By Hannah Awadzi
Accra, Nov. 7, GNA – Nii Commey, one of Ghana’s prolific storytellers, brings Anticlockwise, a breathtaking coastal stage masterpiece that challenges the way people see life, even when the clock seems to mock them on stages on the 13th of December 2025, at the National Theatre.
Anticlockwise draws the audience into the throbbing heart of a coastal community where survival is both a struggle and an art form.
Here, the dreams of ordinary people beat against the walls of corruption, poverty, love, and despair, a laid-off civil servant-turned-canoe-owner chasing dignity on sinking wood, a young footballer desperate for a foreign miracle, and a teacher caught between purpose and poverty.
Each story twists and turns until it confronts the central question: “How do we reverse this Anticlockwise?”
Nii Commey, told the Ghana News Agency that the play, “Anticlockwise is a conversation about us. It’s about how we trade time, trust, and truth in our daily battles. It is painfully funny, emotionally sharp, and timelessly Ghanaian.”
Layered with humour, and the raw pulse of life, Anticlockwise fuses drama and comedy in ways only Nii Commey can, confront societal ills through laughter and irony.
The play captures the soul of the everyday Ghanaian: hopeful yet bruised, resilient yet restless.
Audiences could expect a theatrical experience that is not only entertaining but profoundly awakening. One that mirrors the stories we live but seldom tell.
More than a performance, Anticlockwise is a year-end reflection. It invites corporate Ghana, families, and theatre lovers to end the year in conversation shrouded in storytelling with themselves, surrounded by laughter, rhythm, and truth.
The production is a collaboration between Handwriting Communications and Full Bouquet Entertainment, bringing together some of Ghana’s most talented actors and creative minds in a show designed to stir emotions, challenge conventions, and celebrate the enduring power of storytelling.
GNA
Edited by Lydia Kukua Asamoah