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Mirroring the past: At times, the actors in Under the Shade of a Tree I Sat and Wept step out of their roles entirely, debating the material they are performing, questioning its meaning or even its validity. It’s here that the play’s meta-theatrical dimension comes into focus. Photo: Thandile Zwebanzi
APARTHEID

What does it mean to forgive? A play asks, 30 years after the TRC

Drawing from archives and lived experience, the international production probes the emotional and political complexities of reconciliation in a fractured world

  • Kibo Ngowi
6 min read
Book tickets: Greg Homann has taken up the position of artistic director at Johannesburg’s Market Theatre. Photo: Kate Green
THE LESSON

He has cornered the Market

A playful take on the sport of theatre by the theatre’s new artistic director, Greg Homann

  • Lehlohonolo Shale
7 min read
In another time: Although Delirium could be set in SA
GREG HOMANN

Language bridges and divides

Ariel Dorfman’s reworked play Delirium is relevant to any country with conflicts over land and borders.

  • Greg Homann
3 min read
GREG HOMANN

Battlers of the pen and stage

Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka and renowned playwright Ariel Dorfman chat to <b>Greg Homann</b> about speaking truth to power.

  • Greg Homann
8 min read
Stages of identity
GREG HOMANN

Stages of identity

An academic study dedicated to exploring South African drama could easily be viewed as a turgid exercise in promoting scholarly jargon.

  • Greg Homann
4 min read