‘This face-me-i-face-you house comedy highlights the stereotypes, prejudices and biases based on skin colour while pointing out demeaning/condescending expressions used especially on women, believing their skin colour or body feature equates to their brain capacity. It is funny, captivating, dramatic and intense’
SUNDAY July 10 and Monday July 11, Cream Body, a play that touches on discussions around “skin colours, bleaching, toning, pigmentation, colourism and identity”, will be on stage at the Agip Hall, MUSON Centre, Onikan Lagos. It will run at 1pm, 3pm, 6pm daily.
Courtesy Kininso Koncepts, which has been known for its agit-prop mode of theatrical presentations, Cream Body, in the words of the director of the play, who also devised the idea, is a “face-me-i-face-you house comedy highlights the stereotypes, prejudices and biases based on skin colour while pointing out demeaning/condescending expressions used especially on women, believing their skin colour or body feature equates to their brain capacity. It is funny, captivating, dramatic and intense.”
One out of the three performances created by Kininso after its research laboratory in 2020, the play, he added, “was made for the Black African adult audience, SKIN was made for teenagers and adults premiered at the World Theatre Festival (Theater Der Welt) in 2021 in Dusseldorf, Germany and KOLOFU for ages 2-7 had its showcase in Nigeria, Brazil and in Berlin, Germany this year. We look forward to a potential run across Nigeria, the UK and other parts of Africa and invite you to join us as we address this topic that may change the cause of Africa forever.”
Giving further explanation on the idea of the play, Alabi stated, “This started as an international exchange program as part of the Fratz International festival Berlin, Germany where we conducted a research on the subject of ‘Skin Tone’ with the question – ‘colours, cant it just be beautiful? An interesting research that dug into bleaching, identity, racism and colour issues around the world especially focusing on the psychological, physical and health damage bleaching causes and the high data of the skin bleaching market and general effect of skin lightening on personalities and cultures around Africa, Asia and the global south.”
On the production company: Kininso Koncepts is a creative/cultural hub established with the aim of inspiring greatness and making relevant statements through storytelling and deep-rooted research in our culture and tradition geared towards creating a unique storytelling performance style. As storytellers, we do not only entertain, inform, and educate, we also challenge and transform the intellectual, social and cultural perspective of our communities. We are an inclusive hub that utilize creativity, technology, stories and design innovation to tell authentic African and contemporary stories, challenge the status-quo and shift perceptions. We are also dedicated towards the development of the Nigerian creative and cultural space through capacity building and training programs, international collaboration and high level local and international partnerships. We have worked in South Africa, Zimbabwe, Angola, Senegal, Rwanda, Burkina Faso, Egypt, Uganda, UK and Germany.
The Tenants
Opeyemi Dada – Rub N Shine
Omotunde Sogunle – Full Kit
Edgar Eriakha – Hr
Eferoghene Awusa – Naked Weapon
Aniefiok Inyang – Spirikoko
Crew
Executive Producer: Kininso Koncepts Productions
Creator/Artistic Director/Prodcer: Joshua Alabi
Producer/Production Manager: Angela Peters
Art Director: Aniefiok Inyang
Costume: Chinenye Chukwudi
Set/Props: Temitayo Adetunji, Emmanuel Anya, Dare Oshoniyi
Creative Designer: Alexander Eke
Content Strategy: Joshua Alabi, Ebenezer Obiji, Dire Badejo, Yemi Adeoye, Alexander Eke, Aniefiok Inyang
Admin/Communications: Chinenye Chukwudi
Social Media: Alice Ogide
Digital Marketing: Adeyemi Adeoye
Website: Obinna Ozoemena
Legal: Praise Alabi
Media : Ebenezer Obiji, Dire Badejo, Blessing Okunlola
Photography: Sam Ken Photo Studios
Photo Model: Oloyede Aribilola, Tamara Liebor, Oluwadare Oshoniyi, Julius Obende
Make Up: Faith Sunday (Kamsibrown_Make-over)
Transportation/Logistics: Dare Oshoniyi
