Children's story Annie at the Peoples Theatre in Braamfontein
Classic children's story Annie is currently taking place at the Peoples Theatre in Braamfontein, Johannesburg. The story tells the tale of orphan Annie who in adversity manages to manoeuvre through life and sings her way through a hard knock life. The story first made its way to the public in 1924 and over the decades it has managed to be revived on radio, television as well as theatre.
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Johannesburg Market Theatre: A theatre for the people
The apartheid government in South Africa named it protest theatre, yet its staff and actors called it theatre for the people. It became one of the first places where blacks and whites worked together, when South Africa was a segregated society...Today 40 years since it came into existence...the theatre's appeal has spread far beyond the country's border
Theatre For The People: Johannesburg's Market Theatre turns 40
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KWELA BAFANA+ presented by The SIBIKWA PLAYERS at the Market Theatre Johannesburg EPK
A musical journey that will leave you dancing and wanting more... - Gwen Ansell, Business Day
Following sold-out performances at the Victory Theatre last year, Kwela Bafana+ is once again about to take Jozi by storm. Starting 25 May, put on your most fabulous dancing shoes and head for the Market Theatre, where Bra B Ngwenya and the Kwela Bafana Band will get your feet tapping to the vibrant tunes reminiscent of South African townships in the 50s.
A distinctive style of music was born from the shabeen scene in the 1950s. It was funky and audacious and could liven up a dance floor in a moment. It was also layered with innuendo as it descriptively portrayed township life during an era in the country when people were faced with apartheid's ugliness, which included the devastation of forced removals. To survive these adverse times, music became an escape and, although it was often uplifting, the undertones of tragedy and fear were always evident. The hauntingly evocative penny-whistle or kwela -- meaning get up or kwela kwela describing the police vans - was made famous through kwela music during these times. It was this fabulous 50's street music, with its magical jazzy undertones, which had revellers living up the night life inside the noisy walls of the shabeens, where kwela sounds, non-stop action and the never-ending flow of beer kept people's hopes and dreams alive.
No payment on arrival PLEASE!
Ticket Prices
Tues R75, Wed & Thurs R95, Fri & Sat R160, Sun R120
Kwela Bafana+, A Night in a 50's Shabeen, is an engaging musical story, which brings to life the unforgettable sights and sounds of South Africa during a decade known for producing a distinctive flavour in song and dance. Directed by renowned Sibikwa Art Centre founders Phyllis Klotz and Smal Ndaba, with musical direction by the multi-talented Themba Mkhize - who has among his many accolades arranged and composed the music for both the Confederation and World Cup - and choreography by the internationally-acclaimed Todd Twala, Kwela Bafana+ will warm the hearts of an eclectic and multicultural audience.
Boy Ngwenya, an original member of the Woodywood Peckers and the famous King Kong cast, brings authentic 50's flair and personality to his performance. Then, accompanying Bra B, audiences can look forward to the award-winning talents of actress Velaphi Khumalo, who has, in previous Kwela productions, become one of the shows biggest attractions. Khumalo is a tour de force to be reckoned and brings some seriously powerful vocal talents to her performance.
This fabulous musical theatre features numbers from the classic, King Kong, songs by Victor Ndlazilwane of the Woodywood Peckers and Dambuza Mdledle of the Manhattan Brothers. These kwela songs became a hallmark sound in the South African township jazz genre and were sadly lost in the intense political history of those times. Now, Kwela Bafana will pay homage to the rich heritage of this definitive 50's-style, urban township music.
Insist on speaking to Anthony for that special ticket price¡
Call the Special Ticket Hot line Now 083-246- 4950
Season Dates: 25th May -- 24th June, 2012.
Tuesday to Saturday 8pm, Sunday 3pm
20 -25% discounts for block booking (excluding Tuesdays)
This EPK produced by Paul Tilsley and multi-camera unit at Competent Artistes
WEST SIDE STORY in SOUTH AFRICA at JOBURG THEATRE 2017
Book online at joburgtheatre.com or call 0861 670 670
Perhaps the best Musical ever written – WEST SIDE STORY – explodes on to the stage at the Joburg Theatre in 2017.
The Fugard Theatre’s smash hit musical West Side Story transfers to Johannesburg by overwhelming popular demand!
After receiving rave reviews across the board from critics and audiences alike, Eric Abraham and the Fugard Theatre’s smash hit, all South African production of West Side Story will be presented at the Mandela Theatre (Joburg Theatre) in January 2017 by popular demand.
