The play is currently on national tour. It has covered Harare Province, Mashonaland East, Mashonaland Central, Manicaland and Masvingo and is currently in Midlands. It will move to Bulawayo and Matabeleland North and South Provinces from the end of the week.
Performances in all these places have proved the level of lack of knowledge about the constitution making process among the people.
In some instances we have been mistaken as COPAC (Parliamentary Constitution Select Committee) and people start telling us to write down what they want when we engage in discussions after the performance.
As artists we have been touched by the way the play has been received by people of different political affiliations, ideologies and backgrounds, said Rooftop Promotions Producer Daves Guzha.
People have shown their hunger to speak out in the discussion forums which are a major hallmark which take place at the end of every performance when audiences have an opportunity to quiz/contribute/question the characters portrayed.
We do not know what COPAC is doing and others do not even know what is COPAC. Their approach of calling us to come where they are is not working because sometimes its too far from the people. They should be coming to us like you are doing with this play, said one man in a discussion after the play at Watsomba Shopping Centre in Mutare.
There is talk that some elite Chiefs are arm twisting villagers and people are being intimidated to speak in favour of or against certain things and people do not even know what the talking points are but they already have answers, said a headman at Bondolfi Shopping Centre in Masvingo.
Why are we being funded to make our constitution when we have got several drafts lying around like the 2000 Draft, The NCA draft, the Kariba draft, which just need to be re-visited and we can have a draft that can be put to referendum?
The issue of homo-sexual rights has been largely opposed by most of these communities while the issue of federal Zimbabwe raised in the play has been supported by many in Manicaland.
Women have also come out in full support of meaningful gender equality in the constitution while some people have questioned how the land issue is going to be addressed in the new constitution.
So far 10 000 DVDs, CDs and Cassettes have been made to spread the plays message for those who cannot watch the play. The one hour long play has also been adapted by veteran Aaron Chiundura-Moyo into 10 minute episodes for audio in Shona, English and Ndebele.
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