A list compiled by Sandile Ngidi
Stephen Gray made an immense, long contribution to the South African literary landscape across many genres, but it was poetry that he described as ‘the main activity of my life’
He’s been arrested, he’s been stabbed, but he still promotes performance arts
Emotive performances and a willingness to share were his enduring qualities, writes Kwanele Sosibo
Known primarily for starring in the Fugard-directed plays, Ntshona has also enjoyed a lengthy film career
As SA’s most decorated playwright, takes to the stage for the last time, he explains why he will never lose his optimism for the
country’s future.
The Market Theatre’s James Ngcobo is just as committed to newcomers as he is to classic plays, writes Perzy Zvomuya.
The Blue Iris, a new work from the pen of 80-year-old Athol Fugard, is as delicate and finely detailed as the flower from which it takes its name.
A new documentary charts the struggle of playwright Athol Fugard against the violence of apartheid.
World-renowned and mostly overseas-based, Athol Fugard finds that he inevitably writes for fellow South Africans, whose code he mastered long ago.
District Six, in the east end of Cape Town, was once one of the most culturally mixed neighbourhoods in South Africa.
Brent Meersman chats to the irrepressible playwright, Athol Fugard, ahead of the premiere of his latest play, <em>The Train Driver</em>.
If plays stay on stage, never making their way on to the page, South Africans could lose an important aspect of their culture. But not if Robin Malan’
IN The Island, two political prisoners on Robben Island perform a version of Antigone to their cellmates and their warders.