West Side Story, which enjoyed a staggeringly successful, sold-out run at the Artscape Opera House in Cape Town in July 2015, was the Fugard Theatre’s first out of house production five years on from the official opening in 2010.
Eric Abraham and the Fugard Theatre, the creators and producers of other outstanding runaway hits like The Rocky Horror Show, Kat & the Kings, Orpheus in Africa, Cabaret and District Six – Kanala, have created a phenomenal 100% South African production on an unprecedented grand-scale which left audiences mesmerised night after night.
Johannesburg's Market Theatre turns 40
Forty years since its opening, South Africa's Market Theatre remains rooted in downtown Johannesburg, where it first brought blacks and whites together.
The biggest African Musical ‘Sarafina!’ comes to Joburg Theatre.
Book online at joburgtheatre.com or call 0861 670 670.
The biggest African Musical ‘Sarafina!’ comes to Joburg Theatre.
32 years of SARAFINA! in Commemoration of Youth Month
Committed Artists Theatricals in association with the Joburg Theatre, will be staging the Broadway renowned award winning production of Sarafina! from 14th to 24th June 2018 on the Mandela Stage at Joburg Theatre.
Directed by Dr Mbongeni Ngema, the show will be staged during Youth month to inspire and encourage young people while celebrating the centenary of South Africa’s finest humanitarian – the late statesman Nelson Mandela.
One of South Africa’s most iconic symbols of the struggle for social and political freedom and justice, Sarafina! was conceived and directed by Dr Mbongeni Ngema who has written and arranged the music and lyrics with additional songs by late Dr Hugh Masekela.
“It is befitting that South Africa’s most successful theatrical export is finally coming to the Mandela Stage at Joburg Theatre; a new generation of theatre goers will get to experience this rich musical legacy and re-ignite the believe within young people that South Africa is able to produce work that is amongst the best in the world”, says Makhaola Ndebele, Artistic Director at Joburg City Theatres.
Sarafina! was adapted to become a school set work and it is studied by learners in schools across the African continent. The play, which depicts students involved in the 1976 Soweto Uprising against apartheid, was created in June 1986 and premiered at The Market Theatre in Johannesburg in June 1987, with Leleti Khumalo in the title role as the school girl activist, Sarafina!.
The powerhouse musical took Broadway by storm in January 1988 during black history month culminating in a 2 year run on Broadway in Manhattan New York City and a 5 year tour of the United States of America. Concurrently a second cast of Sarafina! premiered in 1988 and went on to tour the world for 4 years which included the UK, Europe, Australia, Japan and West Africa.
Sarafina! was later converted into a Hollywood Feature Film starring Whoopie Goldberg, Leleti Khumalo, Dr Mbongeni Ngema, Dr. John Kani and Dr.Mirriam Makeba with the sound track produced by Dr Mbongeni Ngema and Quincy Jones. This captured the imagination of the world and this engraved Sarafina! as a symbol of African triumph and hope the world.
The NAACP (National Advancement of Coloured Peoples) movement saluted this giant endeavour by an African Son of the soil, Dr Mbongeni Ngema, with 11 image awards in Hollywood Beverly Hills. A Grammy award nomination and 5 Broadway Tony Award nominations were bestowed in his honour.
January 2017 saw the return of Sarafina! at the Pretoria State Theatre to an audience exceeding 50,000 during its stay from February 2017 to April 2017.
arepp.Theatre for life, South Africa.mov
Theatre charity impacts the lives of young people - videoSouth Africa-based charity arepp: Theatre for Life, which uses drama and puppetry to teach life skills to young people, is the winner of the 2011 Stars Foundation education impact award. Arepp's show travels the country educating some of the most vulnerable children in some of the poorest areas. It focuses on tough subjects, such as drug abuse, teenage pregnancy and suicide. The organisation reaches almost 80,000 children
Market Theatre Johannesburg: The Table onstage till September 18 - excerpts
The Table - 18 Sep 2011
Venue: Laager Theatre
Duration: 105 Minutes
Ages: All Ages
Cutting edge theatre maker Sylvaine Strike collaborates with an electrifying cast and the highly acclaimed writer/ dramaturge Craig Higginson to bring you an enticing slice of a family dinner.
