The Playhouse Company’s 4th Annual Community Arts Festival runs over two weekends in November 2022.
This year’s programme has a variety of performances which includes drama and dance.
In addition to the performances,
there will be workshops on script writing, directing and arts administration.
“As an Agency of the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture, a vital part of The Playhouse Company’s programming focuses on skills sharing. This includes mentoring and offering a platform for community arts groups to work with professionals while honing their creative and administrative skills while developing their own productions,” says Ms Lynda Bukhosini, the company’s Chief Executive and Artistic Director.
“To facilitate our work in this area, we launched our Community Arts Festival four years ago. The initiative met with great support and has gone from strength to strength. Today our Community Arts Festival is our flagship project in this sector of our work.”
The Community Arts Festival takes place at The Playhouse runs over two weekends, on Fridays and Saturdays, November 4 and 5, and November 11 and 12.
The first two days feature the following performance groups: Sala “The Prayer”; Impucuzeko; Umkhonto Wamashinga; and Getting Tested.
The line-up for the following week comprises the next five groups: The Bay Is Crying; Umlabalaba; Women Knows; Earth Extinction; and Camdeboo.
Well-known South African performing practitioners Mbongeni Ngema and Jerry Pooe will mentor the various groups and deliver productions and business arts workshops.
Admission is free and all are welcome.
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