By Stephen Chandisareva.
WITH only a month left to go to the fifth edition of the Harare International Festival of the Arts (Hifa), the festival’s organisers has revealed the theme for this year’s fete.
The 2017 country’s premier arts showcase will run from May 2 to May 7 under the theme Staging and intervention.
Briefing the press on Wednesday, Hifa general manager Tafadzwa Simba said the annual six day fiesta is a positive disruption, a beautiful interruption of sameness, transforming the everyday with colour, sound and vitality.it is a celebration of the transformative power of individual and collective creative thinking.
“This is always an extremely exciting time for us when we announce the theme. It means we are well on our way on the home stretch.
“The arts can articulate the best aspects of who we are as individuals, as productive and imaginative communities, and as a vital, multi-dimensional nation. We are our words, so we speak; we are our ideas, so we think; we are our communal commitment to being expressive, so we all articulate,” he said.
Mr Tafadzwa Simba said preparations for the annual fête are at an advanced stage with the first batch of programming details scheduled to be presented to the public in the next few weeks after necessary statutory clearances have been completed.
“The programme is also looking very exciting and making it available early to the public, so that people will appreciate and enjoy the programme.
Hifa is a six-day annual festival and workshop programme held in various venues in the capital showcasing the very best of local, regional and international arts and culture in a comprehensive festival programme of theatre, dance, music, fashion, street performances and spoken word.
HIFA was established in 1997 and held its first festival edition in 1999.
Hifa 2017 is going to be graced by different musicians, actors, theatres groups, fashion designers from all over the world.
The list includes mahube a dance and gymnastic group, Zimbabwean music legend and superstar Oliver Mtukudzi, Noah Steward, American baritone Lester LYNCH, TiMO ODV a South African singer, Kareyce Fotso, a Cameroon singer, Brooks, ditches music producer, Rocky Duwani, a Grammy Ghanaian nominated singer, Banda Magda Greek musician, Thomas Motter from Germany, Joep Pelt from Netherlands, Trio Klavis from Austria and Will McNicol from UK.
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