Mariam Ndagire

“We were doing things that were close to people’s hearts and things that they could relate to easily; we knew that theatre is about society and impacting on it to change, so we used to do issues about family so that people could feel like they were watching themselves and would change.”

“I think through the play, they managed to notice that they were being a burden. That’s how much theatre resonated with the people then,”

“There was a time I attended a Bakayimbira [show] and the auditorium was flat; since I was short, I couldn’t see anything. I had to stand on a bench.”

“I could say I accidentally became a recording artiste.”

“At the time, theatre was very popular; the experience was always big at shows; theatre was a thing.”

“The radio started playing songs we sang for plays, and somehow people kept requesting them. When CBS started Enkuka, we were curated as performers; generally, one thing led to the other, and people started asking for more songs.”