Four children re-unite with their mother over a Friday night meal where a world of love, sibling rivalry, confused genetics, domesticity, tradition and, of course, food... is unveiled. Funny and deeply moving, this is a journey into the very heart of a family redefined by the South African existence.
Featuring: Annabel Linder, Brian Webber, Janet Carpede, Khabonina Qubeka, William Harding and Karin van der Laag.
Television production excerpts by Paul Tilsley and Competent Artistes. competentartistes.tv
THE MARKET THEATRE JOHANNESBURG VIRTUAL TOUR: ENTERING THE THEATRE COMPLEX!
Part of the Market Theatre Virtual Tour. For further details: markettheatre.co.za
Television production by Competent Artistes competentartistes.tv
KWELA BAFANA+ AT THE MARKET THEATRE JOHANNESBURG: BRA B WOWS!
A musical journey that will leave you dancing and wanting more... - Gwen Ansell, Business Day
Following sold-out performances at the Victory Theatre last year, Kwela Bafana+ is once again about to take Jozi by storm. Starting 25 May, put on your most fabulous dancing shoes and head for the Market Theatre, where Bra B Ngwenya and the Kwela Bafana Band will get your feet tapping to the vibrant tunes reminiscent of South African townships in the 50s.
A distinctive style of music was born from the shabeen scene in the 1950s. It was funky and audacious and could liven up a dance floor in a moment. It was also layered with innuendo as it descriptively portrayed township life during an era in the country when people were faced with apartheid's ugliness, which included the devastation of forced removals. To survive these adverse times, music became an escape and, although it was often uplifting, the undertones of tragedy and fear were always evident. The hauntingly evocative penny-whistle or kwela -- meaning get up or kwela kwela describing the police vans - was made famous through kwela music during these times. It was this fabulous 50's street music, with its magical jazzy undertones, which had revellers living up the night life inside the noisy walls of the shabeens, where kwela sounds, non-stop action and the never-ending flow of beer kept people's hopes and dreams alive.
No payment on arrival PLEASE!
Ticket Prices
Tues R75, Wed & Thurs R95, Fri & Sat R160, Sun R120
Kwela Bafana+, A Night in a 50's Shabeen, is an engaging musical story, which brings to life the unforgettable sights and sounds of South Africa during a decade known for producing a distinctive flavour in song and dance. Directed by renowned Sibikwa Art Centre founders Phyllis Klotz and Smal Ndaba, with musical direction by the multi-talented Themba Mkhize - who has among his many accolades arranged and composed the music for both the Confederation and World Cup - and choreography by the internationally-acclaimed Todd Twala, Kwela Bafana+ will warm the hearts of an eclectic and multicultural audience.
Boy Ngwenya, an original member of the Woodywood Peckers and the famous King Kong cast, brings authentic 50's flair and personality to his performance. Then, accompanying Bra B, audiences can look forward to the award-winning talents of actress Velaphi Khumalo, who has, in previous Kwela productions, become one of the shows biggest attractions. Khumalo is a tour de force to be reckoned and brings some seriously powerful vocal talents to her performance.
This fabulous musical theatre features numbers from the classic, King Kong, songs by Victor Ndlazilwane of the Woodywood Peckers and Dambuza Mdledle of the Manhattan Brothers. These kwela songs became a hallmark sound in the South African township jazz genre and were sadly lost in the intense political history of those times. Now, Kwela Bafana will pay homage to the rich heritage of this definitive 50's-style, urban township music.
Insist on speaking to Anthony for that special ticket price¡
Call the Special Ticket Hot line Now 083-246- 4950
Season Dates: 25th May -- 24th June, 2012.
Tuesday to Saturday 8pm, Sunday 3pm
20 -25% discounts for block booking (excluding Tuesdays)
This extract produced by Paul Tilsley and multi-camera unit at Competent Artistes
South Africa and Political Theatre
A short film by Jesse Gordon about David Eppel, an actor in the Market Theater of Johannesburg, and his experience as a political theater maker during the Apartheid.
Johannesburg, South Africa
Johannesburg, locally also known as Joburg, Egoli or Jozi is South Africa's largest city. Johannesburg has a population of 9.6 million people (South African 2011 census), half of which live in Soweto and adjacent suburbs. The majority of the population is formed by South Africa's black residents who mostly live in Soweto, while white residents amount to 1,333,790 (although the number is likely to be higher). There are at least 450,000 Coloureds(Mixed race/Multiracial people) who make up 5% of the city's population. Johannesburg has around 4% of Indian South Africans and other types of South African Asians in the city. There are also around 300,000 residents of other descent. Unlike other South African cities, no language group dominates, although English is the established lingua franca.
