tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51608523385099635162024-03-19T08:01:07.908+03:00THEATRE FMThe Official Blog of the Uganda National Cultural Centre (UNCC), comprising the National Theatre and Nommo Gallery. An Institution guided by unity in diversity; nourishing, celebrating, preserving and promoting Uganda's Art and Culture.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5160852338509963516.post-85046375135437140392010-11-23T13:00:00.000+03:002010-11-23T13:00:27.739+03:00DANCE TRANSMISSION FESTIVAL22ND-28TH NOVEMBER 2010 AT NATIONAL THEATRE<br />
ENTRANCE:5000#.COME AND HAVE FUNUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5160852338509963516.post-73391268158705543452010-11-23T12:37:00.000+03:002010-11-23T12:37:01.101+03:00LATIN FLAVOUR NIGHTSALSA,BACHATA,ZOUK,MERENGUE,SAMBA,CHA-CHA,RUMBA,JIVA,DUBBED "YOUR TIME TO DANCE<br />
WEDNESDAY 24 NOVEMBER 2010<br />
VENUE:NATIONAL THEATRE<br />
DOORS OPEN:6:30PM<br />
ENTRANCE FEE:5000#<br />
"LATIN FLAVOUR NIGHT IS EVERY LAST WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH"Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5160852338509963516.post-37005427821127452562010-11-23T12:32:00.000+03:002010-11-23T12:32:32.728+03:00EVOLV CREATIONS PRESENTSWILL HE RETURN!!!!<br />
AN AFRICAN DRAMA ABOUT LOVE AND BETRAYAL<br />
VENUE:NATIONAL THEATRE<br />
DATE: 17,18,19,31,JAN 1,2<br />
FEE:15,000# ORDINARY AND 30.000 VIP<br />
FOR MORE DETAILS CALL:0714213607/0702594692Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5160852338509963516.post-47901708788100262882010-11-10T09:23:00.000+03:002010-11-10T09:23:26.612+03:00LUMINOUS SORRELSIN A YOSSA G,HONS B.a ECONOMICS (MUK)ANTHOLOGY LAUNCH "IMMORTAL WHISPERS" TIME IS HASTE OF MAN:THE LIMIT HE IMPOSES UPON HIMSELF IN A ACCOMPLISHMENT OF LIFE.HE WHO WISHES TO LIVE FREELY SHOULD FIRST FREE HIMSELF OF TIME" ODONGKARA FRANK.<br />
VENUE:NATIONAL THEATRE(AUDITORIUM)<br />
DATE:SAT 20TH NOV.2010<br />
TIME:3:30PM<br />
ENTRANCE:FREE!!!!!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5160852338509963516.post-64100311413509894122010-11-10T09:13:00.000+03:002010-11-10T09:13:06.047+03:00KAMPALA AMATEUR DREMATICS SOCIETYPRESENTS A MAGICAL MUSICAL FAMILY PANTOMIME "SHREKERELLA" ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE LAND OF FAR FAR AWAY SHREK MET CINDERELLA.........PRODUCED BY MARY KENNY,WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY SYBILLE SCHMIDT,MUSICAL DIRECTORS JULIA DAWNING AND WILL HINES.<br />
LOCATION AND TCKETS<br />
NATIONAL THEATRE,<br />
0414-254567<br />
TICKETS AT THE BOX OFFICE<br />
SHOWS AND PRICES<br />
WED 8TH DEC 2010,7:30PM<br />
ADULTS:8,000Ush<br />
CHILDREN:5,000Ush<br />
THUR 9TH DEC 2010,7:30PM<br />
FRI 10TH DEC 2010,7:30PM<br />
ADULTS:15,000Ush<br />
CHILDREN:10,000Ush<br />
SAT 11TH DEC 2010,7:30PM<br />
ADULTS:12,000Ush<br />
CHILDREN:8,000UshUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5160852338509963516.post-36300240552329710222010-11-04T11:20:00.000+03:002010-11-04T11:20:11.557+03:00AFRI-PLUS FILMSPRESENTS THE UGANDAN RED CARPET PREMIER FROM AWARD WINNING DIRECTOR SVFF 2010,TONNY KATABULA,PAUL MBOGO AND OTHERS IN "NAFULA" WILL BE SHOWING AT NATIONAL THEATRE ON 12TH NOVEMBER."DEDICATED TO AFRICANS WHOSE RIGHTS ARE ABUSED ON GROUNDS OF CULTURE" BY ALVIN KASULE.<br />
ENTRANCE;10,000shs<br />
VIP BY INVITE.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5160852338509963516.post-911206874503486742010-11-04T11:03:00.001+03:002010-11-04T11:08:28.982+03:00JAM SESSION FEAT THIS IS UGANDA 2010A TALENT SHOW AT NATIONAL THEATRE EVERY MONDAY FROM 1ST 6TH DECEMBER,REGISTER NOW AT NATIONAL THEATRE OR IGUANA BAR,BRING RECORDINGS.COME MEET YOUR FAVOURITE MUSICIANS AND JAM FROM 7PM TILL DAWN."TERMS AND CONDITIONS APPLY"Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5160852338509963516.post-426784777131115202010-11-04T10:54:00.000+03:002010-11-04T10:54:35.639+03:00AMAKULA KAMPALA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2010AT NATIONAL THEATRE THIS OCTOBER 29 TO 6TH NOV.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5160852338509963516.post-36208384926491509872010-10-13T12:24:00.000+03:002010-10-13T12:24:34.508+03:00THE BONFIRE NITEAT NATIONAL THEATRE EVERY WEDNESDAY 8:00PM TO 10:00PM<br />
