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Building an Audience for Malawian Political Theatre

Building an Audience for Malawian Political Theatre

Update: 2022-11-22

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Bright Phumayo Chayachaya’s Umunthu Theatre pulls together political theatre, poor theatre, theatre for development, and educational theatre to create productions that centralize Malawian narratives. In this interview, he discusses the company’s genesis and the need to bring audiences back to theatre.

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Building an Audience for Malawian Political Theatre

Building an Audience for Malawian Political Theatre

Fumbani Innot Phiri Jr., Bright Phumayo Chayachaya, HowlRound Theatre Commons