When my parents were diplomats in South Africa, between 1995-1999, we lived in Pretoria, which is 60 km(37 miles) away from Johannesburg. Joburg is South Africa's financial capital city, just like New York City is the financial capital of the United States.
Johannesburg on foot can be unsafe or at least scary, so please be very conscious, even at day time when you get into narrow streets or pedestrian sideways like around the Market. It is a city built for the car and so public transport is in the development process. The Gautrain (a speed train not part of the metro system) is a good, clean and safe way to jump fast between the airport, Malboro, Midrand, Rosebank, Pretoria, and Centurion. Unfortunately, Johannesburg has one of the highest homicide rates in the world.
What to see in Joburg?
Central Business District / CBD
Market Theatre area
Hillbrow
Sandton
Soweto
Carlton Centre
Johannesburg Art Gallery
The Apartheid Museum
Gold Reef City
Standard Bank Gallery
Sci-Bono Discovery Centre
Around 57 people are murdered in South Africa every day. The country has one of the highest rates of rape in the world, with some 65,000 rapes and other sexual assaults reported for the year ending in March 2012, or 127.6 per 100,000 people in the country. South Africa has a high record of carjacking when compared with other industrialized countries. Insurance company Hollard Insurance stated in 2007 that they would no longer insure Volkswagen Citi Golfs, as they were one of the country's most frequently carjacked vehicles. A high number of murders of taxi owners or drivers have not resulted in either arrests or successful prosecutions.
Crime against white commercial farmers and their black staff has gained notable press among some organizations, given the country's past racial tensions. However, several liberal news sites have denied the existence of these attacks, claiming them to be white supremacist propaganda. Kidnapping in South Africa is common, with over 4,100 occurring in the 2013/2014 period. A child is reported missing every five hours (not all due to kidnapping), of which 23% are not located. At the end of the day, it is your job to be very careful anywhere you; I am going to make a video about the dos and the don'ts of South Africa.
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South Africa - Police Shootout - 1995
A striking policeman was killed in a shootout with other police in South Africa's Soweto township on Friday (27/1). Police spokesman
Lt-Colonel Joseph Ngobeni said: There was a shootout while police were arresting strikers... one policeman, a striker, was shot
dead, and one policeman, a member of the dog unit, was injured,
Ngobeni said the incident began when about 50 strikers, members of
the Police and Prisons Civil Right Union (POPCRU), staged a sit-in
at the sprawling township's Orlando police station.
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SOWETO, SOUTH AFRICA, RECENT - 27/1
(16/1/95)
policeman strike at Orlando police station in Soweto
(23/1/95)
march by members of police and prison civil rights union
policeman handing memorandum to regional minister of police, Jessie
Duarte
(27/1/95)
cu of placard saying we are on strike
policewoman walking toward locked gate
policewoman refused entry
black and white policeman refused entry
black policeman waving at white colleague
policemen taking position
other policeman cuts chains around gate
ws of teargas and stun grenades being fired
strikers running away
policeman collapsing
cu of dead policeman
2 white policemen pointing gun at strikers
white policeman arresting black policeman
audio of shooting
police car arriving on scene
black striker being loaded into vehicle
2 women crying
more of arrests
various of white policemen with dogs
wounded policeman being treated by paramedics
ambulance arriving
white policemen fixing gate
crowd shouting
strikers running away
vs of white policeman shooting
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Popular Johannesburg's Market Theatre turns 40
To South Africa now, since its inception in 1976 the Johannesburg Market theatre has been an integral part of the country's history. The market theatre was formed just two weeks after the Soweto uprising, and forty years on it still bears the mark of a unified front by both blacks and whites in the country.
Saffron Book Launch | Joburg Theatre | Johannesburg (Part 2)
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SAFFRON: A collection of personal narratives by Muslim Women edited by Dr Zaheera Jina Asvat, published by African Publishing, Book Launch at the The Fringe at Joburg Theatre.
SAFFRON: A collection of personal narratives by Muslim Women is an anthology of writing that draws on the lived realities of Muslim women. Food and cooking, hardship and conflict, intimacy, baby-making, children, living with in-laws and self-esteem are some of the experiences unpacked in this collection of poignant personal narratives. This collection will remind and reassure that, although life brings with it many challenges, you as a woman are never alone in what you go through – many women walk the journey with you.
