Zimbabwe Archives - The Theatre Times

“Without a State:” a Collision Between Migration and the Perpetual Pursuit of Identity and Belonging

Posted by Tawanda Mupatsi | 23rd Apr 2024 | Review, Theatre and Politics, Zimbabwe

Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) is still in the hands of Britain, the colonial power, and several...

“Haywire:” An Unsettling Account On Mental Health Issues

Posted by Tawanda Mupatsi | 22nd Mar 2024 | Review, Theatre and Science, Zimbabwe

When Chenura Trust a Zimbabwean media company announced that they were working on a theatrical...

In Tonderai Munyevu’s “Mugabe, My Dad & Me,” The Personal Becomes the Political

Posted by Ian Kiyingi Muddu | 29th Apr 2022 | Playwriting, Review, Theatre and Politics, Zimbabwe

There are two in one Tonderai Munyevus. I meet both of them on a snowy February evening at Brixton...

The Women Making Waves in Theatre in Africa Part 2

Posted by The African Theatre Magazine | 15th May 2021 | Gambia, Kenya, Malawi, News, Nigeria, South Africa, Theatre and Gender, Tunisia, Uganda, Zimbabwe

In most parts of Traditional Africa, theatre was a prerogative of the woman. Women were the...

The Tragedy of Social Distancing in Physical Theatre

Posted by Takudzwa Chihambakwe | 29th Jul 2020 | Interview, Theatre and Politics, Zimbabwe

As the name implies, physical theatre is more like a contact sport. Actors have to constantly...

Exploring Funding in Zimbabwean Theatre

Posted by Takudzwa Chihambakwe | 26th Jul 2020 | Management, News, Zimbabwe

Funding in Zimbabwean Theatre is a key challenge. There is no doubt that if one were to do an...

Jasen Mphepo Little Theatre Goes Virtual In Face Of Pandemic

Posted by Takudzwa Chihambakwe | 22nd Jun 2020 | Covid-19, Essay, Transmedia, Zimbabwe

On Thursday, June 4th, Jasen Mphepo Little Theatre in Zimbabwe showcased the first of many shows...

Zimbabwean Theatre After Lockdown: What’s The Way Forward?

Posted by Takudzwa Chihambakwe | 17th Jun 2020 | Covid-19, Interview, Zimbabwe

The coronavirus pandemic has completely reconfigured society’s world over. Health experts say the...

The Online Stephen J Chifunyise International Theatre Festival

Posted by Takudzwa Chihambakwe | 25th May 2020 | Festivals, Interview, Zimbabwe

When Zimbabwean theatre practitioner Stephen Joel Chifunyise passed on last year, Theatre in The...

My Ability to Dance and Sing Has Played a Big Role in My Career – Dalma

Posted by Takudzwa Chihambakwe | 31st Dec 2019 | Interview, Zimbabwe

She is daring, adroit and has amazing stage presence. Whenever she is part of the cast, she gets...

Zimbabwe’s Jasen Mphepo Little Theatre

Posted by Takudzwa Chihambakwe | 8th Oct 2019 | Management, News, Zimbabwe

The construction of performance spaces for creatives in Zimbabwe has been somewhat on the slow...

Zimbabwe Produces a Visual And Performing Arts Syllabus for Junior School: Grades 3 to Grade 7

Posted by Stephen Joel Chifunyise | 25th Sep 2019 | Africa, News, Zimbabwe

In 2015, I met with the late Stephen Chifunyise at the New Partnership for Africa’s Development...

Sex and Theatre: Stephen Chifunyise’s “Intimate Affairs”

Posted by Samuel Ravengai | 22nd Sep 2019 | Playwriting, Review, Theatre and Gender, Zimbabwe

The late Stephen Chifunyise rarely wrote about politics. He was more fascinated with social issues...

Khekhe On His Journey And Future In Zimbabwean Theatre

Posted by Takudzwa Chihambakwe | 20th Sep 2019 | Acting, Interview, Zimbabwe

The theatre vibe in Zimbabwe is really subdued at the moment. The vanguards have reached their...

Stephen Joel Chifunyise and his Legacy to Zimbabwean Theatre and Performance

Posted by Samuel Ravengai | 10th Aug 2019 | News, Playwriting, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Stephen Chifunyise’s death At about 1830hrs on Monday, 5 August 2019, Stephen Joel Chifunyise...

The Structure Of The Arts And Culture Industry In Zimbabwe

Posted by Samuel Ravengai | 5th May 2019 | Essay, Theatre and Politics, Zimbabwe

In the last nine years, at various forums initiated either by government agents such as National...

Zimbabwean Theatre Culture “Emerging” From The Shadows

Posted by Alexander Nderitu | 21st Feb 2019 | Festivals, News, Zimbabwe

One of the first indications of the change in political temperatures was the production of the hilarious stage play ‘Operation Restore Legacy’ which re-imagines the military takeover in Harare that ended one of Africa’s longest and most controversial presidential tenures.