South Africa’s version of Sex and the City: 4PLAY: SEX TIPS 4 GIRLS!

I am super excited about this new show coming up on the South African TV Network, E TV in February 2010. Think “Sex and the City” but with African flavor!

4Play, Sex Tips for Girls is so NOT what you think! LOL! It is a new 26 part drama series, currently in production and extensive social research has been undergone to capture the honesty, comedy and serious risks real women in Africa experience in the pursuit of love and happiness…finally!!

My girlfriend, Mbali Maphumulo is one of the cast members!!! I am so geeked & happy for her! She is an amazing actress & singer. Mbali was most recently touring in the U.S with the hit musical stage-play, the LION KING. She is back home now doing bigger & better things…

With Mbali during one of her Lion King tour stops!

According to the production company, Curious Pictures, 4play: Sex Tips 4 Girls filming has commenced on Episode 1 of the 13 part drama series. The lovely leads include Portia Gumede as Noma; Kgomotso Christopher as Nox; my girl, Mbali Maphumulo as Amira, and Tiffany Jones as Danny.

• Amira (Mbali Maphumulo) is an aspirant singer, although at her age it seems unlikely that she will be successful.

• Noma (Portia Gumede) A single parent to a teenage son, is disillusioned about love.

• Nox (Kgomotso Christopher) is unhappily married to a wealthy philanderer. With two young children, private school fees, a luxury vehicle and a mansion in Sandton, she feels trapped in her marriage – frightened to leave it but frightened to be in it too.

• Danny (Tiffany Jones) (white female) is single and ambitious. She hides her loneliness behind work and clothes.

From left to right, the girls – Tiffany, Portia, Kgomotso & Mbali

The launch of the series will be broadcast on e.tv beginning in February 2010. The new drama, 4play is at times funny, always irreverent, intensely resonant, and more often than not, heart-stopping honest about sex love and relationships. Set in contemporary Johannesburg (known as Jozi) with its extreme contrasts between rich and poor, township and suburb, hope and cynicism. This is the world of Jozi ‘s thirty-somethings, no longer truly young but not entirely grown-up, focused on their careers but feverishly frequenting parties, clubs and bars in search of Mr or Mrs Right.

Focusing on the hair and beauty salon of single mother and entrepreneur, Noma, and her loquacious circle of girl friends – Nox, Danny and Amira each of which have their own unique approaches to love, sex and surviving in the city. We follow the girls on their individual journey’s in which they encounter the treacherous and sometimes extreme paths of relationships in South Africa today.

The series delivers candid sex tips for girls every week and will be a hot topic for men and women as no one’s dirty laundry will be off limits in this must see drama! [Bring it on, I say!! LOL!]

4play is commissioned by Johns Hopkins Health and Education in South Africa (JHHESA) as an HIV/Aids prevention campaign with support from USAID. Curious Pictures continues a proud partnership with JHHESA after their successful collaboration on the award winning drama series, Tsha Tsha.

This looks like it is going to be a good series! Congrats Mbali [miss ya girl]…

Please leave your comments below on what you think of 4Play: Sex Tips for Girls! It’s gettin’ hot in here, so…[wink] Love ya for it!