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Monkeying around: Andrew Buckland performs in Simon’s Town during the June tour of Unruly, a production aimed at helping to understand a divisive human-versus-animal battle on the Cape Peninsula. Photos: Odendaal Esterhuyse

A new species of performance for unruly play about Cape’s human-baboon conflict

Theatre offers an unlikely space for Cape Peninsula communities to connect and deal with the problem of living with baboons

Isabel Olson

Digging deep: Mpume Mthombeni on stage in the documentary-style
one-woman show ‘Isidlamlilo/The Fire Eater’.
Photos: Val Adamson

One-hander about a woman assassin hits hard

‘Isidlamlilo/The Fire Eater’ navigates the complexity of a female killer for the IFP

Kimberley Schoeman

Tin Bucket Drum by Neil Coppen is one of the works shown on the online platform South African Theatre on Demand, which was launched in June. (Val Adamson)

AMY LOUISE WILSON

Is online the new home for theatre?

Moving to digital platforms has enabled theatre to survive, but audiences have been slow to follow

Atiyyah Khan