HARARE – Theatre in The Park and Naughty by Nature from Bulawayo will from today stage Tension, a political satire. It will run until June 3. The play is set in a modern African country that mixes modern and traditional styles of leadership. The plot unravels when the chief is facing an internal revolt from…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Music Rights Association (Zimura) expenditure took up 53 percent of cash collected last year, leaving 47 percent to royalty payments. This has raised a stink with musicians, who feel that the association is using too much of the funds which are supposed to go towards royalties. Out of $761 801 collected…
HARARE – Gospel hit song Ebenezer scooped a continental gong for Best Collaboration over the weekend at Trumpet Africa Music Gospel Awards held in South Africa on Sunday. Toggy Chivaviro said the song had surpassed his expectations. “This award is for Zimbabwe and Ebenezer still continues to fly high. It’s ironic that we never got…
HARARE – Castle Lite is offering 10 tickets to lucky imbibers for the J Cole South Africa gig to be held on June 18 at the Ticketpro Dome in Johannesburg. The promotion has been running from May 2 and will end on June 4 in leading supermarkets across the country. To enter, one has to…
HARARE – American violinist Nokuthula Ngwenyama, German cello player Theo Bross and the Odeion String Quartet from South Africa are among a galaxy of stars set to perform at the Bulawayo Music Festival from June 15 to 19. The largely classical event, which is being sponsored by NMB Bank, also features United Kingdom pianists Coady…
HARARE – Theatre in the Park will host a play about healing and reconciliation tomorrow and Saturday. The play titled After Flashbacks and Setbacks, is being produced by Ezai Isu Theatre Arts Project in partnership with Heal Zimbabwe Trust. After Flashbacks and Setbacks is a powerful fusion of drama, dance, poetry and music that looks…
HARARE – When I went to watch a showcase last week dubbed “The Magic of Broadway” staged at Harare’s Reps Theatre, I discovered that dance is more than exercise or entertainment — it can become a language. Through the use of a “movement vocabulary” that is centred around physical expression instead of words, The Magic…
HARARE – ZiFM Stereo, Zimbabwe’s first privately-owned radio station has been nominated for the Trumpet Africa Gospel Music Awards (Tagma) for its Sunday gospel programme Get Lifted hosted by Samantha Rusare. The inaugural Tagma awards will be held in South Africa at the Pretoria State Theatre on May 29, 2016. The Tagma is aimed at…
HARARE – Southern Leisure Casino, a trendy gaming house situated at Borrowdale Racecourse in Harare, is set to re-launch today after undergoing a major facelift. The manager of the casino, Ketayi Hondoma, told Daily News the renovations had made Southern Leisure Casino “the only game in town”. “What we are simply doing is bringing a…
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa-based artiste Tapfuma “T Mula” Nzara has collaborated with award-winning Ghanaian dancehall artistes Stonebwoy and Shatta Wale on a track titled More Champagne. Collaborating with Stonebwoy, who won the 2015 Black Entertainment Television Awards and Awards Best International Act (Africa) and the self-styled king of Ghanaian dancehall Shatta Wale, is a major…
