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Act of Will: Kenya Theatre Award Defy Covid-19 Gloom








“In Their Words” Is A Harbinger Of Things To Come







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Ugandan Theatre Grappling With The Pandemic
“Angola Camp 13” is an All-Powerful Musical and Choreographic Masterpiece
by Tonderai Chiyindiko | Feb 23, 2021 | Review, South Africa, Theatre and Politics | 0
Angola Camp 13, the multiple-award-winning South African State Theatre production, would not have...
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Review of Kwasha! Theatre Company’s “Peeling Shadows”
by Tonderai Chiyindiko | Dec 22, 2020 | Devised Theatre, Review, South Africa | 0
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“In Their Words” Is A Harbinger Of Things To Come
by Tonderai Chiyindiko | Dec 20, 2020 | Dramaturgy, Review, South Africa | 0
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Act of Will: Kenya Theatre Award Defy Covid-19 Gloom
The big winner at the awards (Kenya’s version of the Tony's) was Back to Basics theatre group. Founded by veteran thespian Mbeki Mwalimu, Back to Basics raked up a total of 6 awards.
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Stages Of Womanhood: On Female Theatre In The Arab World
by Nora Amin | Nov 25, 2018 | France, Morocco, News, Theatre and Gender, Transcultural Collaborations | 0
Egypt’s Play “Collar and Bracelet” Wins Best Performance at Carthage Theatre Days, Tunisia
Egyptian play Collar and Bracelet, directed by Nasser Abdel-Moneim, won the best performance at...














