Afromoon Theatre: A Conceptualization of Modern African Theatre

The Afromoon Theatre is an indigenous African Theatre that is highly
functional and relevmt to the Afri,.m community unlike the western aestheticized
and dialogue oriented form of theatre. Afromoon Theatre strives to present a
theatre that will serve as an instrument of change and redirection ro the African
Theatre practice in this contemporary African States.
Afromoon theatrc projects the African's tradition of public performance that
are visual, visible which share a c ~ nmu n a ie xperience in whicl~th e Afromoon
audience are inmersed in a rli~:.~ll-icaslp ecti~cl(;enactecll ive hcfi)rc thc Afi-o~llooll
audience.
The Afromoon theatre embraces almost all the relevant art forms that can
be found in Africa like music, dance songs,' mime, pantomime, rituals, rites, rich
costumes, special Afrolnoon stage, masquerading, storytelling and theatrical
spectacles. That is why it is known as Theatre of the Mricans by the Africans for
the Africans.