Post-Colonial B-Horror: “The Visitors” at Volksbühne Berlin
This summer, Berlin’s Volksbühne presented The Visitors, a new work by the choreographer Constanza...
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Act of Will: Kenya Theatre Award Defy Covid-19 Gloom
The 2020 Sanaa Theatre Awards were held on 20th December took place at the Kenya Cultural Center,...
More Equal Theatre-Making in Europe: Reflection on Creative Europe and Practical Difficulties from Multilingual Perspectives
The Jeune Théâtre Européen Jeunes Publics (Young European Theatre for Young Audiences) (JTEJP)...
Translating the Act: Kenyan Producers Keeping Indigenous Languages in Auditoriums
In recent years, there has been a growing movement towards promoting and preserving indigenous...
Hope Azeda And Her Art That Heals
“Theatre in Rwanda? Are you crazy? There’s no theatre in Rwanda,” said Hope Azeda’s...
Mariam Ndagire: A Full Career in Theatre, Music and Film
It is hard to remember the first encounter with Mariam Ndagire as an artist. It was probably...
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The Many Publics Of “The Marché Des Arts Du Spectacle D’Abidjan”
The Marché des Arts du Spectacle d’Abidjan (Abidjan Market for Performing Arts), or MASA, is one...
Ethiopian Theater: A Brief Introduction
European Influences in Ethiopian Theater Prior to the introduction of European form of theatre in...
Miangaly Theatre Company: Defining the Stage in Madagascar
They say everyone can be an actor. Any location can transform into a theatre stage. Yet finding a...
“Daddies of Sugar” Pokes Fun at Shenanigans of Modern-Day Ruling Elites
Daddies of Sugar with its catchy and somewhat risqué title is Jefferson Tshabalala better known in...
“My Father’s Fable,” Bush Theatre
Following the huge success of Benedict Lombe’s Shifters, which transfers soon to the West End, the...
Avignon 2019: In Search Of Multiple Selves: “Multiple-S” By Salia Sanou And “Oskara” By Kukai Dantza
The focus of this review is inspired by the title and the theme of Salia Sanou’s multidisciplinary...
Dance As A Language, Exhaustion As A Therapy
… when no one is willing to listen, no one you could tell, no one you could talk it over with to...
Decolonising Shakespeare: Setting Othello in Ghana and Pericles in Glasgow
Over the last few years, the issue of decolonising the curriculum has become a growing concern for...
World Premiere: Ousmane Aledji’s “Traumatism”
On October 27, 28 & 29, 2010 at 8pm AfricAvenir presented the world premiere of the theatre...
The Women Making Waves in Theatre in Africa Part 2
In most parts of Traditional Africa, theatre was a prerogative of the woman. Women were the...
The Women Making Waves in Theatre in Africa Part 2
In most parts of Traditional Africa, theatre was a prerogative of the woman. Women were the...
BLACK. SPACE. RACE. Afrofuturism
Zambian scientist and teacher Edward Mukuka Nkoloso founded the Zambia National Academy of...
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Plans for Kenya International Theatre Festival in Full Gear
Plans for the 2023 Kenya International Theatre Festival are in high gear. The 8th edition of the...
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Writing about African Arts 2022: Call for Participants
The African Theatre Magazine invites applicants to the second edition of the Writing about African...
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“These Are Not My Shoes” is Powerful Social Commentary
These Are Not My Shoes is a story about absent fathers and what happens to young men when they...
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Is COVID-19 A Blessing In Disguise For Theatre?
On the center stage, where many an actor has strutted his stuff, sits a ghost light. Lonesome....
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Sequel to 1990s Play “The Kohl Pillow” Explores the Lives of Nubian Women
Sabaya Makhadet El-Kohl (The Young Girls of the Kohl Pillow), a play that explores the lives and...
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“Daddies of Sugar” Pokes Fun at Shenanigans of Modern-Day Ruling Elites
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“Hoot” – Featuring the Inimitable and Versatile Matthew Ribnick is a Rib-Cracking Comedic Masterpiece!
Matthew Ribnick is not your average actor and his performance in the highly acclaimed Hoot is...
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Broadway: Does “The Great White Way” Live Up to Its Name?
Ntozake Shange, author of the famous Broadway play For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide /...
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Top-Searched Musicals in Africa
Methodology The most-searched-for musicals in Kenya, online, are High School Musical, The Lion...
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The “Time Traveler” Who Took Our Tobacco
The Akamba people of East Africa have a saying: “The visitor has the best tobacco.”...
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Zimbabwe Produces a Visual And Performing Arts Syllabus for Junior School: Grades 3 to Grade 7
In 2015, I met with the late Stephen Chifunyise at the New Partnership for Africa’s Development...
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Kankurang Festival 2019: The Gambia
In 2005, Kankurang was inscribed by UNESCO as an intangible cultural heritage of humanity. The...
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Lupita Nyong’o’s Father Set To Honor Her With A Theatre And Art Center In Kenya
Anyang Nyong’o is one proud dad who has big plans for his successful daughter: the Oscar...
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“Seven Plays of Koffi Kwahulé: In and Out of Africa” Is Made Available To Anglophone Audiences
The work of renowned Ivoirian playwright Koffi Kwahulé has been translated into some 15 languages...
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Queer Chronopolitics: Forests, Freaks and Performativity
The term ‘freak’ thus refers not only to bodies, but also to denormalizing social...
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China’s “Cherry Orchard”
“Medicine is my lawful wife and literature is my mistress,” said Anton Chekhov (1860-1904), “when...
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