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Gule Wamkulu cultural gathering set for Harare

The Chamba Chamakholo Gule Wamkulu cultural gathering is set to take place in Mufakose, Harare, on September 29, featuring a vibrant display of Nyau culture from both local and international performers.The event, themed "Bringing Together …

Published: 10 Sep 2024 at 09:39hrs | 1522 | by Staff reporter

Extra Valembe, Jah and Chirambiwa share stage

Families in Guruve and it's surrounding places were mesmerized by Romeo Gasa's Extra Valembe, Jah Lemmy's Guruve arts marimba ensemble and Moses Chirambiwa's Uband on Saturday.The trio did not disappoint as they performed for more than 12 …

Published: 01 Sep 2024 at 11:53hrs | 134 | by Simbarashe Sithole

Matumbu bounces back

Mvurwi-based comedian Lloyd "Matumbu" Jack is back in the arts industry with his 14th drama titled Usavimbe nemunhu.Matumbu suffered major drawbacks after some of the members died, others got married while his best friend Ruwizhi left him …

Published: 12 Nov 2023 at 19:53hrs | 44 | by Simbarashe Sithole

All set for the 21st Old Mutual NAMA awards

The stage is set for the 21st National Arts Merit Awards (NAMA) powered by Old Mutual Zimbabwe tomorrow at the Harare International Conference Centre, with the organisers aiming to provide a unique experience for the industry and the fans.…

Published: 24 Feb 2023 at 22:01hrs | 13 | by Simbarashe Sithole

Guruve Arts Marimba ensemble leaves for India

Traditional group Guruve arts Marimba ensemble left on Thursday to India for the 36th Surajkundi international craft mela festival.The 12  member band  joined over 40 country groups in New Dehli for the festival which is running …

Published: 05 Feb 2023 at 06:31hrs | 16 | by Simbarashe Sithole

Zimbabwean filmmaker selected for Prestigious Creative Producer Indaba

Fifteen diverse producers from around the globe have been selected to participate in the second Creative Producer Indaba (CPI) which takes place from 7 November this year online for a week, at the Atlas Workshops (Marrakech International F…

Published: 12 Oct 2022 at 13:46hrs | 14 | by Agencies

Mugabe, My Dad and Me

Zimbabwean-born and now London-based actor Tonderai Munyevu tries to make sense of his roots, both familial and national, in his engaging show Mugabe, My Dad and Me.His story follows a deliberately meandering line as he jumps in time and p…

Published: 05 Apr 2022 at 07:54hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter

Byo Arts Festival fails to pay artists

Bulawayo artists who performed at the arts festival that was held in June have bemoaned that they are byet to get paid for their services.The second edition of the festival was held in Bulawayo on 1 to 5 June with the aim to give artists a…

Published: 26 Sep 2021 at 09:53hrs | 15 | by Stephen Jakes

Bulawayo poet to launch album on Zupco bus

It's a listening session that can't be missed!Bulawayo actor-cum-poet Prince Ncube otherwise known as Mazilankatha in the local showbiz, is planning a bus trip for his fans where they will enjoy a listening session of his maiden album.The …

Published: 24 Jun 2021 at 08:10hrs | 11 | by Staff Reporter

Intwasa moved to 2021

THE organisers of Intwasa Arts Festival koBulawayo have postponed this year's edition of the arts and culture fete to next year due to the global COVID-19-induced restrictions.The festival had been scheduled for September 20 to 27.Festival…

Published: 10 Sep 2020 at 06:58hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter

Gukurahundi play invited for SA festival

A play about Gukurahundi titled Uloyiko has been selected to be part of the Youth Expressions Festival to be held in Pretoria, South Africa, in June.The production, done by artistes based in the Western Cape in South Africa, will showcase …

Published: 05 May 2019 at 10:50hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter

uLoyiko ensemble to Premiere at Pretoria's Momentum State Theatre in South Africa

South African theatre ensemble, uLoyiko has informed umthwakazireview.com that it will premiere at Pretoria's Grand Momentum State Theatre in South Africa in June for 3 consecutive days, that is on June 26th, 27th  (15:00 pm) and 28th…

