The Market Theatre’s artistic director, Malcolm Purkey, talks about the new theatre season, with historical protest plays Woza Albert!.
The writings and speeches of Mbeki (well, some of them) have become the subject of a new experimental play.
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/ 11 November 2011
An experimental new show examines crowd behaviour, testing the extent to which people retain their individual identity and beliefs.
Daphne Kuhn’s dream was to create a place for artists to express themselves and for audiences
to enjoy themselves.
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/ 4 November 2011
Princess Zinzi Mhlongo is the Standard Bank Young Artist award winner for drama in 2012. She spoke to <b>Matthew Krouse</b>.
The fact that it is acted by father and son adds extra punch to this drama about science’s
emotional fallout.
Did public opinion turn on murdered director Juliano Mer-Khamis for performing plays that went against conservative Islamic values?
Arthur Miller’s <i>Broken Glass</i> is an exploration of what happens to people when they surrender their own desires and disregard the truth.
There’s a rare opportunity to catch one of Ionesco’s strangest plays this weekend.
Music, art and theatre listings for Cape Town.
Art, music, and theatre listings for Durban.
Art, music, and theatre listings for Jo’burg.
What to do, where to go and what to see this week.
Brent Meersman chats to the irrepressible playwright, Athol Fugard, ahead of the premiere of his latest play, <em>The Train Driver</em>.
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/ 21 January 2010
Our top art and entertainment picks for this week and beyond
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/ 20 October 2009
There is something fun about the current special night out offered by Montecasino’s Palazzo Hotel.
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/ 5 September 2008
The hit musical Rent closes on Broadway this weekend after 12 years.
It’s <i>Hamlet</i>, but not as we know it.
As a nation, South Africa has long overcome cultural cringe and the need to emulate Anglo-America for artistic validation.
Robyn Sassen reviews <i>Bar Flies</i>, now on stage at the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown.
In a society reeling from violence, how appropriate or helpful is it to see violence depicted on stage?
Here’s a riddle: take two photos of the same theatre, different shows. Why are there only three seats visible in one picture and 300 in the other?
Phillippa Yaa de Villiers discusses her play <i>Original Skin</i>.
Warren Foster looks at <i>Operamania</i>, a new young, energetic show with a need for nudity.
Sello Maake ka Ncube tells Kwanele Sosibo about life before and after <i>The Lion King</i>.
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/ 18 January 2008
The Spier Poetry Exchange with a Dutch writers’ network promises a celebratory discovery of new voices, writes Brent Meersman.
IN The Island, two political prisoners on Robben Island perform a version of Antigone to their cellmates and their warders.