{"id":13585,"date":"2019-08-29T07:16:45","date_gmt":"2019-08-29T07:16:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/?p=13585"},"modified":"2019-08-29T13:08:24","modified_gmt":"2019-08-29T13:08:24","slug":"theater-faced-with-several-challenges-in-burundi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/theater-faced-with-several-challenges-in-burundi\/","title":{"rendered":"Theater faced with several challenges in Burundi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In an interview with Iwacu this August 28th, Arthur Banshayeko, a Burundian comedian and theater director says theater is faced with a few problems in Burundi.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_13586\" style=\"width: 556px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13586\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-13586\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Arthur-Ban.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"546\" height=\"314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Arthur-Ban.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Arthur-Ban-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Arthur-Ban-768x442.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Arthur-Ban-600x345.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 546px) 100vw, 546px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-13586\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Arthur Banshayeko: \u201cTheater is not a job to take for granted\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe lack materials. We should have costume, sound, set and lighting designers, what is not the case in Burundi. We are still behind compared to other countries,\u201d he says.<br \/>\nFor him, theater groups are faced with financial challenges because the investment in the sector is very poor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Burundian public has not yet understood theater as a real space for exchange and sharing, as meetings around fire in former times,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>For him, theater has become a simple business of young people seeking leisure and relaxation.<br \/>\nMr. Banshayeko says copyright is not guaranteed in Burundi. \u201cThe office in charge of ensuring copyrights (OBDEA) does not actually protect our work,\u201d he also says.<br \/>\n\u201cTheater is not a job to take for granted,\u201d he says adding that it is a job that requires financial resources, rigor, time and space.<\/p>\n<p>He calls on investors to invest in the theater sector and people to attend massively plays.<br \/>\n\u201cTheater teaches the society without addressing anyone,\u201d he adds.<br \/>\nHe says the government of Burundi should work hard to guarantee copyright.<br \/>\nIwacu has tried to contact OBDEA in vain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an interview with Iwacu this August 28th, Arthur Banshayeko, a Burundian comedian and theater director says theater is faced with a few problems in Burundi. \u201cWe lack materials. We should have costume, sound, set and lighting designers, what is not the case in Burundi. We are still behind compared to other countries,\u201d he says. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":13586,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6,670],"tags":[113,122],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13585"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13585"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13585\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13587,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13585\/revisions\/13587"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}