Samia Jaheen: The Story of All Stories





























Disability And The Arts To Be Discussed Within D-CAF








In Memoriam: Adel Hakim










“Sah El-Nom” Monodrama At Cairo’s Osiris




“An Enemy of the People”: The Egyptian Experience










Act of Will: Kenya Theatre Award Defy Covid-19 Gloom
The big winner at the awards (Kenya’s version of the Tony's) was Back to Basics theatre group. Founded by veteran thespian Mbeki Mwalimu, Back to Basics raked up a total of 6 awards.
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“Too Early for Birds” Returns to the Stage with Music Edition
by Alexander Nderitu | Mar 26, 2020 | Kenya, Musical Theatre, Uganda | 0
Hope Azeda And Her Art That Heals
by The African Theatre Magazine | Aug 13, 2020 | Devised Theatre, Featured, Rwanda | 0
“Theatre in Rwanda? Are you crazy? There’s no theatre in Rwanda,” said Hope Azeda’s...
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“Genocide 25”: A Rwandan Generation Learning About 94
by Kaggwa Andrew Mayiga | Aug 23, 2019 | Producing, Review, Rwanda | 0
Theatre and Politics: Robert Serumaga – The Pantheon of Uganda’s Theatre in the ’70s
by Ian Kiyingi Muddu | Dec 21, 2020 | Essay, Theatre and Politics, Uganda | 0
When Abafumi went on what would be their last tour, Robert Serumaga, who had not gone with his...
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Uganda’s Creative Industry Under Siege Again
by Sylver Kyagulanyi | Oct 18, 2020 | Essay, Theatre and Politics, Uganda | 0
Ethiopian Theater: A Brief Introduction
by Zerihun Birehanu Sira | Jul 6, 2019 | Essay, Ethiopia | 0
European Influences in Ethiopian Theater Prior to the introduction of European form of theatre in...
“Daddies of Sugar” Pokes Fun at Shenanigans of Modern-Day Ruling Elites
by Tonderai Chiyindiko | Feb 13, 2020 | Africa, Review, South Sudan | 0
Daddies of Sugar with its catchy and somewhat risqué title is Jefferson Tshabalala better known in...
How Theatre Can Help Young Nigerians Who Are Living With HIV
by Taiwo Afolabi | Dec 9, 2020 | Applied Theatre, Essay, Nigeria, Theatre and Politics | 0
Nasarawa state in the north-central region of Nigeria is known for agriculture, salt mining, and...
Avignon 2019: In Search Of Multiple Selves: “Multiple-S” By Salia Sanou And “Oskara” By Kukai Dantza
by Yana Meerzon | Jul 21, 2019 | Avignon 2019, Burkina Faso, Devised Theatre, Festivals, France, Review | 0
The focus of this review is inspired by the title and the theme of Salia Sanou’s multidisciplinary...
Dance As A Language, Exhaustion As A Therapy
by Jean-Baptiste Joly | Mar 12, 2018 | Chad, Devised Theatre, Interview, Theatre and Dance | 0
… when no one is willing to listen, no one you could tell, no one you could talk it over with to...
Ghana’s Politics Has Strong Ties with Performing Arts: This is How it Started
by Edmund John Collins | Nov 13, 2020 | Essay, Ghana, Theatre and Politics | 0
Towards the end of the Kwame Nkrumah era in 1966, a number of highlife artists wrote songs...
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Is COVID-19 A Blessing In Disguise For Theatre?
by Ian Kiyingi Muddu | May 21, 2020 | Africa, Covid-19, Essay, Theatre and Politics
On the center stage, where many an actor has strutted his stuff, sits a ghost light. Lonesome....
Read More“Daddies of Sugar” Pokes Fun at Shenanigans of Modern-Day Ruling Elites
by Tonderai Chiyindiko | Feb 13, 2020 | Africa, Review, South Sudan
Daddies of Sugar with its catchy and somewhat risqué title is Jefferson Tshabalala better known in...
Read More“Hoot” – Featuring the Inimitable and Versatile Matthew Ribnick is a Rib-Cracking Comedic Masterpiece!
by Tonderai Chiyindiko | Feb 8, 2020 | Acting, Africa, Review, South Africa
Matthew Ribnick is not your average actor and his performance in the highly acclaimed Hoot is...
Read MoreMbuso Khoza on why the “Battle of Isandlwana” Remains a Pivotal Moment in African History
by Tonderai Chiyindiko | Feb 7, 2020 | Africa, Interview, South Africa, Theatre and Age
Any interview with Mbuso Khoza is both a wide-ranging history lesson and a remarkable exploration...
Read MoreBroadway: Does “The Great White Way” Live Up to Its Name?
by Alexander Nderitu | Jan 17, 2020 | Africa, Essay, New York, Theatre and Gender, Theatre and Politics, Transcultural Collaborations, United States of America
Ntozake Shange, author of the famous Broadway play For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide /...
Read MoreTop-Searched Musicals in Africa
by Alexander Nderitu | Jan 9, 2020 | Africa, Musical Theatre, News
Methodology The most-searched-for musicals in Kenya, online, are High School Musical, The Lion...
Read MoreThe “Time Traveler” Who Took Our Tobacco
by Alexander Nderitu | Nov 11, 2019 | Africa, Kenya, News, Transcultural Collaborations
The Akamba people of East Africa have a saying: “The visitor has the best tobacco.”...
Read MoreZimbabwe Produces a Visual And Performing Arts Syllabus for Junior School: Grades 3 to Grade 7
by Stephen Joel Chifunyise | Sep 25, 2019 | Africa, News, Zimbabwe
In 2015, I met with the late Stephen Chifunyise at the New Partnership for Africa’s Development...
Read MoreKankurang Festival 2019: The Gambia
by Aldith Gauci | Feb 23, 2019 | Africa, Essay, Festivals, Gambia, Participatory Theatre
In 2005, Kankurang was inscribed by UNESCO as an intangible cultural heritage of humanity. The...
Read More“Seven Plays of Koffi Kwahulé: In and Out of Africa” Is Made Available To Anglophone Audiences
by The Theatre Times | Sep 6, 2017 | Africa, Books, France
The work of renowned Ivoirian playwright Koffi Kwahulé has been translated into some 15 languages...
Read MoreQueer Chronopolitics: Forests, Freaks and Performativity
by Göksu Kunak | Apr 25, 2017 | Africa, Egypt, LGBTQ Theatre
The term ‘freak’ thus refers not only to bodies, but also to denormalizing social...
Read MoreAfrican Theatre: Why It’s Important to Transpose Western Dramatic Classics
by Samuel Ravengai | Oct 30, 2015 | Africa, Essay, South Africa, Theatre and Politics
The Western dramatic canon has been a source of irritation to some Afrocentrists, who see it as...
Read MoreChina’s “Cherry Orchard”
by Anne Manyara | Nov 17, 2014 | Africa, China, Review, Russian Theatre Abroad
“Medicine is my lawful wife and literature is my mistress,” said Anton Chekhov (1860-1904), “when...
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