NOLLYWOOD ACTOR, FEMI BRANCH SET TO TOUR 10 NIGERIAN CITIES
Popular Nigerian
actor and dramatist, Chief Femi Branch has concluded plans to tour no fewer
than 10 Nigerian cities from April 3rd to June 21st, 2020.
He disclosed
this to newsmen at the Excellence Hotel, Ogba, Lagos venue of a press conference
he organised to raise awareness for his forthcoming maiden edition of an Annual
Femi Branch Playfest, a celebration of theatrical writing of the Nollywood
actor, one of Africa’s leading actors, playwright and poet.
According to
Branch, the Festival is scheduled to kick off with a 10-city tour of his
biggest play yet, Kunme The Musical. He added that the tour would take a one-week
break in Lagos from Monday 25th to Sunday 31st, May 2020
for the Festival proper which shall feature performances by different selected
troupes of Femi Branch’s other plays, such as Poi, Shalanga, Jungle
Justice, and Ankara Committee, with final
performance being of the tour play, Kunme. Thereafter, he said, the tour
shall then resume from Friday 12th and end on Sunday 21st
June in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory.
The cities
scheduled to host the event include, Ife, Akure, Ado Ekiti, Ibadan, Abeokuta, Ijebu
Ode, Ikorodu, Badagry, Benin City, and Abuja.
“The
Festival is a two-fold initiative which firstly is a mentorship programme to
develop and nurture young acting talents selected from the Obafemi Awolowo
University, Ile Ife, through the Femi Branch Master Class, and secondly in commemoration
of my 50th birthday anniversary,” Femi Branch revealed.
The project
is in continuation of his drive to promote live theatre through seasonal commercial
performances of his plays. Past editions of this were the performances of his plays,
namely, Itakun (Satelite Town Cinema, Lagos 1999), Poi (The Muson Centre, Lagos,
2001), Jungle Justice tour(Bonny Island, Port Harcourt, Women Development
Centre, Abuja and Terra Kulture, Lagos2013) and Ankara Committee (The Muson Centre 2018).
“We look
forward to continuing our great relationship with sponsors, press, and all our
fans-and with only 50 days until show time,” Branch said. Continuing, he added
that open casting for the play has been done and a general audition for the
tour play, Kunme The Musical will take place on February 25th
2020 at the Dramatic Arts Department of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile
Ife, Osun State, for actors, singers, dancers and musicians.
The project
has Femi Branch as its Artistic Director, Lady Prevail Olayinka as Project
Director, Tee Abiola Oduola (Sean Polo Tee) as Media Consultant, Awele Onwuadi
as Project Coordinator, and others.
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