Wits graduate and co-founder of theatre company The Wombman Movement, Nandi Nhlapho, is a rising star of the stage.
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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.
Tell Me About It catches up with Klara van Wyk at National Arts Festival
Tell Me About It chats with our favourite new-wave clown Klara van Wyk about her solo show ‘You Suck (And Other Inescapable Truths)’.
Watch a Tell Me About It bumper edition for the National Arts Festival
In her signature gloriously awkward style, Tell Me About It’s Rachael Neary has interviewed a fine selection of the theatre-makers involved in NAF.
What to see and where to go at this year’s National Arts Festival: An insider’s guide
We’ve asked a few actors, directors and musicians who will be performing at this year’s National Arts Festival which shows they’ll be watching and where they’ll be hanging out.
