Theatre lovers in the Ashanti regional capital will be
treated to a hilarious stage performance this weekend.
The Switch
is a play
is set in 21st century suburban Africa. The piece explores the lives
of the BROWNS – a typical African family consisting of a breadwinner who is a
civil servant, an uneducated yet resourceful housewife and children who are
coming of age. They are a simple family – easy to identify with and understand and
seek to improve their living standards ‘by any means possible’. The BROWNS eventually
resorted to trickery and the events unfold...
In collaboration with Luv Fm, the production will be
staged by of SpringVerve at the Golden Tulip, Kumasi City on Saturday June 1,
2013.
SpringVerve is an arts
organization that seeks to revive the performing arts, educate, entertain, and
edify by making movies, organizing play productions, training people and nurturing
theatre groups to serve the theatrical needs of Ghanaians.
“We are committed to
producing thought provoking, transformational and high quality art pieces that
will not only entertain but also educate, edify and encourage”, said Director,
Louis Lamis.
The works of SpingVerve
mirror the ills in society through the arts and recommend remedies, whilst
unearthing talents of young people in the area of performing arts.
Since its establishment
in 2008, Springverve has produced and staged 11 plays – the Switch
is the 12th.
According to Louis, the new play is “a unique form of comedy
presentation in theatre, and an experience of humor that will affect the lives
of patrons, days, months, and years after the show”.
He believes the performing arts are too powerful to be
restricted to entertainment therefore the company puts itself at the forefront
of development in educating and informing target audience through qualitative
arts.
Story by Kofi Adu Domfeh
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