Jump Theatre - How to make a play book launch

2011-06-17T05:47:00.000-07:00

The Book Launch - 30 April 2011 (at the National Arts Gallery of Zimbabwe)

Jump Theatre was launched on the 30th of April 2011 at HIFA (the Harare International Festival of the Arts). We had a great turnout of some 80 people: press, HIFA punters, fellow thespians, friends and family.

After an initial meet-and-greet, Kevin and some friends from The Impro Show put on a very condensed version of how to make a play. Which went down well ... and quickly. Which was the idea. They 'staged' an intial production meeting, an audition, some rehearsal, some technical and design meetings and then a performance of the first scene from Macbeth. The show was brazenly entitled Scene 1. The publicity material for this fine show sold the show boldly: "It has to be seen." Stephan, a touring clown from Europe, did admirably as an impromptu Lighting Designer, Sarah from London made a brilliant Sound Designer with her little drum, and the rest of the crew from The Impro Show proved they were worth every stitch of the Jump Theatre t-shirts they wore.

Much wine, beer and orange juice was drunk, snacks were snuck, Bjorn Maes from Africalia said some kinds words about Kevin and the unquestionable need for a book like Jump Theatre in Zimbabwe and beyond. After some book signing, and a good sense of a book launch well done, the team of some twenty helpers helped restore the Northern Gallery to its original glory.

See more about Jump Theatre at www.jumptheatre.com

Theatre is for everyone

2009-06-04T09:07:00.000-07:00

If we find our true place in the theatre, really find the skills we want to use and improve, we have much more fun and are likely to develop ourselves further. Often when people think of the theatre they think 'actors'. But theatres need so much more than just actors, and the more all those different roles are developed, especially at the earliest stages, the better the theatre machine becomes.