Someone heading to Onikan for the Lagos Fringe Festival on Wednesday, 4 November, can choose a film screening or a workshop before the formal opening in the evening. The organisers list the noon screening at Collab, Venue 3, for the public. They reserve the opening ceremony at the Museum, Venue 6, for delegates and participants.
The distinction matters at a festival that gives separate names and numbers to spaces within the John Randle Centre for Yoruba Culture and History. The venue guide places the centre at Onikan Roundabout on Lagos Island. Knowing the building gets you to the right complex, but the room and the access conditions depend on the session.
At 10am the programme lists filmmaker Biodun Stephen’s storytelling masterclass at the restaurant opposite the ramp, Venue 5. The advertised price is ₦75,000. At the same time, the Ideas Lab hosts a closed workshop on pitching and packaging television projects and commercials. The quoted price applies to Stephen’s class. The organisers do not give that figure as the price of the noon screening.
Filmgoers who want another public session after the screening can look for the Shakespeare Lagos research event at 2.30pm, back at Venue 5. For the evening, the schedule sets aside the Amphi Space at 6.40pm for opening networking before the 7pm ceremony at the Museum. Both evening entries specify delegates and participants.
The festival runs from 3 to 8 November under the theme Let’s Play. The first day was set aside for setup and technical rehearsals. Thursday’s programme lists Women in the Arts at noon at Collab and a film screening at the same hour at Venue 5, so someone interested in both will need to choose.
What it means for you: Pick a session before setting out and check its entry on the festival’s programme and ticket site. Public access describes who may attend. For costs and availability, use the listing for the particular event you want to see.