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Duke of Shomolu Productions gets new officials

On the back of two very exciting productions — Awo and Aremu— the theatre production outfit, The Duke of Shomolu Productions Limited has made two strategic appointments.

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On the back of two very exciting productions — Awo and Aremu— the theatre production outfit, The Duke of Shomolu Productions Limited has made two 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 statement made available to the media, the outfit made these appointments in “its bid to strengthen 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.”
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Edgar, up until this appointment, was executive director in charge of technical for the outfit. She superintended 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, which 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 is an established thespian who has taken part in various productions but has recently retired backstage to handle the technical parts of very large productions including the massive double decker joint productions of Awo and Aremu.

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Eziukwu is an economics graduate from the University of Lagos. He has worked on several productions including serving as logistics manager, production manager on over 20 major productions. He is the Founder of Just Theatre House and a member of both the National Association of Theatre Art Practitioners (NANTAP) and the Guild of Theatre Directors.
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