Taruwa Festival Returns With Four Days Of Performing Arts

The Taruwa Festival, a platform for expression, is back with a four-day event that will showcase different arts.

The event, which will hold in Lagos from June 4 to 7, will be entertainment all through with different performing arts events.

Lydia Sobogun of Gbagychild Entertainment on Rubbin’ Minds said that the Taruwa Festival was created as a platform for expression aimed at showcasing young artistes.

“Sometimes when you go to big shows you see the same names over and over and the name has to be huge so people who are coming up do not have a platform to showcase their talent.

“It is four days of performing arts event starting with theatre on Wednesday June 4. We have dance and drums view.

On Friday Taruwa special festival will hold and the theme for this year is “Telling Our Story”.

“We will be going back to history and we will relate it to the present time.

“There will be a stage play and another surprise on the same day,” she said, listing where interested persons can get the tickets for the event.

According to her, the Taruwa Festival had grown from stage to stage over the years, creating a platform for artistes like M.I. Omawunmi and Obiwon amongst others to express arts.

“Taruwa Festival is just a platform for me to do what I am called to do. It is who I am and what I believe I have been called to do. I do not have any option. If I don’t do this, then I do nothing.

“It is growing but there is always room for improvement. It is seen as a Lagos thing and that is where the culture is not doing so well,” she said.

Stage drama is one event that many Nigerians do not have time to attend, but Lydia said it was doing magnificently, citing Tera Culture as one organisation that had presented a platform for companies to present stage plays to audience.

She called for better access to the government grants for the industry to grow faster.