THOTOBOLONG; a safe-deposit for tellers of stories that move us
Thotobolo, an ash heap, is a healing and sacred site in the Basotho culture. Thotobolo is made of molora (ashes) whose healing properties are myriad. Anecdotal evidence suggests that thotobolo is located in front of houses and in plain sight of the inhabitants....
!KE E: /XARRA //KE, A Reminder from the 2023 National Arts Festival
King of Broken Things: a 2023 Gold Standard Bank Ovation Award winner, reminds us of the beauty found in making the broken beautiful. The play introduces us to Kintsugi, a Japanese art form that urges people to celebrate imperfections. In this art form, broken...
Cradle of Creativity 2023 offers a feast of engaging arts for young theatre goers
Magnet Theatre’s Bounced!
Cradle of Creativity comes to the city of gold…
The stories that move us.... Growing performing arts for young audiences in South Africa and the continent What: An International Performing Arts festival and Professional Programme from 20-27 August 2023 to be held at the Market Theatre, Windybrow Arts Centre,...
Another year of the Social Employment Fund Arts4Youth programme!
ASSITEJ SA is excited to announce that we will be going into a second year of the Arts4Youth Programme, which has to date employed 2499 out of work artists part-time (16 hours a week) across the 10 months, with an average employment rate of 1640 per month. We have...
ASSITEJ SA launches STAND Foundation Toolkits nationwide
The Sustaining Theatre and Dance (STAND) Foundation contracted ASSITEJ South Africa to create six toolkits aimed at the community arts sector, focusing on: Definitions, Environments and Roles; Governance, Management and Staffing; Marketing and Publicity; Fundraising...
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