Women-centred theatre festival on the cards

📅 Published: August 20, 2025

📰 Source: theindependent

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The Zimbabwe International Theatre Festival for Women (ZITFW), a brainchild of the Zimbabwe Theatre Academy Trust is calling for women theatre artistes to submit their work for a fete to be held on May 22-25.

Influenced by the academy’s years of theatre education and production, the festival is the first-ever women-centred theatre festival in Zimbabwe.

The fete will be launched this year and will become an annual feature and the initial festival is planned to be staged in four provinces in Zimbabwe.

Deadline for submission is March 1 and the festival will have a school program and also a professional program to cater to all ages.

In an interview with Standard Style, festival administrator, Amanda Mupezani said the ground-breaking creative event aims to create a safe and empowering platform for women theatre artistes to showcase their artistic voices, promote freedom of expression, and amplify women’s voices on issues that affect their lives. “Some of the activities will include, but are not limited to engaging and thought-provoking women-led theatre performances.

The theatrical performances are exclusively created and performed by women artists,” she said. “The performances will take place at the selected urban and rural venues, providing a platform for women to share their work with audiences. 🔗

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