Theatre for young audiences
The feel-good NEW DAY (Gotta Get Up) was written and produced by Liebah Masango and Ayanda Yumba, both National School of the Arts matriculants. The song released on the 4th November, just in time for the start of the 2020 National Senior Certificate (NSC) exams. “We want this song to give matrics energy and encouragement […]
Caregivers and babies enter the theatre space. As nappy bags and strollers are put on the side and shoes are being removed, an atmosphere of questionable anticipation can be felt: What did we buy tickets for? Look at all these babies together, theatre for babies? What will happen? A baby boy, on his mother’s hip, […]
From the 28th of June to the 8th of July Assitej SA participated in the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown. We had 8 shows on our platform given by various artists from different theatre organisations that form a part of our network. Many of the shows were educational in very fun and engaging ways bringing […]
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 […]
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 […]
Some highlights from the Nali’ibali Children’s Festival @ the Jabuvu Library in Soweto. The children were tasked with recreating storybooks through using theatre and were given the platform to showcase their work to each other.” all the children enjoy coming to the library and reading books and I think it is because they get […]
ASSITEJ SA were invited to speak at the 10th in a series of events showcasing CSIThatworks The event was hosted by the First Rand foundation and Tshikulu social Investments to have conversation and discuss the insights from the recent FNB sponsored Primary Schools Education project (PEP). The idea of the breakfast was to critically engage […]
ASSITEJ South Africa with Redhill School hosted the ASSITEJ/Naledi Showcase at the Redhill Arts Festival ‘RedFest’ 23-25 September in Joburg. ASSITEJ SA has partnered with the Naledi Theatre Awards for several years to provide wider scope for the quality work which is touring to schools and learners in Gauteng. A dedicated team of judges now […]