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Thursday readings for Theatre Practitioners
Market Theatre Thursday Readings Craig Higginson, the Market Theatre’s Literary Manager and Dramaturg, will be running readings at the Market Theatre on the last Thursday every month, beginning in October 2012. The readings are an opportunity for playwrights to have their plays heard, with an opportunity for feedback. While no promises of production can be made at the outset, the intention is to facilitate dialogue between the Market Theatre and playwrights – with a view to developing working relationships. Writers often work in isolation and it is believed that open readings – whic...
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Cadre
Press Pack Cadre at the Market Theatre Content Press release Production information About The Market Theatre About Chicago Shakespeare Theater Press Release For immediate release The Market Theatre hosts the South African premiere of Cadre, written and directed by Omphile Molusi, from Thursday, 20 March to Sunday, 14th April 2013. The show first played at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater (CST) as part of the World`s Stage Series. Following Molusi`s internationally acclaimed production Itsoseng, presented by Chicago Shakespeare in 2010, Cadre is inspired by true events in the life of an ac...
The Epicene Butcher and Other Stories for Consenting Adults
ENTERTAINMENT MEDIA RELEASE Thursday, 14 March 2013 The Epicene Butcher and Other Stories for Consenting Adults One of Joburg’s most popular Pop Art productions, ‘The Epicene Butcher and Other Stories for Consenting Adults’ returns to Johannesburg for three week run . The Epicene Butcher and Other Stories for Consenting Adults, comes to the legendary Market Theatre after delighting audiences and winning awards across the country and abroad. Kamishibai literally translated as paper play originated as a form of children’s street theatre in the early 1930’s. Storytellers ...
Cadre
Cadre Written and directed by Omphile Molusi Cadre provides a deeply relevant portrait of a family, who have to overcome past betrayals of trust in order to live productively in the present. The play looks at how one person’s dream for a better future during times of great darkness can have terrible consequences for the rest of the family. Cadre has been written to honour the 21,000 people who died during apartheid: families, friends and all the unsung heroes who helped to achieve our democracy. However, with 19,000 deaths a year due to crime and poverty the play questions whether we...
Mies Julie: Press pack
MIES JULIE AT THE MARKET THEATRE CONTENT Press release Production Information International and local media response PRESS RELEASE For immediate release After taking New York by storm the award-winning Mies Julie returns home to South Africa for a season at the Market Theatre in Johannesburg this January and February The Baxter’s runaway hit play Mies Julie returns home from its triumphant success in New York, bringing along a string of prestigious awards and accolades, for a season in The Laager at the Market Theatre from 17 January to 24 February 2013, Tuesdays to Saturdays at 8.15pm a...
Mies Julie
The Market Theatre presents Baxter Theatre Production, Mies Julie Restoration of Body and Soil Since The Bantu Land Act No 27 of 1913 and the Immorality Act No 5 of 1927 Directed by Yael Farber Season 17 January – 24 February 2013 Explosive new adaptation of August Strindberg’s classic Miss Julie, under the title Mies Julie, returns to The Market Theatre after 28 years! The Baxter Theatre Centre’s smash-hit play Mies Julie, written and directed by Yael Farber, has been hailed as an international triumph and it has already received unprecedented acclaim, scooping two top awards ...
