PLAYTHORA THEATRE COMPANY/THEATRE-EL

Saro, a dramatist is caught in his own web when he writes a play about his friends and their relationships, exposing hideous secrets.  He goes further to employ them to play out their own lives...in an unexpected twist they all find out that Saro was using them as puns, but too much has been revealed, NOW THE WOMEN ARE SET AGAINST THEIR SPOUSES.

Esther Whyte Joy Egba Jemimah Michaels  Stella-Maris Obi Alice Duke Esther, Annie, Ben, Stella-Maris, Deeone, Jonathan, Flourish, Jessam, Kandy, Magdalene, and Alice are getting introduced onstage at Theatre-El in its new play HOW TO MURDER YOUR HUSBAND AND GET AWAY WITH IT, written and directed by El Osas Iyalekhue. Also starring in this special piece are Joy Egba, Jemimah Michaels, Ojoi Igajah, Marvellous Eneji, Eddy Effiom, Samuel James, Umoh Ita and El Osas Iyalekhue. Preview ticket now available at N300 only, showing next Friday, 22nd April, at THE PALOR, No 1, Okoi Arikpo Office, Barracks Road by Marian.  First Preview at 6pm, second preview at 7pm. For tickets call, 08036322879, 07063305288, 08089680441.  OPEN TO CRITICS AND THEATRE LOVERS AT 70% DISCOUNT, MAIN EVENT TICKETS IN MAY N1000

Drama and theatrical arts have experienced its own fair share of neglect from audiences and government within the Nigerian State. However, in past decade there has been an interesting shift of audience attention to live theatrical and dramatic performance, as more middle class Nigerians prefer entertainment with an intellectual bent and capable of   gratifying their special need for outstanding creative expressions   . Although this new affinity for live theatre among audience may seem to have been getting more traffic in Lagos, the last five years have been a jinx breaker, as more regional based independent theatre producers are rising up to the challenge of meeting audience expectations . In the last two years Tholakele Productions have staged well over ten performances, and this year, it is set to launch its parlor theatre which will be run by Theatre-El exclusively. Theatre-El will stage live dramatic and non-dramatic entertainment at The Parlor , in Tholakele Productions

    Maria . There’s something about the name Maria that transports me into the nostalgic realm of exhuming buried images from my brain yard. The feeling is exhausting. The walking of miles in memory lanes paved with uncommon antecedents. I’m walking in my own shoes and I know exactly where it pinches. I first met Maria when I was six years old. It was when a huge black ugly vehicle parked outside my neighbor’s house, a team of determined policemen dragging a handcuffed Tijani’s father into the huge black vehicle. Tijani’s mother was weeping as my mum and wives of other neighbors tried to console her. Tijani was crying too. I was amazed, not by the scene before me, but by the huge black vehicle whose doors were like that of a cage. The vehicle had no windows. It was nothing like my school bus or the vehicles my eyes were accustomed to. The huge black vehicle was artless. My childish state of amazement soon morphed into confusion when one adult called the huge black vehicl

New year resolutions are common drugs to get high on while looking into the year. Fuck that though, I never make them. I make other things. This morning I made a worksolution to make a signature play, something that would reek of my personality, all of it, spirit, soul and body. While I will be working towards my future length movie, I will endulge some distractions by staging a Play. As usual, I have picked a kinky title, make it just five fucking characters, no scene changes, no lights off, an hour running, but totally engaging. The title of my new play is PINK BALL, and we shall be talking more about it...do stay tuned!