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Monday, March 26, 2012

The Role of the Media in Developing Theatre in Zimbabwe

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(Paper presented at the World Theatre Day on the 26 th of March 2012, Alliance Française Harare) Samuel Ravengai University of Zimbabw...
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Sunday, November 13, 2011

Two Zimbabwean Sitcoms: What Sitcom?

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Samuel Ravengai Sunday Mirror Review, 11 April 2004 Zimbabwe Television (ZTV) has so far produced two sitcoms – namely, Timmy na Bonzo and ...
Saturday, October 29, 2011

Are so called Zimbabwean Soap Operas on Course or still Groping in the darkness?

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Sunday Mirror, 7 March 2004 Samuel Ravengai In 2002 the first Zimbabwean soap opera came on air. Thereafter, several others emerged and I g...
Thursday, September 1, 2011

While Performers Shined at HIFA, Zimbabwean Directors Were Exposed.

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Samuel Ravengai Sunday Mirror, Mirror Review 30 May 2004 The Harare International Festival of the Arts (Hifa), which opened on the 27 th ...
Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Studio 263: A Focused Pro-Development Soap Opera

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By Samuel Ravengai The Herald 29 March 2005. Response to an article authored by Wonder Guchu entitled ‘ Studio 263 Storyline Loses Focus’ ...
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Monday, August 1, 2011

The Strengths and Limitations of Waiters: Zimbabwe's very own Sitcom

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The Strengths and Limitations of Waiters : Zimbabwe’s very own Situation Comedy Samuel Ravengai The Sunday Mirror, Mirror Review, 23 May 200...
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Samuel Ravengai
Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
Samuel Ravengai is a Zimbabwean born director and theatre maker working in South Africa. Ravengai is currently Senior Lecturer in Performance at Wits University’s Theatre and Performance Department, in Johannesburg, where he teaches across a range of theory and practical courses covering performance, directing, writing, South African theatre and cultural myths. He received both his PhD and MA in theatre from the University of Cape Town. He is a member of the International Federation of Theatre Research (IFTR/FIRT) where he works closely with the African Caribbean Theatre and Performance (ACT&P) Working Group to which he is one of the founding members. He is particularly interested in the interconnection of race, nation, empire, migration and ethnicity with cultural production. Ravengai’s most recent publications are in Performing Migrancy and Mobility (2014), Theatre Dance and Performance Training 5 (4) 2014 and South African Theatre Journal 28 (2) 2015. He has performed nationally and internationally.
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