The African Theatre Magazine

Living in Lagos is a full-time job, surviving Lagos a top-level managerial position. It is that serious, yet Kenneth Uphopho’s ...

An Evening of Kwagh-Hir: Recreating the Tales by Moonlight

The Tiv people of Nigeria have a storytelling tradition called kwagh-alom, where a family gathers at the end of the ...

It’s A National Cake, Let Us Laugh, For We Cannot Cry

When Chief (Stanley Okeke) walks on to the stage, Austine Onuoha’s National Cake is about to transform your primary thoughts ...

Wano Waife: Interrogating Social Realities and Dialogue on the National Theatre Stage

Wano Waife, a moving community theatre production which was staged in Walukuba village in Jinja district last month. Community theatre ...

Excellence Provoking Thoughts: A Tale of Two Nnamdis

On the 29th night of May, 2026, a theatrical excellence, A Tale of Two Nnamdis by Tobe Osigwe  from Paul ...