Duke of Shomolu Productions makes New Appointments
On the heels of two very exciting productions, Awo and Aremu, wave making Theatre Production firm, The Duke of Shomolu Productions Limited have announced two new and strategic appointments. Mrs Mofoluwake Oriyomi Edgar has been appointed Managing Director / CEO while Mr Ifeanyi Eziukwu has been appointed Chief Operating Officer of the outfits. In a press release, the fast-rising outfit announced these appointments in its bid to strengthen its capacity, build structures and institutionalise its processes as it looks towards deepening its engagements with its various stakeholder groups while pushing for sustainable market leadership. Before this new appointment, Mrs Mofoluwake Edgar was the Executive Director in charge of technical for the outfit. She superintends all of the firm’s productions including the highly successful ‘Isale Eko’ Franchise and also ‘Emotan’ the official play of the National festival for Arts and Culture held in Benin, 2019. A graduate of modern European languages from the University of Lagos and an alumnus of the Lagos Business School, Mrs Edgar has taken part in various productions before retiring backstage to handle the technical parts of very large Productions including the massive double decker joint productions of Awo and Aremu. Ifeanyi Eziukwu is also a graduate of economics from the University of Lagos. He has worked on several productions including serving as Logistics Manager, Production Manager on over 20 major productions including some very key ones under the playwright-director, Wole Oguntokun. Ifeanyi is the Founder of Just Theatre House and a member of both the National Association of Theatre Art Practitioners and the Guild of Theatre Directors.