October 8, 9, 13 and 16: Courtyard Theatre
Drama Backstage in Action Festival transforms the Courtyard Theatre at DUT into an active teaching, production and performance environment in which DUT Higher Certificate students work alongside experienced theatre practitioners in a series of productions from October 8 to 16, 2026.
The 2026 programme brings professional performance and education together through:
- The King of Broken Things, written by Michael Taylor-Broderick and performed by Cara Roberts, which is an adventurous and magical journey into the world of a young boy whose experiments, projects and creations reveal the possibilities hidden within things that have been broken and discarded.
- Flatfoot Dance Company brings its powerful and moving dance-theatre work, History is a Home Address which is inspired by the writings of renowned South African poet, cultural activist and public intellectual Dr Mongane Wally Serote.
- Dubious Gurus features wordsmith Iain ‘Ewok’ Robinson with Logan Byrne on upright bass (Landscape Prayers; Beat Route), Daniel Sheldon on horn and percussion (Beat Route), and Anton Cawthorn-Blazeby on violin (Landscape Prayers). Together they find a shared groove in a distinctive fusion of spoken-word, jazz and hip hop. Friday, October 16 at 15h30.
All performances are at the Courtyard Theatre / DUT Ritson
Campus at DUT.
Tickets at the door prior to each performance.
For more information email: clarec1@dut.ac.za
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