“Bintu-the-Musical,” a drama which chronicled the humanitarian impact of the decade-long crisis that has plagued Nigeria’s north-eastern states of Borno, Adamawa and Yobe was premiered at the MUSON Centre in Lagos, courtesy the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). “We hope the play will spark conversations around the crisis in […]
Theatre
Nollywood veteran actress and ‘August Meeting’ lead act, Gloria Anozie-Young shone again when the producers staged the play in Aba recently. The stage play was to commemorate the Aba Women’s Riot after 90 years. The Raconteur Productions play, which speaks against the injustice and violence towards women, also featured Bella […]
Kesiena Obue, has decried the seeming abandon of the National Theatre, Iganmu, Lagos, by relevant stakeholders. Obue is a writer, director and founder of Kessavier Vanille Productions. She told Saturday Scoop that though the theatre provided a platform for many great Nigerian thespians to launch their careers. However, not many […]
Bolanle Austen-Peters Productions has announced the return of a legendary sequel! ‘Fela’s Republic and the Kalakuta Queens’ is coming to Terra Kulture this December. This follows the success of ‘Fela and the Kalakuta Queens’ in Lagos, Abuja, Cairo and Pretoria. ‘Fela and the Kalakuta Queens’ was majorly an exploration of […]
Habiba the musical is coming soon to the MUSON Centre. The musical highlights the ordeal of one of the Chibok girls. In 2014, Boko Haram terrorists kidnapped 276 girls from Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok. The musical produced by Longshot Communications narrates the story of an intelligent young girl called […]
Venice Film Festival awardee, Kachi Benson, has discussed the emotions behind his award-winning Virtual Reality film, “Daughters of Chibok”. Kachi Benson of Nigerian descent, bagged the award for ‘Best Virtual Reality Story’ earlier this month at the 76th Venice International Film Festival, topping other entrants across the globe. The winning […]
The insightful historical epic of the Persian Queen Esther, was adapted by the out-going year 6 students of Greenwood House School.
Kunle Coker, Mawuyon Ogun, Bamike Olawunmi “Bam Bam”, among others feature in award-winning play “Jagagba” showing July 19/20&21 at The Muson
Make plans to watch Ijé (The Quest), a musical stage play showing on Saturday, July 13th, 2019 at the National Theatre, Iganmu, Lagos.
From June 5th-7th, 2019 theatregoers were treated to the Live Theatre Lagos presentation of Wole Soyinka’s Death and The King’s Horseman.