In Nigeria, a Gandhi musical awes audiences, but struggles to play on | Lifestyle News, The Indian Express

In Nigeria, a Gandhi musical awes audiences, but struggles to play on | Lifestyle News, The Indian Express

Written by Charu Rishi |Lagos |Updated: September 30, 2019 6:00:15 pm

In Nigeria, a Gandhi musical awes audiences, but struggles to play on

The musical, full with songs like 'Deva Shri Ganesha' and 'Ae Mere Watan Ke Logon', highlights all the important events in Gandhi’s life from him being thrown out of a train in South Africa to him burning western clothes and the shock of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre.

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Lightyear Productions flagged off the event with “Gandhi: The Musical” and staged eight shows in Lagos over the long Eid weekend, or Barka da Sallah as it is known here.

As India readies to celebrate the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi on October 2 with a series of programmes, in faraway Nigeria, a local theatre group is trying its best to commemorate the occasion with a six-month festival.