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Fifty years on, ‘Rise '76’ asks what we still owe the generation of June 16th
Running at the Market Theatre, 'Rise '76: The Story of June 16th' explores the profound impact of the Soweto Uprising through the lens of playwright Tiisetso Mashifane wa Noni.…
‘Rise ’76’ confronts a generation haunted by how little it has done with its inherited freedom
A powerful and emotionally layered theatrical work revisits the 1976 Soweto Uprising through testimony, memory, contradiction and unresolved generational grief
Gig Guide: Lehlohonolo Shale presents Call of the Revolution’s Children, Dada Masilo’s Hamlet at the Market Theatre and Welcome to Wrexham is back on Disney+
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Berita’s ‘Echoes of The Soul’: A meditation on migrant workers
Berita’s Workers’ Day performance becomes a powerful meditation on migration, memory and xenophobia in a nation built through labour, movement and forgotten solidarities
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
Zawadi Yamungu: The African Dramaturg
Blending jazz, folk and indigenous instrumentation, Zawadi crafts a sound that reconnects audiences to heritage while confronting the politics of the present
‘Isitha Sabantu’: The new frontier for anti-colonial theatre
A powerful reflection on how Isitha Sabantu channels Fanon’s radical thought into a deeply political, emotionally resonant theatre of resistance and remembrance
Diary: Aldo Brincat at the Market Theatre, NYO Jazz releases new album and Kabza De Small set to release Kabza Chant 2.0
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The world through Calvin Ratladi’s eyes
The playwright sees beyond the script, conjuring ghosts of land, legacy and loss in ‘Breakfast with Mugabe’
Puppets, prose and perseverance: JM Coetzee’s Life & Times of Michael K comes to life
The author’s classic is reimagined through puppetry in a powerful stage adaptation
A story of love, loss and resilience
A powerful reflection on women who wait – out of devotion, duty and often unrewarded hope
Diary: The realities in Botswana, A Month of Love and Fresh Met operas on South African big screens
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Diary: A feast of dance, musical blessings from the avant-garde, WGRUV Dance Company opens in Gauteng
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Diary: The Pan African theatre festival, Disney’s Aladdin Jr and two unmissable events in Durban
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Diary: Requiem of Ravel’s Bolero, BMW Art Generation, live scores to silent films
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