UK theatre group dates Malawi

A United Kingdom group Oval House performs in Malawi this weekend with its play Moj of the Antarctic: An African Odyssey.

The group is set to give Malawians a chance to experience and appreciate the creativity of theatre in UK.

The group opens their first performance at French Cultural Centre in Malawi’s commercial city of Blantyre on Saturday night before another performance at the same venue on Monday.

Oval House then takes the play to the Southern African country’s capital of Lilongwe on July 11 performing at Umunthu theatre before winding up with another performance the following day.

Malawians are expected to cough about 3 US$(500 Malawi Kwacha) to watch the play.

Programmes Officer for British Council in Malawi, Muthi Nhlema told the country’s paper of the Sunday Times last week that the show was part of the British Council’s initiative to foster cultural exchange between Malawi and UK.

According to the Sunday Times, the play is inspired by the true story of a 19th century Africa.-American slave woman, Ellen Craft, who successfully escaped to freedom disguising herself as a Whiteman.

The play is solely performed by UK born Nigerian, Mojisola Adebayo, with the production encompassing video, poetry, dance, music, story telling, song and original photography.

The theatre performance of the group is also part of a four country tour which also includes Botswana, Mauritius and South Africa.

The UK group is coming in just a week after French based guitarist Thibault Cauvin also performed in the country.