FREE ENTRY,A CELEBRATION OF POETRY,MUSIC NARRATIVES,LIVE PAINTING,STORY TELLING AND MANY MORE COME AND HAVE FUN WIT U'RE ARTISTSUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5160852338509963516.post-76232234899470111352010-10-13T12:15:00.000+03:002010-10-13T12:15:04.950+03:00MEMORIES OF CHILD SOLDIERSTHE WELL KNOWN CHOREOGRAPHY BY VALERIE MIQUEL,BROADCASTED BY CNN,FRENCH GERMANY TV ARTE,PERFORMED FOR THE PRESIDENT OF GERMANY,AS WELL AS HIS DELEGATION AND THE GOVERNMENT OF UGANDA.TOURED IN EUROPE AND EAST AFRICA.<br />
SHOWING WEDNESDAY 20 OCT 2010 AT 1:00PM.AT NATIONAL THEATRE<br />
ENTRANCE IS 10000USH/STUDENTS,ARTISTS 5000USHUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5160852338509963516.post-19204897998457051512010-10-13T11:57:00.000+03:002010-10-13T11:57:16.568+03:00"FILM CHART"FILM LAB IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE NATIONAL THEATRE AND MAISHA FILM LAB PRESENTS "FILM CHART" ABOUT GUERILLA FILM MAKING BY DONALD MUGISHA ON 26TH OCT 2010,ENTRANCE IS FREE ANDSTARTS AT 2:00PM TO 6:30PM.TO BE PART OF THIS WORKSHOP PLEASE REGISTER WITH FILM LAB ON 0714642770.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5160852338509963516.post-28576891366744101092010-10-11T08:52:00.002+03:002010-10-11T08:52:49.997+03:00JAM SESSIONRELOADED TODAY AT NATIONAL THEATRE ON DE DANCE FLOOR,COME AND JAM WITH U'RE FAVORITE MUSICIANS AS THEY DO THERE "THING" AND ENJOY SIZZLING MUSIC TILL DAWN ENTRANCE IS FREEUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5160852338509963516.post-79055533287803623292010-09-27T10:35:00.000+03:002010-09-27T10:35:41.077+03:00JAM SESSIONRELOADED TODAY AT NATIONAL THEATRE ON DE DANCE FLOOR,COME AND JAM WITH U'RE FAVORITE MUSICIANS AS THEY DO THERE "THING" AND ENJOY SIZZLING MUSIC TILL DAWN ENTRANCE IS FREEUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5160852338509963516.post-64401722318533128342010-09-22T10:20:00.000+03:002010-09-22T10:20:06.373+03:00M.J NITE!!!!!!Uganda's finest dance steps competition season one at National Theatre Auditorium this Friday 24th sept 2010.The show starts at 7.00pm,entrance fee 10000#.It's the Micheal Jackson nite come and witness which group goes out!!! As they battle it out on M.J's songs.It will be survival for the fittest.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5160852338509963516.post-14452238582621453152010-09-22T09:38:00.000+03:002010-09-22T09:38:06.846+03:00UGANDA NATIONAL CONTEMPORARY BALLETCelebrates 3 years "THE BEST OF U N B" at National Theatre this Friday 24th sept 2010 and Saturday 25th 2010.The Show Begins at 7:OO PM.come and meet John Nagenda the Patron,dancers like Patrick Kaddu,Mike Kaddu,Nassif Wangoba and others.<br />
Entrance fee is 10000#,Tickets available at Booking office.For more information visit them on facebook under "Uganda Contemporary Ballet".Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5160852338509963516.post-50599603983505873722010-09-13T15:42:00.000+03:002010-09-13T15:42:43.852+03:00BAYIMBA INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF MUSIC AND ARTSThe successful first edition encouraged Bayimba Cultural Foundation to organise this Festival on an annual basis. The Foundation is happy to announce the third edition of the Festival that is scheduled for September 17 - 19, 2010 at the easily accessible Uganda National Cultural Centre (National Theatre parking lot) in Kampala city centre. As the Foundation seeks to reach out to segments of the population that otherwise would have no access to such events, there will be no entrance fee. As a result, an audience of 5,000 people is expected on a daily basis.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5160852338509963516.post-31791419214495784482010-08-25T09:35:00.002+03:002010-08-25T09:35:14.096+03:00WEEKEND PROGRAMMENational Theatre presents to you a Dance Production “Boda Boda” by Stuart Lynch. Stuart is also a choreographer, performer and visual artist who is currently a Director of the Paradance Theatre, Copenhagen.<br />
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Featuring:<br />
Michael Ouma (music) UGANDA<br />
Amia Miang (voice/dance) DENMARK<br />
Samuel Prince Ibanda (voice/dance) UGANDA<br />
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Friday 27th & Saturday 28th August <br />
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Time: 7:00 p.m.<br />
