An eighteen member dance troupe, led by musician, poet and journalist Nqobile Malinga, recently represented Zimbabwe at the ongoing Shanghai Expo in China.  Zimbabwe was one of more than 200 countries taking part in the Expo which started on May 1 and ends on October 31.

Theophelus Patapata is disowned and ostracised by his father after a fall out. In this state of desperation and vulnerability, he falls prey to the whims of evil. At the end of his tether, and so desperately wanting to appease and win back his father's love, he makes a deal with the devil. This is the foundation of the story told in Fragile, Theatre in the Park’s latest offering which premiers this month.

Daves Guzha, founder of one of Zimbabwe’s leading theatre production companies, Rooftop Promotions, has urged publishing houses to make more plays available in book form as this is a way of ensuring that contemporary work is studied and reaches more people.

We may as well declare this the season to celebrate and commemorate the works of Stephen Chifunyise, the man who has been so central to the development of theatre in Zimbabwe. First it was the University of Zimbabwe Theatre Department honouring and celebrating the man through an exhibition titled Celebrating the Man and his Works. Perusing through the Zimbabwe International Book Fair programme of events, his name pops up again.