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Acts of resistance: The Market Theatre’s enduring power 49 years on
A stage where South Africa’s truth and imagination have lived for 49 fearless years
Q&A Sessions: From sangomas to the world’s biggest stages, John Kani has seen it all
His father took him to isangoma when he wanted to be an actor. Today Dr John Kani is revered the world over. He tells Athandiwe Saba about his passions
Obituary: Literary allrounder Stephen Gray was a scholar, critic, novelist and poet
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’
A ‘necessity being the mother of invention’ type thing
Danai Gurira on theatre and representation
School play exchange lets South African pupils collaborate with world-renowned writer
Carmen Rivera helps two schools perform each others’ plays.
Louis Viljoen: Theatre’s unruly wunderkind
Playwright Louis Viljoen fearlessly tackles a wide range of subjects in his uncompromising and challenging dramas, like the upcoming ‘The Kingmakers’.
The Walking Dead’s ?Danai Gurira has a zest for theatre
One of Zimbabwe’s brightest stars — ?Danai Gurira — talks of the appeal of complex and powerful women in her new play, The Convert.