Saturday 30 June 2018

TREK PERFORMANCE IN HANNOVER, GERMANY


Germany Reporter

Borders Overcome with dance and play

HANNOVER. The globalized world is getting closer together. But to overcome the walls in the minds, is not enough long-distance flight, but it needs something more. Direct encounter. They were in the Ballhof with the group Aware and Fair from Hanover's twin town Blantyre (Malawi) at the theater festival Jugend spielt für Jugend.

 

In Trek, the young Africans drew individual stories of exclusion, discrimination, ignorance and abuse, but also a dispute between the continents. Force of arms in America, trafficking in Asia, terror in Africa, export of arms from Europe - every continent has essential problems, no one can solve them without the others. The project was sealed with a metaphorical marriage between Africa and America. Overcome boundaries instead of building walls. And at the exuberant dance at the end, the Grezen also blurred between stage and audience.

 

Blantyre's mayor Wild Ndipo had traveled with delegation and did not miss the performance of the group. We are very happy to be here and enjoyed everything.

Directed by McArthur Matukuta

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Grenzen Überwiden mit Tanz und Spiel

HANNOVER. Die globalisierte Welt rückt näher zusammen. Doch um die Mauern in den Köpfen zu überwinden, reicht kein  Langstreckenflug, dafür braucht es etwas mehr. Direkte begegbung. Die gab es im Ballhof mit der Gruppe Aware and Fair aus  Hannovers Partnerstadt Blantyre (Malawi) beim Theaterfestival  Jugend spielt für Jugend.

 

In Trek ziegten die jungen Afrikaner Einzelschicksale, die von Ausgrenzung, Diskriminierung, Ignoranz und Missbrauch erzählenaber auch einen Streit zwischen den Kontinent. Waffengewalt in Amerika, Menschenhandel in Asien, Terror in Afrika, Waffenexporteaus Europa – jeder Kontinent hat essenzielle Probleme, keinerkann sie ohne die aderen lösen. Mit einer metaphorischen Hochzeit zwischen Afrika und Amerika wurde das Vorhaben besiegelt. Grenzen überwinden statt Mauern bauen. Und beim ausgelassenen Tanz zum Abschluss verschwammen auch die Grezen zwischen Bühne und Publikum.

 

Blantyres Bürgermeister Wild Ndipo war mit Delegation angereist und ließ sich die Aufführung der Gruppe nicht entgehen. Wir sind sehr froh, hier zu sein, und haben alles genossen.

 Regie führte McArthur Matukuta

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Friday 6 April 2018

CHILDREN CHAMPION GIRL CHILD EDUCATION


Learners from Chichiri primary school stage a play that relate issue of girl child education. the play was developed by young actors from Solomonic peacocks theatre. The production was staged in an open theatre space during school closing day on 29th March 2018 at Chichiri Primary School.

Saturday 24 March 2018

MAPEACOCKS CAUGHT DURING WORLD THEATRE DAY

Mapeacocks working with students
Mapeacocks back on set with aware and fair project which is collaborative with secondary schools, 2018 approaches with silent mode but on the ground were so underlined with a lot of work to do. As the world theatre day for children and young, Mapeacocks were in several activities related to theatre for young audience TYA. On 20th March across the celebrate theatre practitioners recognize this day for children and young people going down to this year’s theme “Take a child to theatre” the celebration run for a week.
Lydia Banda Directing pupils from Chichiri Primary
Solomonic decided to use this day to prepare different activities for children and young people, on 29th March two day after world theatre day, this Malawian prominent theatre will be stage a production with children from Chichiri primary school. They play is being directed by young people from Solomonic peacocks theatre which talk more of protecting the girl child. These youngsters from Solomonic they are still working to improve the standards of theatre for children. From working primary students of Chichiri primary school they venture into another production under Aware and Fair project

on youth acts for youth 2018 International formerly known as Fair culture festival to place in Hannover, Germany.

It is the second time for Mapeacocks to be involved in this project, in 2013 they travelled with Chichiri secondary school to Hannover, Germany where they stage the play in titled “The lost key” late in 2015 they travelled with same school to Young Malta festival in Poland. Mapeacocks realize the goodness with children as a great tool of keeping next generation theatre alive. McArthur Matukuta has been working these youngster immediately after they graduate from high school through Solomonic theatre class where they conduct several project like theatre for education and mindset project.

Fumban Phiri helping the students in sketching the play
“We need to do a lot for children living in far-flung rural villages, for children living in inner-city poverty, to experience theatre so that they can get exposed, there have to be other options. And this kind of transformation can make a profound difference to their experience of the world” Fumban Phiri explained.
Aware & Fair Project skeching
As little has been done by our government to improving theatre for children and young people where theatre is always about transformation. Its capacity to transform a space of ordinariness and even crisis, into a place where the imagination is activated and unexpected possibilities unfold, is unique. It offers a moment in which children can experience powerful social change in action. Here they can see that change is possible. That magic can come from the mundane. That joy can be found even in the most deprived of spaces. The quality of a theatre experience that achieves this miracle is not less than one which allows us to take flight in a specially designed cocoon, with technology and design fully at our disposal quoted from Yvette Hardie president for ASSITEJ International.

The Aware and Fare project is being executed with students from four secondary schools in Blantyre; Jacaranda School of Orphans, Chichiri Secondary school, M’jamba school and Stella Maris girls secondary. This collaboration shall bring unique presentation based on theme 40 ways to make the world more attractive. The cast of student depart for Germany on 15th June 2018.


We quotes this from Mohamad Al Jounde from Syria “Theater is still one of the best ways to express yourself and a mirror to show people what’s good and wrong in our world. The stage is a space where you can create your own world, where you can feel your dreams coming to life. The kids I used to work with were able to show us their past, and the future they wanted, by the play they wrote and acted. They were able to influence people’s emotions and give them the chance to live what was real for those kids, because they never acted, but they were showing their feelings and their reality in a touch of art”