Reps Theatre is looking for Male and Female actors, singers and dancers, ranging from 14 - 60 years of age to be a part of our exciting September musical show, Hairspray.Written by John WatersDirected for Reps by Zane. E. LucasOur version is based on the 2007 smash hit movie version starring Zac Efron, John Travolta, Michelle Pfeiffer, Queen Latifah and many others.
Zimbo Jam Network
June 21, 2012
Zimbabwe’s spoken word movement has grown by leaps and bounds over the past few years and now the front runners like Chirikure Chirikure and Albert Nyathi can be proud of the legacy that they leave behind. The majority of slam poets who can be seen performing at Harare music venues, belong to a different style of poets but at the HIVOS poetry café a balanced combination represented Zimbabwe, whilst Oneness Sankara, a guest poet from the UK brought the house down at the end of the show.
Expect the usual “unusual” when popular Cape Town based DJ, Toby 2 Shoes descends on the Coke Green stage tomorrow night at the fun-filled HIFA DJ party.
Woof! Woof! Someone let the dogs out at HIFA’s Standard Theatre.
I was very excited to be covering the Jazz Tap Ensemble HIFA debut at the 7 Arts Theater in Avondale. I had read about them in our local press and could not wait to watch this group. JTE is a United States dance company based in Los Angeles. They have appeared in major concert halls both in the United States and internationally. The Jazz Tap Ensemble is well known for innovating the art of rhythmic tap dancing to the music of live jazz.
Day 5 of HIFA delivered yet another classical music presentation as two pianists, Ian Von Memerty and Roelof Colyn, christened the HIFA festival with a commanding show.
On opening day , Saimon Mambazo Phiri dropped by at our mobile office on the HIFA grounds. I was excited to be given the opportunity to speak to him and find out how Siyaya, as an arts group, has survived for 23 years in Zimbabwe, where artists work under difficult conditions. For instance, they don’t have pensions, medical aid and insurance cover to look after them in their senior years or in case of their career coming to an unexpected end. When they are no longer performing people soon forget them.
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With a name like Queendom, it’s no surprise that one of the highlights of HIFA 2012 has been this three piece female group. The three ladies who make up the outfit are African daughters living in Norway. The Queendom sisters include Monica Ifesilika from Nigeria, Asta Busingye from Uganda and Hannah Nozene from Ethiopia.
Kwaive kusingadanwi anonzwa kumuzinda we Telecel Nguva isati yakwana munhandare ye Telecel manga mangova nekuvheyesana vheyesana. Vaiti vanouya vanemachira ekuzowaridza pasi kuti vagarire, kuchizoti vanouya nazvikafu apo kwaive kune mufaro waive usingakwanise kana kutsanangurwa apo ruzhinji rwainge rwuchiteererera mitakunanzva yenziyo dzakanyorovera. Kwaiva kune varume nemadzimai vane zvipo zvekunyatsoimba zvanodakadza moyo yevanhu. Asika kutaurirwa hunyimwa mbare dzekumusana.
On the fourth day of HIFA I went to watch Maria de Barros at the Lays Global Stage. Maria is a musical artist born in Dakar Senegal to parents who come from Cape Verde, an island country spanning an archipelago of 10 islands in the Atlantic Ocean near the coast of West Africa.