HARARE – The recent album launches, by sungura musician Alick Macheso and that of Sam Dondo last week have shown that music is a business that needs serious planning and execution. While Macheso launched his album titled Tsoka Dzerwendo at the Harare International Conference Centre, his marketing strategy to release the album three days before…
BULAWAYO – Fiesta Youth Festival, an event which seeks to promote the participation of young people in the arts as well as grooming them into fully-fledged art practitioners, will run from April 22 to 30. Festival spokesperson Dylan Mandaza told the Daily News that the organisers are determined to create an influential platform for young…
HARARE – Protest actor Sylvanos Mudzvova will take his one-man play titled Missing Diamonds: I Want My Share to Theatre in the Park this evening. Mudzvova was briefly arrested last week just six minutes into the performance of the political satire outside Parliament. The arrest disrupted the feisty actor’s plans to take the same play…
HARARE – Female Zimdancehall artiste Juwela says her latest single titled Terms and Conditions is an attempt to appeal to music fans beyond Zimbabwe’s borders. As part of her rebranding efforts, the rising chanter, who was born Edeline Mapuranga, released a video for her latest single which she believes will attract music fans outside Zimdancehall….
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s top Afro-fusion band Mokoomba performs in Europe from mid-June to the end of August as part of a tour that will take them to at least seven countries. Mokoomba, who recently toured Canada and the United States of America, will perform in Europe buoyed by their historical debut at the Apollo Theatre…
HARARE – The Taking, a play that explores complex issues surrounding the land issue in Zimbabwe, will be performed at Harare’s Theatre in the Park from April 21 to 23. The play, written by Intwasa director Raisedon Baya and directed by Memory Kumbota, officially kick-started the Bulawayo Theatre 2015 calendar. Ably executed on stage by…
HARARE – With the 2018 elections just on the horizon, the photo exhibition titled Reflections that commemorates victims of the 2008 political violence acts as a reminder to perpetrators of political violence to desist from such barbaric acts while at the same time it seeks to heal victims of violent intimidation, rape, torture, assault and…
HARARE – Award-winning protest actor Sylvanos Mudzvova, who was briefly arrested last week in Harare for staging a controversial one-man play titled Missing Diamonds: I Want My Share, insists that he will take the contentious play to the Chinese Embassy. Last week Mudzvova intended to stage the play at Parliament and at the Chinese Embassy…
HARARE – Award-winning comedian, Doc Vikela’s star continues to shine as he will perform in Botswana alongside some of Africa’s biggest comics. The showcase, slated for September 2 at the Gaborone International Conference Centre (GICC), will feature seven comics from across Africa. These include Salvador from Uganda, Trevor Gumbi, Lihle Lindzy (South Africa) and Botswana…
HARARE – Zimbabwean music producer DJ Fydale’s Focus Riddim album set to be released on April 29, features top Jamaican stars Anthony B, Chuck Fenda, Lutan Fyah, Perfect and Sir Ford. The Kwekwe-born music producer-cum-DJ, who was born Fidelis Isaac, is confident that working with the Jamaican stars will generate international attention. “I am supposed…