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Entrance: Just buy a drink for your self<br />
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BODA BODA is a collaboration between Danish and Ugandan artists created in six days between the 23 and 28 of August 2010. After the Ugandan premiere the project will tour to Denmark for September 2010 and be a part of the Danish <br />
International Arts festival.<br />
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This project is funded and supported by the DCCD (Danish Centre for Cultural Development) and made in collaboration with the Uganda National Culture Centre - NATIONAL THEATRE UGANDA.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5160852338509963516.post-61422613774576133042010-08-24T18:10:00.000+03:002010-08-24T18:10:21.316+03:00LATINO FLAVOURNATIONAL THEATRE PRESENT LATINO FLAVOR ON 25TH AUGUST IN THE AUDITORIUM,ENTRANCE IS 5000# AND THE SHOW BEGINS AT 7:00PM,COME WITH A FRIEND AND WITNESS THE NEW DANCE MOVES!!! WAITING 4 U GUYZ!!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5160852338509963516.post-67170212934087379192010-08-18T11:17:00.000+03:002010-08-18T11:17:23.933+03:00CONGS!!!!!!!WE THANK ALL THOSE WHO TURNED UP FOR THE NATIONAL THEATRE AUDITION CALL FOR COOKING OIL AND SEND OUR SINCERE GRATITUDE TO ALL WHO MANAGED TO GO THROUGH TO THE NEXT ROUND,REHEARSALS STILL ON UP TO AUGUST 23,2010,FURTHER INQUIRIES WHILE IN UGANDA CALL 0752841567.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5160852338509963516.post-63844946635960006002010-08-16T11:10:00.001+03:002010-08-16T11:17:45.190+03:00JAM SESSIONCOME MEET YOUR FAVORITE MUSICIANS AT NATIONAL THEATRE TODAY AND INTERACT WITH THEM AT NO COST.THE SHOW BEGINS AT 8:00PM,COME WITH A FRIEND AND JAM TILL DAWN.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5160852338509963516.post-25533989059178703922010-08-13T13:01:00.000+03:002010-08-13T13:01:33.372+03:00NATIONAL THEATRE: AUDITION CALL: COOKING OILAUDITION CALL: COOKING OIL <br />
A play written by Asiimwe Deborah, Directed by Emily Mendelsohn<br />
PLAY SUMMARY:<br />
Cooking Oil, a new play by Deborah Asiimwe, tells the story of a teenage girl murdered while selling her village's food aid to raise money for her school fees. Using song, dance and storytelling, the play asks the questions - is it ever alright to take something that is not yours? Is it ever alright to judge difficult choices that one is not forced to make? This production is a collaboration between Ugandan and American artists and will be showing at National Theatre, Kampala from October 8, 2010.<br />
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Further Inquiries:<br />
www.cookingoilplay.com or for inquiries while in Uganda, call 0752 841 567<br />
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AUDITIONS:<br />
- We are looking for 12 actors and actresses, aged between 15 years and 60 years, with abilities to sing and act. <br />
- Open Auditions will be held at the National Theatre, Kampala on Saturday 14 August, 10:00am to 3:00pm and Rehearsals will run from August 23, 2010.<br />
- Interested? Please come for auditions prepared to sing a song.<br />
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We are looking for actors and actresses for the following roles:<br />
MARIA – Spirit. 18 years old, Intelligent, beautiful, looks much younger than her age. Hawks gallons of Cooking Oil and also smuggles it across the boarders of her country. Her ambition-to attain university education.<br />
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HON. DR. SIR SILVER BIBALA – Politician. Mid 40s. Eloquent, handsome, loyal to his friends. His ambition is to build a strong political career, never to allow poverty into his household ever again, dreams of one day becoming the president of his country.<br />
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KAFUKO – Silver’s nephew, his right hand man. Early 30s. He is the brain behind Silver’s political career. Shrewd. He does what he can to get what he wants. He does as he is told without questioning especially if he knows that there is something for him. His motto is “eat while your mouth can chew!”<br />
