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Danai Gurira inspires African playwrights with Zimbabwe workshops
A group of emerging playwrights has gathered in Harare this week for an 11-day conference aimed at fostering the next generation of dramatic talent in southern Africa. The Almasi African Playwrights C...Published: 12 Dec 2024 at 07:30hrs | 238 | by Staff reporter
Amagrootman leaves audience in stitches
During the 2023 Intwasa Art Festival koBulawayo, the South African play "Amagrootman" took center stage at the Bulawayo Theatre, leaving the audience in fits of laughter.Written by Solly Malak...Published: 28 Sep 2023 at 09:34hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's former schoolmates in their late 80s share memories
TO outsiders, perhaps Mapanzure in Zvishavane in the Midlands province is just a name of a random cluster of villages located along the mineral-rich Great Dyke. Chrome, diamonds, platinum and ...Published: 19 Apr 2022 at 09:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Khally flies Zimbabwe flag high in Canada
BULAWAYO-BASED film producer and director Khaliphile "Khally" Sibanda is set to raise the country's flag high after her play He Doesn't Have a Backbone was recently selected for the forthcoming Women ...Published: 29 Jun 2021 at 19:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Play to portray King Lobengula's disappearance
CO-FOUNDER and director at Centre for Talent Development (CTD) Thabani Moyo has developed a script for a play titled Bayethe Nkosi which will portray King Lobengula and his mysterious disappearance....Published: 13 May 2021 at 06:49hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Cont Mhlanga to unveil Amakhosi Theatre unit
RENOWNED playwright, Cont Mhlanga, will today unveil the Amakhosi Theatre unit during the World Theatre Day Celebrations at the Amakhosi Cultural Centre. The celebrations will mark the return ...Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 06:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Hollywood actress calls for collaborative effort
HIGH-FLYING Zimbabwean playwright-cum-actor, Danai Gurira has called for a collaborative effort to take the African narratives across the globe.The United States-based actress, who is also co-...Published: 07 Jan 2019 at 08:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
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 ...Published: 18 Mar 2018 at 08:55hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Open Call for a Zimbabwean Female Playwright
Nhimbe Trust, in partnership with Young Vic Theatre UK, with the support of the British Council Zimbabwe, are producing The Unified Women Project, which will provide a cultural exchange between twenty...Published: 03 Feb 2017 at 13:47hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Weekend BUZZ - Whats happening around Skies
AmphitheatreCONTEMPORARY musician Jah Prayzah and his 3rd Generation band make a return to the venue tomorrow. The Eriza hit-maker will be supported by Cal_...Published: 11 Dec 2015 at 09:38hrs | 1 | by Arts reporter
Is Mujuru perceived as playing fair at home?
The national political pot sweats and effervesces. The faggots beneath burn wild and incandescent, heating up the medley soup inside which leaps wild, jumping past the giant pot's rim, out to infinity...Published: 11 Apr 2015 at 16:11hrs | | by Nathaniel Manheru
American actress grooms Zimbabwe talent
LOS ANGELES-BORN Obie Award winning American playwright and actress Nikkole Salter is currently in Zimbabwe working with a selected group of local playwrights through an arts exchange programme facili...Published: 12 Oct 2013 at 05:03hrs | | by Entertainment Reporter
British Council calls for new playwrights
The British Council is calling for emerging playwrights to submit applications under the banner "New Writing Project - Zimbabwe."In a statement, the council said the initiative will help young...Published: 27 Mar 2013 at 07:15hrs | 1 | by Arts Correspondent
Sexed Tsvangirai: The day WOZA could not arise!
What has the American ambassador to do with a Zimbabwean Prime Minister who gets deserved societal flak for promiscuous misbehavior? Which part of the Geneva Convention, or of our bilateral agre...Published: 10 Dec 2011 at 15:38hrs | | by Nathaniel Manheru
Bulawayo Braces for 'Dr Manzuma'
Have you ever wondered what will actually happen the day you die or after you are dead? You have never thought about that? What a pity. But don't worry come, just go and see "Dr Manzuma and the Vipers...Published: 27 Jul 2011 at 14:09hrs | | by .
Unesco calls for applications for technical assistance
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation has called for applications for technical assistance, and for participation in programmes, projects and activities in the imp...Published: 14 Apr 2011 at 11:45hrs | | by unesco
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