Wednesday, January 19, 2022
Blood Knot, by legendary South African playwright Athol Fugard, which ran at the Market Theatre in November, had its first and only showing on September 3rd 1961, in what was described as a …
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 09:57AMMonday, January 17, 2022
In 2017, Coligny, a small dorpie in Bokone Bophirima (North West Province), was thrown into the national spotlight when a young black man was allegedly killed by two white men over the thef…
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 11:19AMFriday, December 31, 2021
Metsi, staged at the State Theatre is a daring and brave production in how it includes elements of dance, music and drama into one tapestry of creativity. In doing this, it creates two wor…
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 11:45PMSunday, December 19, 2021
A day at the National Children’s Theatre in the magical IMAGINATION Outdoor Theatre is a day like no other especially for children, young adults and their parents or guardians who throng t…
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 08:49AMMonday, November 8, 2021
Directed by South African theatre and film industry stalwart Dr. Jerry Mofokeng wa Makhetha, A Raisin in the Sun, written by famed American playwright Lorraine Hansberry, is a classic piec…
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 01:16PMWednesday, September 29, 2021
In a normal country, plays like Text Me When You Arrive, which has just ended a short run at the Market Theatre, would not be necessary, but this is not a normal country. To have an entire…
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 02:02PMTuesday, August 31, 2021
The Princesses of Askies Shem Street written and directed by Khutjo Green is one of four productions currently showing at the Tin Town Theatre (NPC) in Johannesburg with the others being Jef…
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 12:30AMMonday, May 24, 2021
Lerumo, written and directed by Malaika Ntsoeu and featuring Malaika Motshabi Ntsoeu, Malefu Mariti and Tankiso Sebabole, just closed on 11 April 2021. It was part of the just ended Kuwamba …
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 03:02AMMonday, May 10, 2021
An intimate listening party of The Empire Builders, an immersive audio production performed by the Kwasha! Theatre Company, is a bold experiment in alternative theatre! Presented by the Fre…
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 12:47AMSaturday, May 8, 2021
Performed as part of the Market Theatre’s annual Black History Month Celebrations, which have been supported by the US Embassy since 2016, having been initiated by Artistic Director James…
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 10:13PMThursday, April 22, 2021
The National Children’s Theatre’s purpose-built outdoor/open-air “Imagination Theatre”, a development necessitated by the Covid-19 pandemic but which has now become the perfect child…
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 04:37PMTuesday, April 13, 2021
My Vagina Was Not Buried With Him is celebrated and multi award-winning poet, playwright, director and producer Napo Masheane’s latest production which was recently staged at both the Jobu…
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 04:32AMMonday, April 12, 2021
Roald Dahl’s much-loved classic Fantastic Mr. Fox wowed young audiences at the National Children’s Theatre in Johannesburg where it was staged in December. Given the catastrophic impact…
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 02:15AMMonday, March 29, 2021
Xova, the predominantly isiXhosa-language production which has just finished a sold-out run at the Market Theatre in Johannesburg was arguably one of the best productions in a year blighted …
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 01:46AMSaturday, March 27, 2021
Angola Camp 13, the multiple-award winning South African State Theatre production would not have happened had the powers-that-be had their way according to its creator, celebrated writer, an…
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 01:59AMFriday, March 12, 2021
The TX Theatre’s double bill Mnquma & Ithemba is rich modern African contemporary dance-based storytelling. Located in the heart of the bustling township of Tembisa is the Moses M…
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 12:03AMTuesday, February 23, 2021
Angola Camp 13, the multiple-award-winning South African State Theatre production, would not have happened had the powers-that-be had their way, according to its creator, celebrated writer …
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 11:47AMTuesday, January 12, 2021
The TX Theatre’s double bill Mnquma & Ithemba is rich modern African contemporary dance-based storytelling. Located in the heart of the bustling township of Tembisa is the Moses Mo…
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 04:17PMTuesday, December 22, 2020
Kwasha! Theatre Company’s Peeling Shadows, which has just ended a limited run at the Market Theatre, is one of those productions that utilize so many unconventional theatrical elements, le…
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 12:58AMSunday, December 20, 2020
In Their Words, a staged reading which recently took place at the Tin Town Theatre in Johannesburg is a harbinger of things to come. By definition, a staged reading is a form of theatre wher…
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 05:37AMWednesday, December 16, 2020
The sprawling township of Alexandra came alive from Friday 23 – Sunday 25 October when the Alexandra Theatre Academy hosted the inaugural Current Affairs Theatre Festival at the Alexsan Re…
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 03:48AMMonday, December 14, 2020
The Red Femicycle brings into sharp focus Gender-Based Violence in a gut-wrenching and hard-hitting way! The Red Femicyle is not a production for the fainthearted, why should it be for it …
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 05:00AMMonday, September 7, 2020
After the unforeseen Covid-19 induced a public events hiatus where all forms of public gatherings, including theatre productions, were not allowed, Joburg Theatre has managed to do what few …
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 09:52AMThursday, June 4, 2020
In the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic which, among other industries, has adversely affected the theatre sector in South Africa and globally, POPArt, a cutting edge South African based experi…
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 12:17PMSunday, April 19, 2020
Paradise Blue is perhaps the more famous in the trilogy of plays called The Detroit Project written by award-winning African American playwright Dominique Morisseau. The other two being Detr…
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 12:43AMFriday, March 20, 2020
Darkie which features Katlego Letsholonyane (who has just recently started appearing on the local SABC sitcom Skeem Saam) is a brave and stylistically refreshing production in that not only …
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 01:54PMWednesday, March 11, 2020
Recently staged to SOLD-OUT audiences at the Joburg Theatre, the Isandlwana Lecture: Narration through Song by acclaimed musician, sociologist, historian and griot Mbuso Khoza featuring The …
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 10:13PMThursday, February 20, 2020
The Lion and The Lamb, the biblically-inspired musical which retells the story of Jesus, was conceived and written by multi-award-winning theatre royalty, John Kani and the late Barney Simon…
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 11:34PMTuesday, February 18, 2020
Van Wyk, The Storyteller of Riverlea based on the life of late writer, political activist and poet Chris Van Wyk, which has just ended at the Market Theatre, is a deceptively brilliant pie…
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 10:47PMThursday, February 13, 2020
Daddies of Sugar with its catchy and somewhat risqué title is Jefferson Tshabalala better known in theatre circles as ‘J’. Bobs Tshabalala’s latest theatrical offering which pokes fun…
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 12:20AMFriday, February 7, 2020
Matthew Ribnick is not your average actor and his performance in the highly acclaimed Hoot is testament to his supreme acting talent which has been honed over a number of years. As is the no…
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 10:20PM 
