Uncle Ebo Whyte
Renowned Ghanaian playwright, Uncle Ebo Whyte, will take over the stage in a solo fashion come September as he celebrates the 10th milestone of his highly successful Roverman Productions.
He will be doing so with a play entitled ‘A Crazy Ride’, which is set to be shown on September 1, 2, 8 and 9 this year at the National Theatre in Accra.
Uncle Ebo told journalists on Monday in Accra that he’s staging ‘A Crazy Ride’ to, among other things, thank his patrons for the support they have rendered to him over the last 10 years.
The play is due to open with a song from Lucky Dube’s ‘Back To My Root’, with Uncle Ebo being directed by five directors who are to be at the back stage.
‘A Crazy Ride’ seeks to project how ‘uncertain’ the journey of life can be sometimes and also to serve as a reminder of the experiences that one has gone through in life.
“It’s a combination of stand-up and enactment of various scenarios. Now why I I’m going on stage is to say thank you to the patrons who have stocked with me over the last 10 years,” Uncle Ebo told journalists on Monday in Accra.
“I have been looking for a way of thanking them directly. Now I began as a performer, I began as an actor. I have given that one up because I have wanted to focus more on discovering talents and bringing other people up but I think it’s a good time to do that, whether I will do it again it’s another matter but at least I need this time to say thank you,” he revealed.
In the play which has about 138 manuscripts, Uncle Ebo speaks more of his personal experiences, from his shattered dream of being a professional boxer at age 14 after he suffered a humiliating defeat to a 12 year-old boxer in Accra, among others.
Roverman Productions started staging shows on September 6, 2008 at the National Theatre in Accra and has since become one of the most revered theatre productions in the country, with 39 plays so far to its credit.
The production house’s first play was ‘Unhappy Wives, Confused Husbands’, opening a new page in the theatre industry in Ghana, becoming its first sold-out show.
BY Melvin Tarlue