Sunday, January 26, 2014

THE GOLDEN LAFUP

Comedy has not only become big in Ibadan but has firmly revived the entertainment life in there. Gone were those days when people could easily say Ibadan is boring, with the emergence and the creative force the one-important southwest Nigerian comedian, Lafup, Ibadan is now bigger on the map when entertainment is concerned. His recent annually produced comedy show LAFUP LIVE has once again stamped his presence and force in his city and in the Nigerian comedy industry especially. With the double effect of his sold out two-shows in one day at the prestigious Jogor Centre, the roaring audience, a top class event management and topping the chat with his rib cracking, eloquent and out of this world joke, the LAFUP brand is becoming doubtlessly an A-list  if not so already. His drive, vision and unrepentant focus to create such competitive brand and standards sets him apart from his contemporaries making him one of the youngest yet a great force to reckon with in the comedy industry. No doubt why his show LAFUPLIVE has become a most-stop for comedy brands that matter in Nigeria. One would imagine that a brand based in Ibadan would most likely remain small and local but the comedy golden boy from southwest Nigerian has cleared all doubts as he grabs continuously the biggest cooperate gigs, endorsements,  trade briefings, concerts in Nigeria and even outside Africa. When ask what is responsible for this landmarks, Lafup would simply say, “when your content is true and original, you’ll get the job no matter where and when. Especially if you know how to interpret the brief, the brand managers won’t let you go… you’ll always be the guy for the job.”  Enjoy the glitz and glamour of the show and watch out for the DVD coming soon ...
TOMIWA OF LAFUPLIVE @ WORK WITH THE CREW.
                                 

  LAFUP AT THE BACK STAGE GETTING ON STAGE
                          
LAFUP CRACKING THE HOUSE #LAFUPLIVE
                                      
GUESS WHO SAY HIS OLD FELLOW CORPER...?  GBENGA ADEYINKA #LAFUPLIVE
  
ALIBABA,  GBENGA ADEYINKA AND DAMOLA LAYADE
                          
MAY D SWEATING IT OUT ON THE LAFUPLIVE STAGE...e no easy!
                         
LAFUPLIVE...SOLD OUT
PRYNCESS COMEDIAN
                                                            
   ...LAFUP BRING SEYI LAW IN
                                    

IF YOU WERE AT LAFUPLIVE, WATCH THIS SPACE YOU JUST MIGHT SEE YOU.



Friday, January 10, 2014

LAFUP...THE PROFILE





Lafup is a versatile and eloquent artiste with a glaring bias for stand-up comedy. He runs an event-consulting outfit 'LAFUP ENTERTAINMENT and he is the founder and president of COMEDY FOR CHANGE, A social enterprise concern with channeling humour towards change, education and charity. Currently Lafup is the producer of the biggest and most consistent family comedy show LAFUPLIVE in South West Nigeria (Ibadan). The show has recorded over 10 editions in Just 9years of professional/college comedy with each edition always sold-out. The most recent is his Boxing Day Edition (2013) where for the first time ever, Lafup introduced two shows in a day and could still not accommodate everyone who hope to see the show. His shows has played host to the biggest names in comedy, business and in Politics. Lafup co-anchors a daily radio comedy show with Ali baba on Nigeria info 99.3 in Lagos Nigeria you can logon  to www.nigeriainfo.fm to watch him live every week days. You should watch out for his TV show coming soon as well as his American Tour. The comedian and compere 'Lafup' graduated from The University of Ibadan with a B.A and MA in Theatre Arts a very rear record in the comedy industry.



He was deployed to Abia State, southeastern Nigeria for a one-year National Youth service scheme where he worked with the theatre and arts culture office of the state’s ministry of information.

As a thriving actor, Segun has had an active career that has spanned through almost a decade. Right from his humble days of children's repertoire till this very moment, he remains a professional to the core, with an infusion of talent and passion. He is the quintessential actor whose skills have been horned by Nigeria's finest theatre veterans like; Dapo Adelugba, Femi Osofisan, Tunde Awosanmi, Wole Oguntokun and others.
He has successfully co-produced Arthur Fuggard's South African anti-apartheid play "Sizwe Bansi is Dead" from 2004. This would be its 7th year of been a successful Nigerian travelling theatre play production. Leaving trails behind in places like Terra Kulture, Efua Studio- Ghana, British International School, Atlantic Hall Epe, and a host of others. 

