Lagos Theatre Festival: Revamping Theatre in Nigeria

"It is the boast of every juju priest that unless he dies, no thief can ever come to steal his juju away."

Lagos theater festival will soon emerge as the go-to event to get glimpse of theater performances in Nigeria which is presently in short supply.

Thanks to the British Council, in conjunction with three of Nigeria's most exciting and a UK based theatre companies - Renegade Theatre, Black Soul Performance Company, House of Tales and Fuel Theatre, bringing to life amazing performances in an unconventional spaces.


The two day festival ended last Sunday February 17 featuring Four dramatic performances by Four directors with over 20 cast members.

The theatre performaces were seemingly unfamiliar as far as the Nigerian theatre scene is concerned, I've  hardly seen any such scene around. The four drama performances were staged away from conventional theater spaces. Set in a car park, Petanque Area, restaurant and in a suite, it's infusing cutting-edge techniques and tools to bring theatre, historically a rich part of Nigerian culture, to an even wider range of arts consumers.

It brings together Nigerian theater makers to revamp the industry, making it commercially viable to their audience.

Our culture like the Juju priest's juju must be protected and guarded jealously.