The Team Lead for ImageBureau, George Quaye has intimated that it will take a lot of collaborations to grow theatre in Ghana.

Speaking to Kwame Dadzie on Joy FM’s Showbiz A-Z, he said to shore up the fortunes of the game, theatre producers should support each other.

“I’ve been asked many times why I share many people’s plays even when I am running my plays and I see other people’s plays, I still share. Why because we cannot compete. We need to collaborate. We cannot compete because we haven’t gotten to where the musicians have gotten to. Shatta Wale’s and Stonebwoy can compete. Sarkodie and Samini can compete. King Promise and KiDi, Kuami Eugene, they can all compete. They can because globally they have gotten the recognition," he said.

He added that the musical artistes can charge as high as 700 cedis and people will still patronise their events but same cannot be said about theatre. 

George also mentioned that one of the reasons most people do not patronise theatre is that a lot of Ghanaians conceive of theatre as an art form that must be consumed for free.

“We need to elevate the thinking of people. And you cannot blame them. They consume theatre from a place of nothing and it was free. When all these music groups were going round the country. Osei Kofi’s band and others, they would have small theatre performance before the main concert. And that was free," he said. 

He further noted that the the story-telling settings in our traditional homes also give the impression that theatre should not be paid for.

George, who has, in collaboration with Naa Ashorkor thrilled theatre lovers with plays such as 'Run for Your Wife', Inspector Calls, and 'The Gods Are Not to Blame, will be staging another play titled 'The Legend of Aku Sika' on 1st, 2nd, 8th and 9th of June 2024 at the National Theatre.

This play is honour the legendary Professor Martin Owusu, a theatre arts lecturer at the University of Ghana.

Early bird tickets out NOW till May 5th for only 150 Cedis.