Emir Sanusi – Truth in Time, a Play on the 14th Emir of Kano produced by Duke of Shomolu Productions, is to be staged in Abuja and Lagos on Aug. 6 and 7.
According to Joseph Edgar, Executive Chairman, Duke of Shomolu Productions, the Play will be staged simultaneously in both cities at the same time.
“All is set for the Play with tickets already being purchased in bulks.
“We expect a total of 5,000 people – 2,500 in each of the venues.
“From the massive interest we have received, we also expect that 500,000 to one million people will watch the play online as 9mobile communication network is beaming it live.
“It simply means that everyone can watch the play on phone or at any of the venues,” he told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Sunday.
He said that many state governors, senators and captains of industries had indicated interest in being part of the audience.
He listed major sponsors of the play to include First, Access, Zenith and Sterling Banks.
Others included Abbey Mortgage, Art-Split, an art gallery dealing in painting, among many others.
Edgar explained that the Play would depict the lives, drama and intrigues surrounding the dethronement of both Emir Sanusi I and his grandson, Emir Sanusi II, leaning heavily on the eye witness account of the Dogarai (place guards), who served both Emirs.
“The Play will excitedly work very assiduously through the very colourful traditions and culture of the Fulani and other people of Northern Nigeria, in its bid to foster an equivocal retelling of a very compelling story.
“Through some of the most enigmatic storytelling, the play will explosively carry audiences through a voyage of rediscovery, taking them through the sacrifices made by both subjects as they waltzed through a market of misunderstanding leading up to what seemed like a predestined and epochal climax,” he explained.
He said that the play would make history as the first co-locational play in Nigeria, if not Africa, utilising different casts in both locations.
