The elation in the industry is understandable when you consider that just a few years ago, shortage of performance space was the primary reason given for the lack of growth in the sector.
In the 1940s Herbert Ogunde and his African Music Research Party redefined theatre in Nigeria as they held audiences spellbound with their performances. When the group mounted the stage of Glover Memorial Hall, Lagos, to perform ‘Worse Than Crime’, It was the beginning of a new era for an art form that goes back to the early days of human civilization.
In the 1940s Herbert Ogunde and his African Music Research Party redefined theatre in Nigeria as they held audiences spellbound with their performances. When the group mounted the stage of Glover Memorial Hall, Lagos, to perform ‘Worse Than Crime’, It was the beginning of a new era for an art form that goes back to the early days of human civilization.






