Honouring women in August at The Playhouse
For the month, The Playhouse Company will present its famed South African Women’s Arts Festival (SAWAF).
THE Playhouse Company’s 20th annual South African Women’s Arts Festival gets underway next month. This year marks 60 years since the 1956 Women’s March to Parliament. For the month, The Playhouse Company will present its famed South African Women’s Arts Festival (SAWAF). The workshops for artists and suppliers that take place in the Playhouse Alhambra Room on 11 August from 10am to 3pm are free.
The play, We are still marching takes place in the Playhouse Drama Theatre from 11 – 13 August. Ticketsare R30 for the schools performances and R80 for the public performances. We are still marching, is a piece explores the struggles faced by women in South Africa and neighbouring countries from the apartheid era until the present day. It is a reminder of incidents such as the Women’s March, the bus boycott and the recent mass #FeesMustFall campaign, and of the fact that even 22 years after the first democratic elections in South Africa, the struggle continues and women are still marching.
There will be open mic and sundowners in the Grand Foyer on Friday, 12 August at 4.30pm and entry is free. Bongani Mavuso will facilitate the session with some of KwaZulu-Natal’s top artists of the spoken word, followed by a performance by musician Thobeka Langa and her band.
Test-Driving the Arts takes place on 13 August at 10am and here too entry is fee. Dance Workshops with Moving Into Dance Mophatong takes place at the same time. Entry to this is R20 per participant. Booking is essential. I Took A Stand will be staged at noon. It is is written by Thuli Zuma, and directed by Edmund Mhlongo.
Between Labour and Prayer looks at the stories of enslaved, objectified and mutilated women. It takes place in the Playhouse Cellar on 17 August at 3pm and 6pm. On Friday, 19 August Thabitha (my African princess) takes to the Playhouse Cellar stage.
Thabitha is a story of truth and reconciling with oneself as a powerful woman. It is told through story-telling, where a young woman tells her side of her story of being what women need to be. It is a story of women’s power, dignity and love. For further information about any of these shows or to book, please call Dawn on (031) 369 9407 or the Playhouse Box Office on (031) 369 9596/9540.
