Singer sensation Auriol Hays will be performing as part of the Standard Bank Jazz Festival in Grahamstown in July. This year’s programme features more women in an effort to amplify female voices in the theatrical, performing and visual arts. This year’s National Arts Festival – which runs from 2 to 12 July – not only features a number of strong and visible women in most genres, … [Read more...] about National Arts Festival places women centre stage
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Canadian Stage to Host ‘Spotlight South Africa’ in April
Canadian Stage presents Nongogo, The Meal, Hatched, Ubu and the Truth Commission, Dominion and Chandelier in a three-week festival of South African performance as part of Spotlight South Africa. A tribute to the extraordinary vitality and originality of artistic work produced in the country, the festival will feature a variety of dance, drama, performance art and puppetry from … [Read more...] about Canadian Stage to Host ‘Spotlight South Africa’ in April
Photo Flash: First Look at South African Classic Sizwe Banzi is Dead, Coming to Syracuse Stage
From South Africa’s acclaimed Market Theatre, the intensely funny and poignant Sizwe Banzi is Dead starts February 25 at Syracuse Stage . In this award-winning classic about the universal struggle for human dignity, a black man in apartheid-era South Africa tries to overcome oppressive work regulations to support his family. Read the full article by here: Johannesburg, … [Read more...] about Photo Flash: First Look at South African Classic Sizwe Banzi is Dead, Coming to Syracuse Stage
