Entertainment of Friday, 20 April 2018
Source: Kwame Okyere Jnr
2018-04-20
‘Men Don Die’ by Latif Abubakar
Ghanaian playwright, Latif Abubakar has joined the race to tackle fatal road accidents by focusing the subject in his latest play ‘Men Don Die’, a road safety project to address the issue on escalating road accidents in the country.
The growing interest of people and the positive impact of Globe Productions’ stage plays on them have necessitated and motivated the theatre and events company and its playwright Latif Abubakar to continue churning out hilarious and educative plays.
‘Men Don Die’ will be staged at the Accra International Conference Centre (AICC) on 28th and 29th April, 2018.
Road accidents is on the rise in Ghana which has now become a huge hindrance due to dilapidated roads in the country.
Latif Abubakar’s plays have over years brought together patrons numbering over 20,000 from all walks of life to laugh out loud and get educated on basic things we most of the time overlook in our daily lives.
Latif Abubakar is known for exciting plays such as ‘Thank God for Idiots’, ‘Romantic Nonsense’, ‘You May Kiss The Corpse’, ‘Gallery of Comedies’, ‘The Second Coming of Nkrumah’ and ‘What Can Come Can Come’.
Latif Abubakar was nominated in the best play category at the 2014 Ghana Movie Awards with the play titled ‘Second Coming of Nkrumah’. He is the chief executive officer of Globe Productions.
He has worked with some of the country’s best actors like Ecow Smith-Asante, Adjetey Anang, Ofori Bismarck, Pearl Darkey, Paul Quarcoo and Alexandra Bailey.