Stagecraft stages Kurumi for culture emphasis

Stagecraft Studios and signifier accumulation volition beryllium staging Ola Rotimi’s fashionable drama, Kurunmi, to the nationalist connected June 13 and 14, astatine Alliance Française Ikoyi, by 11:00am, 3:00pm and 6:00pm daily. There volition beryllium 3 shows per time and connected July 20 and 21, the bid volition determination to the hub of creativity, Terra Kulture, for the aforesaid show astatine 3:00pm and 6:00pm for the 2 days.

Popular actor, Tunji Sotimirin, who is playing aggregate roles successful the play, said astatine the media briefing unveiling the performance, “the play Kurunmi is simply a communicative that explores the taxable of however you tenaciously clasp connected to what you judge in, civilization successful this lawsuit and patriotism.”

Sotimirin said, “no substance wherever you go, location is home, contented is contented and we indispensable proceed to physique connected it until the younger ones who are coming down tin larn from past mistakes and our issues tin beryllium resoluteness arsenic a people, arsenic allowing outer forces to penetrate into our civilization volition beryllium dangerous.”

He enjoined each to, “come and larn the Yoruba culture, African tradition, our music, the traditional, governmental strategy and more,” said, Sotimirin.

Director of the play, Muyideen Oladapo, simply known arsenic Lala, said though Kurunmi is simply a fashionable play that galore cognize but they are staging it due to the fact that of what is happening successful our society.

According to Lala, “the aforesaid happening keeps repeating itself, we request changes. While 1 portion is warring for changes, different is warring that the contented indispensable stay and we are not seeing changes, the mode our fathers lived their lives cannot beryllium compared to however we are surviving present truthful things indispensable alteration with time.”

Production Manager of the play, Michelle Adegbola said, renowned playwright ne'er stopped telling the African communicative of African contented and wherefore it is important for Africans to cognize their traditions, who they are, what they basal for, wherever they are coming from and wherever we are going, “this play is precise important, we tin adjacent subordinate it to our existent situation.”

Adegbola added, “if we request to archer a communicative that volition alteration the narrative, we request to commencement from the young ones, therefore, we mean to person conversations with them during the shows truthful they spot the request to not wantonness their heritage.”

The 11:00am amusement is targeted astatine students successful wide due to the fact that the intent of the communicative is to alteration the narrative, particularly with the younger generation.

The Executive Director of the production, Gbenga Akosile said helium picked Kurunmi, among galore others, due to the fact that “the communicative tin beryllium related to our contiguous society.”

The producers committedness determination volition beryllium tons of amusement and bully rendition successful the mode Rotimi has constructed the language, which is the connection of the communal people, rooted successful proverbs.