Theatre in Post-Imperial Ethiopia and Eritrea

Theatre in Post-Imperial Ethiopia and Eritrea - Much More Than a Matter of Entertainment

Jane Plastow

Note - This event will take place online via Zoom. All registrants will be sent links to the session shortly before the event.

Theatre has long been an important voice in both Ethiopia and Eritrea. This talk will focus on moments in the post-imperial period when it has discussed ideas, politics and aesthetics, often speaking on behalf of a much wider, relatively voiceless populace.

Jane Plastow is Professor of African Theatre at the University of Leeds. Her research, teaching, and theatre making have focused on East Africa for over three decades.

A History of East African Theatre, Volume 1 - Horn of Africa was published in hardback by Palgrave Macmillan in 2020, at a list price of £89.99 in the UK.