THE Seke Mutema hitmaker Noel Marerwa, who also made a name in theatre, is set to bounce back with a new play titled Harsh Realities that is set to be presented at the St John\u2019s Cultural Centre on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Noel Marerwa told NewsDay Life & Style yesterday that the St John\u2019s theatre production was set to be presented in \u201ca very skilful way\u201d that has not been seen before in his previous works that include Ganyau Express.<\/p>\n
Marerwa said the play interrogated a contest between two spiritual beings \u2014 the God of Abraham and the devil together with his agents \u2014 in a development not familiar in local theatre.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe play interrogates an area which is not usually visited by playwrights, goblins and black magic. The play seeks to answer questions like; do goblins exist?<\/p>\n
Do they run families as demigods? Can juju be used to win a woman\u2019s heart and can the devil and his agents be a match to God?\u201d Marerwa quipped.<\/p>\n
The playwright said the production is performed by pupils at St Johns, with the storyline centred on Lisa Soda, who plays Chiedza.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe performance is exceptional in that unlike other productions the scriptwriter has done before, it will be prepared in an actual homestead at their cultural centre at the school,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cHarsh Realities is unique in the sense that it is not performed on a conventional stage in a hall. It is performed on an actual homestead with three huts and a granary.\u201d<\/p>\n
The aim of the drama, he said, was to equip students with acting, directing and play writing skills and make them discover themselves at an early stage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
THE Seke Mutema hitmaker Noel Marerwa, who also made a name in theatre, is set to bounce back with a new play titled Harsh Realities that is set to be presented at the St John\u2019s Cultural Centre on Saturday. Noel Marerwa told NewsDay Life & Style yesterday that the St John\u2019s theatre production was set […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":14031,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,5],"tags":[22,191,480],"class_list":{"0":"post-14029","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-culture-and-art","9":"tag-art","10":"tag-culture-and-art","11":"tag-theater"},"yoast_head":"\n