In Tonderai Munyevu’s “Mugabe, My Dad & Me,” The Personal Becomes the Political
There are two in one Tonderai Munyevus. I meet both of them on a snowy February evening at Brixton...
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Theatre and Politics: Robert Serumaga – The Pantheon of Uganda’s Theatre in the ’70s
When Abafumi went on what would be their last tour, Robert Serumaga, who had not gone with his...
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“Fela and the Kalakuta Queens” Goes Online
African musical theatre seems to be growing by leaps and bounds. In the last couple of years,...
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Ugandan Theatre Grappling With The Pandemic
Moses Tumwebaze is a full-time actor in the Ugandan Theatre industry. He is a member of The...
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John Rwoth-Omack Bears The Torch Of African Theatre In The Diaspora
John Rwoth-Omack is a Ugandan-born theatre artist, bred and based in the UK. A lover of African...
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“The Shopping Dead”: A New Theatrical Sensation on WhatsApp
“They’ve locked us in here and they’re going to wait for the virus to finish us off.”...
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10 Masterpieces in Ugandan Theatre
If you want to understand a nation and its people, look no farther than its art. Through a...
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Namasagali College: How the School Became Uganda’s Arts Hub
STEM, that Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics curricula obsession at the expense of...
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Angella Emurwon: Writing For Me Is Like Breathing
Angella Emurwon is a playwright, theatre director and filmmaker. The name ‘Emurwon’ means seer,...
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Is COVID-19 A Blessing In Disguise For Theatre?
On the center stage, where many an actor has strutted his stuff, sits a ghost light. Lonesome....
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“Beauty & the Beast:” Children’s Story, a Universal Message
It is a full house. Full house on a Friday? That’s rare here. Anyway, we’re almost packed like...
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Community Theatre Is Not Amateurish – Rashida Namulondo
The name ‘Rashida Namulondo’ will easily roll off any random tongue in the performing arts...
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The Story Behind Andrew Ssebaggala’s “Mother Uganda”
Rose Mbowa is an indubitable doyenne in Uganda’s theatre. At Makerere University, an ivy league of...
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Uganda’s Elvania Namukwaya Who Broke the Glass Ceiling of Theatre
The African theatre scene in the 1960s and the 70s was mainly peopled by men. But there were women...
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“The Arrival” Arrives at Contemporary Questions
Wondering what may draw young people to theatre? It’s a theatre about them, with them and...
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“The Chains:” Dance Theatre Uganda Returns with a Bang!
We last saw them on stage in 2016. We thought they had gone down the way of most companies –...
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