In the late 1980s, Lagos theatre was alive with defiance. While others sought glamour or applause, one group rehearsed revolution. They called themselves Collective Artistes, a theatre company born in 1988 under the direction of Professor Chuck Mike. Their goal was simple but bold: to use performance as a mirror, a weapon, and a way of healing. Hakeem Shitta was there. With his camera pressed against the pulse of that decade, he captured faces, sweat, laughter, and silence: t