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Sunday In Theatre Thrills Audience With Wives Revolt
This year’s Day cel
ebration was marked with a hilarious domestic comedy J.P. Clark’s drama titled: ‘Wives’ Revolt’ directed by Ovunda Ihunwo. The event was held at the Hotel Presidential, Port Harcourt on Wednesday October 1, 2014. It was the 6th edition of the drama series organised by Sunday in Theatre, a concept of spur on stage.
Synopsis: Set in Irhuwaren community where an oil company pays compensation to locals and the money is shared into the three (3) parts by the council of elders accordingly. Men in their age group women in their age group, and elders of the land (made up of men only).
This appropriation which favours men is considered as unfair and discriminatory by the women. The heated situation gets compounded when the council of elders establishes a law that banished goats. ‘The women’s main source of income’ from the community. The decision comes from their suspicion that goats provided refuge for forces of evil such as witches.
Thus the women stage a walk out and settle temporarily at Iyara considered as enemy territory leaving the men to fend for themselves and their children. Dramatic actions hit a climax when the men challenged to a breaking point by domestic duties throw in the towel and call for a reconciliation with the firm promise to pay the compensation for the losses suffered by their wives and immediate repudiation of the law banning goats from Irhuwaren When the women returned, they were mostly soiled a contaminated by veneral diseases caused by poor sanitary conditions in Iyara.
Howeevr, they are to embrace the provision made by the community for Doctors and team of nurses from Warri to come and treat them.
The oil compensation money which set off the initial problem is to be conserved as school building funds.
Speaking with The Tide Entertainment after the event, the producer of Sunday in Theatre (SIT), Mr Tayo Isijola noted that J.P. Clark’s Wives Revolt was topical and relevant in Nigeria especailly in the Niger Delta Region.
According to him the drama focused on the issue of compensation which is a recurring declined so to say and the problems inherent. He hoped that the society would learn from the drama which portrays equity and fairness in society.
He expressed gratitude to the audience for turning up to watch the drama.
He stressed that so far Sunday in theatre is making tremendous progress and people appreciate them. He urged them to expect another classic drama titled ‘Isiburic’ by Elechi Amadi which comes up in December.
Soul’s Generators Outreach members celebrate Nigeria’s 54th Independence Day in Port Harcourt, yesterday. Photo: Egberi A. Sampson
R&B star, Temilade Openiyi, popularly known as Tems, has recounted the early-career challenges she faced, revealing that she was once booed out of the stage while performing at a school event.
Speaking in an interview with Newsmen, the Crazy Tings crooner shared that she wasn’t only booed but was also harassed with plastic bottles.
“I remember one time I was going to perform at my school as an up-and-coming singer and I thought I was going to receiving a standing ovation.
“But I got booed. They even threw plastic bottles at me,” she recalled.
Tems explained that despite the embarrassing incident and other such rejections, she remained determined to pursue a career in music.
The Tide Entertainment reports that Tems admitted that some of the initial rejections she faced could be due to her conviction to stick to her originality instead of doing covers or familiar sounds like most of her peers.
The Grammy-winning singer said looking back now, she is glad that she didn’t compromise her style despite the initial pressures.
A close associate of late singer Mohbad, Primeboy, has appealed for the artiste’s burial nearly three years after his death.
According to him, Mohbad’s body remains in the mortuary since September 12, 2023, pending burial arrangements.
The Tide Entertainment reports that in a statement Primeboy urged the family, public, and government to permit the burial, stating, “It’s been almost three years since Mohbad left us. His body is still in the mortuary. I’m begging the family, I’m begging the public, I’m begging the government, please let’s bury our brother. He deserves a befitting burial.”
It would be recalled that Mohbad’s death sparked public outrage, protests, and investigations. Ongoing autopsy examinations, police inquiries, and legal proceedings have delayed burial arrangements amid family disagreements and public scrutiny.