Living Together Debuts

Funsho Arogundade

Living Together, a modern day urban sitcom, will debut on television stations across Nigeria on the first week of September.

The new sitcom, featuring five characters namely Mimi, Temi, Yoyo, Chuks and Name Potasium, is a production of actress and producer Betty Njoku Olumowe’s Blunt Pencil Films. It is directed by Afe Olumowe.

Mimi, Temi and Yoyo (all ladies) are individuals who came into each other’s world as adults and took a decision to rent an apartment together which had them splitting the rent among themselves.

With family members residing in other parts of the country, the ladies currently live in the big city and each is armed with a desire to move to a greater level in life and in love in no distant future.

Mimi and Temi are university graduates with certificates to show for it while Yoyo unfortunately had a slightly unstable upbringing as a result of losing her dad at a very tender age; this left her as a secondary school dropout. Yoyo is however a very competent fashion designer.

Chuks is Temi’s cousin and a graduate from an institution in the eastern part of Nigeria. He is one with a questionable certificate (this he denies all the time). While Name Potassium is a young man who lives in the neighbourhood and comes visiting anytime and almost every time. He has a crush on Temi and believes he will someday end up marrying her.

The witty characters oftentimes fight and argue over irrelevant issues but always come back at the end of the day to settle their differences.

This sitcom mirrors the modern day youth, their goals, desires, challenges and shortcomings. It stars new but highly talented actors like Chika Okeke, Ekemini Nankere, Nev Harrison, Lord Frank and Bola Ogunmola.

Living Together, said Betty, is basically cut out to entertain a global audience through the comedy medium.