Theatre productions shine a spotlight on humanity this Africa Month
This Africa Month, theatre houses across the country are staging shows that will help celebrate and reflect on Africa’s rich and diverse cultural identities and heritage. As we mark this important time as a continent, we look at some of the theatre productions that celebrate the pride of the African people. These theatre productions also recognised the struggles and victories of the African people. The plays unpack societal issues including race, childhood traumas, gender-based violence, healing and humanity. Kunene and the King “How do you put a nation’s history on stage?” In this remarkable play, John Kani, as formidable a writer as he is an actor, does it through a confrontation between two men who represent polarised aspects of the South African experience. Marking 25 years since the country’s first…
