A DANCE IN THE NIGHT (A play for children) Accused of afflicting her younger brothers with witchcraft, 13-year-old Oyenche is sent to a deliverance home where she finds the place is a torture-chamber. In a bid to escape from the home, Oyenche and the other accused children in the home fall into the hands of Biggy, the kingpin of a dreaded kidnap ring. Will she come out of these travails victorious? These and many more questions are answered in Mr. Ogezi’s new play for children. A Dance in the Night mirrors the contemporary issues of child abuse in society under the guise of witchcraft exorcism and child kidnapping. It seeks to create more public awareness about these vices and bring to the fore the new dimension the oppression of children has assumed in the cruel and bewildered world of adults. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Isaac Attah Ogezi is a legal practitioner, poet, playwright, short story writer and literary essayist. He is published in several national and international anthologies, online journals and dailies. His plays and short stories have won him numerous literary awards including ANA/Esiaba Irobi Prize for Drama for three record times, AWF/Zulu Sofola Award for Drama 2009, CHD/Ford Foundation Award for Creative Writing 2010, SONTA/Olu Obafemi Prize for Playwriting 2016, amongst others. In 2014, he was nominated for both the Soyinka Prize for African Literature and NLNG Prize for Literature for his Under a Darkling Sky. In the same year, his short story collection¸ The Threshing Floor, was published by the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) under its imprint, Nigerian Writers Series (NWS). A fellow of UNPFA/Nollywood Scriptwriting and British Council Radiophonics programmes, he currently practises law in New Karu, Nasarawa State, Nigeria. His published plays include: Waiting for Savon (2009), Casket of Her Dreams (2010),Under a Darkling Sky (2012), Embrace of a Leper (2013) and This Side of the Dead (2018).