"This paper discusses the place of theatre as a tool for development communication. In this regard, the paper projects the potency of theatre in enhancing development and its role in influencing social change. The paper submits that, development starts with people and not with ‘goods’. It includes their education, empowerment and preservation of people’s cultural identity and all that enhances their well being and makes for a good life. Theatre for Development as a Strategic communication method is a powerful tool that can improve the chances of success of development projects. It strives for behaviour change not just information dissemination, education, or awareness-raising by Interrogating and possibly challenging traditional philosophies and visions of development where the top down model to development is replaced with the bottom up model in a bid to transfer the control of development to the target recipients of the intended development in a situation whereby the recipients become active participants - ‘spec actors’ not ‘spectators’, in the process and they – the people define how and when development happens." (Abstract)