Editor's Choice - Stage

Femi Kuti

Opening in November 2010 on London's West End is a musical "Fela", based on the life and career of Nigeria's biggest musical star Fela Kuti.

We talk with his son - an extremely successful performer in his own right about the musical, his new album and growing up the son of a musical legend.

Slam Poetry - Zimbabwe

The Strand reports from Harare, in Zimbabwe, where some of the most radical and political words are spilling out of the many poetry cafés in the city.

We hear why 'slam poetry' is so popular in Zimbabwe these days and sample some performances. click More...

A New Stage - Cape Town Fugard Theatre

As South Africa celebrates 20 years since the release of Nelson Mandela from jail, a theatre named after one of the country's most famous playwrights, Athol Fugard, opens in the District Six area of Cape Town.

Bulldozed to the ground under the apartheid regime, the area was once the home to a thriving artistic community.

The Strand talks to him, and to Mark Dornford May and Mannie Mamin, directors of the new Fugard Theatre about its role in the redevelopment of this iconic neighbourhood.