Nigerian stage directors' philosophies, aesthetics and ideologies /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Adigun, Bisi (Editor), Oni, Duro (Editor)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2025.
Subjects:	Theater > Nigeria. Nigerian drama. Théâtre > Nigeria.

Table of Contents:

Introduction: towards globalising indigenous Nigerian directing epistemology / Bisi Adigun & Duro Oni
Act 1. Starting with Adefila to Fafunwa (A-F)
Chapter one. From Bariga to Tel Aviv: Adefila on The road / Segun Adefila
Chapter two. A director's insight on play-making / Makinde Adeniran
Chapter three. To direct or not to direct? that is no longer the question / Bisi Adigun
Chapter four. The artistry of a Nigerian female stage director: flashes from the past / Abiola Adumati
Chapter five. Leading a team to tease out the truths / Niji Akanni
Chapter six. For mind, body, space and process / Joshua Alabi
Chapter seven. Stage directing: a by-product of my creative ability / Bolanle Austen-Peters
Chapter eight. The creative courage: evolving an aesthetic and pedagogy of directing / Tunde Awosanmi
Chapter nine. Stage directing: the art of harvesting and harnessing emotions / Austin Awulonu
Chapter ten. The making of a pragmatic director on the Nigerian stage / Oluyinka Babalola
Chapter eleven. Directing a play: my inspiration, theories, techniques and creative devices / Rasaki Ojo Bakare
Chapter twelve. My creativity, my art: the holy spirit my guide / William Benson
Chapter thirteen. Odyssey to becoming a theatre director / Israel Eboh
Chapter fourteen. How my art-form transcends ethnicity and yet celebrates its Nigerian origins / Femi Elufowoju Jr
Chapter fifteen. Theatre: a meeting with my soul / Ifeoma Fafunwa
Act 2. From Jaiyesimi to Yerima (J-Y)
Chapter sixteen. The power of visual storytelling / Ayo Jaiesimi
Chapter seventeen. Directorial positions and praxis / Effiong Johnson
Chapter eighteen. Stage directing: a perspective from Zaria / Rasheedah Liman
Chapter nineteen. E get as e be: reflections on the craft of directing in the theatre / Chuck Mike
Chapter twenty. Using theatre in the search for truth / Nick Monu
Chapter twenty-one. A renegade director / Wole Oguntokun
Chapter twenty-two. Painting a mudhouse / Felix Okolo
Chapter twenty-three. Design perspectives to directing for stage / Duro Oni
Chapter twenty-four. Directing as a vital stage in the writing process: a personal experience of play-making / Femi Osofisan
Chapter twenty-five. Stage directing: a chance of a lifetime! / Patrick-Jude Oteh
Chapter twenty-six. The stage director is not confined to space / Lookman Sanusi
Chapter twenty-seven. A director's enterprise: of freedom and the power of the imagination / Ben Tomoloju
Chapter twenty-eight. Pedagogy and total theatre paradigms in play production / Kalu Uka
Chapter twenty-nine. Directing is a science / Israel Wekpe
Chapter thirty. The playwright, the actor, the director and I / Ahmed Yerima.