The residents and visitors to the city of Lagos,
Nigeria’s entertainment capital, are up for another ecstatic Season’s
celebration as iOpenEye Limited, producers of ‘Hearword’ in
partnership with the most customer-centric network, Etisalat Nigeria, has
concluded plans to present another block-buster stage play entitled ‘Love &
Recession’ reports ITRealms.
The Play, Love & Recession, ITRealms gathered is set to hit the
stage on a four-day tour starting from December 29, 2016 through to January 1,
2017, is a hilarious comedy with intriguing themes. It highlights the current
harsh economic realities and depicts how many are managing to pull through the
challenging times, being resourceful in their own way.
Love & Recession also plays
up the need to celebrate the Nigerian heritage vis-à-vis the Nigerian
traditional culture and language, the appreciation of which can be harnessed to
promote the unity, togetherness, collaboration and partnership needed to build
a better Nigeria.
Speaking on the new
drama series, renowned Producer and Director, Ifeoma Fafunwa, said ‘Love
& Recession’ is a celebration of the creativity and ingenuity of the Nigerian
in addressing challenges without the involvement of external help.
“It is
important for me to showcase a quality Nigerian production and by so doing, celebrate
Nigerian talent and expression. I am
also happy to bring some cheer and laughter to the holiday season and to create
a work which is suitable for all members of the family. We want to use the play to urge the embrace
of measures that can give us the future we deserve as a people and nation,” she
said.
Commenting on the involvement of Etisalat
Nigeria in the project, Head, Events and Sponsorship, Modupe Thani, said it is
in keeping with the company’s commitment to celebrating creativity as well as
supporting platforms that enable people express themselves.
“Etisalat is a great supporter
of the creative arts as shown in our support of Ake Festival, Lagos Photo Competition
and our own platform, the Etisalat Prize for Literature. We will continue to demonstrate our commitment
to platforms and initiatives that empower people to live their lives, in the
best way possible. We are glad to be part of this movement that seeks to help
us refocus and make the best of the challenging times,” Thani said.
Besides the
focus on the current economic downturn, the play seeks to draw out other social
norms such as the pressures on the woman to marry and the pressure on the man
to attain certain “economic” status to qualify for marriage. Love & Recession uses comedy and satire
to explore these social issues with the aim of inspiring conversations and
ultimately effecting changes in perspectives.
Nonye Dom/GEE
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