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The Cape Town theatre complex celebrates its 55th anniversary by reflecting on transformation, accessibility and the evolving role of public cultural institutions
ACCESSIBILITY

Artscape celebrates 55 years by opening its doors wider than ever

The Cape Town theatre complex celebrates its 55th anniversary by reflecting on transformation, accessibility and the evolving role of public cultural institutions

  • Kibo Ngowi
4 min read
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3 MENSE PHAKATHI

Lorin Sookool: A provocateur, a storyteller

Her powerful double bill confronts colonial legacies through bold choreography that refuses easy answers

  • Lesego Chepape
6 min read
Musician, composer and director of musicals David Kramer
ARTSCAPE

David Kramer: Dipping the paintbrush in different musical colours

How David Kramer turned the story of an African-American choir that visited South Africa in the 1890s into a musical

  • Charles Leonard
8 min read
Always in tune: Nolufefe Mtshabe translated the lyrics of the Magic Flute into isiXhosa. (Michelly Rall/Getty Images and Continuum Company)
AFRICA CARMEN

Imizwilili zika Nolufefe ‘Fefe’ Mtshabe

Chorister and opera singer Nolufefe Mtshabe inspired hundreds of pupils to uphold her legacy

  • Robyn Sassen
4 min read
Whose copyright is it anyway? Sinethemba Twani is a playwright who works as a petrol attendant to pay the bills. He claims that a TV drama series bears an uncanny resemblance in content and title to one of his performed scripts. Photo: David Harrison
ARTSCAPE

So who did plant the seed?

A dramatist and petrol attendant who wrote Imbewu is up against entertainment industry heavyweights behind the TV series Imbewu: The Seed

  • Zaza Hlalethwa
9 min read
Old or bold: Artistic impressions of the new Artscape theatre ­complex have outraged purists who admire the ­International Modernism of the existing theatre complex.
ARCHITECTURE

Artscape’s R1.5-billion revamp plan

The Cape Town theatre’s grand plans might just be an unrealistic dream.

  • Brent Meersman
7 min read