South Africa
Grahamstown still a month later…..
By Dlanga at August 10, 2011 | 2:56 pm | 0 Comment
It has been a long journey back from Grahamstown for me. I thought the day to finally write would never come. Indeed when I tried to write every way of finding this blog was as difficult as trying to reach the moon with an aeroplane. Grahamstown required one who is familiar with hiking, I was glad to note that I was far fitter when I left than when I arrived. My skills
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Paging The House of Belief!! Aah Grahamstown…
By Suzy Bell at July 14, 2011 | 4:34 pm | 0 Comment
By Suzy Bell Hlala! Jislaaik! Wow! It was wild! Intense! Exhilarating! Intoxicating! Daunting! Inspiring! Feverish! Thank Luxmi I only drink chamomile tea. The SA New Plays Writing programme at the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown was an exercise in tenacity, passion and super-hero skills in paying 110% attention to learn and absorb and grow as
On Reflection
By ola at July 12, 2011 | 7:32 pm | 2 Comments
Grahamstown Festival – July 2011 – Phase 2 Workshops – when the real work begins Like the difficult 2nd album, the disappointing 2nd draft, on retrospect Phase 2 was always going to be challenging with its own set of peculiar and particular obstacles; to be circumnavigated and overcome. Made evident by the fact that I’m sat here in Johannesburg reflecting
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Here We Are
By Jephta at July 12, 2011 | 11:09 am | 0 Comment
After many hours of hill climbing, knowledge digesting, friend making and junk food eating, and not many hours of theatre watching, sleeping or avoiding bacon for breakfast, we are back in Cape Town. Well not all of us. All of us are scattered across South Africa with the same little thread tying us all together. Or maybe I'm just speaking for myself here. The little
The Odyssey of the South African New Play Writing Programme (SANPWP)
By Pervaiz at June 24, 2011 | 6:13 pm | 4 Comments
Wits Theatre in partnership with the Department of Arts and Culture, the British Council, Sustained Theatre UK , the National Arts Festival Grahamstown, Artscape, the South African State Theatre and Space.com @Joburg Theatre present THE ODYSSEY of the South African New Play Writing Programme (SANPWP) The SANPWP Phase1 was launched by Arts and Culture Minister Paul
Writer speaks about the impact of first stage of the South African New Plays Writing Programme
By chowders at June 4, 2011 | 3:39 pm | 0 Comment
Napo Soon after taking part in the SANPWP (South African New Plays Writing Programme) workshop in Johannesburg in January Napo Masheane began work on a project with drama students. Napo believes the SANPWP workshop gave her the encouragement she needed to work on a play she had not touched for almost two years. ‘Hair & Comb’ set in a urban hair salon is a
