Slim Busterr
Slim Busterr last week amazed audience during the International Theatre Day commemoration at the National Theatre with irresistible choreographic movement to his hit song ‘Marsherita’.
Backed by three male performers, Slim bounced onto the stage with energetic and rhythmic swinging of his hands, twisting the waist harmoniously with eccentric leg movement, which the crowd responded to with loud applause.
As the audience was settling down after the Slim Busterr encounter, ace comedian ‘Bishop’ Bob Okalla, wrapped in a funny all-white attire, dished out rib-cracking jokes interlaced with his own style of the Azonto dance – ‘Bobzonto’.
Gaining the attention of the audience, Bob Okalla recited a comic re-mixed rendition of the National Anthem in ‘Twi’, causing the audience to burst into laughter.
Ghana’s celebration of International Theatre Day was used to reflect on the important role theatre plays in social-economic development. The event was on the theme ‘Theatre for Development; Creating the necessary synergies between the Arts and Business.’
The National Dance Company also put up two wonderful dramas, ‘Firestorm’ and ‘Dance excerpts of Solam’. ‘Firestorm’, which was a drama on gender empowerment, generated mixed reactions from the audience.
The theatre performances were laced with a talks on ‘Creating The Necessary Synergies Between The Arts And Business’ by Dr Kofi Amoah, an accomplished entrepreneur; ‘Taking Theatre to the Communities, a Case For Peaceful Co-Existence’ by Mr. Akunu Dake and ‘Developing, Promoting and Funding the performing Arts,” by Mr. Michael Attipoe, Art Administrator.
International Theatre Day was instituted in 1961 by the International Theatre Institute as a platform for various nations across the world to project the theatre and its contribution to development.
