SCHEDULE for the performance of the Nigeria's version of the FELA!, the musical live show on the legendary Afro beat King, late Fela Anikulapo-Kuti which shook Broadway and cinema houses across Europe and America has been released.

With the cast and crew of the show fully ready to go, organisers say the award winning show will be hosted at the Afrika Shrine on Thursday, April 14.


Already, a series of shows have been lined up for the event with April 14 as kick-off date, happening in Lagos being the birth place of the legendary Fela, the creator of Afro beat musical genre and Africa's greatest musical export, plus, the venue, Afrika Shrine, there couldn't have been a more significant arena


The musical show which was earlier billed for this month, but later moved to April for logistics reasons and the demand by Femi, the internationally acclaimed musician and son of Fela, for a date shift is expected to be a combination of a live concert and drama depicting the life and times of Fela who died on Saturday August 2, 1997.


Reports say the crew for the show will move into the Ikeja Business District based New Afrika Shrine on Saturday April 9 for stage construction ahead of the event which is expected to attract lovers of the Afro beat genre and Fela's fans.


As a mark of the relevance of the show beyond Africa's soil, the British Council Nigeria and the National Theatre, London (NT Live) in association with British Deputy High Commission, Lagos had on Sunday February 6, organised the screening of Fela! Musical at the New Afrika Shrine. The production which was filmed live at the Oliver Theatre in London was seen by a large crowd and members of the diplomatic community.


The screening was part of the British Council's work in the arts and to showcase the best of UK's creativity overseas while working with the best of creative talents to develop innovative events and collaborations that link thousands of artistes and cultural institutions around the world and developing skills and leadership in the creative sector.


A brain child of two Americans, Jay Z and Will Smith to celebrate the life of Fela, his music and pioneering political and human rights activism in Nigeria during the military era, the show had won three Tony Awards including best choreography.

I hate that mimic. You can't replace fela period