Mashirika Performing Arts and Media Company has entered a partnership with International Association of Theatre for Children and Young People (ASSITEJ-Sweden), a Swedish-based organisation, to develop a project aimed at fighting gender-based violence through theatre and arts. Mashirika Performing Arts
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IT was the biggest cast by Mashirika Performing Arts for all the years it has staged productions at the gorilla naming ceremony (Kwita Izina). This year, Mashirika was tasked with providing official entertainment at the ceremony, and the group chose to portray community inclusivity through their 15-minute dance
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A nationwide drive to raise awareness about the plight of homeless children in the country has concluded successfully. Dubbed Tubarerere Mu Muryango (Let’s raise children in families), the three month campaign used theater to reach out to parents, caregivers and local authorities
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Hansel and Gretel means “little brother and little sister” in German. It’s a popular German fairytale that was first published more than a hundred years ago, in 1812. Hansel and his sister Gretel are kidnapped by a cannibalistic witch who lives deep in the forest. Her house is made of cake
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In a way, the story of the Mashirika Performing Arts and Media Company is the story of Africa’s Hope, its flagship theatre production. This play was Mashirika’s first acid test on the big stage, gracing the 10th commemoration of the Genocide against the Tutsi at the Amahoro National Stadium in April 2004. At the time,
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For the World Economic Forum on Africa (WEF) 2016 meetings held in Kigali between May 11-13, Mashirika’s brief was clear-cut; to tell the story of Rwanda to the thousands of delegates in attendance, among them heads of state, cabinet ministers, global entrepreneurs, and captains of industry.
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Rwanda has no formal training for arts in schools and universities so it is through training and collaboration that our arts sector gains knowledge. It is through such collaboration that a team of five young up-and-coming artistes from Rwanda recently toured India and Sri Lanka for a series of trainings and collaborative performances with their
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Background: In 2017, the B.R.I.D.G.E. theatre project came to Rwanda to work with local actors and students to create a play written by local students. The B.R.I.D.G.E. theatre project had brought plays to Rwanda that were written similarly by students from other countries. This exchange of culture was an incredible experience for the students involved.
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The Mobile Arts for Peace (MAP) project supported by partners Mashirika Creative and Performing Arts, Aegis Trust, Kwetu Film Institute, Hope and Homes for Children, and University of Lincoln aims to provide training for youth, educators and cultural artists; to support the design and delivery of Participatory Arts as a part of the national curriculum;
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