Award-winning Master of Ceremonies, Kwesi Pratt Yamoah, popularly known as Myster Pratt, has shared that his passion for the creative industry intensified when he secured his first acting gig in the renowned play, “The Gods Are Not to Blame” in his first year at the University of Ghana.

Interacting with Joy Learning TV’s Irene Adubea Aning on the Career Trail, the 2020 Best Events MC of the Year admitted that although he was not pursuing arts, he developed the zest to explore his creative side as well.

“In the university, I decided to join a group at the National Theater in order to fully exploit this passion of mine. Lo and behold, when I joined the group, we were acting “The Gods Are Not to Blame”, and we toured approximately 300 schools. So I was doing that in level 100 and 200 at the University of Ghana. Even though I wasn’t studying arts and I was doing the sciences, I decided to explore that option on the side”, he revealed.

Myster Pratt affirmed that the role he was given was a very defining and transformative moment in his creative journey since the director recognized his potential and granted him the opportunity to shine.

Despite the challenge of being shorter than the actual character he was to assume in the play, he was able to execute the role to such perfection that even the people who had read the book and who knew the physical stature of the original character could not help but be impressed.  

“That really taught me a lot; that if you put your mind to anything, you can do it. It doesn’t matter what people presume or what peoples’ prejudices may be, it doesn’t matter. Just live the character, do what you have to do, and that character will form into their prejudice. They will be fine and they would accept it, and that was the beginning for me”, he disclosed.

Although he secured his first official acting job in the play, “The Gods Are Not to Blame”, Myster Pratt asserted that as a young boy, he discovered that he had a quiet but keen fervor for arts and stage work.

“So in JSS, one of our teachers signed us on for the National Theater; all these drama festivals and everything happening at the National Theater. So I would usually go and see what was happening. I was on the platform to act during Kidafest, and that was the beginning of my interest on stage. So I started doing stage works quite early”, he admitted.

After he discovered that stage work really piqued his interest, Myster Pratt started to attend a couple of fashion shows and other entertainment-related programs in Ghana.

It was at one of these events that he met Ibrahim Sima, the late CEO of EXOPA Modeling Agency, who goaded him on to emcee for the very first time on a big stage.