{"id":57440,"date":"2017-12-11T09:14:33","date_gmt":"2017-12-11T07:14:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.times.mw\/?p=57440"},"modified":"2017-12-11T09:14:34","modified_gmt":"2017-12-11T07:14:34","slug":"the-tempest-could-be-staged-in-malawi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/2017\/12\/11\/the-tempest-could-be-staged-in-malawi\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The Tempest\u2019 could be staged in Malawi"},"content":{"rendered":"

Actors Joshua Bhima and Robert Magasa, who starred in William Shakespeare\u2019s play The Tempest <\/em>in the United Kingdom have said that they were keeping their fingers crossed that funds should be realised for the play to be staged in the country.<\/p>\n

Bhima and Magasa alongside Stanley Mambo and musician Ben Mankhamba, flew the country\u2019s flag in UK as they took part in the production which also featured British actors.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a great experience participating in this production. We enjoyed it and in all the performances we received overwhelming support. It also showed that Malawi has talent,\u201d Bhima said.<\/p>\n

Magasa said it would be good for the play to be staged in Malawi for people to appreciate the production.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the moment, the Director of the play Kate Stafford and others are working very hard to raise funds so that the play should tour in Africa and that would also mean having performances in the country,\u201d Magasa said.<\/p>\n

Stafford said the UK tour, which started in April, was a success.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll the actors were great throughout the tour and the Malawian acts of Ben Mankhamba, Stanley Mambo, Joshua Bhima and Robert Magasa were very good,\u201d Stafford said.<\/p>\n

She said the collaboration between British and Malawian artists was exciting and creative.<\/p>\n

Stafford directed the play which was designed by Hazel Albarn.<\/p>\n

Stafford said bringing together artists from Africa and Europe, Bilimakhwe Arts used the best from both continents to entertain and move audiences.<\/p>\n

Stafford, who has also directed several productions in the country with Nanzikambe Arts, described The Tempest <\/em>as powerful, passionate and magical.<\/p>\n

Some of the productions that Bilimakhwe has done featuring Malawian actors include And Crocodiles Are Hungry At Night <\/em>and Romio Ndi Julieti<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The Tempest is a play by Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1610\u201311, and thought by many critics to be the last play that Shakespeare wrote alone.<\/p>\n

It is set on a remote island, where the sorcerer Prospero, rightful Duke of Milan, plots to restore his daughter Miranda to her rightful place using illusion and skilful manipulation.<\/p>\n

This is a gripping comedy of magic, love and redemption. The sorcerer Prospero and his teenage daughter Miranda are exiled on a strange magical island.<\/p>\n

The cast has Christopher Brand, who plays Prospero while Cassandra Hercules stars as Miranda with Magasa and Bhima playing Ariel.<\/p>\n

The other actors are Reice Weathers (Ferdinand), Victoria Jeffrey ( Trinculo) and Benedict Martin ( Stephano).<\/p>\n

The translations were made by renowned poet Nyamalikiti Nthiwatiwa.<\/p>\n

Stafford maintained that if they can manage to get funds, they would bring the play to Malawi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Actors Joshua Bhima and Robert Magasa, who starred in William Shakespeare\u2019s play The Tempest in the United Kingdom have said that they were keeping their fingers crossed that funds should be realised for the play to be staged in the country. Bhima and Magasa alongside Stanley Mambo and musician Ben Mankhamba, flew the country\u2019s flag […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":57446,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57440"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57440\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57447,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57440\/revisions\/57447"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}