Welcome to African Theatre Resource Centre
The African Theatre Document and Resource Centre is hosted by CHIPAWO. It is an interactive internet-based site intended:
- to act as a source of information about theatre
- to provide African practitioners and researchers opportunities to share, advertise, access, buy and sell each other’s work
- to organise festivals, webinars and conferences
Theatre artists
For too long African artists have been isolated from each other.
- where can I get scripts from other African countries to perform?
- how can I get my work known to my fellow African artists?
- where can I sell my work?
- where can I get news about what my fellow artists are doing in African thearre?
- where can I post my articles and read articles by other Africans?
- where can I find out how to access books and articles on African theatre?
Researchers
Many countries have National Bibliographies featuring books and articles on their theatre.
- the African Theatre Arts and Performance Bibliography
THE AFRICAN THEATRE DOCUMENT AND RESOURCE CENTRE aims to answer these needs
BOOK STORE
Browse through our treasure trove of amazing books on African Theatre from all over the continent. Get to see what different authors are doing in their respective countries.
LATEST NEWS
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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. That may be the case with …
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Terrorism and the coronavirus are curtailing the activities of Burkina Faso’s only permanent theatre, the Carrefour International Theatre of Ouagadougou, or CITO for short. The play, La Patrie ou la Mort [Fatherland …
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Twenty years after his death, the Nigerian dramatist, Ola Rotimi, is attracting renewed interest. San Diego State University hosted a webinar in April 2021 where the affection and reverence for the playwright were clear. Another webinar was …