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...
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.
Chifunyise belonged to the second generation of African playwrights and theatre-makers. These were born between 1939 and 1959 and their artistic work began in the 1970s. None of the African peers compares to this record, making him the...
