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| 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.
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| 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
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.
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| 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.
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| 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”