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BATAKA – A peasant. Mid 40s. Silver’s childhood friend, Maria’s father. He lost his property during the war and became very poor. However, with Silver’s help, the economic condition of his household has slightly improved. He looks much older than his age. His ambition is to educate his sons (Maria’s brothers) and find a day’s meal for his family. He runs a retail shop in the nearby trading centre. He becomes a haunted man.<br />
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NEEZA – Housewife. Late thirty’s. Maria’s mother and Bataka’s wife. Beautiful but tired. She is a traditional woman who tries to keep out of her husband’s way. Her ambition is to kick poverty out of their household and see Maria back in school.<br />
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NDEEBA – Fresh graduate social worker. Mid 20s. Turns activist. Nurses political ambitions. Upfront, idealistic. Her ambition is to turn her country into a corruption free society. Can she succeed?<br />
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VOICES (6) – Of the crowd, of journalists; echoes of the characters’ dreams, males and females. Performers who can play drums or other musical instrument preferred.<br />
Asiimwe Deborah<br />
Currently working as Specialist for Sundance East Africa, Deborah Asiimwe is a playwright and performer from Uganda. Forgotten World, Cooking Oil, Appointment with gOD and Untitled received readings and workshops in the United States of America. Lagoma is Searching, You are that Man, and My Secret were produced at the Uganda National Cultural Centre/National Theatre. Asiimwe has participated in many artists’ gatherings and conferences, including, the annual Arts in the One World Conference (CalArts, Valencia, California), a project of More Life Initiative: Genocide and Cultural Studies, a collaboration between CalArts and the Interdisciplinary Genocide Study Center in Kigali, Rwanda; Eti! East Africa Speaks at Dartmouth College (2008); the Women Playwrights International Conference in the Philippines (2003); and is the 2003 Sundance Theatre Lab international observer. Asiimwe received her MFA in Writing for Performance from California Institute of the Arts. She is the overall winner of the BBC African playwriting competition<br />
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Emily Mendelsohn is an LA based director. She has traveled to Rwanda and Uganda for the past three summers as part of the More Life Initiative, a conversational community exploring ways art can respond to violence. Emily teaches arts and civics at Vassar College’s Powerhouse Theater Program. She received her MFA in directing at California Institute of the Arts and she will be spending the year in Kampala on a directing Fulbright Fellowship.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5160852338509963516.post-53232445362765024872010-07-27T18:21:00.000+03:002010-07-27T18:21:19.820+03:00Mafuta's "NYWERA" album Launch<em><span style="color: magenta;">Mafuta</span></em> a youth group is launching its "Nywera" album this Saturday the 31st of July 2010 at National Theatre in the main Auditorium. <br />
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<strong>Time:</strong> 5:00 p.m. <br />
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<strong>Fee:</strong> VIP 30,000/= <br />
Ordinary 10,000/=Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5160852338509963516.post-79404006804079530422010-07-02T13:21:00.000+03:002010-07-02T13:21:37.667+03:00SOUND AS A MEANS TO ENGAGE<meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"></meta><meta content="Word.Document" name="ProgId"></meta><meta content="Microsoft Word 11" name="Generator"></meta><meta content="Microsoft Word 11" name="Originator"></meta><link href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CADMINI%7E1%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml" rel="File-List"></link><o:smarttagtype downloadurl="http://www.5iantlavalamp.com/" name="place" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype name="City" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:smarttagtype><style>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><b>SOUND AS A MEANS TO ENGAGE<o:p></o:p></b></div><div class="MsoNormal">Audio media, ICTs and oral history</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>8<sup>th</sup> July 2010, 10-5 National Theatre/Kampala –CICP, 