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The King of Broken Things takes a poignant approach to being broken in a one-hander full of wonderment.

Theatrical bonanza at the National Arts Festival

In these broken times, the superb pieces being showcased provide an essential reminder that human good and hope can prevail if we remember how to dream

Chester Missing is talking to you about how you still don’t get this racism issue

Nice racists, Chester Missing is talking to you about how you still don’t get this racism issue

The brutal fact is the world we live in is profoundly racist. It’s structured around racism. It’s like we are all Capetonians, and racism is Table Mountain

Locked in a suitcase: Chester Missing makes shocking allegations of maltreatment against Conrad Koch and wonders when his looters are coming to liberate him. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Q&A Sessions: ‘A loud and a rude little man’

Conrad Koch, the award-winning performer and the human voice behind Chester Missing, tells Nicolene de Wee what it’s like to share his life with Chester and how anthropology…

I think that it’s not useful for me to be the loudest voice in the room on antiracism says Conrad Koch.

​The puppet guy reinvents Chester

Ventriloquist Conrad Koch lets loose the silly side of his act, a playfulness that is itself political.

Finding the Missing link between funny and passé

Conrad Koch shares insight behind the colour change of his puppet, Chester Missing, and a whole new set of conversations he’s ready to have.

Court: Steve Hofmeyr’s order seeks to ‘advance’ racist views – dismisses case

Steve Hofmeyr’s attempt to have his interim protection order against Conrad Koch made permanent was dismissed with costs in court on Thursday.

Hofmeyr: Blacks were ‘not offended’ by apartheid tweet, court hears

Steve Hofmeyr’s defence argued that not only was the singer defamed by comedian Conrad Koch, but that blacks were not offended by his tweet.

Conrad Koch – known best for his comedy fronted by his puppet Chester Missing – has hit back against Steve Hofmeyr over a Twitter gag order.

Chester Missing creator to challenge gag order

Conrad Koch said he would oppose the interim protection order laid against him by singer Steve Hofmeyr, saying it’s "fundamentally" wrong.

The Mapungubwe gold rhino is exhibited at the Javett-UP Art Centre’s  interactive Gold of Africa Gallery

Impressive strides put black comedy in the spotlight

Black comedians have come a long way in the past 10 years, and are using their indigenous languages as the main attraction for their target market.

Chester Missing is talking to you about how you still don’t get this racism issue

Chester Missing questions sponsorship of ‘apartheid denialist’

Pick n Pay and Land Rover are in the spotlight for sponsoring an Afrikaans music festival at which Steve Hofmeyr is to perform.

Chester Missing is talking to you about how you still don’t get this racism issue

Conrad Koch gets it off his Chester

The????"white boy hiding behind a coloured puppet" drops the mask and takes on his critics.