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HOW TO MURDER YOUR HUSBAND AND GET AWAY WITH IT WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY EL OSAS IYALEKHUE IS SHOWING EVERY WEEKEND IN THIS MONTH OF MAY, FRIDAY - SUNDAY. TWO SHOWS IN ONE NIGHT, 6 PM AND 7 PM, AT THE PALOR, NO 1, OKOI ARIKPO ESTATE, BARRACKS ROAD BY MARIAN . EVENT OPENS WITH REFRESHMENT.

Saro, a dramatist is caught in his own web when he writes a play about his friends and their relationships, exposing their most 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.

Pink Ball by El Osas Iyalekhue

January 03, 2016

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!

"THIS IS THE WIND BLOWING OUR ANUSES TO REVEAL THE STINK OF WHO WE ARE" - SARO in HOW TO MURDER YOUR HUSBAND AND GET AWAY WITH IT

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.

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Pink Ball by El Osas Iyalekhue

January 03, 2016

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!

CALABAR CITY From the Eye of a Passerby AS NARRATED BY EL OSAS IYALEKHUE

Calabar is the Paradise City; a city that bustles with a sheer theatricality that even drama itself would find too ambiguous to represent on her divine stage. The city itself is a marvel, beautiful and seducing in outlook, especially when one considers the fact that aesthetic is a remote practice in the sphere of urban planning in Nigeria. Calabar prides itself on the attractive sites that display itself boastfully at every nook and cranny of its environs. Any visitor is bound to fall prey to the allure that the city comes alive with. No one visits Calabar and not have a romance with the city and then fornicate with the idea of living in Calabar (whether long term or short term). This is the sort of energy that emanates from Nigeria’s Paradise City. The city however, is halved into two intriguing and curiosity inspiring divides. One half of the city represent the now and hope for the future, while the other halve is a living metaphor for incurable hopele

El Osas Iyalekhue : THE VAGINA WAGE : A DEMONSTRATION OF FEMINO-SUBJECTIVE THINKING.

An age old premise says women are the weaker sex. I do believe in this premise and my pro-help-the-weak-sensibilities are at the alert. This is why it is necessary for me to reiterate that women offer a lot to society, and yet get nothing back. It is on this premise that I am divorcing my He-man ego to willfully posit that every woman in the world should get a free monthly allowance just for being a woman. Yes, every Government in the world should pay its women what I now call THE VAGINA WAGE. Something I feel should not be denied any being that has a vagina. To do justice to this argumentation, I will start from the phenomena of birthing. By a tragic machination of creation, the specimen called the woman is doomed to give birth to a good measure of blood once in a month. This birthing of blood is called the menstrual cycle. This cycle of blood leaking has its intrigues which dominates the life of the woman for three to six days. The down side is that some women stink like shit in thi

A Sojourn through Self Discovery by El Osas Iyalekhue

The discovery of self is like a pilgrimage. I find myself perpetually driving in the holy land of my mind. It is like walking blind in a transitional void. No signposts in this abyss. The understanding of my own self appears far reaching and impossible as I try to decipher my own manner of man. No forth coming clues. It’s a dead end, and I’m certainly trapped in the spot. Part of the reason for this mental lock jam is as a result of wanting to know why my flesh is constantly rising up to petty revolutions against my will. Yes my fleshly weakness races at a speed of light. So what I say I’ll do and what I end up doing are like strange bed companions living in a terrorized neighborhood. It’s a sinful irony and yes I hope to make heaven. In another segment of my self discovery problems, I find it particularly metal hard to tell my true identity. Who the hell am I? The answer to this question is like a pin lost in the hay stack of my Edo-ness and my Northern upbringing. The unavoidable

ELEVEN TIPS TO ACTING CAREER SUCCESS BY EL OSAS IYALEKHUE

Becoming an actor is a dream for a lot of persons, that burning desire to show to the world that innate talent which they possess. However many of these persons may never see this dream come true or never reach greater heights in the interpretative sphere of acting due to ignorance and avoidable mistakes. The tips listed here are like a mini actors' guide put together to get you thinking. 1. See a lot of movies, both foreign and indigenous : it is shocking when people who want to become actors never see movies or don't know what actor bagged awards at the Oscar or Globe and the likes. The importance is it helps you assess their skills to improve on yours. 2. Get professional training: you can't be a professional without getting professional training. The best way to start with acting, is to join a theatre or work with a theatre director, or earn diploma or a degree in Theatre Arts. 3. See live theatre: there is no better way to appraise acting than being in a th

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Pink Ball by El Osas Iyalekhue

January 03, 2016

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!

CALABAR CITY From the Eye of a Passerby AS NARRATED BY EL OSAS IYALEKHUE

Calabar is the Paradise City; a city that bustles with a sheer theatricality that even drama itself would find too ambiguous to represent on her divine stage. The city itself is a marvel, beautiful and seducing in outlook, especially when one considers the fact that aesthetic is a remote practice in the sphere of urban planning in Nigeria. Calabar prides itself on the attractive sites that display itself boastfully at every nook and cranny of its environs. Any visitor is bound to fall prey to the allure that the city comes alive with. No one visits Calabar and not have a romance with the city and then fornicate with the idea of living in Calabar (whether long term or short term). This is the sort of energy that emanates from Nigeria’s Paradise City. The city however, is halved into two intriguing and curiosity inspiring divides. One half of the city represent the now and hope for the future, while the other halve is a living metaphor for incurable hopele

El Osas Iyalekhue : THE VAGINA WAGE : A DEMONSTRATION OF FEMINO-SUBJECTIVE THINKING.