2-6p.m<o:p></o:p></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">A one-day interactive introduction to the tools and concepts of “slow broadcasting” online archiving and audio correspondence as based on creative commons (cc.) share-alike license distribution </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>with Claudia Wegener (alias, radio continental drift)<o:p></o:p></b></div><div class="MsoNormal">For artists, collectives and organizations around UNCC; the session is also meant as a collective consultancy & ‘strategic’ idea exchange between the organizations involved; how by using above tools links and collective productions between those organizations can be furthered and thus common goals pushed even harder and more effectively.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>including</b> various ways of recording, uploading & capturing audio, clipping, editing, mixing as story telling, uploading online, creating on-line audio archives, setting up a blog and linking audio files to it, creating on-line platforms etc.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>please bring</b> pen & paper, your mobile phone (especially if it can record audio!) and other voice recording equipment you might have (including mics and headphones); if you have a laptop and its no trouble bringing it, please do.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>resources: </b>an interactive audio application, the publication of the NO-GO-ZONES project called “influence100”, and a sound-file telling the story of the DURBAN SINGS audio media and oral history project “the rough radio mix” are on the desktop of the computer in the UNCC resource centre. This is <b>a free</b> learning session and it’s open to all interested individuals.<b><o:p></o:p></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>further suggested listening<o:p></o:p></b></div><div class="MsoFootnoteText" style="margin-right: 26.95pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt;">* 2010 (March), 100.3 MHz Laehradio in <st1:city w:st="on">Helsinki</st1:city> <i>Silakka Radio Show</i>: <st1:place w:st="on">Africa</st1:place>! dj shinji kanki presents selected tracks from the on-line archive of radio continental drift <a href="http://silakkaradio.fi/sound-art/march-7-2010-africa/">http://silakkaradio.fi/sound-art/march-7-2010-africa/</a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">* 2009 (July) </span><span lang="EN"><a href="http://durbansings.wordpress.com/2009/07/18/durban-sings-pre-release/">http://durbansings.wordpress.com/2009/07/18/durban-sings-pre-release/</a></span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>switch board: <a href="http://www.radiocontinentaldrift.wordpress.com/">http://www.radiocontinentaldrift.wordpress.com</a> <o:p></o:p></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>on-line sampler: <a href="http://www.archive.org/details/RadioContinentalDrift">http://www.archive.org/details/RadioContinentalDrift</a> <o:p></o:p></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>project blog/ archive: <a href="http://www.nogozones.wordpress.com/">http://www.nogozones.wordpress.com</a> <o:p></o:p></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>project blog/ archive: <a href="http://www.durbansings.wordpress.com/">http://www.durbansings.wordpress.com</a> <o:p></o:p></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>radio continental drift<o:p></o:p></b></div><div class="MsoNormal">a broadcasting house in the bag of a drifter out to <b>here</b> unheard voices</div><div class="MsoNormal">a branch of the growing networks of sound workers, </div><div class="MsoNormal">audio artists, radio communities, and the street corner academies of listening and broadcasting </div><div class="MsoNormal">around the world </div><div class="MsoNormal">radio is happening </div><div class="MsoNormal">when people loiter in public places</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>the air is free!