'She Loves Me' What a Riveting Performance by the Ugandan Cast!

What a Spellbinding Performance by the Ugandan cast!

In July this year 2024, the team at Yenze Theatre Conservatoire, produced and performed to the musical, 'She Loves Me.' Every member of the audience is still picking their jaws from the floor. The artistry and talent was another world experience. 

With my dear friend Lucille, after the performance. All beams!

'She Loves Me' is a musical, based on the book by Joe Masteroff, which was adapted into a play by Hungarian playwright Miklos Laszlo, in 1937.

Yenze Theatre Conservatoire, a leading drama school in Uganda, founded by Aganza Kisaka, holds regular theatre classes and apprenticeships, during which Aganza Kisaka and her team of directors, guide upcoming talent into theatre.

'She Loves Me,' produced and directed by Aganza was gripping and enthralling. The play, also titled Parfumerie, is set largely in a small establishment that is in the business of selling perfume. Owned by Mr. Maraczek, played the award winning afro soul-artiste, Kenneth Mugabi, his employers lives lives of ambition, desperation and thinly veiled deception.

Mr. Maraczek, played by Kenneth Mugabi (official photo)

From two-timing, to unrequited love and romantic twists, the play is a joy to watch. Amalia Balash, acted by the indefatigable talent, Tayo Shonubi, corresponds to someone from a Lonely Hearts forum, and unknowingly, the anonymous person she corresponds with, who returns her affection with endearment and equal intellect, is none other than her nemesis at the perfumery. He is Mr. Georg Nowack, acted by Amanyire Joel Andrew.

The unforgettable Amalia Balash, acted by Tayo Shonubi, in the centre

The twist and turns, the sexual tension build up between these two cast members, leaves us all on the edge of our seats. And then there is Ilona Ritter, acted by the formidable Alina Camilla, a lady who flits from one love interest to another, obsessed by the superficial and who often leads her heart into the most complex situations. In every romantic musical, there must be a player, a man who holds such a sense of grandiose, cheating with women as he pleases, even his employer's wife. The audacity! This aggravating character is acted by Greyc Miguel Matovu. His presence on stage is unforgettable.

                                  The highly gifted cast (official photo)

The entire cast leaves us mesmerized. The production crew and entire team outdid themselves to ensure that we had a riveting night. Musical direction by Mirian Mwase, was everything our ears could have hoped for and to the producer and director, Aganza, she incites us all back in December to watch it again.

Congratulations to the entire team!

Just before the show I bought a custom made recycled handbag from Owekitiibwa Nuwa Wamala Nnyanzi, at the craft village. 

Bless!

Beverley Nambozo Nsengiyunva

Poet. Speaker.