After months of critical planning, shooting, production and post-production, TV drama series, Tales of Eve will start airing its fifth season March 1. Producers of the series say that it comes with promises of high end entertainment.
Produced by Genesis Studios, the new season is titled “Thanks for Coming”, and as producer of the series, Olaegbe Olatubosun, explains, the thrust of this season is prostitution on campus, otherwise called runs.
In his words, aside the need to entertain, Genesis Studios also deals with human angle concepts, stories that impact lives, talks about moral values and overcoming challenges.
“We know this is the kind of society where people go through a lot but if they are determined and they are focused, they can always come out and be successful. We know the importance of womanhood; we know the importance of women. They are our mothers and without them, a lot of things won’t go right. That is why we decided to create a content built around them,” Olatubosun states.
Shot on location in the University of Lagos (UNILAG) and other environs around Lagos, “Thanks for Coming” is set in a glamorous world of three undergraduates, Irene, Boma and Eric whose paths cross by providence, but become intertwined by the circumstances that life throws their way as they navigate through university.
Irene and Boma are completely different girls who form an unlikely friendship. Irene is your ultimate femme fatale. A 300-level student of Business Administration whose painful past turned into an unrepentant runs girl. Boma on the other hand is a young “jambite” who faces family problems and financial constraints.
Fate brings to the fore an inevitable friendship as Irene is forced to confront the shadow of her past through Boma who is about to become involved in the illicit trade of their bodies.
Irene’s life takes a different turn when she falls in love with her classmate Eric, a young intelligent man. Eric’s relationship with Irene brings Eric more heartbreaks than he envisaged. As Irene becomes more involved with Eric, she longs to live a clean life. But the question is will her love for Eric win over her desire for wealth?
The path these three students recklessly tread is much steeper and darker than they imagine as it is one in which they may be unable to find their way back.
Director of the series, Imoh Umoren, describes the season as replete with amazing performances and real stories. “I am very impressed with the actors who deliver the whole story professionally. A lot of the time, the scenes don’t look like acting. They look more like real life and people will be able to relate to it because a lot of things that the girls fight in the story are things that everyday students in Nigeria are struggling with. Technically, the cinematography is amazing so it will be top notch,” the Canada trained director says.
The new season of the drama series features the likes of Nancy Isime as lead act, Judith Audu, Adeniyi Johnson, Jerry Smart Ordu, Ifeoma Ifeka and a host of others.
