Encore for Forbidden at National Theatre
Playwright, Uncle Ebo Whytes’ latest play, Forbidden, has captured the hearts of theatre goers to the point where the play is set for an encore at the National Theatre on Saturday, July 11 and Sunday, July 12.
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The play follows the antics of Kwaku Koduah aka Junior, an ace radio personality, who finds himself in a dilemma. His lifestyle, which he has no intention of changing, has sent his mother on admission at the hospital and caused his father so much embarrassment that he had to resign his position as a senior pastor of his church.
Now Junior has to find a way of maintaining his wild lifestyle and at the same time make his parents happy. He decides to marry Hilda, the innocent sweet and beautiful girl with a fantastic voice whom his parents have adopted.
As typical of Uncle Ebo Whyte’s Roverman Production plays, the drama was well put together but the stars on the night were the two actors who played the lead roles of Junior and Hilda.
In an interview with Showbiz on Monday, the duo, Nana Sam Elliot Sackeyfio (Hilda) and Andrew Tandoh-Adote(Junior) revealed that although they have acted in numerous Roverman productions, their characters in Forbidden was their most challenging roles yet.
Nana Sam, a trained Management Accountant who holds a degree in Business Studies from Westminster University and a Masters in Financial Management from the University of Wales both in the UK, said although the production for the play was fun to do, it was very tasking.
“We had a short time for rehearsals because we were just from a roadshow and we hadn’t much time to rest and we immediately had to begin preparations.
“In addition, Forbidden had more songs than most of our plays we have done in the past,” she said.
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Nana Sam, who currently lectures at the Ghana International School, revealed she had always had the passion for acting and joined Roverman Productions in 2014 after coming across an online advert for auditions.
Throwing more light on how challenging Forbidden is, Andrew said, “The challenge thrown to us by Uncle Ebo was that, by the end of the play, there should not be a single dry eye in the entire auditorium”, he said.
The freelance illustrator who worked with Rover Report Monthly magazine before joining cast of Roverman added “ And in order to do this, you have to dig deep and bring out enough emotions to get a reaction from the people to make them feel exactly what the characters on stage are going through.
“It was a hectic preparation but the audiences’ reaction at the end of each performance made it entirely worth it,” he said.
The duo described Forbidden as a fun play with numerous unexpected twists and turns. “This play would put you through a whole range of different emotions, wonder, joy. You would laugh, cry, shout, scream and you would even dance.