OPEN-MIC SEPTEMBER

Who holds the Gold Mic?
The Tiata-tori Series…
It’s going to be Ground-Breaking

…… Classic!!
……. Outstanding!!!
And…. Creatively Explosive!!!!
Here's the birth of our Monthly Theatre Feast!
And it kicks-off with an Open-Mic Performance Night (First Edition), tagged-
      "WORD OF MOUTH"-
(A Night of Music, Spoken Word, Comedy, Poetry, Folklore, Monologues etc.) - featuring Carol King, Segun Adefila, Tina Mba, Dotun Taylor, Kenny Bankole, Koffi, Najite Dede, Toyin Oshinaike, Otunba Tunji Sotimirin and many more
The event aims at bringing together lovers of art, veterans, and artistes from all genres to sail in an unrelenting fun-freestyle-creative session, using this medium to develop the culture of theatre at conventional and unconventional performance space in Nigeria.

DATE: 27th Sept, 2014

VENUE: Ethnic Heritage Centre, Raymond Njoku, off Awolowo way, Ikoyi, Lagos.

TIME: 6:00pm

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Email- skyuniverse2003@yahoo.com.au www.kininsokoncepts.blogspot.com
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KiNiNso-Koncepts is a young people’s Art ensemble and a registered dance-theatre company. It was established with the sole aim of making statement of relevance with a deep root in research making into our culture and tradition towards innovating a creatively different performance style and a story-telling technique that will not only entertain, inform and educate but challenge our audience, ourselves as human towards nation building and the need for intellectual, physical, social and cultural development. Through the means of dance, drama, music, movement, poetry and nature we create stories, infuse unusual elements blending with ground-breaking as well as mentally/physically energetic performance using our body as the tool for conveying messages with a strong sense of creativity and aesthetics.
The Tiata-tori Series of Plays (drama, dance, Music etc.) continues Last Weekend of Every month.

COME ENJOY LIVE TIATA-tori MATTER!!!

SUPPORTED BY- ETHNIC HERITAGE CENTRE, CROWN TROUPE OF AFRICA ANS ARIZONA GROUP LTD

KININSO @ INDEPENDENCE PERFORMANCE

‘LADUGBO MI’

 PERFORMANCE TOUR

A THEATRE FOR DEVELOPMENT PROJECT

In our quest to make arts and theatre a tool for social, political and cultural change. We have out together a production which satirically stampedes the state and ‘state of nigeria’.
In this theatre performance series, we would be doing an itinery type of productions at popular and outdoor centres in lagos. This project is majorly packgaed to celebrate and commemorate nigerias independence day, october 1st. Also to create awareness to the public about the state and nature of political affairs in this nation and the rule of law.

THE PERFORMANCE

PHB- POLITICAL HALLELUYAH BOYSOR
PAB-POLITICAL ALTAR BOYS

This performance was inspired by hon. Patrick obiahgbon of edo state. Created by joshua alabi and to be performed by kininso-koncepts. The dance-theatre piece chronicles incidents and issues which happened in recent history in nigeria. It starts from the fuel subsidy saga/protest-the change of name of unilag into maulag, the child marriage, boko haram, and many more.

VENUES- YABA, FESTAC AND IKEJA

DATES- 28TH, 29TH AND 30TH OF SEPTEMBER 2013

TIME- 4.00PM DAILY

The essence of portraying this as a drama, is to make social commentary about the imbalance and the frustration which these issues have caused and cost us. Importantly to make people ‘think’ deeply about what to do next and how to achieve it come 2015 elections.

VOTE WITH YOUR HEAD AND NOT WITH YOUR POCKET!!!

Kininso Koncepts stages Adulawo

Alongside groups from Georgia, Italy, Egypt, brazil, Sweden, Greece, Iran and Romania. Kininso-koncepts was chosen to represent Nigeria and West Africa at large.

    NIGERIA/UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS ENTRY AT ISTANBUL KÜLTÜR UNIVERSITY 4th INTERNATIONAL “PROF. CÜNEYT GÖKÇER” THEATRE FESTIVAL,TURKEY         

                                                       (April 12th-April 30th)

ADULAWO (the black race) (written, directed and choreographed by JOSHUA ALABI)is a dance-theatre piece which creatively and artistically discusses and portrays the challenges; problems, day to day activities, occupation, culture/tradition, and general way of life of the black people using Nigeria as it focus point. It’s a total theatre piece with an infusion of poetry, dance, drama, drums, chants and songs to create an excitingly new but contemporary performance art which would be acceptable by global audience of different age groups. At different points, playwrights, dramatists, directors and scholars have written and staged one or two things about the black history or race at large. It must be pointed out that the story of the African race is a wide topic to be treated in just a dance/drama performance rather picking out the major and significant parts which relates to the growth and development of the region today. ADULAWO-the Yoruba word for ‘black people’ here, discusses not the entire slavery process and the colonialist intrusion but the pit which the white masters dug for us which is ‘democracy’ which apparently means nothing to them. The performance projects more of aesthetics in the African set and the boundless communal traits. It depicts total strength in oneness and the need for people to rise into action. IT SYMBOLLICALLY AND CREATIVELY PROJECTS AFRICAN CULTURE. FOR THIS REASON WE LAID MORE EMPHASIS ON THE USE OF PHYSICAL THEATRE, THAT IS, THE USE OF BODY LANGUAGE, DANCE, EXPRESSIONS, SONGS AND CHANTS(FROM DIFFERENT TRIBES IN NIGERIA/GHANA/SOUTH AFRICA AND SIERRA LEONE) AND A LITTLE OF POETRY IN ITS EXPLICATION WHICH WAS COMPOSED BY THE COMPANY.

ISTANBUL KULTUR UNIVERSITY PERFORMANCE PROG. 2013

 Here, we portray hope for Africa but in other not to shatter it the youths should find a way to empower themselves materially, physically and intellectually. Opening our minds to possibilities of a free and fair election, good governance, trustworthy civil servants starts with us if we decide not to partake in any form of corruption. Thus we are safeguarding our future and even that of our children. We view a dream come true land where everything is in place, a place of extreme growth and development, a land where people shed tears not for food, shelter or social amenities but for its amazing level of greatness. A place where relentless and die-hard thinkers and progressive doers are leaders whose sole aim is to serve and safeguard its followers. All these are aspirations which the youths need to understand and then find a way to fit into whatever area would be easy for them to create a positive projection either through the art, politics, civil service or sports etc.
        -kininso-koncepts,2013