The Echoes Of Lawino Reverberate In Uganda
…Lawino and Song of Ocol. The play was directed by Alex Kitaka and produced by Okere City, a community in Otuke, Northern Uganda. I want to describe Okere to those…
Read MorePosted by Trevor Mukholi | 22nd Aug 2023 | Adaptation, Review, Uganda
…Lawino and Song of Ocol. The play was directed by Alex Kitaka and produced by Okere City, a community in Otuke, Northern Uganda. I want to describe Okere to those…
Read MorePosted by Kaggwa Andrew Mayiga | 4th Feb 2024 | Directing, Essay, Uganda
…as a Ugandan, and that’s all I ever got to learn. When we heard Uganda, the house went into a frenzy, and we didn’t care about the rest of the…
Read MorePosted by Kaggwa Andrew Mayiga | 20th Nov 2023 | Festivals, News, Uganda
…says that the political climate in Uganda has forced some sponsors to censor themselves. For instance, theatre naturally questions and criticises society; corporate companies in Uganda are not ready to…
Read MorePosted by Kaggwa Andrew Mayiga | 29th Oct 2023 | Directing, Essay, Uganda
…still on the lights when Hollywood Ugandan actor Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine brought his theatre production Biro to Uganda. Biro is a one man show that naturally depends so much…
Read MorePosted by Kaggwa Andrew Mayiga | 4th Apr 2024 | Acting, Essay, Uganda
…on air slightly after Sanyu FM, the first FM station, had launched. In 1996, Central Broadcasting Services (CBS), a Luganda radio station leaning towards the Buganda Kingdom, one of the…
Read MorePosted by The African Theatre Magazine | 15th May 2021 | Gambia, Kenya, Malawi, News, Nigeria, South Africa, Theatre and Gender, Tunisia, Uganda, Zimbabwe
…women making waves in African Theatre. Some of these are well-known names but others are names you will wish you had read and known about yesterday. Adong Judith – Uganda…
Read MorePosted by Kaggwa Andrew Mayiga | 4th Jan 2024 | Festivals, News, Uganda
…back on its feet. Uganda is not any different. These discussions were continued at the two theatre festivals that happened in Uganda in November. Mariam Ndagire’s Theatre and Performing Arts…
Read MorePosted by Kaggwa Andrew Mayiga | 16th Feb 2024 | Review, Theatre and Politics, Uganda
…brightest on the choreography, which is a mix of different Ugandan traditional dances and others from African-renowned traditions such as Zulu and Kinyarwanda. It is safe to believe the choice…
Read MorePosted by Marcina Zaccaria | 12th May 2024 | Review, Theatre and Politics, United States of America
Solo Performers John Rwothomack and Fidaa Zidan join forces to unravel the discovery of life after political rallies and prison sentences in Lines. Ugandan and Palestinian history set a hierarchal…
Read MorePosted by Written by Ayo Jaiyesimi, Thespian Family Theatre & Productions (2023), Nigeria | 1st Apr 2000 | IOTF 2023
…critic, Regional Managing Editor at TheTheatreTimes.com. Panelists: Rosette Nteyafas, Creative Producer, Line Producer of Kampala International Theater Festival and Tebere Arts Foundation, Uganda Makhaola Ndebele, Actor, Independent Theatre Director, and…
Read MorePosted by Magda Romanska | 17th Mar 2023
…Nteyafas, Creative Producer, Line Producer of Kampala International Theater Festival and Tebere Arts Foundation, Uganda Makhaola Ndebele, Actor, Independent Theatre Director, and Creative Consultant, South Africa Lloyd Nyikadzino, Founder and…
Read MorePosted by Written and Directed by Khayelihle Dom Gumede, The Centre for the Less Good Idea (2021), South Africa | 27th Apr 2000 | IOTF 2023
…of Kampala International Theater Festival and Tebere Arts Foundation, Uganda Makhaola Ndebele, Actor, Independent Theatre Director, and Creative Consultant, South Africa Lloyd Nyikadzino, Founder and director of the Zimbabwe Theatre…
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 27th Apr 2023 | Directing, Ireland, Review, United Kingdom
…of Lughnasa approaches, they have welcomed their brother Jack (O’Hanlon), a missionary priest who has returned in disgrace from working in Ugandan leper colony, and are visited by Gerry, Michael’s…
Read MorePosted by Alexander Nderitu | 9th Jan 2020 | Africa, Musical Theatre, News
…Rock of Ages Togo – The Lion King, Kinki Boots, Jesus Christ Superstar Tunisia – Notre-Dame de Paris, High School Musical, Romeo and Juliet Uganda – High School Musical, School…
Read MorePosted by Sakina Mirichii | 30th Nov 2023 | Essay, Kenya, Theatre and Decolonization
…and my native Dholuo. See also: Namulondo Theatre: The Throne of ‘80s Theatre in Uganda In the Kenyan capital Nairobi, theatre blossomed and would pack to the brim in the…
Read MorePosted by Kaggwa Andrew Mayiga | 28th Dec 2023 | Review, Theatre and Gender, Uganda
…something to throw in. Faded was inspired by a series of interviews the performer did with women across different parts of Uganda. In the interviews, they talked about identity, skin…
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