CHIPAWO Trust and New Horizon theatre Company are to present a two women act “The Key” tonight at Theatre in The Park.
The play was first staged at Harare International Festival of the Arts in May 2018 and recently staged in Bulawayo during the Intwasa Festival.
This play is a wholly new production from New Horizon Theatre Company, part of the world-famous CHIPAWO Trust of Zimbabwe.
The story takes a look at the modern day girl child’s struggles to find her space and place in a world that is busy trying to control her.
Brilliantly co-written and directed by seasoned theatre practitioner Chipo Basopo and advertising copy writer and part-time playwright, Ronald “The Wordsmith” Chindungwe, this is a thought provoking story that swings, sways, rocks, and indulges all your senses.
The two young actresses are Gamuchirai Mukwakwami and Chido Tenga. The play centres on Fadzai, a young girl who has just turned twenty one and is enrolled in university doing a degree programme she doesn’t like.
She finds herself questioning all that she has known, from birth till this stage, trying to find meaning and purpose of her life. She starts probing and asking herself hard questions.
Will she find answers? What does she need to do to live the life she wants? This is a story that has universal appeal, tackling a subject that affects all young adults in rich or poor, developed or developing countries.
“The play mixes different theatre art forms, from physical to dance, music and speech. This a must watch for both old and new theatre lovers. Don’t go and watch the play alone, bring a friend or the whole family, as you will love it,” read a statement from the organisers.
