The 23rd Lagos Book & Art Festival (LABAF 2021), which takes place from November 15 – 21, 2021 at the Freedom Park, Lagos, with the theme, “A Fork in the Road” will officially welcome an online arts and culture magazine,…
Lagos Theatre Festival holds in February
The seventh edition of the Lagos Theatre Festival (LTF) is set to hold between February 27, 2020 and March 1, 2020. Holding in multiple locations within the Lagos metropolis including National Museum Lagos, African Artists Foundation, British Council, Alliance Française…
Inside Theo Lawson’s prison anything can happen – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
Please join me in thanksgiving as I have just escaped from prison. The place formerly known as Her Majesty’s Broad Street Prison has changed name to Freedom Park, but those in the know always sentence mere mortals to Theo Lawson’s…
Lagos Fringe Festival kicks off Nov 19
The second edition of the multi-disciplinary open access arts showpiece, Lagos Fringe International Festival 2019, is set to hold from November 19 through 24, 2019 at various venues across the city of Lagos. The 6-day festival will bring together participants…
#LABAF2019 – SPECIAL ARTHOUSE FORUM @Amphitheatre
History is the past as it is described in written documents, and the study thereof. However, when you take a great book like Tunde Leye’s Afonja: The Rise, sprinkle in performers who know their craft and ‘stage’ it at the…
Lagos Book & Art Festival, (LABAF) set for November 4-10, 2019
The 21st edition of the Lagos Book & Art Festival (LABAF) will take place from November 4-10, 2019 at Freedom Park, Lagos Island and other venues around the city. LABAF which has been described as ‘Africa’s biggest cultural picnic, is week-long…
Lagos Theatre Festival will now begin April 8
The 2019 edition of Lagos Theatre Festival (LTF) is set to showcase over 140 shows in seven days under the theme: ‘Imagine the Unimaginable’ taking place from April 8 to 14 at different venues across Lagos, the organisers have said.…
Lagos celebrates Theo Lawson at 60
The Lagos literary and artistic establishment turned out in their numbers to celebrate Theo Lawson, architect, bon vivant, visionary and moving spirit behind Freedom Park, the eclectic art, literary and event space pat in the heart of Lagos Island. The…
Day 4 at LABAF -Gabriella Opara
After a night of conversations and celebration dedicated to Fela comes to an end; another day of activities dawns at the 20th edition of the Lagos Art and Book Festival (LABAF). Day four at LABAF will begin on a creative…
Theo Lawson love’s Lagos
Theo Lawson is in love with Lagos and it is easy for everyone to see. The architect who conceived the theme park known as Freedom Park from the ruins of the old colonial prison talks about his love for the…
