Skhumba Hlophe Live #CanWeLaughAlready

Skhumba Hlophe Live #CanWeLaughAlready

2021 was a crazy long and hard year with a lot of ups and downs. We need to let our hair down and forget about the stresses we have encountered throughout the past year.

This BRAND NEW ensemble, khumba Hlophe Live #CanWeLaughAlready, will bring that much needed comic relief. Join Skhumba as he brings his A list Comedian Friends to ensure that when people leave they have their stress levels brought down immensely.

Dates: 13 & 14 April 2022

Time: 19:00

Ticket Prices: R200

Block Bookings: 0832464950 / 0784344860

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Feeling Good

Feeling Good

Your favorite Afrikaans comedian that speaks broken English is back! Stronger, funnier, and with a thicker snor. When we say ‘stronger’ we mean mentally. Physically he still has the body of a very tall grade 5.

Schalk wrote a show during the lockdown. A very, very funny show (we haven’t seen it, but Schalk gave us his word). Come and join Schalk for an evening of comedy. This might be his funniest show yet. Because, more than ever, he is Feeling Good.

Dates: 28 – 30 April 2022

Time: 20:00

Ticket Price: R200

Block Bookings: 0832464950 / 0784344860

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Diaparo Tsa Mama

DIAPARO TSA MAMA AT THE MARKET THEATRE

Returning to the Market Theatre writing sphere is SAFTA nominated writer and director Rorisang Motuba who brings us a heart-warming drama, Diaparo Tsa Mama (My Mother’s Clothes). The original play follows three sisters who, on the eve of their mother’s funeral, are duty-bound to sort through their beloved matriarch’s clothes in search of the perfect outfit to bury her in. Their sensitive nostalgia morphs into harrowing discoveries about life, grief and family.

Written and directed by passionate and gifted young director Rorisang Motuba, who studied Drama, Political Science and Film & Media Studies at the University of Cape Town, where she starred in and produced a number of projects. Following her graduation, she was accepted to the prestigious New York Film Academy and Baron/Brown Studio in Los Angeles, US, where she studied and graduated Magna Cum Laude at the aforementioned institution. After her three-year stint studying Acting and Writing for Film, she returned to Johannesburg where she began pursuing a career in the arts. Since then she has written and starred in numerous South African and international productions and continue to honour her heritage as a natural born storyteller.

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Ziaphora Dakile, Lesoko Seabe and Dimpho More will star in this heart-warming drama that deals with emotions of loss and womanhood.

The sisters debate culture, duty and motherhood as they sort through their deceased Mother’s clothes. One sister must choose their mother’s final resting clothes whilst the other navigates her grief and guilt in a one act play that is a mediation through loss, life and the pursuit of closure.Ziaphora Dakile is new to the Market Theatre stages, she is an actor, poet, production assistant and dialect consultant. She is a graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts (NYC) where she was also a Company member. Recent theatre credits include: Yellow Card, Red Card directed by Tamilla Woodard ( in NYC), Me and the Girls (with Alan Cumming in NYC) directed by Douglas Carter Beane, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory directed by Jenine Collocott. Off Broadway credits also include: Homecoming Queen (production assistant at The Atlantic Theater), The Revolving Cycles Truly and Steadily Roll’d ( production assistant at The Duke on 42nd street) and Mies Julie( dialect consultant at The Classic Stage Company).

Lesoko Seabe has performed across South Africa, Spain , The Netherlands, Denmark and The United Kingdom. Her most recent stage credits include playing Siobhan in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime for which she was nominated for a Fleur du Cap best supporting actress award ; Lena in Clybourne Park, Mother of All things in Siembamba which won the Standard Bank silver ovation award and In Her Shoes which she co- wrote and was directed by Standard bank Young Artist Award winner for dance Luyanda Sidiya

Dimpho More is an actress and director from Nelspruit, Mpumalanga residing in Johannesburg. Having received her qualification in Performance arts and Theatre Skills at The Market Theatre Laboratory, she has since been establishing herself in the Entertainment industry. Her career highlights ‘Itsoseng’, ‘Six Characters in Search of an Author’, ‘Children’s Monologues’ and ‘June 16 Monologues’.
diaparo tsa mama is sponsored by the Department of Sports Arts and Culture’s Incubation programme.

PRODUCTION INFORMATION CREATIVE TEAM

Writer and Director                             Rorisang Motuba

Sound Designer                                  Vangile Z Mpumlwana

Lighting Designer                               Ali Madiga

Costume Designer                              Phumelele Dlamini

Set Designer                                       Philani Masedi

Stage Manager                                   Happy Simelane

Lighting Designer Mentee                  Zandile Jongolo

Costume Designer Mentee                Maria Mahlangu

Set Designer Mentee                          Khumo Pulumo

State Manager Mentee                       Lutendo Cynthia Mudau

STARRING:

Dimpho More

Lesoko Seabe

Ziaphora Dakile

Age Recommendation                         PG13

Season:                                               18 March – 10 April 2022

Venue:                                                   The John Kani Theatre                                            Performance times:                              Tuesday – Saturday 19h00 and Sunday 15h00

Ticket prices:                                        Tuesday – Thursday R90.00

                                                               Friday – Saturday R150.00

                                                               Sunday R130.00

To make block bookings and discounts please contact Anthony Ezeoke 011 832 1641ext 203/ 083 246 4950 or Bandile Luvalo 078 4344 860.

For further information:

Lusanda Zokufa, Senior Publicist Market Theatre 011 832 1641 ext 202

or 072 367 7867 or lusandaz@markettheatre.co.za

Last Thursdays!

Last Thursdays!

On the last Thursday of every month, The Market Theatre Foundation welcomes you to the hottest new event in Joburg!

Immerse yourself in the feel good city vibes while surrounded by the Market Theatre’s rich artistic history.

A night filled with live music by South Africa’s hottest music acts, exhibitions and theatre, this promises to be a night you won’t forget in one of the oldest and most iconic Art Districts in South Africa.

Line up: Rythmic Deep and The Muzikal Frik

Date: Thursday 26 May 2022

Time: 17:00

Tickets Prices: R40 p/p

At The Door R60 p/p

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Screen Acting

Screen Acting

23 April 2022 – 9 July 2022

1pm – 4pm

R3500

(Only 15 spaces are available)

This part-time introductory course focuses on acting techniques specifically for television and film. Over 12 3-hour sessions on Saturday afternoons, students will learn skills of script analysis, characterization, and acting craft by working practically with an experienced facilitator. Through the process of exploring various texts, and recording and analyzing on-screen performances, students will develop their understanding of acting techniques, develop their own acting process, and receive feedback on their strengths and weaknesses.

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Actor Wena Part-Time Acting Classes

Actor Wena Part-Time Acting Classes

23 April 2022 – 9 July 2022

9am – 12pm

R2500

(Only 75 spaces are available)

This course is an introduction to acting for people who have no previous experience, or for people who want to practice and hone their existing skills. Students meet over 12 classes on a Saturday morning from 9:00 to 12:00, from 23 Apr 2022 – 9 July 2022. Students explore acting concepts of character, relationship, objective and environment, through the selection and rehearsal of a monologue, which they perform for a public audience at the end of the cycle. Please note that in the event of a lockdown, classes will be suspended in line with government regulations. They will resume when it is safe and permitted to do so.

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