Latest articles on Market Theatre

Women take centre stage in the Market Theatre’s Shakespeare season

Friday Diane de Beer - 4 Sep 2020

The Market Theatre’s virtual offering, ‘Chilling with the Bard: A Shakespeare Season’, includes women performing traditionally male roles

Obituary: The pointillist detail and zen brush strokes of Jürgen Schadeberg

Friday Hazel Friedman - 3 Sep 2020

‘Drum’ photographer Jürgen Schadenberg, who died on Sunday, displayed a profound humanism, writes his friend and sometime collaborator Hazel Friedman

Covid-19 and virtual reality: The cultural cost of going online

Article Zaza Hlalethwa - 24 Mar 2020

Many companies in the arts and culture sector are offering virtual tours of their spaces in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. But artists are missing the personal engagement with their audience

The Weekend Guide

Article Arts Desk - 7 Feb 2020

For good vibes and an arts fix, don't miss this

The Weekend Guide

Article Arts Desk - 31 Jan 2020

For good vibes and an arts fix, don't miss this

Koleka Putuma’s Christian/ queer collision

Article Kwanele Sosibo - 21 Aug 2019

The searing play No Easter Sunday For Queers tackles homophobic violence with a new langauge

1995 play still relevant today

Article Zaza Hlalethwa - 19 Oct 2018

The president and his fawning ministers are being interrogated about corruption. Sound familiar?

In praise of cultural exchange

Article Zaza Hlalethwa - 7 Sep 2018

Pro Helvetia is giving artists a chance to participate in shaping the organisation’s role

Drama rocks Market Theatre

Article Kwanele Sosibo - 27 Jul 2018

Allegations and counter-allegations are flying between the board’s chair, management and staff

David Goldblatt has died

Article Kiri Rupiah - 25 Jun 2018

The renowned photographer passed away in the early hours of Monday morning.

Ngema charts a new course for theatre-to-film

Article Staff Reporter - 6 Oct 2017

A journey of theatre and the healing power of song release pent-up emotions in Asinamali

Reimagining the lens of land

Article Faye Kabali-Kagwa - 18 Aug 2017

Shifting perspectives as well as transposing characters and concepts, Nwabisa Plaatjie gives a new spin to an old play

Dusting off The Suit

Article Staff Reporter - 9 Jun 2017

Directed by James Ngcobo and starring a superb cast, 'The Suit' reinforces the quality and tradition of plays put on the Market Theatre stage

Plans to revive King Kong fail

Article Staff Reporter - 19 Feb 2015

Plans to revive the hit musical King Kong fall though as The Market Theatre fails to secure funding.

Trendy restaurant chain in trouble

Article Staff Reporter - 31 Oct 2013

Despite branches across South Africa, Moyo has turned to business rescue to survive.

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The living nightmare of environmental activists who protest mine expansion

khaya koko & Oupa Nkosi - 29 Oct 2020

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special reports - 20 Oct 2020

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