THEATRE
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Arts and Africa - BBC African Service, London |
Arts and Africa correspondence, Fiona Lloyd has been following news from Zimbabwe about the Zimbabwean National Theatre Competition. For the last 27 years, this has been an annual event, attracting some of the most talented actors, playwrights and directors in the country. |
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Arts and Africa - BBC African Service, London |
Ben Okri start this programme, with one of the highlights of Zimbabwe's theatre calender, actually from the opening of 'Nansi Le Ndoda'. He introduced a correspondence from Arts and Africa, Fiona Lloyd who talked with Cont Mhlanga, actor, director and master of ceremony about his play. |
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"Factory vrouens" | |
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"South African" theatre |
Discussion around the situation in South African theatre in the light of action taken by Equity, the 10,000-strong British actors' union. |
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A symposium on the Paton-Shah Play Sponono |
Alan Paton and Krishna Shah's play "Sponono" proved a milestone in South African theatre. |
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A village play | |
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ABIBIGROMMA [Resident Theatre Company of the University of Ghana] in the African Premiere of FORTUNES OF THE MOOR |
Abibigromma, a Resident Theatre Company of the University of Ghana in the African Premiere of Fortunes of the Moor is presented by the School of Performing Arts , University of Ghana. August 14-17, 1997. |
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Acting out the struggle | |
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African literature association 1997 conference |
A 23rd Annual Conference of the African Literature Association hosted by Michigan State University East Lansing, Michigan on April 16-19, 1997. Under the theme, "FESPACO Nights in Michigan: African Film and Literature." |
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Article by Mary K Frank in New York Times | |
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Artists need a union | |
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Arts and Africa |
Alex Tetteh-Lartey taking people down memory lane in this special edition of Arts and Africa, where Nick Owen interview Eldad Walakira about the subject of Theatre in Kampala, Uganda. |
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Arts and Africa |
In Arts and Africa, the participants look at filmmaking in Ghana as seen by the Managing Director of the Ghana Film Corporation. They looked at the controversial film called 'Topokana's Martyre's Day it was written by Jonathan Falla who has worked for a famine relief team in East Africa. |
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Arts and Africa - BBC African Service, London |
Gcina Mhlophe isn't only a performing member of the theatre company, she is also an author of the play 'Have you Seen Zandile'. It is her first and in it she plays most of the characters, including Zandile as an eight year old child. |
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Arts and Africa - BBC African Service, London |
This programme is all about good news for lovers of African music and good news for lovers of African Theatre. There is authentic Mtshingo sound that comes from two foot length of plastic pipe played at a special music workshop in Botswana. |
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Arts and Africa - BBC African Sevice, London |
This edition covers the modern Zairean music whis has become so persuasive and influential. Jim Fish visited the National Theatre of Zire in Kinshasa and spoke with Director, Citoyen Diyabanza. |
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Arts and Africa - BBC African Sevice, London |
This programme is about Wole Soyinka's work, "A Play of Giants" published by Methuen. The play was staged for the first time at the Repertory Theatre of the University of Yale in the United States and directed by Wole Soyinka himself. |
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Arts and Africa - BBC African Sevice, London |
This programm is a theatrical experience, where Maxwell Tembo, a Zambian actor opening the show in Harare, Zimbabwe. He also introduced the Kenyama Travelling Theatre Group who brings theatre to the people instead of the people to the theatre according to Tembo. |
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Arts and Africa - BBC African Sevice, London |
The National Theatre in Uganda with the help from the British Council, set up a community theatre workshopin the eastern town of Mbale.Teachers, health workers, social workers and civil servants came together for a month to work out techniques for making community theatre more effective. |
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Arts and Africa - BBC African Sevice, London |
Drama and Theatre are well established in Nigeria. Dr, Biodun Jeyifo of the University of Ife published a book on African drama called "The Truthful Lie: Essays In A Sociology of African Drama". Dr. |