With Contributions from:
Shakira Akabor, Feroza Arbee, Afzad-Al, Najma Ansari, Adela Bootha, Saaleha Idrees Bamjee, Saffiya Ismail Cassim, Maymoona Rajah Chohan, Sabera Chothia, Khairun-Nisaa Dadipatel, Quraisha Dawood, Mariam B. Daya, Ayesha Desai Yasmin Denat, Papatia Feauxzar, Gouwa Gabier, Jamela Garda, Maimoonah Gori, Rehana Gunduwalla (Moosajee), Somayya Hansrod, Waasila Jassat, Zaheera Jina, Safeera Kaka, Fatima Kazee, Raashida Khan, Sumayya Mehtar, Shauqeen Mizaj, N. Moola, Zayboon Motala, Hina Nafe, Nabeela Noorani, Khalida Moosa, Nurnazida Nazri, Dilshad Parker, Nabihah Plaatjes, Layla Abdullah-Poulos, Shaakira Rahiman-Saleh, Mumtaz Moosa Saley, Yumna Samari, Fatima Bheekoo-Shah, Hawa Bibi Shahaboodien, Aneesa Bodiat-Sujee, Safiyyah Sujee, Safiyyah Surtee, Razina Theba, Zara Valli
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New Year's carnival through streets of Johannesburg
SHOTLIST
1. Wide street scene, carnival in progress
2. Wide carnival procession passing by
3. Close children taking part in the carnival
4. Mid dancers and musicians in the carnival
5. Mid children dancing
6. SOUNDBITE: (English) Pilisiwe Twala-Tau, Executive Director of the Johannesburg carnival:
We always had problems during New Year's Eve. People would be doing all sorts of things, breaking bottles, not really having anything to do with their lives, and just to curb that we started the carnival, focusing really on young people to make sure that young people begin to do their dancing and do their stilt dancing and make their own costumes so that they begin to tell those at home to also come and form part of the carnival.
7. Wide carnival going over the Nelson Mandela Bridge
8. Mid carnival on the bridge
9. Close carnival participant with hat reading: Stop Xenophobia, pull out to wide
10. Close carnival walking past
11. Wide carnival passing the camera
12. Wide carnival
STORYLINE:
More than a thousand people came out onto the streets of Johannesburg in South Africa on Wednesday to take part in the annual New Year's carnival.
Dressed in brightly costumes and carrying models, banners and musical instruments, the participants were mainly children from neighbouring townships, such as Soweto and Alexandra.
This year's carnival, which is the fifth one, was named Unity in our Diversity to call for all forms of xenophobic attacks to stop.
In May 2008, xenophobic attacks spread through the South African townships, killing many foreigners.
Pilisiwe Twala-Tau, director of this year's carnival, said that if the children had nothing to do over New Year's Eve then many of them might get involved in the lawlessness usually associated with the period.
We always had problems during New Year's Eve. People would be doing all sorts of things, breaking bottles, not really having anything to do with their lives, and just to curb that we started the carnival, Twala-Tau said.
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KWELA BAFANA ONSTAGE AT THE MARKET THEATRE JOHANNESBURG EXTRACT 1
A musical journey that will leave you dancing and wanting more... - Gwen Ansell, Business Day
Following sold-out performances at the Victory Theatre last year, Kwela Bafana+ is once again about to take Jozi by storm. Starting 25 May, put on your most fabulous dancing shoes and head for the Market Theatre, where Bra B Ngwenya and the Kwela Bafana Band will get your feet tapping to the vibrant tunes reminiscent of South African townships in the 50s.
A distinctive style of music was born from the shabeen scene in the 1950s. It was funky and audacious and could liven up a dance floor in a moment. It was also layered with innuendo as it descriptively portrayed township life during an era in the country when people were faced with apartheid's ugliness, which included the devastation of forced removals. To survive these adverse times, music became an escape and, although it was often uplifting, the undertones of tragedy and fear were always evident. The hauntingly evocative penny-whistle or kwela -- meaning get up or kwela kwela describing the police vans - was made famous through kwela music during these times. It was this fabulous 50's street music, with its magical jazzy undertones, which had revellers living up the night life inside the noisy walls of the shabeens, where kwela sounds, non-stop action and the never-ending flow of beer kept people's hopes and dreams alive.
No payment on arrival PLEASE!
