Dear God Comma thrills patrons at the National Theatre
Uncle Ebo Whyte and his Roverman production have for the past seven years not just entertained patrons with plays but sought to bring to the attention of society, very important issues . From corruption to unity, the Roverman team has explored many themes in their plays and their latest, Dear God Comma takes an interesting look into the spiritual world.
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The play tells the story of Prof Fiifi Aggrey and Dr. Mrs. Effie Aggrey who are at the peak of their careers. Dr Mrs Effie Aggrey is on the brink of a promotion and her husband, Prof Fiifi Aggrey, is being considered to head the company where they both work.
But a sad turn of events reveals an ongoing battle between darkness and light. The couple is faced with unexpected challenges and events that threaten to make waste all their achievements.
Interestingly, this educated couple is “alien” to the power of darkness and don’t believe that there are forces that could work against their progress. Their faith and resolve gets tested and their only hope is to turn to God, but that is where Effie is trapped because she understands everything from her “scientific” background as a biochemist.
The play bridges religion and rationality without failing to stress on how the former plays a very important role in our lives regardless of what our beliefs are.
Effie has an assignment to save her husband from the claws of death. Her mother in law, who confessed to her that she is a witch has tasked her to pray for Fiifi Aggrey who has been “sentenced to death in the witch camp”.
Now, Effie has to learn the art of prayer and save her husband from the power of darkness. How does she achieve this purpose with her popular, Dear God Comma prayer?
Dear God Comma is a production interspersed with music, talks and humour. However, this writer believes the play was restricted to Christian beliefs and practices which makes it difficult for audience from other religious backgrounds to make meaning of and identify with.
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Again, though the cast were impressive with their roles and singing, the latter at a point, dominated the play and at a point, made it boring. Nonetheless, the sterling performance of the cast, the production set, and technical production is a thumbs up to the Roverman team.
Some of the plays that Ebo Whyte and the Roverman Production team has treated theatre lovers to in the past years are The Day Dad Came, Apartment N1, Men run, women cry, What’s My Name, Puppeteers, The Smartest Man Alive and Forbidden.
There will be an encore of the play on Friday, June 24 , Saturday, June 25, Friday, July 2 and 3 at 4pm and 8pm each day.
This production is sponsored by Airtel Ghana and supported by Capital Bank, DDP Outdoor, Logistic Movers and Rover Report Monthly.