The Art of Comic Making Poster
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I first got to know about the super awesome fictional Nigerian comic character Guardian Prime at my 1st ever ComicCon at the Lagos ComicCon 2013 at the Freedom Park, Lagos Island from Comic Republic head honcho Jide Martin. Guardian Prime is the 1st Nigerian comic I read & still have the poster of Eru, Shango & Amadioha he gave me then.
Interview with Jide Martin
Video Credit: Channels TV
Fast forward to present day year 2016, the popularity is has since tripled in thousands of visits to their official website. They have been featured on World of Black SuperHeroes , BBC, Yahoo News, CCTV, Black Nerd Girls amongst other top blog features.
Comics finally meet Theatre as Comic Republic is set to school even thespians about the dynamics and the emotions behind comic making. The house that brought you Guardian Prime will be teaching at this year’s Lagos Theatre Festival.
The British Council in Partnership with First Bank Announces Lagos Theatre Festival 2016.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.
Lagos Theatre Festival 2016 Poster
Photo Credit: British Council Website
First Bank 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 Dialling Love by Paul Ugbede. The winning playwrights have been awarded a cash prize of #100,000 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 Terra Kulture. Please visit this link for more details.
Article Credits/References: Comic Panel’s Blog and the British Council Blog
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