Art Development

Nov 2014 – Building pathways through broken bridges in Zimbabwe
Building relations and building trust between residents and local government. Presented at Wits University Drama for Life conference 2014

Dec 2013 – Strategy paper: Arts and Culture in Zimbabwe,
a funding analysis supported by Africalia

Jun 2012 – Breaking the Pot: adapting Ibsen’s A Doll House in Malawi:
Key note speaker at The XIIIth International Ibsen Conference, University of Tromsø, Norway

Oct 2011 – Beyond protesting: the personal and political in Protest Arts
Protest Arts Festival Savanna Trust and The University of Zimbabwe

Aug 2011 – Governance in the arts and culture sector in Zimbabwe,
which provides a review of gaps and needs, analysis of funding patterns, strategy, policy and uses of the arts in development, and was presented at the National Policy Dialogue on Arts and Culture

Mar 2011 – Navigating conflict through devising and narrative.
Presented at International Theatre and Trauma conference, Berlin, which aimed to process the Experience of Violence, Persecution and War by Acting on Stage

Oct 2010 – Dissecting European influence in the arts in Southern Africa

presented at Ibsen through African Eyes Conference Lusaka, Zambia

Oct 2010 – Beyond Boal – reflections on engaging people of influence
at Protest Arts Festival Harare, Savanna Trust and The University of Zimbabwe

Arts for Action activity:
– Production: devising new work and producing existing works,

– Training: in facilitation, theatre for restorative justice, theatre for HIV prevention, Theatre for building trust and relations, Theatre for decision makers, long term community based change through the arts.

– Consultancy: Providing development partners with innovative models for facilitating, measuring and evaluating change

– Workshops: creating space for sharing practice, learning, nurturing talent

– Resource materials: In the use of theatre for legal education, community dialogue, restorative justice, rehabilitation