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Yadah Productions tackle emotional abuse in marriages
‘Ama 2G’ saw a huge turnout as it went down at the National Theatre on Saturday, October 7, 2017.
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Walking out of stage plays in good spirits is something quite commonplace, but the atmosphere here was a cut above that. This was total excitement, with an urge for more.
As the show came to an end the only chorus that could be heard from the hundreds of audience that made their way was ‘Ama 2G!’ ‘Ama 2G!’ ‘Ama 2G!’….
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As those words – the title of the stage play just witnessed – reverberated around the auditorium of the National Theatre, it was clear the satisfaction that everybody was served.
Time and money well spent!
The stage play ‘Ama 2G’ tackles many issues of real life, from emotional abuse in marriages to parents imposing careers on their children and then to the specimen of who a modern day wife should be.
The play opens with some soothing music from a saxophonist, while audience are teased to the scenes of the storyline by a storyteller who delivers his lines in a tantalizingly poetic manner.
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Overall, the play features a 13-man cast, however, the main theme hovers over a very difficult man named Asamoah, whose complicated character sees him try to step over everything just to get to the top.
His wife – Ama – as submissive as she is, barely gets the respect she deserves from her husband. With her husband always downplaying her intelligence and calling her out at the least provocation, it is impervious to logic how Ama still manages to keep her home and marriage intact.
As a motivational and inspirational speaker, Asamoah does the exact opposite of what he preaches to his followers, by maltreating and lowering the self-esteem of his wife and anyone below his level.
The play looks at the contrast between the Eagle, quietly efficient, and the Parrot, so vocal yet so unskilled, and compares it to real life scenarios where people want their little good deeds to be heard by everybody, by spreading it through social media.
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The title ‘Ama 2G’ was coined from the derogatory statements made by Asamoah against his wife, as he countlessly referred to her as outdated, slow and as boring as a 2G network.
The various scenes explore the difficulties that some women have to go through to maintain their marriages, with Ama always sacrificing her happiness for the love of her husband and accepting blame even in times that she had not done any wrong.
The subplots also feature the son of the aforementioned couple, Yaw Dada, whose dream to become a musician drew derision from his father.
The play looks at the situations of many wards who lose focus in life due to the fact that parents try to choose careers for them, instead of encouraging their children to pursue what they love.
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It further examines the role of some parents in ensuring good futures for the children, when it comes to willing properties.
In this case, the story of Susu – the niece of Asamoah – who labored to get her inheritance due to the fact that her late father entrusted it into the hands of a wicked uncle.
There are many lessons to be learnt from the stage play ‘Ama 2G’, and there is no doubt that the audience must have picked up a lesson or two after watching on.
However, despite all the excitement on the night, there were some low points that must also be highlighted.
Sound was a problem throughout the show, with the mics of some characters failing to work when they were on stage.
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There were also breaks and distractions in the sound whenever the characters were performing a song.
Then finally, getting to the tail end of the play the adverts just became too much, almost ruining the perfect show that audience had witnessed.
Stage plays are not meant to keep audience seated for long hours, so it’s better to keep the adverts as short as possible, in order not to get audience bored.
Aside the above, Yadah Productions gave a good account of themselves, as the stage play ‘Ama 2G’ really achieved its purpose: it thrilled, it educated and it was rib-cracking.
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