Current Event

Elzabé Zietsman: Vier Panado's en 'n Chardonnay


24 October - 21 November 2024

In this cabaret, also known as 'Ek het al so baie my *** gesien, ek is bang vir *****', Elzabé Zietsman celebrates her and her fellow South Africans’ resilience. If we fall, we get up.

When the rug is pulled out from under us, we do summersaults and land on our feet. As the world around us changes, we adapt. And when the world around us falls apart completely, mom drinks four Panados and a glass of Chardonnay, and dad lights the fire. Tomorrow we’ll try again.

'Vier Panado’s en ‘n Chardonnay' was awarded the Kanna award for Best offering: Music at KKNK 2024.

WITH Elzabé Zietsman and Tony Bentel SCRIPT AND DIRECTOR Johann Slabbert MUSICAL DIRECTOR Tony Bentel PRODUCER Drama Drama Language: English and Afrikaans

In hierdie bekroonde kabaret, ook bekend as Ek het al so baie my *** gesien, ek is bang vir *****, vier Elzabé Zietsman haar en haar mede-Suid-Afrikaners se veerkragtigheid. As ons val, staan ons op. As die mat onder ons uitgeruk word, maak ons bollemakiesies en land op ons voete. As die wêreld om ons verander, pas ons aan. En as die wêreld om ons heeltemal uitmekaar val, drink mamma vier Panado’s en ’n glas Chardonnay en pappa steek die vuur aan. Môre probeer ons weer.

MET Elzabé Zietsman en Tony Bentel TEKS EN REGIE Johann Slabbert MUSIEKREGIE Tony Bentel VERVAARDIGER Drama Drama

Intelligent, snaaks, bemoedigend – dié kabaret is kuns as kuur – Netwerk24 Taal: Afrikaans en Engels

Current Event

Lala Ngenxeba / Of love and revolution


13 November - 08 December 2024

To commemorate the hundredth anniversary of Robert Sobukwe’s birth on 5 December 2024, The Market Theatre has commissioned a new play, Lala Ngenxeba/Of Love and Revolution, which aims to introduce audiences to the life and times of the former PAC leader through critical historic moments alongside his prison letters to his wife, Veronica Sobukwe.

The play will open on 14 November 2024 in the Barney Simon Theatre as part of the KAZA KAMBA Pan-African Theatre Festival. It will then run beyond the festival until 8 December 2024, closing the week of Sobukwe’s birthday.

upcoming Event

Kaza Kamba Pan African Theatre Festival


14 - 17 November 2024

The inaugural Kaza Kamba Pan African Theatre Festival will be held at The Market Theatre from 14 to 17 November 2024 in Johannesburg.

This new partnership between mehlo-maya (eye-to-the-sun) and The Market Theatre will deliver a four-day festival of theatre, music, workshops, film screenings, and talks curated by Bobby Rodwell and Lesego Rampolokeng.

upcoming Event

New and dynamic dance theatre work explores South African fathers


27 Nov - 1 Dec 2024

John Kani Theatre

A newly created dance theatre work, Father & I, uses personal stories, dance, song, and music to explore the relationships between South African fathers and their children. This dynamic fusion of real life stories is created between the Windybrow Arts Centre’s Kwasha! Theatre Company, The Market Theatre and Moving into Dance, and will premiere over a limited season of four performances at the Market Theatre at the end of November.

upcoming Event

Call Us Crazy


27 November - 15 December 2024

The award-winning comedy is ‘black’ by popular demand at the Market Theatre. Call Us Crazy is essentially a hilarious comedy that sees South Africans laughing at themselves.

The satirical theatre gives flash-glimpses of South African life in the townships, urban and rural areas, unconvincing parliamentary debates, corruption in government and more uniquely South African scenarios, in a humorous manner. On the driving seat of this leg of the run, is a stellar award-winning all-female cast playing multiple roles with ease.

upcoming Event

Ndilapha


05 December 2024

Join us for a magical night as Nomfundo Xaluva takes us on a journey with the launch of her third and long-awaited album "Ndilapha".

Nomfundo Xaluva is back with her 3rd studio album independently recorded and produced between 2023-2024. Titled Ndilapha which means “I am here” in isiXhosa, this project’s intention is to express the various manifestations of presence through song.

Having last released an album in 2015, Xaluva’s recorded music has and continues to stand in the gap for her during periods of physical absence from the stage.

After years of writing, learning and listening, she returns to the stage to launch Ndilapha, a body of work consisting of songs she has penned over the last decade.

LATEST NEWS

MTF appoints Lekgetho Makola as the new COO

Chief Operations Officer


Market Theatre Foundation appoints Lekgetho Makola as the new Chief Operations Officer The Market Theatre Foundation (MTF) is pleased to announce the appointment of Lekgetho Makola as its new Chief Operations Officer (COO), effective from 15 October 2024.

Makola brings with him a wealth of experience in the sector. His tenure as the first CEO of the Javett Art Centre at the University of Pretoria distinguished him as an innovative leader who managed to steer the centre through post-COVID recovery by strengthening organisational resilience, inspiring innovation and promoting the transdisciplinary arts.

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