Dramarama.....!

On Friday 11th May 2007 the Amagezi Centre Theatre Department held an inaugral Drama & Theatre Show in the Centre.

Robert Matovu (The Ed Centre's 'Theatre Man') and Penny Shoubridge (a long-term volunteer with special interest in theatre) worked incredibly hard over a number of weeks with a large group of budding local actors, actresses, singers, dancers, musicians and dramatists to produce a massively successful (if a little stressful) evening! Here are Robert (in red) and Penny (in green) prior to the event (with Silagi in the back dressed in yellow and a stranger at the front....answers on a postcard if anyone knows this man!).

As this event was really the first theatre event to have taken place for the local community Robert and Penny were unsure of the interest local people would have and if they would even come along.....but as you can see from the photo below, the only problem with attendance was fitting everyone into the theatre!

In fact, it was so packed that people were relegated to watching through the windows!

It is not every theatre in the world that can boast an evening with such variety...we had a Ugandan version of Macbeth mixed in with some hip-hop together with traditional drumming & dancing and much, much more!

It was a superb event and a real success for the Education Centre so big, huge thanks to Robert, Penny, the AEC staff who helped corral the crowd and all the local artists for their hard work and enthusiasm!