10 QUICK FACTS ABOUT THE WAVE-MAKING STAGE PLAY, ‘PHILOMENA’

By AZUH AMATUS

1 Philomena is a high-end cum high-octane stage play.

2 It parades an array of Nollywood super stars such as Monalisa Chinda, Ejike Asiegbu, Charles Inojie, Francis Duru, Tammy Abusi and Don Kester.

3 Philomena is scheduled to hold from February 11 to 14, at the Atlantic Hall of the prestigious Hotel Presidential, Port Harcourt, Rivers state, amid glitz, glamour and grandeur between 4pm and 7pm, daily.

4 Veteran actor and theatre guru, Bimbo Manuel is the writer and director of Philomena.

5 Interestingly, Nollywood super star, Monalisa Chinda, aside acting equally doubles as the executive producer of Philomena.

6 “Philomena in a nutshell, is the deftly and creatively told story of three characters who find themselves, by pure chance, in the same space at the same time, each with his or her personal issues that they would have carried with them if events do not force them out. Each character seeks justification for their rage at society, government and life.

7 Philomena is from the stable of K’Ike Productions Limited and produced by Bikiya Graham-Douglas.

8 Bimbo Manuel also doubles as the co-executive producer of Philomena.

9 The presentation of Philomena was carefully timed to hold during this year’s Valentine’s season.

10 Affordable tickets can be purchased at the following outlets: Kilimanjaro Eateries, MarketSquare and Hotel Presidential.