The MTV Staying Alive Foundation and MTV Base
have revealed the key cast members for the upcoming production of Shuga –
Lagos, the award-winning TV drama, which starts filming on location in
and around Lagos this week.
Hand-picked by director Biyi Bandele, the
cast for the hotly anticipated series includes a mixture of well-known faces
and some exciting newcomers. Beat FM DJ and Morning Rush host Maria
Okanrende (@MariaOkan) plays the key part of Foye -
an ambitious radio and club DJ with a domineering mother.
Singer-songwriter Tiwa Savage (@TiwaSavage) will
also make her TV debut in Shuga in the role of Sade
– glamorous owner of Badoo Tree nightclub, a favourite hangout of
the key characters.
“Oliva Tweest” star Dorcas Fapson
takes on the role of Sophie – a failing student who’s not averse
to using her body to get what she wants. The pivotal male role of Ekene
– a young music promoter with a steady girlfriend but a roving eye - will be
played by Okezie Morro (@okeziemorro), while “Tinsel” soap
star Chris Attoh (@ChrisAttoh) plays the
role of Kofi, a domineering husband.
Other key cast members include: Adeyemi Okanlawon
(David) - a handsome medical student; “Dear Mother”
child star Sharon Chisom Ezeamaka (Princess) -
Sophie’s naïve teenage sister; James Timini Egbuson (Tobi)
– a conscientious student; Kachi Nnochiri (Osaro)
– PA and “Mr Fixit” to a corrupt businessman; Leonora Okine (Malaika)
– Sophie’s married friend; and Olumide
Oworu (Weki) – Sade’s 16-year old nephew.
The Shuga crew is also giving viewers the
chance to get involved in the casting process by voting who gets to take two
walk-on roles. Chosen from the hundreds who showed up for the public auditions
in Lagos on 26 and 27 July, six candidate’s auditions
will be available for online voting from 14 August. Check out www.shuga.tv for details.
The cast will join previously announced Shuga
Series 2 stars Emmanuel
Ikubese, who returns in the role of music
promoter Femi, and Kenyan actor, singer and model Nick
Mutuma who plays the role of Leo, a close friend of
Femi’s from his Nairobi student days.
To register your views on the Shuga cast;
please go to www.Shuga.TV,
like Shuga on www.facebook.com/MTVShuga;
or follow Shuga on Twitter @MTVShuga.
Shuga is to be
produced by MTV Base and the MTV Staying Alive Foundation
in collaboration with NACA; the Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation; and UNFPA (United Nations Population Fund).
PEPFAR (The US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief)
has also expressed a commitment to join forces with the campaign.
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