Theatre director Brett Bailey can’t believe how "a global capital of democracy" has reacted to his works decrying objectification.
"The Outsiders" – a play performed by inmates and parolees – makes a strong point about the reintegration of offenders into society.
The rural town of Smithfield has become a singular proving ground for major theatrical productions.
"Madiba, the African Opera" premiers at the Pretoria State Theatre on Friday May 23 2014. The production runs until June 1 2014.
Sylvaine Strike will be rewarded at the National Arts Festival for her prolific, collaborative productions.
"Mies Juli" walked away the big winner for the night as best male actor, best director and best production went to its cast and crew.
Writer, director and performer Nir Paldi is provoking theatregoers with his cross-dressing interrogation of Israel’s occupation of Palestine.
Theatre: Love leads to a hero’s happiness in popular culture today. But in ancient Athens? Jealousy and death.
Although there is much talk about changing ?the kinds of shows and profile of audiences, the ?bottom line remains making money.
The musical performance that is "Credo" is a sweeping, uplifting declaration of how South Africans would like the country to be.
Brent Meersman explains how the Freedom Charter became the basis of a remarkable artistic collaboration.
The weird and the wonderful were on display in Grahamstown but there’s a new world coming, and it’s to be found at the event’s fringe.
"Wednesday Night" is directed by Princess Mhlongo, last year’s winner of the Standard Bank Young Artist of the Year for drama.
It is not often that one hears the term ‘protest theatre’ these days, but the production ‘Cadre’ provides a fitting enough justification for using it.
The National Arts Festival, due to be held at the end of June, has released details of its 2013 programme.
Cindy Swanepoel plays an unrepentant Joubert Park junkie in the reworking of Sue Pam-Grant’s play Curl Up and Dye.
One of Britain’s acclaimed writers for the stage, David Greig, has created a musical based on the murders in Norway committed by Anders Breivik.
It looks as though the stage that was for long John Kani’s has grown a foot wider to accommodate his son and his peers, writes Percy Zvomuya.
Jo’burg’s street vibe meets Japanese street theatre in the quirky world of storyteller and actor Jemma Kahn.
Nik Rabinowitz, Sylvaine Strike, Zakes Mda and other personalities from the world of the performing arts share their highlights from the year.
From minibus taxis to the Gautrain, the Goethe Institute’s SPINES festival explores public and private spaces in Jo’burg.
An English adaptation of a French theatre staple is causing a stir in Jo’burg — and has been invited to be showcased in Paris.
Brett Bailey reveals the thinking behind his site-specific interpretations of the ancient Greek tragedy Medea for European audiences.
The M&G chats to Laurent Clavel of the French Season in South Africa 2012 which sees collaboration in theatre, music and other arts.
An exciting theatre project encourages prison inmates to to creatively explore their personal quests for redemption.
South Africa and France are set to share cutting-edge artwork in a bilateral exchange spanning two years.
A seductive production from the United States uses a brotherly relationship to highlight race and class themes with universal appeal.
It is red, yellow and blue — and set to add a splash of colour to Johannesburg’s performing arts scene.
Soweto has long been a cosmopolitan centre of political and artistic life. The new Soweto Theatre complex is part of an ambitious redevelopment plan.
The R150-million Soweto Theatre complex opens this week and forms part of an ambitious development plan to revive Soweto’s cultural life.
South African pupils have joined drama students from schools on three continents, brought together via the internet to produce each other’s plays.
<i>Abnormal Loads</i> is set in that quintessentially tragic South African place in which the personal and the national intersect.