<o:p></o:p></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 26.95pt;"><b><span style="color: black;">radio continental drift </span></b><span style="color: black;">(claudia wegener) </span><a href="http://www.radiocontinentaldrift.wordpress.com/">http://www.radiocontinentaldrift.wordpress.com</a> <b><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal">a travelling sound and media artist organising collective radio projects (such as the No-Go-Zones audio radio project in South London; collaboratively with Terry Humphrey, funded by Arts Council England, TrAIN, and Southwark Council; <a href="http://www.nogozones.wordpress.com/">http://www.nogozones.wordpress.com</a>); Associate member of Transnational Arts Identity and Nation Research Centre (TrAIN) at University of the Arts London <a href="http://www.camberwell.arts.ac.uk/39575.htm">http://www.camberwell.arts.ac.uk/39575.htm</a>; most recently, a Visiting Scholar at the Centre for Civil Society at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) <span lang="EN-IE"><a href="http://www.ukzn.ac.za/ccs/default.asp?10,66,19,104">http://www.ukzn.ac.za/ccs/default.asp?10,66,19,104</a>; organising and facilitating the DURBAN SINGS audio media and oral history project <a href="http://www.durbansings.wordpress.com/">www.durbansings.wordpress.com</a> collaboratively with Molefi Mafereka Ndlovu, funded by Rosa Luxemburg Foundation; recent work includes LONG WALK, a radio play commissioned by Studio for Acoustic Arts WDR3 Cologne (broadcast October 2009) </span><a href="http://www.wdr3.de/open-studio-akustische-kunst/details/artikel/long-walk.html">http://www.wdr3.de/open-studio-akustische-kunst/details/artikel/long-walk.html</a>; and a contribution to sound art magazine <a href="http://www.vibrofiles.com/">www.vibrofiles.com</a> for vibrö No.5; "The Plastic People Issue", released by Double Entendre June 2009.<o:p> </o:p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5160852338509963516.post-40418863999200455162010-06-29T17:02:00.002+03:002010-06-29T19:49:27.619+03:00Reinventing the Golden Era of Ugandan Theatre<meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"></meta><meta content="Word.Document" name="ProgId"></meta><meta content="Microsoft Word 11" name="Generator"></meta><meta content="Microsoft Word 11" name="Originator"></meta><link href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CADMINI%7E1%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml" rel="File-List"></link><o:smarttagtype downloadurl="http://www.5iantlavalamp.com/" name="country-region" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype name="PlaceType" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype name="PlaceName" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype name="City" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype downloadurl="http://www.5iantlavalamp.com/" name="place" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:smarttagtype><style>
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</style><b style="color: #cc0000;"><i>Muduuma Kwe Kwaffe</i> to Premiere at the National Theatre this Saturday </b><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #660000;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEissgUOaoZA2T5qk58yD5YZyBkJzJObRB6YD8ngXQbuKCWQrpvvkbrP733PHrRQkopKP4TWavvojI1wloFtVsBKS4CWkcSeWqKNrsAreZGTpjZ4etHqO_wTJXlwov8JhJR0c1hW3O8tY2M/s1600/DSC03219.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEissgUOaoZA2T5qk58yD5YZyBkJzJObRB6YD8ngXQbuKCWQrpvvkbrP733PHrRQkopKP4TWavvojI1wloFtVsBKS4CWkcSeWqKNrsAreZGTpjZ4etHqO_wTJXlwov8JhJR0c1hW3O8tY2M/s400/DSC03219.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">There a time was when indigenous plays were a favourite in theatre halls, and when school drama festivals were vibrant. This golden age of Ugandan theatre was orchestrated by distinct literary figures among others Robert Serumaga, Rose Mbowa, Byron Kawadwa and Wycliffe Kiyingi in the 60s to late 70s.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #660000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">These dramatists became famous for powerfully constructed topical plays that provided rich entertainment as well as biting social satire so much the Kiyingi's hugely radio series, <i>Wokulira</i>, which began in 1962 were later banned by Idi Amin while Kawadwa was murdered because of his highly critical play, <i>Oluyimba Lwa Wankoko</i>.<br />
