The African Theatre Magazine invites applicants to the first ever Writing about African Art workshop. Program Description The Writing about African Art Workshop a week-long writing workshop facilitated by experienced arts & culture journalists from across the continent....
Described as a ‘musical satire’ and with its tongue-in-cheek title which evokes a place and also serves as a statement, Chilahaebolae is the latest theatrical production by poet, playwright, theatre director, academic and storyteller Kgafela oa Magogodi. The...
How do we define a world theatre day with an auditorium devoid of patrons? What do we call a world theatre day where we couldn't catch up with friends at the shrine? At the National Theatre? What term...
The African Theatre Magazine brings part two of the 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.
In most parts of Traditional Africa, theatre was a prerogative of the woman. Women were the storytellers, the humour-artisans, the word-spinners whose grease moved the wheels of society. Men from hunting or war would return to the song-singing...
Nasarawa state in the north-central region of Nigeria is known for agriculture, salt mining, and one of the higher waterfalls in Africa. It has also consistently registered one of the highest HIV prevalence rates in Nigeria with an HIV prevalence...
Moses Tumwebaze is a full-time actor in the Ugandan Theatre industry. He is a member of The Ebonies, one of the few operational theatre companies in the country, who ply their trade at Theatre La Bonita (another one-of-the-few...
Under these rules, one must have a permit to stage a play, a concert or any form of public entertainment. Failure to have a permit is punishable by a fine or imprisonment for six months or both.
Lloyd Lutara (LL) is a multi-form storyteller writing and producing theatre, film, fiction and television. By taking a single story and adapting it for different media, he is breaking the compartmentalisation of storytelling.
