History retold as Isale Eko goes on stage

The auditorium of the Muson Centre, Onikan, Lagos came alive on Friday with a command stage performance for the stage play titled ‘Isale Eko’- a compelling story of Lagos in the throes of slave trade, power struggle and an account of an abiding yet illicit romance.

The stage play co-produced by show business impresario, Olisa Adibua, and investment banker Joseph Edgar, kicked-off with traditional ‘Eyo masquerade’ dance leading the audience into more thrilling stage scenes celebrating Lagos on its 50th anniversary.

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Using a mix of modern day music and traditional and culture tunes to tell the story of 14th century Lagos, the stage play written by talented stage director, William Benson featured thespians such as Femi Branch, Yemi Sodimu, Adesuwa Etomi, Yinka Davies and Hafeez Oyetoro alias Saka whose presence alone cracked ribs coupled with his humorous stage performance.

Isale Eko- the stage play leans lightly on historical facts while placing a fictional romance in the story, giving it it’s needed depth and comedic twists and turns.

It tells the tragedy that befalls Akitoye a leading protagonist, the laugh at the comedic turn of Madam Tinubu as she strategically plays a balancing act between the Akitoye and Kosoko ruling families and then gets touched by the wonderful romance between the aggressive yet soft Kosoko who finds a Bini damsel too ‘hot’ to resist.

The stage play set on the homestead of the indigenes of Lagos, which now spreads across different communities with a variegated heritage of over 400 years also significantly marked the beginning of peaceful co-existence among neighboring communities and the end of slave trade.

 

 

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