
The Arts Calendar, This Week, Next Wr Week
…Compiled by Lucia Ikediashi (+2348023181844) & John O Goetzinger
Contacts: info@bookartville.com; toyin@bookartville.com
MARCH 25, 2023
PAGES
CORA BookTrek
Simon Kolawole reads and discusses his “Fellow Nigerians, It’s All Politics”, a collection of essays.
Date: March 25, 2023
Venue: Roving Heights Bookstore
Retail Boulevard, Landmark Events Centre
Plot 263, Water Corporation Drive
Oniru, Victoria Island
ONGOING CALL-UNTIL MARCH 31
MARCH 26, 2023
MUSIC
SEUN KUTI Live at the Afrika Shrine
Venue: New Afrika Shrine, Ikeja
Date: March 25 2023
Time: 10pm to 4am
MARCH 26, 2023
MOVING PICTURES
Screen Out Loud, March 2023 edition
Film Choice: SOULA, directed by Salah Isaad
Venue: Alliance Francaise Lagos, 9, Osborne Road, Ikoyi
Date: March 26 2023
MARCH 26, 2023
THE STAGE
Two Plays in Bariga
Iya Oja & Balance for Better
Produced by Shimmers and Crown Troupe
Venue: Art Factory, 32, Awofodu Street, Off Pedro, Bariga
Date: March 26 2023
UNTIL MARCH 26
OPEN CALL
MOVING PICTURES
‘Her Intellectual Property Story’
Open call to Abuja young female visual story tellers
Submit bios and portfolios to: Nigeria.office@wipo.int
MARCH 26, 2023
IN THE GALLERY
‘The Finale’
Art Showcase, Exhibition & Display
Date: March 26, 2023
Venue: British Council, Lagos
MARCH 26, 2023
IN THE GALLERY
Yinka Davies Winds Down ‘The Finale’
Date: March 26, 2023
Time: 7pm
MARCH 31, 2023
CALL FOR ENTRIES
Dramatists
Deadline: March 31, 2023
Submissions: www.thenigeriaprizes.org
MARCH 30, 2023
MUSIC
Drummers Hangout
Featuring top talents led by Jude Orhorha & Julius Agwu
Time: 4pm
Date: March 30, 2023
Venue: Art Factory, 23, Awofodu Street, off Pedro Road, Bariga
MARCH 31, 2023
THE STAGE
Creative IndustryGroup (CIG) Nite
Featuring top talents led by Jude Orhorha & Julius Agwu
Date: March 31, 2023
Venue: Kulture Yard, B, Abba Johnson Crescent, Ikeja
MARCH 31, 2023
PAGES/BOOK LAUNCH
Akin Adesokan launches second, non-fiction book
Book Title: EVRYTHING IS SAMPLED-Digital And Print Mediations in Africn Arts and Letters
Date: March 31, 2023
Venue: Phyllis Klotman Room, Black Film Centre & Archive,
Wells Library Basement
Indiana University, Bloomington, United States
MARCH 31/APRIL 1, 2023
THE STAGE
Ornaments Production
Presents
The Witness: A Musical Stage Play
-A unique story of the trial of Christ, as told by CLAUDIA PROCULA, the wife of Pontius Pilate
Venue: TerraKulture
Date: March 31/April 1, 2023
Time: 3pm & 7pm Daily
Contact: paystack.shop/the-witness-a-musical-stage-play
MARCH 31, 2023
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Playwrights
Deadline: March 31, 2023
Submissions: www.jamesenehenshawfoundation.org
APRIL 9, 10 &15, 2023
THE STAGE
Steve James’ “Handcuff”
Directed by Segun Adefila
Venues:
- April 9, 10, 2023- National Theatre, Iganmu
- April 15, 2023- Lavalon Suites Ajah,
APRIL 8, 2023
MUSIC
The Vesta Orchestra returns with The Afri-Classical Music Concert
Venue: Contact-08021034889, 08058696010 for details
Date: April 8th, 2023
APRIL 9 & 16, 2023
THE STAGE
Lottery Ticket
A Stage play by Ahmed Yerima
Venue: Mauve 21, MKO Abiola Way, Ring Road, Ibadan
Date: April 9 & 16, 2023
APRIL 10 -16, 2023
IN THE GALLERY
‘Ground Zero’
Venue: Contact-www.dunlate.org
APRIL 13, 2023
IN THE GALLERY
‘Subtle Reflections’
Art Exhibition by Saga Adeoluwa, Raji Bamidele & Ken Nwadiogbu
Date: April 13-30, 2023
Venue: Omenka Gallery, 24, Ikoyi Crescent
APRIL 15, 2023
PAGES
‘Women’s Group Bookclub Meeting’
Book reading and discussion around Ayobami Adebayo’s A Spell of Good Things
Date: April 15, 2023
THE STAGE
The Heroism of Erelu Ota
-A story Bravery, Resilence, Mysticism
Written by Waliu Adeyeri, Directed by Nurudeen Ibrahim
Venue: Ikorodu Ultramodern Town Hall
Date: May 1, 2023
MAY 22, 2023
MOVING PICTURES
Documentary Film Screening
Title: Igbo Landing
Written by Ikechukwu Erojikwe, Ebube Eze, Promise Ifesoluchi John, Nnamdi Thadeus &Emeka Uba
Date: May 22, 2023