Bwanali's Package- A Theatre Production

BWANALI’S PACKAGE- SYNOSPIS

Influenced by a popular astonishing mythical story of African wizardry which is alleged to have happened in a mining town around the 70’s, Bwanali’s Package is an hour long story of labour dispute, allegations of infidelity and paternal discourse as well as medical ethics misconduct.

Bwanali an immigrant worker from Nyasaland (now Malawi) is dismissed from work after serving the Native Mining Consortium for over twenty years. His crime is that of engaging in an illegal industrial action. Upon being dismissed he brings into play his wizardry expertise to haunt the human Resources Manager and her family.

His exit package demands are shocking and unrealistic. No one is prepared to yield to his demands but at the end he does things his way causing a stir in the mining town and a breakdown of the Human’s Resources Manager’s family. 

Performances

Bwanali's Package has been previously been performed at :-

- Intwasa Arts Festival koBulawayo 2013  

    Bulawayo Theatre Club and Amakhosi 

- Beitbridge International Festival of Arts

Purple Hearts

Cast: 

Bwanali's Package is a collaboration among Professonal Artists from Bulwayo and Hwange these are:

1. Gift Chakuvinga

2. Simephina Nyoni

3. Lucky Munzabwa

4. Mildred Nkomo

For bookings Contact:

Nelson Mapako

email: pakos07@gmail.com

Facebook: nelson mapako

Skype: mapako.nelson 

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Nelson Mapako

Nelson Mapako is a creative, versatile and committed writer/director as well as a theatre trainer whose workshops and theatre productions have transformed the local arts Industry. Apart from Zimbabwe he has worked in Swaziland for 5years for swaziland Theatre for Children and Young People as well as his own project Iphi 'Africa Project. His collaborations include working with Laway Arts South Africa/ Netherlands, Yingmei Duan a performance artists from German, Raisedon Baya a renowned Zimbabwean theatre practitioner among others. Some of his productions include Outcast , Night Shift, A drop in the Land, Never a Comrade, Six all Out, Silent Screams and television productions such as Khuluza (a puppetry program shown on Zimbabbwe Television) as well as Matentekazane (a puppetry TV show on Swazi Television in Swaziland.  

Mapako is currently part of the Royal Court Theatre UK/ British Council international playwrights residency project. 

For production and theatre workshops contact:

email: pakos07@gmail.com