The Women Making Waves in Theatre in Africa Part 2
In most parts of Traditional Africa, theatre was a prerogative of the woman. Women were the...
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Uganda
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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Uganda’s Creative Industry Under Siege Again
The entertainment or creative arts industry is as old as humanity. It is one of the ways through...
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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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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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Lloyd Lutara: The Ugandan Artist Who Refuses to Box a Story
Lloyd Lutara (LL) is a multi-form storyteller writing and producing theatre, film, fiction and...
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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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“Too Early for Birds” Returns to the Stage with Music Edition
Too Early For Birds, the popular Kenyan collective that stages historical stories, has announced...
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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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Ugandan Show Tackles Language and Culture
It is still not uncommon to hear various parts of the continent being referred to as ‘Anglophone Africa’, ‘Francophone Africa’, ‘Lusophone Africa’, and so on. In fact, there are more French and English speakers in Africa today than there are in France and England respectively!
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Philip Luswata Brings “30 Years of Bananas” Back to Life
It is not a usual thing seeing Ugandan writers’ works celebrated years after they were created. Of...
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Silent Voices’ “Niqabi Ninja”: A Technical Triumph
Silent Voices Uganda has for many years now outdone themselves while producing theatre. From a set...
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Kampala International Theatre Festival, 2018 Edition
The venue is the Uganda Museum and performances from Kenya, India, Iran, UK, USA and the host nation will be staged. Below are teasers of some of the scheduled performances.
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