By: Mirriam Bwanali
Blantyre, April 11, Mana: Solomonic Peacocks Theatre has organized a festival as part of celebrating Easter at Alliance Francaise De Blantyre formerly Jacaranda.
Tye festival is earmarked to take place from April 25th up to 27th under the theme; Celebrating Culture through Theatre.
Festival Director, McArthur Matukuta, told Malawi News Agency (Mana) on Thursday that the festival is an annual event, which is meant to bring drama, poetry, comedy, storytelling and dances both traditional and contemporary.
He added that festival will also bring upcoming and established artists to celebrate theatrical arts locally and internationally.
“Easter Theatre Festival is the only international theatre festival in Malawi. It started in 2015 and it is celebrating its Sixth edition this year," he added and further stated that the festival was expected to see men, women, children, young people and the elderly.
One of the artists expected to perform at the festival, Jack Musumba, who is also the Founder of Arts Sustainability Lab, said Malawi, hosts several music festivals and this will be the only festival to celebrate theatre in its purest form.
“We're going to perform a powerful play titled; Half Past 2, which was nominated last year as the best stage drama at MBC Entertainers of the Year Awards,
“The play is all about leadership issues within the government and it also encourages Malawians to love our country and remain hopeful,” he added.
Musumba further said that the festival is an advanced form of storytelling apart from being just an entertainment, expressing hope that a lot of theatre lovers will learn a lot from the Art Sustainability Lab’s play.