Published: 23 Apr 2019 at 07:54hrs | 19 | by Thembani Dube

Amakhosi Theatre productions are back

After being disbanded for 12 years, the Amakhosi Cultural Centre - the country's biggest home of visual and performing arts - is set to re-launch its theatre arts production and performance unit on March 27. The re-launch at the Amakhosi C…

Published: 19 Feb 2019 at 22:36hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter

Omkhula lament lack of arts promoters in Zimbabwe

South Africa-based Zimbabwean street comedians, Omkhula, say their fans in Zimbabwe should wait a little bit for shows as they are struggling to hold fort due to lack of promoters.Omkhula shot to fame in the early 2000s in Bulawayo with th…

Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 08:11hrs | 23 | by Staff reporter

State of the nation under spotlight

SATIRICAL play, State of the Nation-Vortex, that highlights critical issues troubling the nation and a call for dialogue among citizens is set to be staged on February 15 and 16 at Theatre in the Park in Harare Gardens as the venue opens i…

Published: 05 Feb 2019 at 06:41hrs | 23 | by Staff reporter

Carl Joshua Ncube plans Mukadota icon revival

COMEDIAN Carl Joshua Ncube says he wants to remake the iconic ZBCtv comedy drama series Mukadota that was a hit in the 80s. "This is still an idea that I want to bring to life. I want to reach out to ZBC so that we try to revive the iconic…

Published: 26 Oct 2018 at 06:29hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter

Operation Restore Legacy invades SA

THE events of November last year when the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) carried out the famous "Operation Restore Legacy" will go down in history books as a turning point in the country's political trajectory.Operation Restore Legacy led to…

Published: 12 Aug 2018 at 09:51hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter

Amakhosi Cultural Theatre survives closure

BULAWAYO-BASED Amakhosi Cultural Theatre has survived closure after city fathers agreed to exempt the arts centre from paying rates to the local authority amid indications water supplies had already been cut over outstanding payments, Sout…

Published: 02 Jul 2018 at 08:03hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter

Carl Joshua Ncube to debut solo show on Breeze FM

High flying entertainment entrepreneur Carl Joshua Ncube is set for another big milestone after getting his various content ideas to be put into a podcast show called The Victoria Falls Weekend PODCAST being accepted to be broadcast on wee…

Published: 15 Jun 2018 at 13:44hrs | 17 | by Agencies

Zimbabwe Fashion Showcase to take place in London in September

UK based clothing tradeshow, Zimbabwe Fashion Showcase has announced the date for the highly anticipated fashion exhibition of the year. The event, now in its third year, will be held on 29 September in London.Running under the banner, Zim…

Published: 15 Jun 2018 at 13:43hrs | 14 | by Agencies

Bulawayo to host own Reed Dance

THE King Lobengula Royal Trust is set to hold a reed dance in Bulawayo between August and September to promote traditional culture.The reed dance is common among Nguni cultures in Eswatini and South Africa where virgins walk around bare br…

Published: 15 Jun 2018 at 07:22hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter

Meet 'The Awards Mafia'

COMEDIAN Carl Joshua Ncube abruptly brought the Bulawayo arts scene down from the high of hosting the recently held Bulawayo Arts Awards when he suggested that there was a clique of arts practitioners that were holding the city's arts scen…

Published: 10 Jun 2018 at 09:25hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter

'Mafia gang stifles Bulawayo art'

COMEDIAN Carl Joshua Ncube has alleged that there is an eight-member "mafia" which is killing Bulawayo art by oppressing artistes from the city.Ncube sensationally made the claims on social media saying the gang also does not want artistes…

Published: 08 Jun 2018 at 07:17hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter

New 'Gukurahundi' play goes to Harare

Theatre in The Park will from Wednesday May 30 to June 2, 2018 host yet another politically loaded play, "1983 The Dark Years" after the successful run of "Operation Restore Regasi".This play focuses on the sensitive issue of Gukurahundi w…

Published: 29 May 2018 at 18:46hrs | 17 | by Rooftop Promotions presser

The man who found Robert Mugabe's voice

WHEN he was told that he would be playing the country's former president Robert Mugabe in a play written and directed by some of Bulawayo's arts luminaries, Cyprian Tazarurwa Ndlovu did not think imitating the veteran statesman's voice wou…

