I remember writing my first theatre script back in 1998, which I gave to the now defunct Sadala Amajekete Theatre group. I had been writing prose and poetry for a long time, and some of it was beginning to appear in our local Sunday Newspaper. The artistic director of Sadala Amajeke, the late Clever Biggie Chimwanza, noticed this and approached me to try my hand at writing for theatre. Never underestimate the power of your local community newspaper to throw opportunity your way.

When I wrote that first play I didnt even know how to structure the play script, for reading and writing are two very different things. I had to scramble and start re-reading other plays. I finally came out with the manuscript The Time Of Trouble. I must say Sadala Amajeke really let me down on that play. They only managed to put on stage the first scene, which they went around showing as a teaser of upcoming play by a new playwright Christopher Mlalazi. However, even that one scene caught the attention of theatre lovers.