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Through interviews and behind-the-scenes discussions, Spotlight Theatre Talk explores the people and processes that bring productions to life

Joburg Theatre launches podcast to take audiences behind the curtain

Through interviews and behind-the-scenes discussions, Spotlight Theatre Talk explores the people and processes that bring productions to life

Setting the scene: Dancers, choreographed by Luyanda Sidiya, in Dancing the Death Drill. Photos: Joburg Theatre

Dancing the Death Drill: A Resurrection of forgotten spirits

Dancing the Death Drill is more than theatre — it is a resurrection, a requiem and a haunting reminder of forgotten African history

Joburg Theatre presents August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson

Joburg Theatre is excited to announce its forthcoming production of August Wilson’s critically acclaimed play, The Piano Lesson

Power struggle: Altovise Lawrence, James Ngcobo and Mothusi Magano in Oleanna. Photo: Supplied

Play questions justice, truth and accountability

South Africans have a knack for using humour to tackle the most serious of issues and this can be seen in Oleanna

Encore: James Ngcobo, the former artistic director of the Market Theatre Foundation, begins the second act of his career as head of Joburg City Theatres. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy

James Ngcobo’s second act

The actor and director who saved The Market during the pandemic is enthusiastic about his new job as head of Joburg City Theatres

Visibility: James Ngcobo says the Market Theatre is celebrating the ‘tenacious young actors and people who are writing stories that speak to the now’. Photo: Paul Botes

Q&A Sessions: ‘I will be an actor until my last breath’ — James Ngcobo

Veteran actor James Ngcobo, who is also a director, recently scooped his fourth South African Film and Television Awards accolade for his role as a corrupt leader on Netflix’s…

As we like it: Awethu Hleli is one of the performers in the Market Theatre’s Chilling with the Bard: A Shakespeare Season. (Brett Rubin)

Women take centre stage in the Market Theatre’s Shakespeare season

The Market Theatre’s virtual offering, ‘Chilling with the Bard: A Shakespeare Season’, includes women performing traditionally male roles

Blurred: ‘You Fool How Can the Sky Fall’ asks the audience to weigh up the good and the bad of the fallen leaders of a fictitious African country. Photo: Iris Dawn Parker

1995 play still relevant today

The president and his fawning ministers are being interrogated about corruption. Sound familiar?

Sophiatown style: On the 50th anniversary of Can Themba’s death his play The Suit is being performed at the Market Theatre.

Dusting off The Suit

Directed by James Ngcobo and starring a superb­ cast, ‘The Suit’ reinforces the quality and tradition of plays put on the Market Theatre stage

From Fugard to the future with James Ngcobo

The Market Theatre’s James Ngcobo is just as committed to newcomers as he is to classic plays, writes Perzy Zvomuya.

Thinking big

Thinking big

James Ngcobo is one of those directors with a restless spirit and wide-eyed curiosity, writes <b>Percy Zvomuya</b>.

Soundscapes in movement

Songs of Migration contains the best stage representation of the textured influences of migrant communities in South African cities.

Celebrating literary lions

Wole Soyinka is the latest African playwright to be celebrated by local director James Ngcobo, writes Percy Zvomuya.

The audience is waiting

Percy Zvomuya takes a tour of Jozi theatres and finds out what the playmakers are saying.