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"Die show speel tot 15 July 2023. Ja, ôs wiet dat djy sieke mee redes norag het om warm aan te trek en Baxter Masambe in Rondebosch (gebruik die secured parking!) vanaand toe te kô. Hie’s ses redes om jou eie bakkie met familie en vrinne vol te maak ommie show te kô kyk."

"Die play gannie vir jou huis toe stuur en laat voel jy moet beginne reg lewe nie. Dit kielie slegs jou maagspiere en gie virrie September-karakter die opportunity om die horrible incident in sy lewe te process. Dis tog hoe ôs as Suid-Afrikaners deal met alles. Met humor."

"Kaashiefa has been diagnosed with dementia and after taking care of her for years, her children decide to have her admitted to an old age home, where her daily life becomes entangled with that of the nurse, Mercy Kilane’s."

"’n Mens sit in die teater in verwondering: Soms kyk jy na die groot marionet wat Michael K voorstel, hoe sy lyf aanmekaargesit is; hoe sy haaslip uitgekerf is. Soms verloor ek my in Carlo Daniels se toneelspel."

Dié jong stemme deurloop ’n uitgebreide opleidingsprogram waartydens hulle skryfwerk ontwikkel en afgerond word. Die verhoogtekste word dan omskep in professionele produksies wat in 2024 by die 21ste Suidoosterfees gaan debuteer.

There’s another great line-up of top-quality South African entertainment at The Drama Factory this month.

Shakespeare’s popular romantic comedy Twelfth Night will help warm up your winter!  It will be performed for a limited run from 5 to 15 July at The Masque.

"One is supposed to see plays like Woza Albert! the way one does with Shakespeare, simply because they are brilliant. The scenes in this play ought not to be familiar anymore."

"In a world where warmth and fuzziness à la Tuesdays with Morrie became our expectations of people living out their last in a stately way, it is important to be reminded that there are those, like Paul, who want to go kicking and screaming, dragging others with him."

"Swartwater handel oor die lewe van ’n nomadiese groep mense wat nooit behoort nie. Eers trek hulle agter hulle vee aan, dan word hulle deur wit base weggejaag van plase af en moet weer elders gaan bly."

"Tydens die era van modernisme en kolonisasie het Westerse medici geglo dat jy enige iets met ’n pil moet kan behandel. In die era van die postmodernisme en die bestuur van diskoerse om dekolonisering, word omgewingsfaktore deeglik in ag geneem."

"Those with some understanding of the Old Testament or the Quran would know that Abraham was about to sacrifice his son Isaac on the altar when God intervened by providing the world’s first scapegoat. Without the goat, there would have been no Jacob."

"The play ends with a repeat of the opening scene, which suggests that the cycles of violence may be perpetual and not limited to a single event."

"The clever structure provided a fun-filled 45 minutes during which many poignant stories about hair, and people’s reaction to hair, managed to be told."

"The king of broken things must rate as one of the most magical tales I have ever seen on any stage."

"Dit laat jou voel of jy in ’n reuse-wasmasjien beland het en net sodra jy dink jy kan opkom vir asem, is die verstikkende gemaal weer daar."

Of jy nou ’n gesoute of aspirant dramaturg is, hierdie uitnodiging vir voorstelle is jou kans om lewe te gee aan jou teatertekste wat nog nie op die verhoog te sien was nie, om die kollig op jou idees te fokus en hulle te laat floreer.

Marc Bamuthi Joseph is the vice-president and artistic director of social impact at the John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC. He delivered the keynote address at the Tribuo arts conference held in Stellenbosch in June 2023, and he spoke about a transformative future and the currencies of redemption.

"Die kunstenaarsgesprekke en die beraam van planne duur voort, want dit kan nie anders nie."

Love me, feed me, never leave me, a comedy about love, longing and navigating modern relationships. It will be performed at The Drama Factory from 2 to 4 June.