The newly launched project dubbed ‘adaptation of folktales as a stage drama’ being spearheaded by Nanzikambe arts has received a red carpet reception with the ministry of education saying it will go a long way in boosting the education sector. Speaking during the official launch of the project at Blantyre Sports Club in Blantyre on […]
After being in hibernation for a while, Nanzikambe Arts is getting back on stage with a new project dubbed Adaptation of folktales as stage drama to be launched at Blantyre sports Club (BSC) on Saturday, May 12 2018. According to a statement made available to Nyasa Times, the event is free of charge and is aimed at […]
Nanzikambe Arts is living up to its mandate of providing forums for the inmates, disabled and the marginalized through art after it successfully provided theatre training sessions for its Community Arts Clubs. The trainings were done under Marginalized Groups Project which targeted young aspiring women, vulnerable women, the disabled and young inmates. And following the […]
Nanzikambe Arts has partnered German colleagues from Theater Konstanz to enact Fear Eats the Soul play to be performed to the Malawian audience from Tuesday this week. Aside staging the play, the two institutions last week held a series of theatrical and technical workshops. Theater Konstanz staged the play in German and has translated into […]
Nanzikambe Arts is embarking on ambitious project through which theatre lovers will have opportunity of sampling out live on stage some of the local folktales. The project is also expected to benefit primary school pupils. Folktales have always been part of the country’s heritage although their significance diminished over the year. With funding from Rei […]
Nanzikambe Arts has embarked on community mobilization on burns and scalds prevention among children aged below five years in Blantyre district with funding from Rotary Club International. The arts institution has been awarded a grant of US$10,500 (about K7.7 million at current exchange rate) by Rotary Club International. The funding covers the period July 2017 […]
Nanzikambe Arts has secured US $16000 (about K11.5 million) funding to nurture a cadre of artists through formation of arts clubs for marginalized groups in the country. The group secured funding from Hivos Regional Office and Hivos Malawi through the Cultural Fund for Malawi. The organization’s Managing Director, Chris Nditani said the funding is for […]
A list of about 70 artists across the continent and abroad have registered their interest to participate in this year’s Mwezi Wawala International Arts and Theatre Festival to be hosted by Nanzikambe Arts. The festival has also received boost of sponsorship from South African-based German organization Goethe Institut, which joined Aqua Pure Water and other […]
Two Malawian actors from Blantyre’s Nanzikambe Arts Thatre have left awed by their performances during a four month study tour on the European continent. The actors, Thokozani Kapiri and Geoffrey M Mbene, are on a four-month long tour of Austria, German and Ireland where they are staging Dario Fo’s The Story of a Tiger. They have […]
Young Malawians actors have a chance of learning new skills from young American artists who are expected arrive in the country mid-July on a mission to produce documentary film using theatre as a means of fighting stigma on people living with HIV/AIDS. A statement from the United States made available to Nyasa Times says the Washington DC based […]
William Shakespeare’s tragedy Romeo and Juliet has been told through many angles. To many, is just scripted love tale hugely irrelevant to most Africans-mind twitching theme, plot and set-up-but watching an adopted piece by Nanzikambe Arts, the play clearly reveals how love bounds all precincts. Romeo and Juliet adapted by Nanzikambe cast under the directorship of Bilimankhwe Arts – UK. […]
Blantyre-based Nanzikambe Arts will this month hold an arts festival which is expected to feature female artists drawn from some townships in the city. The one-day extravaganza, the second fest this year, is scheduled to take place on 24 November at Nanzikambe Arts in New Naperi, Blantyre, from 12:00pm. According to a statement made available […]
Spending weekends in Malawi has for a long time been the same pattern for most people with musical performances, football and drama featuring high as the only established sources of entertainment. However, the entertainment landscape seems to have taken another shape with the coming in of standup comedy both as a promising source of weekend […]
A rainbow of success continues to radiate its smile over the comedy fraternity, latest being establishment of Stand-Up Comedy open mic by Nanzikambe Arts Café. Starting this Friday evening 12th October, comedians will be given a chance to entertain patrons at the Nanzikambe’s Arts Café in Naperi, Blantyre in a project to eventually end up […]
Swiftly old days that were once filled with pure entertainment are crawling back, latest being introduction of night movies on big screen by Nanzikambe Arts Café. The arts café’ situated in Naperi, Blantyre has brought an alternative to the country’s entertainment enthusiasts reincarnating the memories of 80s and early 90’s when the country had a […]
Arts , theatre pundits and critics within Blantyre and beyond had superb summer time start following a successful launch of much anticipated Mwezi Wawala International Arts and Theatre festival over the weekend. Marking its entry into the arts records for the first time, the multicultural event lived up to its billing despite the absence of […]
Glitz and glamour are expected to characterize what would be a dream come true as Mwezi Wawala International Arts and Theatre Festival turns into reality this weekend. Hosted by Nanzikambe Arts organization, the festival to be premiered on Friday at the institution’s home base, Naperi in Blantyre, Mwezi Wawala has attracted artists from across the […]
Just like free birds that tweet that loud, Zomba and Chichiri prisons inmates on Saturday let out their spirits as they put an impressive performances at Nanzikambe arts club in Blantyre. Performing for the first time outside prisons confinement, the inmates staged well choreographed theatrical play titled Supsai versus State and band, which for once […]