Theatre & Comedy
A Trivial Attempt at Theatre from Reps
We missed the play 'Crucial Triviality' during HIFA and so were thrilled when Harare’s Reps Theatre announced they were going to run it again, starting last night, May 29.
We missed the play 'Crucial Triviality' during HIFA and so were thrilled when Harare’s Reps Theatre announced they were going to run it again, starting last night, May 29.
So in the USA they have Hollywood, Nigeria has Nollywood, and India has Bollywood but in Zimbabwe what do we have?
I was glued to the screen with a huge mile splashed on my face as I saw a fellow Zimbabwean representing us at the highest level, but little did I know my joy was going to be cut-short.
There was a lot of noise ahead of the premier of local play, Lovers In Time at HIFA 2014 as some people thought it was distasteful and insensitive in mocking the gruesome murder of spirit mediums Mbuya Nehanda and Sekuru Kaguvi, one such individual was local independent television producer, Clive Mandizha.
When you see them or hear about them, you will picture celebrities that are living their lives on top of the world.
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After having won the Best Zimbabwean Film and Best Sound as well as several nominations in the International Images Film Festival (IIFF) of 2013 ‘Freestate’has been making headway as it continues to be a favourite official selection for major festivals worldwide.
#THEATRE With much attention drawn to speculation on whether Freshly Ground would or would not perform at HIFA, there was more that took place on the final day of HIFA 2014, Sunday May 4, as protesters rocked up at the Standard Theatre (Located at the Dutch Reformed Church Opposite ZESA along Samora Machel) against the play 'Lovers In Time'.
"Any European male who has illicit carnal intercourse with a native female, and any native male who has illicit carnal intercourse with a European female...shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to imprisonment for a period not exceeding five years."
#HIFA “You don’t understand. I am going to have my child in Africa”
#THEATRE Imagine if one morning you woke up and God was standing at your door and he said to you, ‘There is no heaven and there is no hell. No reward for the good you have done. And no punishment for the evil you have done. But I am God. Love me and worship me.” Would you do it?