Kaahwa to submit Uganda's bid to host World Theatre Day celebrations
Kaahwa revealed plans to submit a bid for Uganda to host the World Theatre day celebrations.
The newly elected President of the Executive Board, International Theatre Institute, Dr Jessica Atwooki Kaahwa speaking at the World Theatre Day celebrations at the National Theatre. (Photos by Alfred Byenkya)
Alfred Byenkya
Journalist @New Vision
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The newly elected President of the Executive Board, International Theatre Institute, Dr Jessica Atwooki Kaahwa, has promised to use her position to do big things for the Ugandan theatre industry.
Top on her to-do list is for Uganda to hold the World Theatre Day celebrations next year.
Speaking as a chief guest at the World Theatre Day celebrations at the National Theatre yesterday (Thursday), Kaahwa said that Ugandans should be proud of her achievement because, without her approval, nothing can happen at the institute.
She explained how she had recently used her power to block the elections of European representatives to the institute because the elections were being held without following the right procedures.
Dr Jessica Atwooki Kaahwa and Amelia Mboto Kyaka at the ITI Uganda offices at UNCC.
Kaahwa hopes to use her position to improve the quality of theatrical productions in Uganda as most of the practitioners are her former students.
“Most of the stars you see on stage today are my former students and I would like to use this position to support them. I am 65 years old and the world still wants a slice of me,” she said.
She also revealed plans to submit a bid for Uganda to host the World Theatre day celebrations.
She insisted that Uganda has enough facilities to host such celebrations.
"If I succeed in doing this, it will help boost theatre in Uganda and will get us a lot of funds as host. It will also boost our tourism," she said.
This year's main international celebrations were held from 27-30 March in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and the event attracted performers from Brazil, South Korea, China, Thailand, Chile, and more.