FELA IN LAGOS EXCLUSIVE REVIEWS: HEAR LAGOSIANS HAIL FELA! AS A ROARING SUCCESS!

As the curtains went down on FELA! The very first Broadway Musical to hit Nigeria, last minute punters scrambled for tickets for the final shows on the 25th of April as rumours of tickets being sold out triggered panic amongst FELA lovers. By all standards, the award winning American cast of FELA! performed before their most critical audience to date in Nigeria. With the audience looking and listening out for a show of authenticity of who Fela truly was in every aspect of the production and rightly so, after all Fela was one of us even more so he lived and died on Naija soil..So it was no surprise that the audience persistently corrected and re-pronounced words that the American cast didn't quite get right in yoruba as the show progressed but on the whole most agreed that the potrayal of Fela's life was beautifully reminiscent of the man Nigeria knew but lovingly misunderstood. FELA! for many was an educating and enlightening show demystifying aspects of Fela's life that many were never exposed to especially as the audience included many young people of the 80's who had probably heard of Fela but were too young to understand his struggles and what he stood for..
During a 15-minute recess and after the show, I asked a few of the audience about their thoughts and review of the show, I was particularly curious as to whether or not the show met with audiences expectations so I decided to ask a cross section of people from the young to middle aged to over 50's and I was blown away as to the reviews received as every single person I interviewed thought it was AMAZING!
I was going to type the reviews out but I guessed it would look like I made them up so here they are for you to listen to...

EXCLUSIVE SD AUDIENCE REVIEW 

REVIEW BY OMO OGUNNAIKE


REVIEW BY SEYI


REVIEW BY CHIEF MRS SARUMI


REVIEW BY CHINEYE


REVIEW BY ADEJOKE


REVIEW BY FUNKE BABATOLA


REVIEW BY FOLASHADE OREDUGBA


REVIEW BY OSA


REVIEW BY AK


REVIEW BY IKENNA MBADIWE


REVIEW BY JOSHUA


REVIEW BY ESOSA


REVIEW BY CHUKUDI OSAKWE


Well peeps, Lagos has spoken, I can't top that!!! I mean,what more can I say???...FELA! certainly made a huge impression on this big home coming and as the cast and crew leave Nigeria we bid them farewell they certainly did a brilliant job and to the much loved enigma that was Fela Anikulapo-Kuti we say Rest in Peace...

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