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Woza Albert’s Director reveals all
Article By Prince Lamla I was born in Pietermaritzburg. Then few years later we relocated to Qwaqwa in the Free State. I trained at the Market Theatre Laboratory in 2001 and 2002. After I’ve graduated at the Lab, I wanted to be an actor. I found an agent, went to auditions, found auditions very boring and full of false hope. I felt I was wasting my time. I remembered that the reason why I went to train at the Lab was to learn as much as I can and then go back home to plough back to my community. But I felt I was not ready yet. I thought about fieldworking at the Lab, approached the L...
Where is Mama, Dada (Refuse the hour)
In 1973 William Kentridge stood in front of me on the wits library lawns and announced he wanted to work with me. He was very thin, with jet black hair, and affected a bowler hat. This seemed like adequate recommendation. Soon, along with a number of wonderful witsies, we were collaborating on a number of projects. In 1975 Kentridge jumped off the balcony in the Nunnery Theatre (mark one) dressed as a bear. He was an actor in my rather frivolous version of Ubu Roi which he also designed. By 1976 we were founder members of Junction Avenue Theatre Company creating the Fantastical History of a U...
Market Photo Workshop set for new projects and exhibitions
The Market Photo Workshop is set to run various new public projects and exhibitions in 2011. Currently on at the Market Photo Workshop is the Photojournalism and Documentary Photography Programme’s class of 2010 end of year exhibition, Portfolio 10: [Surface]. The exhibition explores the current saturation of documentary images in the media, and the way that aesthetics interplay with meaning in the broader business side of the media industry. Gary Knight, renowned UK photo-journalist and co-founder of the VII Photo Agency was in South Africa in January and took time out of his busy sch...
2011 to be an extraordinary year!
We are delighted to welcome you back to the Market Theatre in 2011. Our staff is busy creating an extraordinary range of dramatic experiences for you on our stages - classics, new works, great South African stories and musical treasures. Our three venues are all located in Johannesburg’s historic fresh fruit and vegetable market and our theatre has been operating here continuously since 1976 and the Market Theatre is one of the major facilities in the city’s exciting Newtown district. Beyond live theatre, the Market Theatre Foundation also operates internationally ...
Welcome to the new Market Theatre Website!
It is a great pleasure to welcome you to our new Internet website. I hope you will find that the new features and information will give you a much better understanding of our history, our present – and our future. Since its birth in that momentous year of 1976, the Market Theatre has become a crucial fixture in Johannesburg’s cultural and artistic life and – indeed – throughout South Africa and around the world. Many of the dramas that became emblematic of the struggle against apartheid first found a dramatic life on the stages of the Market Theatre. In the same way, many of the cou...
