Current Event
ONE LAST CHANCE! THE CRY OF WINNIE MANDELA EXTENDED UNTIL 30 MARCH!
Extended until 30 March 2025
Following its critical and popular success, The Cry of Winnie Mandela – a play based on the Njabulo Ndebele novel of the same name – makes a highly anticipated return to the stage. Adapted by Alex Burger and directed by the award-winning MoMo Matsunyane, The Cry of Winnie Mandela has returned to The Market Theatre from 26 February to 23 March 2025. Due to popular demand the show has been extended to 30 March 2025!
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Life & Times of Michael K
27 March - 13 April 2025
A daring spirit, a haunting story, in a time of war. Life & Times of Michael K is a literary masterpiece by Nobel Prize and Booker Prize-winning South African novelist, J.M Coetzee. The hugely successful international hit production of the novel was created by the Baxter Theatre and adapted for stage by Lara Foot in collaboration with the Tony Award-winning Handspring Puppet Company (of War Horse and Little Amal fame)
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Pieces of Me
09 - 27 Apr 2025
“Pieces of Me” is a profoundly moving personal story of the unspoken histories that many people carry within them. An exploration of family secrets, with resonances that still echo today. It explores questions about identity: “Who are you, if you can no longer be who you are?”
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The Fall
09 Apr - 04 May 2025
The Fall is an award-winning and internationally acclaimed collaborative protest theatre play that reflects on experiences of student activists within the #RhodesMustFall and subsequent student-led movements, as they fearlessly advocate for a free decolonized education.
As the statue of imperialist Cecil John Rhodes was dismantled at the University of Cape Town, eight students wrote this searing and insightful play about the crosscutting roles that race, class, gender, sexism, colonialism and the ideologies of patriarchy have had to play in the perpetuation of discrimination in our country.
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Mantsopa
30 April – 11 May 2025
“Mantsopa” is a journey through song, written and directed by Dr. Jerry Mofokeng Wa Makhetha.
The story of prophetess, Nkhono Mantsopa, is shared through the journey of her great-granddaughter, Tholoana (Leomile) who has the gift of song. How will she become the best of herself, and what will she discover on a path in pursuit of fame and fortune?
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The Good White
11 May – 01 June 2025
In this explosive new play by Mike van Graan, the non-racial project is thrust into the spotlight.
It’s 2016—Jacob Zuma is in power, corruption is rife, and the "born-free" generation is taking to the streets as the #FeesMustFall movement demands change. Four individuals, played by an outstanding cast (Russel Savadier, Renate Stuurman, Vusi Kunene and Shonisani Masutha), are forced to confront their beliefs, their identities, and the choices that define them. As ideals are tested, their journey reflects a nation grappling with its past and future.
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The Last Country
15 May – 01 June 2025
The Last Country is an immersive and deeply moving Empatheatre production featuring a powerhouse cast of some of South Africa’s top talents drawn from Kwa Zulu-Natal, Johannesburg and Cape Town.
The cast includes award-winning actors Mpume Mthombeni, Faniswa Yisa, Sibulele Gcilitshana and Andile Vilikazi, with a play text drawn from the 30 oral histories of migrant women collected as part of a greater research and advocacy project.
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Barber Shop Chronicles
22 May – 15 June 2025
“Barber Shop Chronicles’’ is a powerful, electric play by Nigerian-born British playwright Inua Ellams, which explores community and black masculinity. Set in barbershops in London, Lagos, Accra, Johannesburg, Kampala, and Harare the play weaves together a series of interconnected stories exploring masculinity, vulnerability and connection.
This internationally acclaimed one act play is filled with detailed beautifully drawn characters, humour, dance, hair, soccer and an infectious joy.
upcoming Event
Barber Shop Chronicles
22 May – 15 June 2025
“Barber Shop Chronicles’’ is a powerful, electric play by Nigerian-born British playwright Inua Ellams, which explores community and black masculinity. Set in barbershops in London, Lagos, Accra, Johannesburg, Kampala, and Harare the play weaves together a series of interconnected stories exploring masculinity, vulnerability and connection.
This internationally acclaimed one act play is filled with detailed beautifully drawn characters, humour, dance, hair, soccer and an infectious joy.
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A Tribute to Athol Fugard from the Market Theatre Foundation
The Market Theatre joins the world in mourning the passing of Athol Fugard, a titan of South African and world theatre whose voice and vision shaped the landscape of storytelling both at home and abroad.
Fugard’s unflinching commitment to truth, justice, and the act of witnessing through theatre resonated deeply within the Market Theatre’s walls, where his plays found a natural home and a passionate audience. His long list of remarkable works – Boesman and Lena, "Master Harold"... and the Boys, The Road to Mecca, People are Living There, Hello & Goodbye, Nongogo among many others - confronted what it is to be human in an imperfect world, and offered a study of relationships that are unsurpassed. His collaborative plays, with the likes of John Kani and Winston Ntshona, like Sizwe Bansi is Dead and The Island challenged injustice and held a mirror to our society that was recognised globally.