Last chance to see our first show “Vakomana Vaviri ve Zimbabwe or Two Gentlemen of Verona”, in London! Having performed this show over 80 times and counting to stunned audiences around the globe, join us as finally lay our cash cow to rest in the city where it all began!

Your ticket will also gain you entry into PAW PAW Jam on Friday 13th, an extravaganza of Zimbabwean music, dance and other toxins. Do not miss this opportunity to be stunned! If you have been stunned before by this show, tell a friend, so they too will be stunned!! COME ONE! COME ALL! COME EVERYBODY!

We’re doing two one off performances at the RICH MIX 35 – 47 Bethnal Green Road, London, E1 6LA.

Fri 13 and Sat 14 Aug / 7.30pm / Venue 1 / £12 / £10 concs
Book tickets online or call our Box Office on 020 7613 7498

Denton, Tonderai and Arne holed themselves up during a 3 week residency at Reps Theatre and produced a striking synopsis of Harare through the lens of a returning ‘diasporian’. Though the name ‘Magetsi’ would allude to electricity (much rather the absence of it in most parts of Harare), this ubiquitous utility is not the star of the play.
A total of 12 scenes approximately 5 minutes each introduce us to several characters. Our returning protagonist is welcomed back by sky-high inflation and is stunned to find his childhood friend
behind bars. His ‘Ambuya’ in Kambuzuma, in not-so-subtle-words, expects him to electrify her house because she is the only one in the neighbourhood without electricity and cash barons rule the day.
Notable are, Zimbabwean-style ‘Posh and Becks’ who recently bought a 5 bed roomed mansion, ‘Dirk’ who can’t see the point to “…making a living by wiping bums…” and a greedy, conniving uncle who impedes our protagonists search for his father.

Shakespeare Festival in Gdańsk, Poland

Friday 30 July, 6pm
Saturday 31 July, 8pm
Sunday 1 August, 7pm
Tuesday 3 August, 5pm
Wednesday 4 August, 8pm

UK Tour!

Wednesday 13 October, The Lambourn Centre, Box office: 01488 73690
Thursday 14 October, Aldeburgh
Friday 15 October, Chippenham, Neeld Hall
Saturday 16 October, The Pound Arts Centre, Corsham, Box Office: 01249 701628
Monday 18 October, Chipping Norton Theatre, Box office: 01608 642350
Tuesday 19 October, Wokingham Town Hall
Saturday 23 October, Marlborough, Theatre on the Hill
Tuesday 26 October, The Gulbenkian, Canterbury, Box office: 01227 769075
Wednesday 27 October, The Croft Hall, Hungerford, Box office: 01488 684038
Monday 1 November, Welford Park
Tuesday 2 November, Ascot, St Mary’s School
Wednesday 3 – Saturday 6 November, Theatre Royal Bath, The Ustinov, Box Office: 01225 448844
Wednesday 8th – Thursday 9th December, Ashcroft Arts Centre, Hampshire

Gyula Shakespeare Festival, Hungary

Thursday 15th July

Shakespeare Festival in Gdańsk, Poland

Tuesday 3rd August, 9pm
Wednesday 4th August, 5pm

Rich Mix, London

Friday 13th & Saturday 14th August, 7.30pm
Tickets: £12 / £10 concs. Book online or call the Box Office on 020 7613 7498
Venue info: Venue 1, Rich Mix, 35 – 47 Bethnal Green Road, London, E1 6LA

Vakomana Vaviri Ve Zimbabwe Video

Reviews

sheer vitality…pure acting
To Do London

A striking gem of a production
Kate Jackson, What’s On Stage.com

The production’s humour is both broad and subtle… fine… youthful… irreverent…
Barbara Lewis, The Stage

Denton Chikura is a wonderful clown, playing lovestruck Valentine with an eloquent minimalism of gesture. Tonderai Munyevu, meanwhile, has a delightful comic elasticity of expression and delivers an enchanting rendition of ‘Who Is Sylvia?’ Together they make a fine double act.
Robert Shore, Time Out

The characterizations, male and female, are accomplished with deftness and great economy. Using a storytelling approach, the actors eschew surface detail in favour of the essential spirit of the characters…the lines are spoken with a clarity and conviction that make the meaning remarkably transparent.
ArtwordBlog

Whether or not your purse is feeling squeezed, these days, your spirits are almost certainly crying out for what this kind of theatre best provides : the joyous celebration of humanity; stuff you can’t buy. Here it is, on a shoestring: go lap it up.
Chris Bearne, remotegoat.co.uk

Thursday 15th July

Shakespeare Festival in Gdańsk, Poland

Tuesday 3rd August, 9pm
Wednesday 4th August, 5pm

Rich Mix, London

Friday 13th & Saturday 14th August, 7.30pm
Tickets: £12 / £10 concs. Book online or call the Box Office on 020 7613 7498
Venue info: Venue 1, Rich Mix, 35 – 47 Bethnal Green Road, London, E1 6LA

Friday 30 July, 6pm
Saturday 31 July, 8pm
Sunday 1 August, 7pm
Tuesday 3 August, 5pm
Wednesday 4 August, 8pm

UK Tour!

Wednesday 13 October, The Lambourn Centre, Box office: 01488 73690
Thursday 14 October, Aldeburgh
Friday 15 October, Chippenham, Neeld Hall
Saturday 16 October, The Pound Arts Centre, Corsham, Box Office: 01249 701628
Monday 18 October, Chipping Norton Theatre, Box office: 01608 642350
Tuesday 19 October, Wokingham Town Hall
Saturday 23 October, Marlborough, Theatre on the Hill
Tuesday 26 October, The Gulbenkian, Canterbury, Box office: 01227 769075
Wednesday 27 October, The Croft Hall, Hungerford, Box office: 01488 684038
Monday 1 November, Welford Park
Tuesday 2 November, Ascot, St Mary’s School
Wednesday 3 – Saturday 6 November, Theatre Royal Bath, The Ustinov, Box Office: 01225 448844
Wednesday 8th – Thursday 9th December, Ashcroft Arts Centre, Hampshire