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.

Elsewhere described as ‘Rwanda’s queen of the arts', Hope Azeda is the country’s rivulet of hope.

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.

The name 'Rashida Namulondo' will easily roll off any random tongue in the performing arts community in Uganda. She is an actress, a poet and the director of The Sophie Muwanika Insistute, an organisation using theatre arts to...

This year's program will run from June 1st to August 9th. Applications is open to all African based beginning and aspiring directors.

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...

On Monday 7 2019, Silent voices Uganda announced the Theatre Directing Apprenticeship program of 2019. Going to their fourth year now, the Program is a two-month crash course where ten aspiring directors with or without prior directing experience...