₦airaland Forum

Dagrace01:
It's not far, go to Iganmu after SURULERE, you'll see for yourself .
Don't come here to give us bad energy

Some Nigerians just hate good news/good things. See a lot of them above with their bad energy this early morning.

gulfer:
Theatre arts and play are dead and buried in Nigeria.; renovated for owambe parties and political meetings

You can't say that. Terra Kulture in VI still hosts sold out plays on a regular. All that is needed is good publicity and big names to act in your plays.

kay29000:
Give me small gist about the place. The only time I went inside the place was for a church member's wedding in 2001, and the hall was still nice at the time.

In the 80s this was the place to be.

All the great black American bands played there to huge crowds.

Shalamar, Kool & the Gang, Stevie Wonder, Delegation, Dynasty, the Commodores, Earth Wind and Fire, and many others..

Those days, once there was a concert, secondary schools would pack their students in their school buses and go there.

I was one of them, and we felt like young princes and princesses strutting around in those huge, red-carpeted, air-conditioned halls.

Those days were so sweet....But it seems we are getting back there now...

Now that we have our Afrobeats stars we will have even more days to go and enjoy there.

Catapault:
In the 80s this was the place to be.

All the great black American bands played there to huge crowds.

Shalamar, Kool & the Gang, Stevie Wonder, Delegation, Dynasty, Earth Wind and Fire, and many others,

Those days, once there was a concert, secondary schools would pack their students in their school buses and go there.

Those days were so sweet....But it seems we are getting back there now...

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We will by God's grace. Nigeria is still the best place to be.

Catapault:
This is a Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) under a new dispensation.

Anything with private sector investment is always well-maintained, so you can forget about that.

Thanks for the comment.

YeyeGbami:
They need massive publicity too, the maintenance money suppose dey come from the theatre itself. I hope

And from the multi purpose halls for events.

would love to watch a theatre performance there.

Catapault:
What a world class edifice. Good heavens!

If this place was in another African country, you people won't let us hear word.

I even heard you need to wear a thick jacket in there because of the serious coldness of the AC inside the entire structure!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eiZ129lfkU

Great work! Let this quality be replicated in the National stadium in Lagos

If only they will maintain it.

greypencils:
We will by God's grace. Nigeria is still the best place to be.

Thanks To The Bankers Committee of the Chartered Institute of Bankers.
A Welldone Job,by the Bankers.👍

wiseone28:
I hope they will maintain it well

That’s where the real problem lies. We have very poor maintenance culture (aka “no be my own” culture) as a people, and that really needs to change.

All these agberos staying inside before and smokin therr lungs away..
The first time i was there was for one of these band group music audition i forget the name.i wanted to be a gurtarist.

Well down i will visit this year again in easter

Catapault:
In the 80s this was the place to be.

All the great black American bands played there to huge crowds.

Shalamar, Kool & the Gang, Stevie Wonder, Delegation, Dynasty, the Commodores, Earth Wind and Fire, and many others..

Those days, once there was a concert, secondary schools would pack their students in their school buses and go there.

I was one of them, and we felt like young princes and princesses strutting around in those huge, red-carpeted, air-conditioned halls.

Those days were so sweet....But it seems we are getting back there now...

Now that we have our Afrobeats stars we will have even more days to go and enjoy there.

Whoa! This is interesting. I thought that American musicians started coming to Nigeria for concerts in the 2000s. I know James Brown performed at Onikan stadium sometime in the 70s (cos my dad always used to tell me about the concert), but I never knew American musicians used to perform in naija in the 80s. Nice. Thanks for this info.

greypencils:
You can't say that. Terra Kulture in VI still hosts sold out plays on a regular. All that is needed is good publicity and big names to act in your plays.

Exactly. There are still thousands of people that still enjoy that art form.

Apart from that sef, Nigerian youths always follow trends...all it takes is for their favourite celebs and influences to make going to see plays the next cool thing, and people would start going.

good

otokx:
would love to watch a theatre performance there.