Published: 20 May 2018 at 09:49hrs | 23 | by Staff reporter

Cont Mhlanga scouts for partnership

Renowned playwright and filmmaker Cont Mhlanga of the Amakorokoza fame says the story of Otsheketsha (small scale miners) is a soap opera yet to be fully explored and resources permitting he is ready to resume the Amakorokoza production.Th…

Published: 10 May 2018 at 18:43hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter

Albert Nyathi, Cont Mhlanga settle dispute

TOP poet Albert Nyathi yesterday unveiled a Mzilikazi musical that previously set him on a collision course with theatre producer Cont Mhlanga and South Africa's Mbongeni Ngema who also claimed to be originators of the concept, although th…

Published: 26 Apr 2018 at 08:58hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe Youth lured into film production

ZIMBABWE International Film Festival Trust (ZIFFT) executive director Nigel Munyati last week urged the youth to take advantage of the new political dispensation and freely express themselves through film.Launching the Smartphone Short Fil…

Published: 16 Apr 2018 at 06:55hrs | 19 | by Staff Reporter

Iyasa takes act to Austria

TOP Bulawayo arts outfit, Iyasa, has left the country for Austria for their annual international tour and cultural exchange programme with a new dance piece, African Thunder, which they are set to showcase.The nine-member group led by dire…

Published: 11 Apr 2018 at 07:12hrs | 11 | by Staff Reporter

Play on Mugabe ouster to premiere in Bulawayo

FORMER President Robert Mugabe's life will be told on stage through a play called Robert, His Story History, to be premiered at the Bulawayo Theatre at the end of this month.The play penned by Memory Kumbota and Nkululeko Nkala is about Mu…

Published: 09 Apr 2018 at 07:13hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter

Maseko wants lift on Gukurahandi paintings ban

It's exactly three years since visual artist Owen Maseko lost his fight to exhibit the controversial Gukurahundi-inspired paintings at the Bulawayo Art Gallery.Before the Supreme Court issued its order in April 2015, instructing the renown…

Published: 04 Apr 2018 at 16:56hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter

Zim poet commissioned to write poem for documentary funded by the National Lottery

UK based Zimbabwean spoken word artist, Munnya Usuwana has added another monumental project to his glowing CV after being commissioned to compose a poem for the upcoming Coal miners' documentary, Digging Deep, backed by one of the UK's lar…

Published: 03 Apr 2018 at 21:14hrs | 18 | by Tidi Kwidini

Restore Regasi cries out to Mnangagwa

AWARD-winning theatre practitioner Charles Munganasa has urged President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government to ensure that artists are free to express themselves because fear often hindered creativity in their work.Speaking on the sidelines o…

Published: 30 Mar 2018 at 08:44hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter

Uloyiko wins an award at the Zabalaza festival

"We are thrilled to have won an award, it is a great honour, we never set out to win an award, however, we are thankful and appreciative of the recognition of our work through this accolade" said an ecstatic yet humble Mr Yanga Mhluzi afte…

Published: 18 Mar 2018 at 19:05hrs | 17 | by Thulani Nkala

Operation Restore 'Regasi' play goes to Harare

President Emmerson Mnangagwa may be part of the audience set to watch Operation Restore 'Regasi', an 80-minute-long play that gives a comical account of the events that took place in the country last November, leading to the resignation of…

Published: 18 Mar 2018 at 08:55hrs | 22 | by Staff reporter

Watch what happens when Bulawayo filmmakers, new actors meet up

Ya-sibo? Media teamed up with local Bulawayo film-makers and hosted an Acting Workshop at Lalani Hotel and Conference Centre on the 29th of July 2017.The workshop was held under the #indie263 micro-budget filmmaking initiative which hopes …

Published: 12 Jan 2018 at 07:40hrs | 19 | by Staff Reporter

WATCH: Mugabe comedy

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Published: 10 Jan 2018 at 09:45hrs | 24 | by Staff Reporter

