THEATRE COSTUME MANAGEMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE IN ILORIN, KWARA STATE, NIGERIA
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2015
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Department of Sociology, University of Ilorin, Ilorin
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In the theatre, film and television productions, costume designs are given a pride of place as an integral aspect of play production process. They are personally worn by the actors in the portrayal of their characterization to the audience. Hence, without the appropriate use of costumes the central message or the whole essence of a performance may be totally lost to the spectators. In the light of this observation, conscientious and strategic management of costumes are adopted by costumes designers. But interestingly, the role of climate must not be underemphasized because it can make or mar the management process; hence, the impact of climate change on theatre costume management is examined in this study. The only two recognized theatre outfits in Kwara State that manage costumes were used as case studies. Opinions of the users and costumiers were sampled on their perception about climate change and its effect on costume management. Rainfall has been identified as one of the two major climate change index after temperature in the tropics (Ayoade, 2004). Monthly rainfall data was collected from the archive of the Nigerian Meteorological Agency Oshodi for a period of 51years which spanned between 1962 and 2012 to study trend The two major seasons of Kwara State were regrouped into their weather types and the opinions of the respondents on the weather type that is most vulnerable to costume management identified Means and percentages were used to produce a quantitative summary which was tabulated The prediction of rainfall pattern through year 2042
'as made. The implications of the findings on the theatre costume management were emphasized. Suggestions and recommendation were made on the efficient management of costume fabrics ainst climatic hazards.
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Actors, Climate change, Temperature, Theatre costume