Mapeacocks: MORE THAN A THEATRE PERFORMANCE by Fumban Innot Phiri

Jacaranda Cultural Centre was grasped with inter-cultural interaction between Malawi and Canada as Mapeacocks re-stage the adaptation of Romeo and Juliet, a theatre pierce written by William Shakespeare. Romeo and Juliet is of most performed play across the global and currently being learned as a literature book in Malawi Secondary School level.

Solomonic Peacock Theatre decided to emanate theatre for education project, it’s when Romeo and Juliet was élite as one of the stories in Malawi’s Literature syllabus. The Show was patronized by students from Ridley College in Canada, Stella Maris Secondary School and other staff from Jacaranda Cultural Centre.

In the streets of ancient Verona where they laid there scene, two house holds both alike in dignity but hatred divorces them. When Romeo (Played by Jack Msumba) an only heir of the Montague (Taonga Makopa) falls in love with Juliet (Lydia Deborah Banda) a daughter of Montague’s great enemy Capulate (Kelvin Malunga).

Romeo face Tybalt

Romeo and Juliet secretly got married sanctification by Fiar Lawrence (Matthews Khoti) in an arm of bringing the two families together but things got topsy-turvy when Romeo banished by Prince Scales (Mwai Kadzandira) after killing Tybalt (Wycliffe Antonio) a cousin to Juliet when he was trying to avenge Mercutio’s (Fumban Phiri) death. The tragic death still follows when both Romeo and Juliet died for each other.

Crazy pictures with students from Canada

Robert Burke a lecture who was leading the Canadian students described their tour to Malawi as successful one. “Our journey was to have a brief chat with students from Jacaranda School of orphans based on relationship we have but we received more than what we expect. A performance of Romeo and Juliet from Solomonic Peacocks Theatre was such nice and good adaptation” Burke explains. Tuesday’s show as than more a theatre performance from Mapeacocks actors and Actress, after the performance there was a grasp of interaction from both the audience and the cast.

Students from Stella Maris and Ridley College posed questions to Mapeacocks youngsters (Actors) which later turn into establishment of communal interaction.

Students from Stella Maris Enjoys the Show.

“This is my third time to watch a play from Solomonic, every time I could see a great change in terms of improvement in acting skills among the youngsters, I first Romeo and Juliet last year when Mapeacocks invade our school for the second time, to compare with today’s show I can say it was much better than last time” Taonga a student Stella Maris noted.