Theatre comes alive at KNUST with staging of 'Macbeth'
The Ashanti regional capital, Kumasi, will this weekend beam with a lot of theatre activities at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), fast growing as the theatre hub.
On Sunday, October 30 2016, Springverve Productions will for the second time present a William Shakespeare classic – Macbeth – the much acclaimed tragedy at the CCB auditorium.
Last year, the play was staged at the KNUST and repeated at Golden Tulip, Kumasi City, as part of its theatre café project.
The play touches on various themes including the efficacy of prophecy; the danger of being too ambitious; and the role of a woman as a ‘help mate’.
Can the angels of darkness prophecy good? Are we to always to take our destiny into our own hands and make things happen? The play will get audience seeking answers and thinking on these serious issues when Springverve touches ground with this long awaited play.
Springverve, as part of its mandates seeks to produce thought-provoking, transformational art pieces that entertain and educate, edify and encourage.
This is part of its project dubbed “Acaplay” (academic plays) – a project that seeks to bring life to the set books being studied by students of KNUST.
It is in collaboration with the Department of English and the Centre for Cultural and African Studies all of KNUST. The plays, however, have attracted various audiences apart from the set targets.
“Fair is foul and foul is fair…………..”
Among the plays produced under this project are ‘Sons and Daughters’, ‘Sizwe Bansi is Dead’, ‘In the Chest of A Woman’ and ‘Money Galore’.
The play, “All hail Macbeth…!”, promises to be more engaging and enlightening than ever displayed on any African stage.
The play is set in a setting with coated African music and drumming.
Gideon Boakye who plays the role of Macbeth indicated that fermentation has taken place and he will definitely serve his audience a dose that will buzz them and keep them in a state of awe until the very last scene.