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.

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).

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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