Celebration which began on Wednesday 28 has
reached its climax on Friday at the department of Theatre Arts, University of Ibadan(UI) campus as the alumni are marking
50th anniversary of the establishment of the School of Drama.
Being the first theatre department in
sub-Saharan Africa, Theatre Arts as a university course started at UI in 1962.
The 50th anniversary began with a series of programmes including play production, an international conference, workshops and a homecoming dinner.
After flagging off the event on Wednesday, the current students of the department presented "TIME", written by Chukwuma Okoye and directed by Yinka Smart-Babalola. Scholars and theatre practitioners who presented papers and are directing workshops included Professor Patrick Ebewo (Tshwane University, South Africa), Dr. Sola Adeyemi (Greenwich University, United Kingdom), Dr. Tiziana Morosetti (Oxford University, UK), Dr Dani Lyndersay (University of West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago), Professor Duro Oni (Deputy Vice Chancellor, University of Lagos) and Dr. Esohe Molokwu, a consultant with the United Nations.
The keynote speakers are Professor Abiola Irele of Kwara State University, who played the role of Lakunle in the first ever production of Wole Soyinka’s "Lion and the Jewel" in 1958; and Professor Segun Oyekunle of the Nigerian Film Village, Badagry, Lagos.
The organisers invited the general public to the events and the workshops on Costumes and Make up, Writing and Directing for the Stage, Television and Film, Dance, Children’s Theatre, Theatre for Development and Emerging Industries.
The programme was concluded with a grand Homecoming Dinner last Friday and headliners at the dinner include Baba Dee, Laffomania, Zeal Dance Troupe, Samson and Mary-Jane Duet and The Margins of Art and Entertainment.
“The anniversary not only brings together past students of the department, it will launch a new phase in the development of theatre in Nigeria”, according to the secretary of the organising committee, Mrs. Pamela Arnold Udoka.
She adds: “The Arts Theatre will be refurbished to befit the status of the University.”
The head of the department, Dr. Chuks Okoye is also planning to launch an appeal to re-equip the departmental library that was destroyed in a fire in 1994.
The 50th anniversary began with a series of programmes including play production, an international conference, workshops and a homecoming dinner.
After flagging off the event on Wednesday, the current students of the department presented "TIME", written by Chukwuma Okoye and directed by Yinka Smart-Babalola. Scholars and theatre practitioners who presented papers and are directing workshops included Professor Patrick Ebewo (Tshwane University, South Africa), Dr. Sola Adeyemi (Greenwich University, United Kingdom), Dr. Tiziana Morosetti (Oxford University, UK), Dr Dani Lyndersay (University of West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago), Professor Duro Oni (Deputy Vice Chancellor, University of Lagos) and Dr. Esohe Molokwu, a consultant with the United Nations.
The keynote speakers are Professor Abiola Irele of Kwara State University, who played the role of Lakunle in the first ever production of Wole Soyinka’s "Lion and the Jewel" in 1958; and Professor Segun Oyekunle of the Nigerian Film Village, Badagry, Lagos.
The organisers invited the general public to the events and the workshops on Costumes and Make up, Writing and Directing for the Stage, Television and Film, Dance, Children’s Theatre, Theatre for Development and Emerging Industries.
The programme was concluded with a grand Homecoming Dinner last Friday and headliners at the dinner include Baba Dee, Laffomania, Zeal Dance Troupe, Samson and Mary-Jane Duet and The Margins of Art and Entertainment.
“The anniversary not only brings together past students of the department, it will launch a new phase in the development of theatre in Nigeria”, according to the secretary of the organising committee, Mrs. Pamela Arnold Udoka.
She adds: “The Arts Theatre will be refurbished to befit the status of the University.”
The head of the department, Dr. Chuks Okoye is also planning to launch an appeal to re-equip the departmental library that was destroyed in a fire in 1994.
The inimitable Kola Ogunmola, who produced
"Lanke Omuti", an adaptation of Amos Tutuola’s "The Palmwine
Drinkard" was the first student of the department.
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