Below is a statement by
the Kakadu’s visiting artist, Polly Alakija. He said: “When I was approached by
producer Uche Nwokedi, to be a “visiting artist”, to tell a visual story of the
cast of Kakadu whilst they rehearsed, I was expecting that this would be a
wonderfully hedonistic way to end the year. I had in my mind the visual feast
of the first production, the costumes, the colour, the music and dance
routines. How wrong I was!
“This production is no mere indulgence in the glamour
and optimism of the 1960’s.
Sitting in on the rehearsals was so much more than
this. What I witnessed was producer director and cast re-living and learning
about the political situation in Nigeria in the 1960’s and how optimism turned
into destruction and the pain and suffering that ensued.
So my imagery could not be a mere visual representation of a cast in
character. The line between being in character and living the pain has become
blurred for this cast. I am not sure myself if I am representing cast or
character, but the emotions are real, be it pain, outrage or joy.”
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