Friday, Funday

So I haven’t really shown/told anyone about this blog and a friend of mine says it’s because I’m ashamed that it looks like a graveyard. I’m making it come alive the same way my weekend was live sha.

My school closed on Friday so my 3 week holiday has begun, whoohooo. I had been looking forward to Lala Akindoju’s Open mic theatre for a really long time, since I was in uni to be honest. It was the first one of the year and I was motivated despite whatever hindrances to be there. I went on my own as the people I was supposed to go with couldn’t make it.

I drove and for those who don’t know this, Lagos roads are rough. I got pulled over because I crossed a line at the Adeola Odeku Junction. In my defense, the traffic light wasn’t working and there was no policeman at the junction. So I followed the car in front of me but I was too slow. The police man came first and then the LASTMA official, they asked for my driver’s license and then told me to pull over.  

Lesson Learnt-Never give a police man your original driver’s license, just give them a photocopy and then drive off, hehe

Anyways, the LASTMA lady sat down in the front seat, the policeman tried to enter but I sparked. When she asked me anything for weekend, Detuke the actress came into action. I played the victim card, corper card, crying lady card and then I was finally let free. Pretty dramatic start to my weekend, right. 

Luckily, I bumped into a family friend so I had company for the show. He’s a pretty talented guy, photographer, on-air personality on Smooth fm and he performed twice, a spoken word piece he wrote and then a monologue.

I really enjoyed it, the atmosphere was spot on and the crowd was pretty engaging. I spotted Ebuka of Ebony Life tv’s ‘The Spot’ in the crowd. Najite Dede, another ELTV regular, did a pretty funny skit, her sister was in the audience and I found that really cute, showing support. She illustrated how Nigerians can have a whole conversation by just making sounds, her facial expressions were so accurate and convincing.

I didn’t take any pictures but the official pictures will be out someday. I spotted Jide Odukoya taking pictures, I absolutely love the quality of his pictures, I think that’s how I found out at open mic theatre in the first place. I wanted to do something because of the fact that it was such an amazing platform but I didn’t because I hadn’t rehearsed anything. Next time, which is in June, theme-improvisation, I will get on that stage.