THEATRE ARTS TOPICS

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Digital media, often known as new media, is the 'lovebird' of today's society. Messages intended for a big audience might be conveyed through a number of different methods (Omenugha, 2018). Print and electronic media are two of the most widely used types of media in the world today. Books, newspapers, and magazines are examples of print media; radio, television, computers, billboards, banners, posters, and...

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This study was carried out to examine the influence of Nigerian home video films on criminality in Alimosho Local Government, Lagos State. Specifically, the study ascertain if there is an over-emphasis of negative themes in Nigerian movies.the study also, identify the negative effects or disadvantages associated with watching Nigerian movies.

To find out how Nigerian movies can affect the society indirectly.the study further,...

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This work attempts to throw more light on costuming an absurd play using Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot as a case study and would also research on the concept of absurdism and proponents of the ideology in attempt to throw more light on its application to budding playwrights and actors of absurd drama.

As the coming of Existentialism attempted to set the prospective of living with boundaries and tribulations, it wa...

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Dance is a form of art, hence, it is an index of culture. Zulu Sofola in Tragic Themes in Nigeria Ritual Drama notes that:

Culture is the totality of the individual in relation to all the forces acting upon him and his reaction to them. The forces would include the physical environment, supernatural forces and the social context. (16)

Therefore, culture is the way of life of a people within a geographical setting. Darah...

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Radio is considered to be a very powerful tool for engendering community empowerment due to its capacity to cover wide audience and its easy and accessible nature. However, despite these qualities, empowerment programmes aired through radio often do not achieve their aim because media houses fail to include the target audience in all stages of designing messages intended for them. The aim of the study is to examine radio drama as a tool for social cha...

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 This project focused on the challenges of costume and make-up in Nigerian home video. It also highlights the role costume and make-up plays in film production in Nigeria. In this work, we examine the concepts of costume and makeup and the role they play in the home video Queen Sheba. We will examine them within the context of the Nigerian home video to identify the roles they have played in portraying the character, setting of the film, creating reali...

BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

Culture is the sum of attitude, customs and beliefs that distinguishes one group of people from another, transmitted through language, materials, objects, rituals, institutions and arts, transferable from one generation to the next. To this Edward Taylor contributes that; Culture is that complex whole, which includes knowledge, belief, art, morals, law, custom, and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member...

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This study was carried out to examine the history of national theatre. Specifically, the study examine the evolution of Theatre performance in Nigeria. The study also find out the people and things involved in the cultural performance in the theatre. Lastly, the study investigate the history of the national theatre. The study adopted the historical analysis. The findings revealed that the  study found that the...

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This research work examines theatre as a tool for communicating hand washing among primary school pupils in an attempt to assessing the importance of Theatre to children and how it serves as a platform for learning and not just for entertainment. Further it goes to show also that (Theatre) serves as a place for connection of attitude and behaviours, this attest to the fact that it teaches good morals to children both in comic and serious issues. Differ...