Zimbabwean woman launches 3rd issue of magazine in UK

Founded by Sakhile Classique Khanye and independently published by RMPublishers, the publication actually started as an online blogging platform before its transformation to magazine in 2016. The launch issue was released on 23 July that y…

Published: 28 Nov 2017 at 23:33hrs | 16 | by Agencies

Embrace art, youths urged

A government official has urged youths to cherish study and learn to unlock the hidden educative meanings artworks covey.Provincial Youth Coordinator with the Ministry of Youth, Land and Economic Empowerment Mrs Theresa Mupanduki made thes…

Published: 28 Nov 2017 at 11:28hrs | 11 | by Farai Shawn Matiashe in Mutare

Bulawayo - Gweru Road today, a lovely picture

A Harare-based documentary photographer and videographer, Steven Chikosi, has captured a breathtaking image of Bulawayo - Gweru Road.Chikosi shared the amazing picture on Twitter today (Monday).He captioned the beautiful image "Bulawayo - …

Published: 27 Nov 2017 at 11:06hrs | 16 | by Staff Reporter

Harare meets London - 20 young women share their stories in images & poetic lines

This week, an exhibition of photographs and poetry by 20 young women from Harare and London opens in the Zimbabwean capital. The young women are taking part in a project which began in April, themed 'These Images are Stories.' They have be…

Published: 13 Nov 2017 at 11:21hrs | 20 | by Agencies

ULoyiko: prophecy or protest theatre?

Yesterday, 29th October 2017 will go down in history as a day ULoyiko play gained international acclaim. The Black Box theatre in Capetown was full to the bream, a number of people had to return back disappointed. "Tonight the support was …

Published: 31 Oct 2017 at 07:41hrs | 19 | by Thulani Nkala

Formalise art in education curricular: Artists

The Zimbabwe Applied Arts in Craft Association (ZAACA) is praying for Government's hand in improving artists and craftsmen working conditions. This, the organisation says, will improve individual lives of artists as well as meaningfully co…

Published: 20 Oct 2017 at 10:13hrs | 14 | by Chigumbu Warikandwa

Woza Mthwakazi to premiere in Zimbabwe

A South African play - Woza Mthwakazi - which features local artists, will premiere during the Matabeleland Human Rights Convention at Amphi theatre in Bulawayo.Woza Mthwakazi is a play that reflects the genesis of Mthwakazi from Queen Mut…

Published: 03 Sep 2017 at 10:44hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter

CARTOON: Conor Mcgregor meets Grace Mugabe

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Published: 30 Aug 2017 at 13:18hrs | 18 | by Staff Reporter

Amagugu holds Heritage festival

Amagugu International Heritage Center held a Matobo Heritage Festival in Matobo district over the weekend, which attracted more than 150 participants from various backgrounds and age groups.A first of its kind, the festival attracted key s…

Published: 27 Aug 2017 at 06:28hrs | 19 | by Stephen Jakes

Carl Joshua invades Asia

ONLY a few days after he was shortlisted among the best comedians in Africa, Carl Joshua Ncube has now set his eyes on Asia, where he has several gigs as part of his year-long tour around the globe.This week Carl was announced as a nominee…

Published: 21 Jul 2017 at 08:43hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter

Bulawayo Arts Awards winners - list

    Outstanding Actress (Schools)Anita Moyo (Eveline Girls)    Outstanding Actor (Schools)Nobert Makoche (Gifford Boys)    Outstanding Arts EducatorThabani H. Moyo    Outstanding …

Published: 01 Jul 2017 at 18:55hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter

All set for Bulawayo Arts Awards

Bulawayo City Hall in the City of Queens and Kings plays host to the inaugural ceremony of the much-anticipated Bulawayo Arts Awards (BAA) on Friday.Given the socio-economic situation in the country, it did not come as a surprise when stak…

Published: 25 Jun 2017 at 12:05hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter

Local poet ventures into poetry recording

Mutare - A local based published poet has dropped his first single spoken-word poetry track to cope with the reading culture which is now very low in Zimbabwe.Shingirai Manyengavana, who was born and raised in Sakubva in the eastern border…

Published: 28 May 2017 at 08:51hrs | 15 | by Farai Shawn Matiashe

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