Lafup’s spontaneity and logical wit on world topical issues such as politics, religion, social vices, love and family has given him an edge among his contemporaries in the fast growing comedy circuit in Nigeria – he has ‘wowed’ and still ‘wows’ fans and clients at corporate events, social functions, shows and other stage performances. Little wonder the new comedy sensation Lafup wowed all his fan in Dallas, San Antonio and Houston in his recent pre-tour visit to America in October 2013.  Lafup fluently speaks English, Yoruba, Pidgin-English and would always be at home with Ijebu speaking folks. Lafup is a creative power house and has worked with corporate brands and events such as

PROCTER AND GAMBLE RETREAT 2006,2007, 2008, 2009
KPMG RETREAT 2007,2008,2009,2010
PETAN ANNUALL DINNER ABUJA 2007,2008
UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN 60TH ANIVERSARY2008
COSTAIN WEST AFRICA 60TH ANNIVERSARY 2008

PETAN ANNUAL DINNER ORIENTAL LAGOS 2009
DG, IITA RETIREMENT PARTY
STAR TRADE BRIFING 2007,2008,2009,2010,2010.
OYO STATE GOVT. SURPRISE PARTY FOR THE GOVERNOR. 2010           
LAGOS MOTOR BOAT CLUBINDEPENDENCE PARTY 2010
NBL LONG SERVICE AWARD 2009,2010, 2011,
UCH @ 30 2010
MALTINA RELAUNCH IBADAN 2010
SAHARA INTERN TASK PARTY 2010
GTB END OF YEAR PARTY 2010
ZENITH BANK END OF YEAR PARTY 2010
ACCESS BANK END OF YEAR PARTY SOUTHWEST 2010
PROCTER AND GAMBLE END OF YEAR PARTY 2010

GTB END OF YEAR PARTY 2011
ACCESS BANK END OF YEAR PARTY SOUTH WEST 2011
SAHARA OIL END OF YEAR PARTY 2011
HAVANA CARNIVAL 2011
STARTREK ONDO 2011
LEGEND CAN RELAUNCH ( IBADAN, BENIN,ABUJA) 2011
LEGEND REAL DEAL NITE 2011

MTN FUNLINK VALENTINE PARTY (LAGOS, ABUJA, PORT HARCOURT) 2012
MTN CULTURE FEST SOUTH WEST TOUR 2012 COMPERE 2012
MTN STUDENT FORUM LAGOS SOUTH WEST 2012
AMSTEL MALTA SHOWTIME CELEBRITY COMEDIAN IBADAN
OGUN STATE GOVT. EVENING FOR MISS NIGERIA 2012


STAR (SHINE ON..) RELAUNCH (IBADAN, ABEOKUTA,BENIN, WARRI, OWERRI, PORT HARCOURT) 2012
LEGEND REAL DEAL NITE. (LAGOS/IBADAN) 2012
MALTINA DANCEALL FINALE 2011, 2012,2013…
MTN MOBILE MONEY LAUNCH LAGOS SOUTH WEST
STAR TREK LAGOS 2012,2013
OBA OYEWO OYINLOLA’S FOUNDATION LAUNCH OSUN STATE NOV. 2012
MTN TRADE BRIEFING LAGOS SOUTH WEST NOVEMBER 2012.



STAR SHINE AND WIN 2013 NATIONAL PROMO LAUNCH
MALTINA DANCE ALL LAUNCH 2013
MTN SOCCER STAR WINNER LAUNCH 2013
MTN RELATIONSHIP OFFICE LAUNCH 2013
ROTEX GERMAN GLAZING COMPANY LAUNCH 2013
DETOL RE-ENERGIZE MPD LAUNCH 2013
ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIAN GYNEACOLOGISTS DINNER 2013
LAGOS COUNTDOWN BEERS VILLAGE ANCHOR. 2013
RECKITT AND BENCKISER END OF YEAR PARTY 2013
AITTEL NIGERIA END OF YEAR PARTY 2013
ACYON SCHOOL END OF YEAR PARTY 2013
SIEMENS NIGERIA END OF YEAR PARTY 2013
STANBIC IBTC END OF YEAR PARTY 2013