Entertainment

HARARE – Popular Zimdancehall and reggae music production house Chill Spot Records is aiming to work with more Jamaican artists this year. The Mbare-based stable previously recorded Jamaican musician I-Octane’s track Summer Season and the development has encouraged  them to work with more internationally-acclaimed artistes. An official from the stable — Arnold Kamudyariwa aka Fantan…

HARARE – Mbira songstress Hope Masike has revealed that she believes her success as a musician scares away any male potential suitor and as such she remains single. In a wide-ranging interview with the Daily News, the singer said love has been eluding her and she would not disclose how old she is, but that…

HARARE – A South African movie — Happiness Is A Four Letter Word— starring Hollywood-based Zimbabwean actor Tongayi Arnold Chirisa will be released in cinemas next month. The movie which is an adaptation of a book authored by a South African black female author Nozizwe Cynthia Jele will be released on February 19 and is…

HARARE – Artists from across all genres see 2016 as a difficult year financially as donors withdraw funding while government is reluctant to fund the arts sector. Artistic director of Masvingo Youth Festival (Yocaf) Leeroy Gono said with the dwindling financial support locally, the arts sector is in trouble. “The failure by government to support…

BULAWAYO – Veteran drummer-cum-playwright Lewis Ndlovu has lined up a one-woman play that brings the spotlight on issues of women and child abuse. The play titled Nyembezi, to be directed by Ndlovu, will feature celebrated actress and director Sarah Mpofu. According to the Makokoba-based Ndlovu, the play is scheduled to premiere on March 24 —…

HARARE – Internationally-acclaimed South African comedian Barry Hilton’s show to be held at Reps Theatre in Harare next month is part of efforts to boost the local comedy industry, organisers have said. The Harare-born Hilton, 59, who is currently touring Australia, will perform in Harare on February 27 in a show that has been put…

HARARE – Green Shoots 2015, an exhibition which features the works of 42 National Gallery of Zimbabwe (NGZ) School of Visual Arts and Design graduate students, opened on January 14 and will run until February 15. Green Shoots seeks to bring the works by these graduate students to the National Gallery of Zimbabwe audience and…

HARARE – South African House music group Mi Casa is expected to rekindle their love affair with Harare at 7 Arts Theatre on March 4. The talented South African trio, who were arguably the stand-out performers at the 2013 edition of the Harare International Festival of Arts (Hifa), will the share stage with Tonga rhythms…

HARARE – Music sensation Hope Masike believes being nominated for the 2016 KORA All-Africa Awards is a major career achievement in her artistic career that commenced in 2009. KORA is regarded as the biggest musical event in Africa and is broadcast live to more than 700 million viewers in 82 countries worldwide. While the late…

HARARE – Zimdancehall star Winky D’s hit ‘Disappear’-produced by Oskid at KeNako Muzik- has made it into the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Radio 1Extra Destination Africa Top 5. The track, off the Ninja president’s 10-track latest album ‘Gafa Life,’ which was arguably the most played song during the just-ended festive season, debuted on number five…