During the same time, Makerere University, through Margaret Macpherson, pushed to ensure a consistent flow of new theatrical talent to keep the tradition of creative expression running by practicing with the Makerere University Free Travelling Theatre. Robert Serumaga then came in to archive the intellectual confusion and post-independence conflicts. The likes of Elvania Zirimu came in early with plays like Keeping Up with the Mukasas, interrogating how the newly independent Ugandan was trying to negotiate ‘post-colonial circumstances they were finding themselves in,” he says. “Immediately after Independence, those fortunate enough to have a voice through theatre created and archived artistically the questions of the time. Performing arts lecturer, stage and screen actor Philip Luswata says theatre has been faithful to the different social transformations Uganda has gone through over the years. Christopher Mukiibi, one of the veteran stage actors and producers, says theatre, right from the 1960s, was a vehicle through which people found entertainment, education, and food for thought. Sixty years of Ugandan theatre leaves a bitter-sweet taste, one of the good and ugly days when politics glared both its beautiful and ugly side. Formed in the 1970s, the theatre outfit is one of Uganda’s oldest and most consistent groups. The Ebonies in a scene of one of their theatre productions at Theatre La Bonita.
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