Reviews on Jos Repertory Theatre
...JRT lights up the stage whenever they get on it...........the talents they exhibit are simply put awesome...
THE NIGERIAN COMPASS, SEPTEMBER 2010
...attending a regular run of plays by the JRT is always fulfilling... THE PEOPLES DAILY, MARCH 2010
skills come up for applause as the composition on stage was always effectively balanced. Even when more than one action was taking place on stage it was not hard to determine which was more important.....such a wonderful performance....better than most... NEXT, APRIL 2010
...the Jos Festival of Theatre is the only festival of its kind in Nigeria......truly unique!....... WEEKLY PROFILE, JUNE 2008
...NGO’s have been the pillars on which the success of most of JRT’s projects lie........ SUNDAY PUNCH, DECEMBER 2007
...the festival is a confirmation of the resilient spirit of JRT.... which has brought a little bit of fresh air into the cultural life of the city....
THE GUARDIAN, FEBRUARY 2007
...a leading light for the theatre....JRT has moved from infancy to maturity with more than a dozen plays and two theatre festivals...
THE SUN, APRIL 2006
...their approach transcends age, experience and culture; an approach driven by the common desire to make high quality creative theatre fuelled by the power of individual differences...
THE NEW NIGERIAN WEEKLY, FEBRUARY 2006
...a work of unambiguous, on a shoe string agitprop......there was something undeniably appropriate about its being performed in a room set aside for education...
THE SUNDAY HERALD, GLASGOW, JULY 2005
......when the curtain was eventually opened for the five weekend festival of plays, it was an unforgettable experience for all those who heeded the call to gather...
AFRICATODAY, EKABO, OCTOBER 2004
...the play was staged with passion, precision and great affection and quite intriguingly by some future stars whom Oteh had pulled together to realize a piece that is still being hailed as the best so far...
THE GUARDIAN, OCTOBER, 2004
...a revolution, a new theme, a new stage has arrived...
NEW NIGERIAN, SATURDAY EXTRA, MAY 2003
...the mastery of the art of presentation by the Jos Repertory Theatre will provoke effusive reviews in no distant future...
THE GUARDIAN, JANUARY 2003
...the play was staged with passion, precision and great affection and quite intriguingly by some future stars whom Oteh had pulled together to realize a piece that is still being hailed as the best so far...
THE GUARDIAN, OCTOBER, 2004
...it will be a right step in the right direction if Nigerian theatre graduates can form various theatre groups in order to reactivate live theatre performance in the country. The Jos Repertory Theatre has indeed set a good example...
AFRICATODAY, JULY 2002
...proved again to be one of the most daring and adventurous emerging directors on the Nigerian theatre scene....Jos Repertory Theatre is a renaissance from the North...a total experience...
THE COMET, THE ARTS, AUGUST 2001
....one important thing about the play was the array of young business minded actors and actresses. Infact, somebody remarked that it is only in football that Nigeria is blessed with an array of stars, in the theatre and stage sector there is a galaxy of stars...THE PUNCH, ARTS AND LIFE, AUGUST 2001
noted for drawing audience appeal in a rather simple way.....craftsmanship was brought to bear as he not only successfully drove his message home but was able to sustain his audiences using the elements of music and dance choreography. These attractions not only facilitated the play’s success but left indelible footprints in the sands of creativity...
DAILY TIMES, TIMES READER, MAY 2001