Keeping Theatre Live

Welcome to the website of Reps Theatre, Harare, Zimbabwe (now hosted at Pair Networks). On this site you will find details of current and upcoming productions and news about Reps.

The 2010 National Invitational One-act play festival

Hosted by Reps in this 50/80 celebratory year

As part of its 50/80 celebrations, Reps Theatre this week hosts The 2010 National Invitational One-Act Play Festival, featuring an exciting line-up:

Book now at The Spotlight to ensure a seat for one or both nights.

Friday September 3 (NB: performance starts 6.30pm)

Night Temperature
A patient, a doctor and a plumber – what could possibly go wrong? A comedy of errors from the Campbell Theatre Club
Cream Cracker
An elderly widow takes a tumble while dusting and waits patiently to be rescued – also from the Campbell Theatre Club
Babysitting Calvin
Hilarity surrounds Calvin – presented by The Repertory Players
Postal Orders
Mirth and machinations in a rural post office – from The Repertory Players

Saturday September 4 (NB: performance starts 6.30pm)

Happiness My Goal
A man searches for happiness throughout his life – from the Campbell Theatre Club
Dirty Laundry – A Family Affair
From Mutare’s four000 miles group, a family drama written and directed by Thandiwe Nyamasvisva
Sins Of the Father
A drama about adultery – from The Repertory Players

Tickets all $10 – special ‘season price’ of $15 for attendance on both nights

Festival Adjudicator – Dr Susan Hains

A highly recommended theatrical experience!

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

By Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice

Directed by Teri Grimmel

Featuring an exciting cast headed by

Kirby Chipembere – Dean Raybould – Josh Ansley - Richard Sticklen – Tina Masawi and many more

Musical Direction by Paul Shephard

Booking now open at The Spotlight

Hurry - three fundraising gala nights already sold!

Show runs from September 14 to 25 (preview night Wednesday September 13)

The Biblical rags to riches story of Joseph told in song and dance – it's a family musical with timeless appeal!

REPS: Exciting advertising opportunity

Reps Theatre is pleased to announce that we are now able to offer your business the opportunity to advertise your goods and/or services to an average of 400 people a week!

We have recently installed in our members bar a computerised pricing display system, which advertises our bar information and forthcoming attractions and now can be used to advertise your company!

The system runs on a PowerPoint presentation, the total slide show runs at a maximum of 10 minutes, meaning your advert will be shown a minimum of 6 times an hour for 20 seconds or, more precisely, you will receive 20 minutes of dedicated advertising every weekday and 23 minutes of dedicated advertising on weekends!

Also, we will not be advertising conflicting businesses so you will be the ONLY advertiser for your particular sector and we can only take a limited number of adverts, so there is no worry that your advert will be lost in a wash of others!

We have a variety of ways that you can advertise on our system - you can take out a full screen advert, you could buy the by-line on a Reps slide (this is when your company is advertised in one line on the bottom of a page), you could buy an 'ear' on a Reps slide (this is when your logo is displayed in the corner of the page) or you could buy an 'ear' and a by line on a Reps slide.

All you have to do is supply us with the advert details by e-mail and we will do the rest - no extra work for anyone at your organization - we'll take care of all of it for you!

Our special introductory offer prices are as follows:

A full screen advert
$100 per month or $500 for 6 months
A by line
$40 per month or $200 for 6 months
An 'ear'
$30 per month or $150 for 6 months
An 'ear' and a by line
$75 per month or $350 for 6 months

No more expensive billboards and fighting with competitors for the best corex board position - advertise with Reps Theatre and get ahead! For more details and to view the current slide show, please contact Erin Cooper in the Reps office on reps[at]zol.co.zw or on 335626 (Monday to Friday, 9am to 4.15pm)

Get your 50/80 celebratory keepsakes!

REPS will be running a 14-month celebratory activity called the 50/80 Anniversary, which marks a double commemoration - the 50th anniversary of the opening of Reps Theatre (January 13 2010) and the 80th anniversary of the Repertory Players (February 17 2011).

We are planning to introduce a range of products that will be branded with the Reps logo and which will be available to members to purchase.

Information on these items can be found on this page.

If you are interested in purchasing any of these products, please use the downloadable order form.

Although the time limit for the initial order has passed, we shall come back with a second order request at least twice during the coming year - probably in March and September. Of course, orders at these times will be subject to availability of items and prices may vary, depending on how suppliers' costs have risen (if at all).

We believe the items being made available for this purpose are of excellent quality and will give members the pleasure of being able to associate themselves with the remarkable anniversaries that we are about to celebrate, so we hope you be able to take advantage of the initial order period and purchase some of the products being made available.

Thanks

Reps Theatre acknowledges with gratitude the support of Roger Fairlie of Filmcom (telephone Harare 883119) and the Mashonaland Photographic Society (telephone Judy Macdonald on Harare 870306), who undertake respectively the filming and stills photography of all Repertory Players productions.

History of Reps: Volume 2

Zimbabwe's longest-operating and most successful theatrical group, The Repertory Players, will celebrate their 80th anniversary in 2011 and among the many activities and initiatives planned to mark this remarkable occasion will be the publication of The History of Reps Volume Two, a companion to the original book published in 1975 by the late Bob Cary.

Work is already well under way to produce this book, with a considerable history of the period 1975 to 1992 having been written by the late Alan Parkinson.

Stan Higgins and Sue McMillan are spearheading the project and they are sourcing memorabilia, memories, photographs and anything else that will help them create a book that will be a 'must-have' for all Reps members - past, present and future - as well as all lovers of theatre, in Zimbabwe and abroad.

Publication is scheduled for February 2011, which may seem a long way off, but in projects like these it is essential top work well ahead to ensure deadlines are met.

To enable this to happen, paper is to be purchased and other expenditure undertaken, so it is now necessary to start drawing in financial resources to fund the entire exercise.

Friends of Reps based in the Republic of Ireland have created a means by which people resident across the world can assist by booking their copies of the book now.

Three editions will be published - a soft cover copy, a hardback and a limited-run leather-bound souvenir edition (only 150 to be produced!). All you need do is choose which one you want and then advise the Reps office accordingly, by e-mailing, faxing or handing in a copy of the order form (see download links below).

You will then be advised of how to make payment and, once payment has been confirmed as received, your name will be down to receive a copy of The History of Reps Volume Two.

This will be a superb addition to the libraries of many people and Reps expects a heavy demand, especially for the leather-bound and hardback editions, so it is recommended that you book right away.

Costs of the editions for people booking between now and the end of December 2008 will be:

If you would like to know more about this project, please contact Stan Higgins at aquarius[at]mweb.co.zw or the Reps office at reps[at]mweb.co.zw.

Download the order form:

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Opening times for the Spotlight (Reps Theatre Foyer) Phone: 308159

Spotlight Hours extended - now open on Mondays!

Mon-Fri: 9 am - 4 pm. Sat: 9 am - 12 noon. Sunday - occasional opening when there are big shows running or about to run, 9am to 12 noon & ONE HOUR BEFORE CURTAIN UP.

A view of Reps Theatre from the front



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