Profile: Castaways – Hitting the sweet spot
When the gasp-inducing acrobatics of the circus meets the comedy of clowning and the narrative drama of theatre, it is possible to get a show that hits all the sweet … Read More
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Profile: Khongolose Khommanding Khomissars – The khorrupt get their just desserts
In the best traditions of deeply political South African theatre in which entertainment and the social milieu intertwine without the interference of didactic message-making, there is Khongolose Khommanding Khomissars. Written … Read More
Not Falling: Synapses fail to fire
Not Falling was all over the place. It felt like the play itself has Parkinson’s. Not to make light of Parkinsons. The work is premised on a degenerative disease, so … Read More
dSimon: All presentation, no presence
What’s that meme doing the rounds? Something about how we expected AI to take care of the menial tasks so we could create art, not the other way around. Well, … Read More
Backshack studio: Hope’s not on the map
It’s one o’clock in the afternoon and it seems like everyone is drunk. Not a let-the-good-times-roll drunk. A fatigued drunk, stupified drunk. The kind of drunk that comes from drinking … Read More