A certain amount of political baggage had to be shaken off before such a feat could be realised – not just in the right words, but in the right spirit.
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His characters – tramps, discarded people, poor people, people on the fringes – are connected with all the people we know of today who are refugees.
The award-winning South African playwright has written a masterful short story about a woman having to play a challenging theatre role.
A new book explores how Cape Town became a hub for African opera.
The Head & The Load finally reaches Johannesburg after delays caused by the COVID pandemic.
The pain of a brutal past and how to find healing is a theme shared between African Americans and black South Africans.
Moya is a show that seeks a spiritual awakening, especially after the trauma and isolation of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Winner of the Olive Schreiner Prize, What Happens was inspired by the discovery of a slave burial site.
The independent theatre will be a monument to how a failed department of arts and culture could not match state support with public philanthropy.
With the community, the group of theatre-makers and academics created a play that could also serve as a policy brief on what’s missing from the battle to reduce drug use in Durban.
Government support for the arts, culture and heritage is important even in tough economic conditions.
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