Theatres in Nairobi and Nakuru have come alive with the re-enactment of the South-African anti-apartheid movie ‘Sarafina.’ This has seen renowned artistes nurture talents in a bid to revive stage ...

The gods of theatre had their gaze on the crew and cast of Nairobi Performing Arts Studio (NPAS) for their third run at Sarafina musical at Kenya National Theatre. The show is about a series of ...

Residents, parents, educators and learners came together to mark Youth Day at Hoërskool Jeugland with a vibrant play honouring the lives lost during the 1976 Soweto uprising. The school was filled ...

Iconic Broadway play Sarafina by Mbongeni Ngema about the 1976 Soweto uprising opened at the Playhouse Company in Durban in July. Delisile Gumbi, 22, from Newcastle in KwaZulu-Natal plays the lead ...

Recently, I had the pleasure of seeing one of Troika’s musical productions, Sarafina! You will remember Sarafina! was originally performed on Broadway in 1988, and ...

RidgePark College learners during the Sarafina rehearsals. NOT so long ago Shakespeare roamed freely in our classrooms, as most of his work formed part of our school curricular. With the ...

The celebrated playwright was a passenger in the vehicle involved in the crash. He was best known for creating the hit Sarafina! which first premiered on Broadway in 1988. Singer Harry Belafonte, one ...

JOHANNESBURG — This year marks the 40th anniversary of the June 16 youth uprisings in 1976, and no work of art has immortalised the date like Sarafina! Mbongeni Ngema’s critically acclaimed musical, ...

Chinyere Nwasike will walk out on stage in the title role of the South African musical Sarafina! next month. She did not quite know what she was signing up for when Troika Bermuda put out a casting ...

Set in 1976, in South Africa, black students are injured during a protest. Led by a fellow classmate, the students present a play about the symbolic Day of Liberation they all dream of—when their ...

Playwright Mbongeni Ngema finds himself the subject of controversy related to hit musical Sarafina!. This year marks 27 years since the musical play – a story about the 1970s Soweto riots – which ...

After more than 20 years, Kenya's favorite musical, Sarafina the play, is back at the Kenya National Theatre and during its first week of showing, it did not disappoint. The new play that has brought ...