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Theatre columns, reviews and interviews
Persverklaring: Suidoosterfees 21 – hutspot van eg Kaapse musiek en stories
2024-03-18Kaapstad is reeds vir 21 jaar die Suidoosterfees se tuiste, en die fees vier sy mondigwording van 26 April tot 1 Mei by Artscape in die hart van die Moederstad. Stories, mites en die geskiedenis van die Kaap word met musiek en komedie vermeng op vanjaar se NATi Musiekteaterprogram, en feesgangers kan hulle verlustig in ’n kreatiewe herverbeelding van die stad se geskiedenis.
Press release: The South African premiere of Shakespeare’s Othello at the Baxter from 6 April to 4 May 2024
2024-03-18The South African premiere of Shakespeare’s Othello, adapted and directed by Lara Foot with a stellar cast and creatives, premieres at the Baxter on 6 April 2024. In this South African production, performed in English, isiXhosa and Afrikaans, Foot focuses on Othello’s inner life, wanting to add an African perspective, staging the play in several languages and relocates it to the time of German colonialism, to the time of the Herero uprising in German Southwest Africa, to present-day Namibia.
Press release: Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards winners celebrated at the Baxter
2024-03-18The winners of the 59th Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards, sponsored by Heineken Beverages, were announced at a glittering ceremony at the Baxter Theatre Centre in Rondebosch, Cape Town. Read the full list of winners here.
Persverklaring: Reünie met Frank Opperman en geskryf deur Dana Snyman | Die Boer-teater in Durbanville, 10–14 April 2024
2024-03-13Dit is dieselfde skoolsaal, maar 43 jaar later by die reünie van die 1980-matriekgroep. Adam Boshoff tree as verteller op, maar deur die loop van die aand kry verskeie klasmaats ’n beurt agter die mikrofoon om hul sê te sê. Lank terug het almal saam ’n tragedie beleef wat hulle nou vir die eerste keer regtig konfronteer. Dana Snyman en Frank Opperman snoer weer kragte saam – verwag dieselfde fyn spot, deernis en ’n tikkie nostalgie.
Persverklaring: Oudtshoorn-stories steel kollig by die 14de kykNET Fiëstas
2024-03-12Oudtshoorn-stories, soos in 2023 uitgebeeld in die KKNK se debuutdrama Droomkraan-kronieke, was die groot wenner tydens die 14de kykNET Fiëstas.
Q&A with writer and director of Mercy, Zubayr Charles
2024-03-12"A common discourse in Islamic and Cape Malay households here in Cape Town is the severe disdain projected onto those who place their parents in old-age homes. My goal with Mercy was to portray the subtle nuances and complexities as to why people make those decisions."
Press release: Cape Town Opera presents SHORTS: A festival of pocket operas at the Artscape Theatre from 11 to 21 April 2024
2024-03-11This autumn, Cape Town Opera will present SHORTS: A festival of pocket operas, a captivating series of concise operas at the Artscape Theatre from 11 to 21 April, 2024. This dynamic festival promises to be a celebration of operatic innovation and storytelling, including the world premiere of Conrad Asman’s Trial by media, a compelling new South African opera, Francis Poulenc’s La voix humaine, and Mozart’s comedic opera The impresario, presented in English.
Press release: LAMTA’s Spring awakening hit musical returns to Cape Town and Johannesburg
2024-03-11Spring awakening, directed by Sylvaine Strike, is back by popular demand. Based on the original play by Frank Wedekind, Spring awakening first opened on Broadway in 2006 to great acclaim. Hailed a masterpiece, the groundbreaking musical has consistently pushed boundaries.
Press release: New Louis Viljoen play, The sin drinkers
2024-03-06Award-winning playwright and director Louis Viljoen’s new gripping tale, The sin drinkers, explores broken people on an intoxicated journey in pursuit of redemption. The sin drinkers premieres at the Baxter’s Masambe Theatre from 23 April to 11 May 2024.
