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The Chester Missing Road Show with Conrad Koch

30 Apr 2013 - 02 Jun 2013

Chester Missing, South Africa’s most famous, contentious political puppet from eTV’s Late Night News with Loyiso Gola has embarked on a blazing national roadshow and will be at The Market Theatre accompanied by his annoying ventriloquist Conrad Koch, and his puppet sidekicks Hilary the outrageous diva Ostrich and Ronnie the lunatic green monster on 30 April - 02 June 2013. As a political analyst come weekly columnist for award winning news site ZA News - Mr Chester Missing has broken new ground with his outrageous, hard-hitting, funny and frank interviews with South Africa’s po...

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The Line (Alexandra Tour)

14 May 2013 - 19 May 2013

The Line will be staged for one week only in Alexander township’s Thusong Youth Centre from 14 - 19 May 2013. Performances will start at 19h00 and tickets will cost only R30 for pensioners and school pupils, and R60 for adults. The Line, Gina Shmuckler`s verbatim play that explores the theme of xenophobia, and Woza Albert!, the South African classic (directed by Prince Lamla, 2013 Standard Bank Young Artist Award-Winner) will be bought into communities that have historically been denied thought-provoking, socially-engaged professional theatre productions. And one of the objectives of the D...

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Mother To Mother

22 May 2013 - 09 Jun 2013

Poignant and powerful, Mother to Mother comes to the stages of Johannesburg for the first time. This intimate portrayal of a mother struggling to come to terms with the actions of her son is written by celebrated author Dr Sindiwe Magona, and is a deeply moving story of forgiveness and reconciliation. The production has toured widely, receiving 4 and 5 star reviews at last year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and playing to sold out houses at the Afrovibes Festival in the Netherlands and the UK. It is now the turn of Johannesburg audiences to enjoy this deeply empathic encounter, which expl...