Theatre for young audiences
Lees in Engels, hier. Teater La Baracca in Bologna, Italië is al 41 jaar lank in die veld van teater vir jongmense. Hierdie jaar het hull vir die 14de keer die fees, Festival Visioni aangebied. Nie net fokus hierdie fees op teater vir jong kinders nie, maar ook op programme vir samewerking tussen internasionale teatermaatskappye […]
Lees in Afrikaans, hier. La Baracca theatre in Bologna, Italy, has been in the field of Theatre for the Young for 41 years and hosted the Festival Visioni in 2018 for the 14th year in a row. Not only does this festival focus on Theatre for the Very Young, but also on programs and collaborations […]
From ASSITEJ SA member, Lereko Mfono: My residency in Michigan, USA, with Spinning Dot theatre was amazing! Several things happened there that marked my residency and are worth highlighting: My play, ‘The Kids from Amandla Street!’ had its US premiere. It performed thrice in Michigan and did two more shows in Chicago to a great […]
Assitej South Africa ran 2 workshops with 80 teachers from West Rand in Johannesburg. On Tuesday the 6th of March they engaged in drama workshops that saw them in a number of topics that included sound pictures, tableaux and rituals in creating story-lines. The teachers’ responses after the workshop were very positive. The exercises […]
Lereko Mfono: On the 28th of February, I will be leaving for my playwriting residency in Ann Arbor, Michigan. A theatre company by the name Spinning Dot will be staging my play called The Kids From Amandla Street! Part of my stay there will be taking part in post-show discussions of the play, speaking back […]
Throughout the years, my experience with ASSITEJ SA has remained delightful and educational; without this, I feel that I would not have grown to be who I am today. ASSITEJ saw that I had potential and helped me believe in myself. I have written and directed a few plays for Vrygrond Ingcungela Players, and performed one of my […]