Press release: Fleur Du Cap Theatre Awards for contribution to theatre announced before gala event
2024-03-06The judging panel of the annual Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards, sponsored by Heineken Beverages, is proud to announce the recipients of the special awards for 2024, ahead of the gala event on 17 March.
Press release: Take a child to the theatre Day
2024-03-05The Masque is excited to be celebrating Take a child to the theatre Day this year with an exciting event aimed at letting children experience a real theatre. The event is a collaboration between The Masque and Spotlight Youth Theatre. This special event takes place on Wednesday 20 March and is free to attend.
The Independent Theatre Maker Awards: an interview with Mxolisi Masilela
2024-03-01"Acknowledging the work of independent theatre makers at awards events like the one in Tembisa is important. Firstly, it validates their contributions to the cultural landscape, recognising their creativity and talent. Secondly, it provides them with exposure and opportunities for networking, funding and future collaborations. Additionally, celebrating independent theatre helps to diversify the arts scene, ensuring that a variety of voices and perspectives are heard and appreciated."
Press release: Gregory Maqoma’s Cion: Requiem of Ravel’s Boléro at The Baxter | 21 to 23 March 2024
2024-02-29Physically charged and visually striking, the work is conceived and choreographed by the internationally renowned Gregory Vuyani Maqoma, and performed by the Vuyani Dance Theatre. It draws inspiration from author Zakes Mda’s novel, Cion, and music from French composer Maurice Ravel’s Boléro. It’s a universal story encompassing the past and the present that champions our ability to band together to share the burden of grief.
Press release: The Baxter Zabalaza Theatre Festival | 8–16 March 2024
2024-02-23The Western Cape’s greatest staging of fresh, innovative developmental theatre – the Baxter Zabalaza Theatre Festival – comes alive with a wide variety of productions, from 8 to 16 March 2024.
Persverklaring: Die 14de kykNET Fiëstas vereer twee kultuurreuse in die kunste
2024-02-21By die veertiende kykNET Fiësta-toekennings vanjaar word twee reuse in hul onderskeie velde as legendes vir hulle lewensbydrae tot die kunste in Suid-Afrika gehuldig.
Expelled: ’n teaterresensie
2024-02-20"Die span agter die toneelstuk Expelled is How Now Brown Cow, wat ’n paar maande gelede ook verantwoordelik was vir die bekroonde The Beauty Queen of Leenane. Hierdie keer is hul fokus die euwel van sosiale media wat nie net families, huwelike en verhoudings kan laat skipbreuk lei nie, maar lewens kan vernietig en tokomsdrome aan skerwe kan laat spat."
Marius Weyers deur Chris Vorster: ’n resensie
2024-02-13"Deur Weyers se loopbaan te kontekstualiseer binne die breër sosiopolitieke klimaat van Suid-Afrika, beklemtoon Vorster die belangrikheid van sy bydraes tot die kunste en die samelewing in die algemeen."
LitNet | STAND-teaterresensieslypskool: Cathy Hugo se resensie van Hoerkind (finale weergawe)
2024-02-08"Die lang swart jas wat hy op die verhoog gedra het, simboliseer hierdie 'swart hond'. Wanneer dit met hom goed gegaan het, het hy die swart jas afgegooi." | Hierdie resensie is deur die deelnemer hersien en geskaaf. Dit is die finale weergawe van hierdie resensie, wat deel vorm van die LitNet | STAND-teaterresensieslypskool.
Press release: Fabulous February at the Drama Factory
2024-02-06The Drama Factory presents a fabulous February programme which offers audiences a delicious selection of comedy, music and entertainment for the younger ones, including Reünie with Frank Opperman and A vegan killed my marriage with Aaron McIlroy.
Persverklaring: AfriSnaaks, jou lekker ding!
2024-02-06Komediant, radio-omroeper en all-round entertainer Wayne McKay is weer op die planke te sien in sy nuwe show AfriSnaaks. Bring jou vriende en familie om unieke stories te kom geniet wat highlight hoe taal, kultuur en gemeenskap ôs geïnspireer het en ôs maak wie ôs is.