The Standard Bank Young Artist Award Winners for 2020 are; Blessing Ngobeni (Visual Art), Nthato Mokgata (also known as Spoek Mathambo) (Music), Lulu Mlangeni (Dance), Jefferson Tshabalala (Theatre), and Sisonke Xonti (Jazz).
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‘It’s an exciting time to be a woman’ – Standard Bank Young Artist Amy Jephta
This year’s Standard Bank Young Artist for Theatre is Amy Jephta, who will be premiering her work ALL WHO PASS at the 2019 National Arts Festival. The play alternates between a family’s eviction in 1974 to the restitution in 2019, when a daughter returns to claim her inheritance.
The National Arts Festival 2019 Main Programme is a response to the tangled times we live in
The main programme for the National Arts Festival: Responding to the tangled times we live in, held in Makhanda, has been released. Bookings open on 7 May 2019
Nandi Nhlapho – The theatre maker staging complex experiences of womanhood
Wits graduate and co-founder of theatre company The Wombman Movement, Nandi Nhlapho, is a rising star of the stage.
Desegregating the stage: Cape Town’s Makukhanye Art Room makes space for theatre
‘Cape Town is not yet ready to endorse the idea of having a theatre in Khayelitsha.’ Theatre director Mandisi Sindo talks to us about the importance of Makukhanye Art Room.
King Kong star Nondumiso Tembe talks Miriam Makeba, playing a badass and reimagining Sophiatown | Creative Womxn 2017
‘This is the story of our people.’ Hollywood actor Nondumiso Tembe, talks to us about being back in her home country to star in legendary jazz opera ‘King Kong’.
Bayeza | Feminist stage: Playwrights Ameera Conrad and Amy Jephta make ‘Black girl magic’
Theatre’s leading women Ameera Conrad and Amy Jephta meet on stage at their old varsity to reminiscence about drama school, talk on writing powerful work and their futures.
Phumzile Sitole: A local actress chasing the dream abroad
Local actress Phumzile Sitole talks to us about struggles, auditions, mentors met in coffee shops, and her flourishing career in New York.
‘Chin Up!’ take two: Actress Lara Adine Lipschitz on being brave and funny
Lara Adine Lipschit’s gives us the scoop on season two of ‘Chin Up!’, a web series about the life of a struggling actress, trying to make it work.
A Q&A with Ameera Conrad, the theatre maker questioning the future of SA
On identity, true liberation and why she’d love the EFF to watch her work.
For Refilwe Nkomo, choosing the arts as an African child is a courageous thing
The artist opens up about her choreopoem ‘Songs for Khwezi’ after performing it for the first time on home soil.
The CT Fringe Festival: 4 artists shaping the future of theatre in SA
We had a quick WhatApp convo with four distinct, talented and fearless artists, who are presenting work at this year’s Cape Town Fringe Festival.
Father, Father. Father! The twisted satire heading for the Amsterdam Fringe Festival
The delightfully absurd play pokes fun at the patriarchy and religious dogma.
Tell Me About It talks gender constructs and electro rap with Stash Crew
“The heteros need all the help they can get.” Tell Me About It’s Rachael Neary gets a makeover from electro rap outfit Stash Crew.
Best of Fest: What to see at this year’s 969 Festival
Didn’t make it to this year’s National Arts Festival? Catch a few of the productions at the 969 Festival in Johannesburg.
