desire to engage new voices in theatre, called for the submission of scripts from emerging playwrights. The themes of the scripts were drawn from experiences of young people living in Lagos today.
A record number of 64 applications were received over a four week period and four plays were shortlisted by a panel of writers for a creative writing workshop and script development.
The plays are: Every Single Day by Olubunmi Familoni, The Wait by Bode Asiyanbi, Barcode Dialogue by Atinuke Aweda and Dialing Love by Paul Ugbede. The winning playwrights have been awarded a cash prize of #100,000 each and will have their plays produced at the Lagos Theatre Festival 2016.
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The Lagos Theatre Festival 2016 will take place at several venues on Lagos Island and the mainland with the curated programme running alongside a fringe strand of affiliated performances allowing a greater than ever number of artists and audiences to take part. Tickets are available from February 1 at Naija ticket shop, Dealdey.com and TerraKulture.
For more information, visit https://firstarts.firstbanknigeria.com
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