National Theatre appoints George Quaye Artistic Director-in-Residence
As part of its commitment to increase patronage for theatre, the National Theatre of Ghana has appointed actor and communications professional, George Quaye as Artistic Director-in-Residence.
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George is taking up his new role in the last quarter of the year and his major assignment within the period is to lead the production of the drama, "The Gods Are Not To Blame” originally written by Ola Rotimi, and intended to be shown at the National Theatre on December 2 and 3, 2023.
Ms Amy Appiah Frimpong, Executive Director of the National Theatre, who officially introduced George Quaye’s new role at a press conference recently, mentioned that the Artistic Director-in-Residence programme was to help foster "a stronger collaboration between the public and private sector in the development of theatre in Ghana.
“The idea is to work with a Director who is known in the field of performing arts, and has a strong artistic voice, directed plays in the past and has a huge audience base as well as sponsors for past events.
"It is our hope that the Artistic Director-in-Residence programme will provide fresh and diverse perspectives to the way we work and produce content and for the theatre.
“We intend to leverage the Artistic Director in-Residence's ability to draw in audiences and sponsors, which will lead to an opportunity for staff to learn new processes and ideas especially for our public relations and marketing staff," Ms Frimpong stated.
She was very confident the concept will promote the Theatre's goal of "inspiring artistic experience, develop and promote the performing arts".
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The Executive Director added that the new relationship with Mr Quaye would help "build bridges with directors and audiences".
Mr Quaye thanked management and Board of the National Theatre and called on stakeholders across sectors to give the National Theatre and the performing arts industry much attention.