Oh, it would be beautiful. Especially in the main bowl that looks like something out of Hollywood and the Oscars. 🤩

kay29000:
Whoa! This is interesting. I thought that American musicians started coming to Nigeria for concerts in the 2000s. I know James Brown performed at Onikan stadium sometime in the 70s (cos my dad always used to tell me about the concert), but I never knew American musicians used to perform in naija in the 80s. Nice. Thanks for this info.

What?

Omo, the 80s was the golden era of Black American R&B musicians storming Nigeria to perform. Don’t forget there was nothing like Afrobeats then.

In fact the only Nigerian artiste that youths tolerated in those days was Fela. Nobody else.

It was ALL about R&B, in the clubs, house parties, everywhere.

We were like African yankis in those days. That’s the same swag that led into Afrobeats etc..

I attended so many of those concerts at the national theatre.

Catapault:
What?

Omo, the 80s was the golden era of Black American R&B musicians storming Nigeria to perform. Don’t forget there was nothing like Afrobeats then.

In fact the only Nigerian artiste that youths tolerated in those days was Fela. Nobody else.

It was ALL about R&B, in the clubs, house parties, everywhere.

We were like African yankis in those days. That’s the same swag that led into Afrobeats etc..

I attended so many of those concerts at the national theatre.

Cool. I love reading and hearing about Nigeria's past. I know Afrobeats started winning the youth over around the mid 2000s...cos when I used to throw parties in the late 90s/early 2000s, you dare not play any Nigerian music. The Remedies Shakomo, even though it was popular in naija when it dropped, it was still looked at as razz music by majority of the youth party goers.

It was around them D Banj time, and then P Square time that afrobeats became cool to all youths.

YeyeGbami:
They need massive publicity too, the maintenance money suppose dey come from the theatre itself. I hope

national Theatre no need publicity

Bigboytinz:
national Theatre no need publicity

Says who, do you know how many businesses would be in there. Not just the theatre itself.

Hopefully! But what we lack in Nigeria is 'Maintenance Culture" Our attitude towards looking after things is generally bad. A new bridge that was recently constructed at Mile2 has been invaded with traders(clothes and Fruit sellers alike). In no time will that place look like a "shit-hole". My question is; where were they displaying their goods before

bocin500:
Cool!

Hopefully, it will be maintained.

Dagrace01:
It's not far, go to Iganmu after SURULERE, you'll see for yourself .
Don't come here to give us bad energy

koshi danu jare.na everything una go dey take personal

Putindbutt:
You're poor and broke, ask politely and I will take you there for a tour.

you will die poor and broke ninu oriburuku iwo eranko lasan lasan yi. O goh ofenuhora.you no know play again.abi you no see laughing emoji. Oni jere ara re.1d10t

Wow! This is beautiful will still be open to schools for excursion visit.

SAMBARRY:
koshi danu jare.na everything una go dey take personal

Afofungbemu ni e..
You guys don't love good news, they only that gives you joy is bad news.
Oponu ayirada

Dagrace01:
Afofungbemu ni e..
You guys don't love good news, they only that gives you joy is bad news.
Oponu ayirada

shut up, I was only cruising. If you can't take a joke, gedifok out of my mention

SAMBARRY:
you will die poor and broke ninu oriburuku iwo eranko lasan lasan yi. O goh ofenuhora.you no know play again.abi you no see laughing emoji. Oni jere ara re.1d10t

What the fcck are you saying?. Is this what you say to your husband at home.

Congratulations 👏 to Nigeria.
This is one of the Iconic symbol of Nigeria.
Thank goodness is back.

Hubert Wigwe lives on!!

Alex ekweme really did a great job in designing this masterpiece.

sonsomegrigbo:
Let the pigs and the idiots show us something like this in their DOT IN THE CIRCLE

This is one of the national assets in lagos that was funded by the federal govt and it was even designed by an Igbo man called architect alex ekweme.