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Ghana’s Politics Has Strong Ties with Performing Arts: This is How it Started

Posted by Edmund John Collins | 13th Nov 2020 | Essay, Ghana, Theatre and Politics

Towards the end of the Kwame Nkrumah era in 1966, a number of highlife artists wrote songs...

“Les Blancs” at The National Theatre

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 19th Jul 2020 | Review, Theatre and Age, United Kingdom

Lorraine Hansberry’s debut, A Raisin in the Sun, was the first drama written by a black woman to...

Better Access To Stories Can Improve Adolescent Lives In Africa

Posted by Elleke Boehmer, Zimpande Kawanu and Archie Davies | 15th Jul 2020 | Essay, South Africa, Theatre for Young Audiences, Transcultural Collaborations

Across cultures, the self-making powers of storytelling are widely recognized. Steve Biko, the...

Is COVID-19 A Blessing In Disguise For Theatre?

Posted by Ian Kiyingi Muddu | 21st May 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....

“Too Early for Birds” Returns to the Stage with Music Edition

Posted by Alexander Nderitu | 26th Mar 2020 | Kenya, Musical Theatre, Uganda

Too Early For Birds, the popular Kenyan collective that stages historical stories, has announced...

Broadway: Does “The Great White Way” Live Up to Its Name?

Posted by Alexander Nderitu | 17th Jan 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 /...

Top-Searched Musicals in Africa

Posted by Alexander Nderitu | 9th Jan 2020 | Africa, Musical Theatre, News

Methodology The most-searched-for musicals in Kenya, online, are High School Musical, The Lion...

Zimbabwe’s Jasen Mphepo Little Theatre

Posted by Takudzwa Chihambakwe | 8th Oct 2019 | Management, News, Zimbabwe

The construction of performance spaces for creatives in Zimbabwe has been somewhat on the slow...

Ugandan Show Tackles Language and Culture

Posted by Alexander Nderitu | 18th Sep 2019 | Applied Theatre, News, Theatre and Politics, Theatre for Young Audiences, Uganda

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!

“Seven Methods Of Killing Kylie Jenner” At The Royal Court Theatre

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 25th Jul 2019 | London, Review, United Kingdom

Few theatres have done as much to promote new young talent as the Royal Court; few theatres have...

The Western Prejudice Of Contemporary Dance

Posted by Fabián Barba | 17th May 2019 | Belgium, Essay, Theatre and Dance

Fabián Barba studied dance in Quito, the capital of Ecuador, as well as at P.A.R.T.S. in...

The Structure Of The Arts And Culture Industry In Zimbabwe

Posted by Samuel Ravengai | 5th May 2019 | Essay, Theatre and Politics, Zimbabwe

In the last nine years, at various forums initiated either by government agents such as National...

ASSITEJ SA Announces 2019 Playwriting Contest Winner

Posted by Alexander Nderitu | 30th Mar 2019 | News, Playwriting, South Africa

Each playwright on the shortlist was paired with an expert from the international ASSITEJ network of professionals for online mentoring, coaching, and dramaturgy.

Zimbabwean Theatre Culture “Emerging” From The Shadows

Posted by Alexander Nderitu | 21st Feb 2019 | Festivals, News, Zimbabwe

One of the first indications of the change in political temperatures was the production of the hilarious stage play ‘Operation Restore Legacy’ which re-imagines the military takeover in Harare that ended one of Africa’s longest and most controversial presidential tenures.