By Khalifa Hemed
Published November 20, 2022
A week-long African multidisciplinary arts festival is coming to the Nigerian commercial capital, Lagos, November 22 – 27, 2022.
Headlining the festival that is known as Lagos Fringe is the highly successful musical play, ‘ Ada The Country,’ featuring stars such as Joke Silva, Bambam of Big Brother Naija fame, Chigurl, and Kate Henshaw.
“There will also be other highly interactive events that will provide Artistic and cultural workshops, joint performances, film & media events, exhibitions, and networking opportunities with global creatives,” the organisers Lagos Fringes whose theme is ‘New Narratives’, say.
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The festival, known as Lagos Fringe that is in its fifth edition, shall be held at Freedom Park on Broad Street in Lagos and shall run from 9:00 AM to 11:00 PM daily.
The theme for this year’s festival is inspired by the need to supervise the interpretation of how things work in the creative space in Nigeria and also to continue developing new skills, new connections, and new collaborative workspaces,” the organisers say.”We are celebrating 5 years of curating experiences, creating opportunities, expanding artist communities, developing skills, and building connections in the creative industry in Nigeria.”
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“There will also be an array of stage plays, concerts, freebies and lots more,” a publicity announcement says. “Some of our workshop facilitators are MI Abaga, Cobhams Asuquo, wordsmiths; Efe Paul & Titilope Sonuga.Lagos Fringe Workshops which are FREE, however, registration is compulsory!”
