Mbene Mwambene is a Switzerland based Zambia-Malawian and the first African to be granted the privilege by white people, to study for a Masters in Expanded Theatre at Bern University of Arts. His work is mainly focused on postcolonial themes within and outside theatrical settings. Since 2015 he has been directing and acting in pieces like Animal Farm, Black Gravity Black Healing, Foot und Chocola, Die Fürchterlichen Fünf, The Story of the Tiger, Zuflucht, Enjoy Racism, Tavuka, Der Prophet Ngunza, and many more across Germany, Switzerland, Zambia, South Africa, Luxembourg, Japan, Austria, Malawi, Liechtenstein and Hong Kong.
He recently authored, directed and performed The Whispers (Schlachthaus Theater) which has been performed in Switzerland, Germany and Canada. In 2022, Mbene featured The Swamps (Gessnerallee) and also directed Why are you here (Warum bist du hier) at Maxim Theatre (2022, Zurich).
For the recent project Mawazo (Bern, Locarno and Basel in CH), Mwambene collaborated with Ivana Di Salvo who is a Swiss-based Italian author, director and performer. He is currently showing Bern Book piece (Bühnen Bern, Bern) and also co-directed a youth club theatre piece, S`Labe (2023) at Schauspielhaus in Zurich.
He is also directing Zuritopia ( Maxim Theatre, Zurich 2023), and will soon be directing and performing in The Island: Sweetlands ( Gessnerallee-Zurich, 2023) and Die Schwarzen Brüder ( Theater Basel, 2023).