Every December, as the Kampala air fills with palpable anticipation for the Christmas holidays, many families and friends prepare for the annual Watoto Christmas Cantata, one of the most cherished Christian holiday traditions in the city. For the...

Blantyre-based youthful theatre group YDC on Wednesday called upon policymakers to invest in theatre for children and young people to meet their dreams. The remarks were made by actor and playwright Fumbani Phiri as the world celebrates World...

At the beginning of May, Timeless Arts premiered their 2024 theatre production, The Phantom of the Opera, at the Kampala Serena’s Victoria Conference Hall. Like other events such as fashion, concerts, and product launches, they are grand, with...

Masque theatre is hosting Cape Town Theatre Company’s A picture of Dorian Gray. “A Picture of Dorian Gray, not ‘The’ Picture—one person’s vision only” Playwright and director, Liz Roodt insists. It is the ‘60s, Dorian is a celebrity...

The African Theatre Magazine invites applicants to the second edition of the Writing about African Arts workshop. Since 2018 The African Theatre Magazine’s goal has been to offer diverse narratives and nuances on African arts and culture through...

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...