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Directors Jason Jacobs and Devon Delmar push creative boundaries with Variations on a Theme
A poetic, genre-blurring film, Variations on a Theme excavates ancestral grief, memory and forgotten histories in a Northern Cape community still waiting for justice
Rewriting the South African cinema script
Movie theatres are empty but South African stories are abundant — what’s the disconnect?
Enjoy a cinematic journey at The Bioscope
‘After decades of mass products, society wanted to move back to the artisanal and great quality’
Playwright and performance artist Slindile Mthembu explores theatre in the ‘third space’
By fighting for her artistic voice, she is taking the evolution of theatre beyond the traditional realm
Back at The Bioscope: Seeing Other People deals with open relationships
It also explores the patriarchy, the role of women in a male-dominated society and the concept of love versus sex
Exploring theatre in the ‘third space’ with Slindile Mthembu
By fighting for her artistic voice, theatre-maker, playwright and 2022 M&G 200 Young South African, Slindile Mthembu, is taking the evolution of theatre beyond the traditional
A poetic dance of forms. A tender contemplation of grief
Originally a play, Unfathomable is now an art-as-research film that tenderly explores inter-generational loss and trauma.
What’s the future for cinema?
Industry experts say movie theatres will survive the effects of the lockdown only if more of them start providing an experience viewers can’t replicate at home
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