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A powerful reflection on how Isitha Sabantu channels Fanon’s radical thought into a deeply political, emotionally resonant theatre of resistance and remembrance
AUGUSTO BOAL

‘Isitha Sabantu’: The new frontier for anti-colonial theatre

A powerful reflection on how Isitha Sabantu channels Fanon’s radical thought into a deeply political, emotionally resonant theatre of resistance and remembrance

  • Fezokuhle Mthonti
7 min read
Monkeying around: Andrew Buckland performs in Simon’s Town during the June tour of Unruly, a production aimed at helping to understand a divisive human-versus-animal battle on the Cape Peninsula. Photos: Odendaal Esterhuyse
ACTOR

A new species of performance for unruly play about Cape’s human-baboon conflict

Theatre offers an unlikely space for Cape Peninsula communities to connect and deal with the problem of living with baboons

  • Isabel Olson
8 min read
Digging deep: Mpume Mthombeni on stage in the documentary-style one-woman show ‘Isidlamlilo/The Fire Eater’. Photos: Val Adamson
DURBAN

One-hander about a woman assassin hits hard

‘Isidlamlilo/The Fire Eater’ navigates the complexity of a female killer for the IFP

  • Kimberley Schoeman
7 min read