Big Naija weekend ahead for Diaspora

Naija grooves will be rocking London this weekend – from the West End to the Olympic Park.

 

Wakaa! the musical opened at the Shaw Theatre, Euston Road, last night (Thursday) and received a deserved standing ovation. This show has everything you would expect of a musical in London's west end; big production numbers, big production values, a bravura cast and brilliant script.

 

It is the first ever London transfer for a Naija musical and arrives in the capital courtesy of a sell-out run in Lagos. Through the journey of four graduates, Wakaa looks at big issues like corruption and the brain drain and ultimately delivers a message of hope amid fantastic song and dance routines and much hilarity. The cast is universally excellent.  

 

Buy a ticket while you can (seats from £22). If you miss this show you'll regret it bitterly and it pulls out of London on Monday.  Visit http://ift.tt/1Jh7k4a or Ticketmaster http://bit.ly/2a1BtGU

 

 

Meanwhile a major festival of music and sport  is set to rock the east end of London. Afro Unites is being staged at the Copperbox Arena in the Olympic Park (E20 3HB) on Saturday and Sunday.

 

Saturday features a charity football tournament (10-5pm) presented by comedy troupe Mandem on the Wall, and in the evening (6-10pm) a concert featuring WILEY, CHIP,  FRISCO, AKALA, DONAEO, KYLA, CRAZY COUSINZ , and  THE DIXON BROTHERS.

 

Sunday meanwhile will feature a charity basketball tournament hosted by Edie Kadi (10-5pm) and in the evening (6-10pm) a concert featuring FUSE ODG, MAVERICK SABRE, STYLO G, GHETTS, MR EAZI,  MOELOGO, and THE DIXON BROTHERS. 

 

It comes at a ridiculous cost – just £30 for a weekend ticket; that's admission to both sports tournaments and concerts ! Get your Afro Unite tickets here http://bit.ly/296vmyN

 

Nigerian Watch has seen Wakaa! and can't recommend it highly enough and we will be attending Afro Unites this weekend !These are great things and it promises to be a great weekend. If we don't use these opportunities we'll lose them forever.  So get on the case and get a ticket now for a guaranteed good time.