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THE BRITISH COUNCIL IN PARTNERSHIP WITH FIRSTBANK ANNOUNCES LAGOS THEATRE FESTIVAL 2016

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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.
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 23rd – 28th.

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 N100,000 each and
will have their plays produced at the Lagos Theatre Festival 2016.
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.
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