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DONALD MOLOSI PERFORMS WITH SHARON STONE AT THE UNITED NATIONS. Botswana-born actor Donald Molosi will join US actress Sharon Stone and UK musician Cat Stevens will take part in a musical in September honouring an environmental group founded by former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, organisers said Wednesday. In an interview with CNN Molosi said “I last did a professional musical in 2005 in New York City and I am glad to be doing one again, eight years later. But as with all my performances, this is not just for entertainment. The musical sheds light on environmental issues and our audience is the world’s diplomats and heads of state. Someday I will use my talents for pure entertainment but for now the call to use one’s gifts for good causes is too urgent. I have to entertain and inform at the same time.” The musical "2050: The Future We Want" will be performed on October 3 at the United Nations in Geneva to mark the 20 years since Gorbachev, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, founded Green Cross International to address environmental issues as well as poverty and insecurity. “I am not just representing Botswana. I was chosen from hundreds of African performers to represent all of Africa so of course I have prepared myself to speak for other regions of Africa with intelligence and true representation,” Molosi said about the opportunity. This is the first time that a Motswana performer has performed at the UN. Molosi will star alongside the US actress and the British musician will be joined by a 100-strong choir. In Botswana, Molosi is best known for his role as Botswana’s First President Sir Seretse Khama in Blue, Black and White, an award-winning world-famous play also written by Molosi. “Even when I played Sir Seretse, it was not about entertainment only. It was about reconstructing a nation’s memory of its leaders. My work seeks to be entertaining on stage and useful off the stage. My audience should walk away energized to make a change,” says Molosi. David Woollcombe, President of Peace Child International, the main organizer of the event said in a statement: “Today sees the start of an inspirational journey to create an optimistic musical that will show how youth achieve the Future They Want.” Alexander Likhotal, President of Green Cross International, said the musical will use artistic language and vivid imagery to translate the problems facing humanity into a new form, that of theatre, and in doing so bring to wide attention the issues, urgency and priorities for action. "I can't wait to start working with [Molosi], 20 years after president Gorbachev launched his global mission, are showing that there is a way forward, but only if we act now," Stone said in a statement. In his statement Molosi said, “I grew up watching Sharon Stone in films and sharing the stage with her is a tremendous honor. I work extremely hard and I hope that I also give a memorable performance of my own in this musical. Apart from being an actor I am also a classically trained singer and most of my audiences do not know that. It is time for me to share that with my audiences, alongside my acting. I am ready.” Stone, Molosi and Stevens will function as storytellers in the piece, guiding the audience back through time from 2050 to today, showing how to resolve some of the critical challenges facing the world, including climate change and poverty, the statement said. The musical is being co-produced by Green Cross and Peace Child International, which began setting up musicals during the Cold War in an attempt to bring young people from the United States and the Soviet Union together to help resolve the conflict.