Thursday 4 October 2012

WHY I CHOSE TO BE A SOLO PERFORMER -GREG MBAJIORGU

http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/nvnews/57957/1/none.html

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By: ONUA KWAME
As a University teacher, writer, director and actor, Greg Mbajiorgu's career centres virtually on all areas of creative arts. His choice of Theatre as a profession was made out of passion and conviction that he can only thrive best as a dramatist. He eventually came to limelight as a solo performer, an art, which only a few Nigerians have dabbled into.

After the late Funso Alabi and popular actor, Tunji Sotimirin, Mbajiorgu is the third known artiste in the solo performance genre. According to him, stage acting could be so tedious but solo acting is even more challenging. But the fast rising star said he is willing to be.

Mbajiorgu who lectures in the Department of Theatre and Film Studies at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka recently directed Son of a Chief, a play written by Chris Nyimoga for his department. He