An age old premise says women are the weaker sex. I do believe in this premise and my pro-help-the-weak-sensibilities are at the alert. This is why it is necessary for me to reiterate that women offer a lot to society, and yet get nothing back. It is on this premise that I am divorcing my He-man ego to willfully posit that every woman in the world should get a free monthly allowance just for being a woman. Yes, every Government in the world should pay its women what I now call THE VAGINA WAGE. Something I feel should not be denied any being that has a vagina. To do justice to this argumentation, I will start from the phenomena of birthing. By a tragic machination of creation, the specimen called the woman is doomed to give birth to a good measure of blood once in a month. This birthing of blood is called the menstrual cycle. This cycle of blood leaking has its intrigues which dominates the life of the woman for three to six days. The down side is that some women stink like shit in thi

A Sojourn through Self Discovery by El Osas Iyalekhue

The discovery of self is like a pilgrimage. I find myself perpetually driving in the holy land of my mind. It is like walking blind in a transitional void. No signposts in this abyss. The understanding of my own self appears far reaching and impossible as I try to decipher my own manner of man. No forth coming clues. It’s a dead end, and I’m certainly trapped in the spot. Part of the reason for this mental lock jam is as a result of wanting to know why my flesh is constantly rising up to petty revolutions against my will. Yes my fleshly weakness races at a speed of light. So what I say I’ll do and what I end up doing are like strange bed companions living in a terrorized neighborhood. It’s a sinful irony and yes I hope to make heaven. In another segment of my self discovery problems, I find it particularly metal hard to tell my true identity. Who the hell am I? The answer to this question is like a pin lost in the hay stack of my Edo-ness and my Northern upbringing. The unavoidable

ELEVEN TIPS TO ACTING CAREER SUCCESS BY EL OSAS IYALEKHUE

Becoming an actor is a dream for a lot of persons, that burning desire to show to the world that innate talent which they possess. However many of these persons may never see this dream come true or never reach greater heights in the interpretative sphere of acting due to ignorance and avoidable mistakes. The tips listed here are like a mini actors' guide put together to get you thinking. 1. See a lot of movies, both foreign and indigenous : it is shocking when people who want to become actors never see movies or don't know what actor bagged awards at the Oscar or Globe and the likes. The importance is it helps you assess their skills to improve on yours. 2. Get professional training: you can't be a professional without getting professional training. The best way to start with acting, is to join a theatre or work with a theatre director, or earn diploma or a degree in Theatre Arts. 3. See live theatre: there is no better way to appraise acting than being in a th

EL OSAS IYALEKHUE LITERARY GAY HYPOTHESIS

August 18, 2015

The writer for today will earn more attention if he writes about gays; whether he writes for their rights or thier death doesn't count, just write about gays and people will read it. So, even though I blame gays, I wrote, quote and un-quote "Don't Blame Gays" and you read it. Thanks for validating my hypothesis. Signed El. El Osas Iyalekhue

El Osas Iyalekhue premieres WEDLOCK IS NOT FOR GODS

February 26, 2015

WEDLOCK IS NOT FOR GODS Written and directed By El Osas Iyalekhue is a play set in Jos, a fast paced piece which opens with a climatic plot. Loko, an emergent playwright whose career is failing to make any head way, looks forward to the African Theatre Festival for his big break. He also intends to propose to Oma his girlfriend of seven years after the festival. But all that is marred when Oma finds out he had impregnated Mabel, a young lady he had an affair with while they had a break. A bitter exchange of words puts paid on their relationship...Loko tries to salvage the situation by proposing to Oma, but it's too late...she turns him down amid tears, and in the heat of the crises, a shocking tale of her infidelity surfaces through the spousal tension. Since they are both guilty of the same crime, will they find a common ground where they can love again or let it all go away? WEDLOCK IS NOT FOR GODS also uses Wedlock of the Gods as a literary motif to open the play. The play ba

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.

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

La Shakara, Tholakele Productions, ATMAC, and others fight...

While theatre performances seem to be experiencing a reawakening across Nigeria, with more unpublished playwrights trying to project their works on stage, organisations like Tholakele Productions, MMA Africa, La Shakara, ATMAC, La Estel and Ajeboh Clothings have joined the fight to support the artistic domain of live theatre. These companies, all based in Calabar, Nigeria, have taken a giant stride to support the Emergent playwright El Osas Iyalekhue on his next play premier which holds 21st March, 2015. With SMEs like these replacing the place of multinationals who hardly ever support theatre, theatre maybe set to breathe a breath of fresh air.

Maria Memory Lane by El Osas Iyalekhue

February 16, 2016

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

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