PROFILE: NEW HORIZON THEATRE COMPANY The New Horizon Theatre is a theatre company based in Harare. Its members are young actors and actresses who…
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By Robert Mshengu Kavanagh Despite a fairly active acting experience in my early years, it was a long time before I began to think…
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A new generation is determined to compete against streaming services and financial insecurity to carve out enclaves of creativity by Bahira Amin, Cairo Even before…
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by Katrin Gänsler Soldiers start shooting in the middle of Burkina Faso’s capital, Ouagadougou. People scream. They take cover, waiting in fear to see…
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by Sanya Osha Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Humanities in Africa, University of Cape Town The playwright, director and scholar was born in Sapele, Nigeria,…
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NIGERIA – Death and the King’s Horseman by Wole Soyinka: what is it about and does it still matter?NIGERIA –
by Babatunde Onikoyi, University of Regina [Tunde Onikoyi, a lecturer in African literature and film, acted in the original play] The film streams on Netflix…
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ZIMBABWE – Professional youth theatre group revived with play in Shona about peace and conflict transformation.ZIMBABWE –
The New Horizon Youth Theatre company, a project in the CHIPAWO Youth Programme, was very active at one time but various factors led to…
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SOUTH AFRICA – What’s on at the Market Theatre, Johannesburg? Frantz Fanon’s love play, The Drowning Eye.
The Drowning Eye premiered to critical acclaim and full houses at this year’s National Arts Festival (NAF) in Makhanda and will now open at The…
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Theatre in Egypt has had a long and rich tradition but with streaming and financial viability it seemed to be on the way out.…
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