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Bolanle Austen-Peters: Creating New Theatre in Lagos
Follow Bolanle Austen-Peters, artistic director of Terra Kulture as she creates her new play Fela and the Kalakuta Queens.
From the first script meeting to the final rehearsals, In the Studio follows Bolanle Austen-Peters, the artistic director of Terra Kulture in Lagos, as she develops and crafts her latest musical play. Called Fela and the Kalakuta Queens, the show tells the story of the legendary Nigerian musician Fela Kuti and his 27 wives, or his Queens as he called them.
Presenter: Peter Okwoche
Producer: Andrea Kidd
Last on
Tue 9 Jan 201823:32GMT
BBC World Service Americas and the Caribbean, Australasia, Europe and the Middle East, UK DAB/Freeview & Online only
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Bolanle Austen-Peters on Fela's 27 wives
Duration: 01:29
Broadcasts
- Tue 9 Jan 201800:32GMTBBC World Service East and Southern Africa, West and Central Africa, East Asia & South Asia only
- Tue 9 Jan 201803:32GMTBBC World Service Americas and the Caribbean, Europe and the Middle East, UK DAB/Freeview & Online only
- Tue 9 Jan 201804:32GMTBBC World Service East Asia & South Asia only
- Tue 9 Jan 201805:32GMTBBC World Service Australasia
- Tue 9 Jan 201811:32GMTBBC World Service except News Internet
- Tue 9 Jan 201821:32GMTBBC World Service East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa only
- Tue 9 Jan 201823:32GMTBBC World Service Americas and the Caribbean, Australasia, Europe and the Middle East, UK DAB/Freeview & Online only

