'Sahwira' The Spirit of Friendship premiers at Theatre in the Park

Sahwira–The Spirit of Friendship premiers at Theatre in the Park

TWO SPIRITS. Good and evil. Dogfight. Vhitori Entertainment and its insightful and incisive team of Director Elton Mjanana and Producer Silvanos Mudzvova having last worked together in the acidic and head turning “Final Push” are back at Theatre In The Park with a duel.

A duel that engages and absorbs audiences spiritually, physically and emotionally as evil versus good. Such is the stuff legends are made of in this heart wrenching production “Sahwira – The Spirit of Friendship”.

Written and Directed by Elton Mjanana, the play serves a reminder to the public that true to its meaning it takes a good man to do nothing for evil to triumph as it evolves over a period of ten years beginning in 1988 to present day.  This is a four-man production and Tafadzwa Muzondo, Blessing Hungwe, Judith Tsoka and Privillage Mutendera star in this plays debut. 

The cast is a good mix of young celebrated theatre practitioners. Tafadzwa has been on the theatre scene since the 1990’s doing mostly industrial theatre with a focus on health and safety.  He is also the founder and director of the Edzai Isu Theatre Company and will be remembered for the award winning “All Systems Out of Order” in which Tafadzwa wrote, produced and acted.

While Blessing Hungwe might be new to main-stream theatre, he is already a Nama award winning actor for his role in Madam Speaker Sir 2, while Privillage Mutendera is famous for her two-hander productions under her co-owned production house Sister Sister Productions.  Judith Tsoka is also a Nama Award Nominee for best actress for her role in Madam Speaker Sir 2, but has done Theatre For Development Programmes for many years.

The play takes a meditative look into the events of the past decade and the way the people have been affected and infected.  It chronicles their trials and tribulations and above all this it pays homage to a special person who has made a difference in dealing with issues of the human sprit true to its spiritual drive.

This play is produced by Vhitori Entertainment’s Silvanos Mudzvozva and shows at Theatre in the Park from 28 May to 7 June 2008.

Two shows a day at 1:00pm and 5:30pm. No shows on Mondays and Sundays