Tunji Sotimirin

Tunji Sotimirin is a Nigerian performing artist, musician, actor, play director, storyteller, broadcaster, and university lecturer at the University of Lagos, Department of Creative Arts. His areas of interest include play directing, acting, theatre workshops, and music in theatre. He is known for his roles in films such as 'Witness Box' (2018), 'The Wrath' (2023), 'Aunty Maria' (2024), 'Fools' Day' (2021), 'Head Gone' (2014), 'Ewe koko' (2006), 'The Campus Queen' (2004), 'When Flowers Turn Black' (1997), 'Hostages' (1996), and the TV series 'Owuro Lojo' (1993). He has also directed plays like Rotimi’s 'The Gods are Not to Blame', staged at the MUSON Centre, where he integrated music, choreography, and multimedia to engage a diverse audience. He composed some of the music for his productions and encouraged his cast to do the same, aiming for freshness and relevance to contemporary societal issues.