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The annual inter-school festivals were so competitive that only the best of the best earned the honour of performing for a packed house at the National Theatre in <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Kampala</st1:place></st1:city>. <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Kings</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">College</st1:placetype></st1:place>, Budo, set the pace in this regard with Shakespeare productions that actually inspired Kiyingi to establish the first all-African theatrical group, African Artists Association, in 1954 purposely to promote native drama.<br />
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Kiyingi's television series <i>Buli Enkya, Buli Ekiro</i> (1962), <i>Gwosussa Emwanyi</i> (1963) got multitudes hooked. In 1965, Kiyingi went to <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Bristol</st1:place></st1:city> to study drama and on returning a year later continued doing what he loved most –writing and producing stage, radio and television dramas of enviable quality. His 1972 play, <i>Lozio ba Cecilia</i>, became a literature set book while <i>Muduuma Kwe Kwaffe </i>(1972) established him as playwright of indisputable distinction.<br />
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<b>Golden Artist</b><br />
It's for his tremendous contribution to the theatre industry that Kiyingi has been acclaimed by critics as "the encyclopedia of drama" and "the moving spirit behind modern theatre in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Uganda</st1:place></st1:country-region>." And during celebrations to mark 50 years of the existence of the Uganda National Theatre earlier this year, the 80-year old Kiyingi was crowned as "Golden Artist" and his book, <i>Muduuma kwe Kwaffe</i> officially launched.<br />
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The play which is a hilarious exposé of the economic exploitation Ugandans endured under Asians and the seeming inability of Ugandans to take charge of their political, social and economic affairs will starting July 3, 2010 be showing at the National Theatre as a step forward in reviving the theatrical glory that was as well as inspiring schools to resurrect school festivals.<br />
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"We want to set the trend of quality for the theatre industry in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Uganda</st1:place></st1:country-region>," says National Theatre Production Manager, Sam Okello. "It's a powerful production and we have heavily invested in as a way of setting the standard and provoking other theatre practitioners to promote our own plays and bring back the golden era of Ugandan theatre."<br />
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Directed by Kaya Kagimu Mukasa and featuring some of the finest performers in the land –Patriko Mujuuka Sophie Matovu, Sam Okello, Sophie Matovu, Edwin Mulazi, Agnes Nakakawa and even the National Theatre Artistic Director Mr. Joseph Walugembe, <i>Muduuma Kwe Kwaffe</i> will after the July 3<sup>rd </sup>premiere continue to show twice every Saturday and Sunday at the Theatre until August 3, 2010.<br />
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Tickets are already on sale at the National Theatre Box Office for 10,000 Shillings.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5160852338509963516.post-10366740937029401212010-06-28T18:43:00.001+03:002010-06-28T18:44:41.333+03:00Latino Flavour<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBT4dMrhAqLjXgA-6sJSoZhWDsiRNnVONmTbyKNEmLtmxRGsKXQs5eIyoyBKSKQ7ofOH320hLfMQx8Ten8QLWXHunQa847tUUyn8HKBfcf-MUR70ldgmaxW1CnvSgf2r-X__pBbd5KuLU/s1600/Salsa.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBT4dMrhAqLjXgA-6sJSoZhWDsiRNnVONmTbyKNEmLtmxRGsKXQs5eIyoyBKSKQ7ofOH320hLfMQx8Ten8QLWXHunQa847tUUyn8HKBfcf-MUR70ldgmaxW1CnvSgf2r-X__pBbd5KuLU/s320/Salsa.JPG" /></a></div><br />
<div style="color: #990000;">The intoxicating Latin Flavour is back in the National Theatre main auditorium. We are talking the classic Waltz, Foxtrot, Tango, Rumba, Salsa, Mirenge, Cha-Cha, Jive, and Bachata on the same stage all evening! Sensual dancing at its best. If you love the BBC Entertainment's <i>Strictly Come Dancing</i>, you will certainly fall for this, and what's more, it's better by all acoounts! Come and get hypnotized for only 5,000 shillings this Wednesday, June 30th, at 5p.m., and every last Wednesday of the month.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0