Zambezi Express teach Paul O'Grady and the cast of Eastenders how to warrior dance!

A Brilliant performance by the whole cast and lots of fun was had at the Paul O'Grady show on Wednesday! Paul is the best of the best and non stop entertainment, thanks to everyone at ITV for making us feel so welcome! If you missed it, you can catch the whole episode here at: http://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-paul-ogrady-show/4od#3005490.

Its the Wednesday 21st October show, you can catch the main Zambezi Express performance if you jump to 40min 40 sec! Enjoy!

A Good Luck Dance For The Hackney Empire!

Arts Council funding, local councils and the good will of the people of Hackney has not been enough so far to save the legendary Hackney Empire from imminent closure in January.

However, things could be about to change as the entire cast of 30 performers from Zambezi Express performed a traditional African song and dance today outside the Hackney Empire to summon prosperity and good fortune to the ailing venue.

The Hackney Empire was built as a musical hall in 1901 so how fitting that song and dance may be the one thing to save East London's biggest theatre. It’s set to go dark in January for at least nine months, and will maintain only a slimline youth and participatory workshop programme.

Zambezi Express is appearing at the Hackney Empire from Tuesday 20^th to Wednesday 28^th October.

Here's hoping the magic of Zambezi Express will help this truly beautiful theatre!

A Good Luck Dance For The Hackney Empire!

Arts Council funding, local councils and the good will of the people of Hackney has not been enough so far to save the legendary Hackney Empire from imminent closure in January.

However, things could be about to change as the entire cast of 30 performers from Zambezi Express performed a traditional African song and dance outside the Hackney Empire today to summon prosperity and good fortune to the ailing venue.

The Hackney Empire was built as a musical hall in 1901 so how fitting that song and dance may be the one thing to save East London's biggest theatre. It’s set to go dark in January for at least nine months, and will maintain only a slimline youth and participatory workshop programme. 

Zambezi Express is appearing at the Hackney Empire from Tuesday 20th to Wednesday 28th October.

Here's hoping the magic of Zambezi Express has helped this truly beautiful theatre!

Afrika Eye Film Festival...

After Zambezi Express has departed Bristol for Londons Hackney Empire you MUST check out the awesome Afrika Eye Film Festival...

The Festival that brings you the best of Africa opens with the Scorsese backed TOUKI BOUKI, the surreal and luminous story of two young lovers trying to escape Senegal for Paris. The closing film HAVE YOU HEARD FROM JOHANNESBURG? by veteran Connie Field celebrates the 50^th anniversary of the founding of the anti-apartheid movement and in between, films from the DRC and Algeria explore our main theme – power: who holds it and how - with the jewel like Mauritanian AWAITING FOR MEN offering a particular perspective on the power of women within Muslim cultures. 

Fri 30 Oct – Sun 1 Nov Watershed. www.afrikaeye.org.uk

Photography from Bristol...

A very nice freelance photographer from Zimbabwe by the name of Socrates has kindly given us a couple of his shots from when he saw the show in Bristol last week. You can see more of Socrates work at - http://www.socratesphotography.co.uk/. Thanks Socrates :)

Zambezi highlights on You Tube...

Check out this wicked 5 minute vid on You Tube of the show highlights from when we were in Bournemouth at the beginning of the tour - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxfTx5uotq4

Zambezi Express Dances All Over London...

Check out this great footage of  Zambezi Express cheekily stopping at various locations around London! The crowds loved us...not so popular with the community police!!