Ticket Prices
Tues R75, Wed & Thurs R95, Fri & Sat R160, Sun R120
Kwela Bafana+, A Night in a 50's Shabeen, is an engaging musical story, which brings to life the unforgettable sights and sounds of South Africa during a decade known for producing a distinctive flavour in song and dance. Directed by renowned Sibikwa Art Centre founders Phyllis Klotz and Smal Ndaba, with musical direction by the multi-talented Themba Mkhize - who has among his many accolades arranged and composed the music for both the Confederation and World Cup - and choreography by the internationally-acclaimed Todd Twala, Kwela Bafana+ will warm the hearts of an eclectic and multicultural audience.
Boy Ngwenya, an original member of the Woodywood Peckers and the famous King Kong cast, brings authentic 50's flair and personality to his performance. Then, accompanying Bra B, audiences can look forward to the award-winning talents of actress Velaphi Khumalo, who has, in previous Kwela productions, become one of the shows biggest attractions. Khumalo is a tour de force to be reckoned and brings some seriously powerful vocal talents to her performance.
This fabulous musical theatre features numbers from the classic, King Kong, songs by Victor Ndlazilwane of the Woodywood Peckers and Dambuza Mdledle of the Manhattan Brothers. These kwela songs became a hallmark sound in the South African township jazz genre and were sadly lost in the intense political history of those times. Now, Kwela Bafana will pay homage to the rich heritage of this definitive 50's-style, urban township music.
Insist on speaking to Anthony for that special ticket price¡
Call the Special Ticket Hot line Now 083-246- 4950
Season Dates: 25th May -- 24th June, 2012.
Tuesday to Saturday 8pm, Sunday 3pm
20 -25% discounts for block booking (excluding Tuesdays)This extract produced by Paul Tilsley and multi-camera unit at Competent Artistes
SIBIKWA ARTS AFRICAN INDIGENOUS ORCHESTRA EPK - onstage Market Theatre Johannesburg 29 May-14 June
Come and experience their African pop and salsa-ish vibes that will leave you with much to write home about! The Sibikwa Arts Indigenous Orchestra consists of young, vibrant musicians that play 18 different kinds of African indigenous music instruments, sing, dance, perform, do lecture demonstrations and workshops. The orchestra will appeal to all music lovers who would like a deeper understanding and a better appreciation of South Africa's diverse music and cultural expressions. The orchestra members have an entertaining outlook to performance and they bring ancient African genres into the 21st century through their fantastic Celebration show under the musical direction of SAMA award winning Tlale Makhene.
Matinee shows: 3pm on 26 May and 2, 9 and 16 June 2012. Students - R50, Adults - R100
School Lecture demonstrations on Tues, Wed, Thurs from 29 May - 14 June. R50 per student
For broadcast and promotional purposes, more video material on Sibikwa Arts Dance and Theatre productions and the Orchestra is available from Sibikwa Arts.
EXCERPTS FROM 'ASINAMALI', ONSTAGE AT THE MARKET THEATRE JOHANNESBURG TILL 18 AUGUST 2013
ASINAMALI
16 Jul 2013 - 18 Aug 2013
Venue: Barney Simon Theatre at the Market Theatre
Age Restriction: 13
One of the greatest hits of the South African stage, the multi-award-winning musical drama, Asinamali!, is returning to the Market Theatre. A show of immense vitality, sadness and humour, makes for compelling theatre, mingling exhilarating dance and mime with hypnotic choral singing.
Written by Mbongeni Ngema, this is a tale of five black prisoners brought together in a South African prison. Each of these men have a story, as one gleefully tells of his affair with his white master`s wife; another lustily acts out the life of his hero, an urban con-man. Others tell of their frustrating, humiliating search for work permits. Others speak of their involvement with Dube`s movement, yet all spit out their contempt for the police informers who contributed to his death.
Directed by Market Theatre Laboratory graduate, Prince Lamla of Woza Albert!, this classic South African play was inspired by events that surrounded the 1983 rent strike in the Lamontville township, led by the martyred activist Msizi Dube, in which the rallying cry was `Asinamali!` - which is Zulu for ``We have no money!`` The play has since gone on to travel widely internationally and is one of the most important plays from apartheid South Africa.
For more information please visit our website, markettheatre.co.za or Tel: 011-832 1641 or book via Computicket.
Excerpts filmed by Competent Artistes, competentartistes.tv.