POPArt Theatre
POPArt Theatre has embraced online streaming unlike any other performance venue in Joburg. During lockdown, they've debuted a number of new live shows for you to enjoy at home. This winter, POPArt is showing no signs of slowing down, bringing you a full lineup of online content. Join them for their new bi-weekly series,
ZoomProv Live, as well as a live panel discussion with some of the country's most renowned playwrights, Mike Van Graan, Neil Coppen and Jane Taylor. Hosted by Kirsten Harris, this discussion is geared towards high school students learning from home during lockdown. Tickets cost just R120 per household, so
book yours ASAP!
Date: Wednesday, 3 June 2020 at 19:00.
Follow
POPArt Theatre on Facebook to tune into their live streaming shows.
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The Centre For The Less Good Idea
A week after lockdown was implemented,
The Centre for the Less Good Idea was due to host their Season 7 showcase. Instead, their impeccably decisive reaction to move towards online streaming broke ground for many other theatre and arts venues to follow suit. The Centre presented their Season 7 lineup fully online via
Facebook Live and their
website. You can still watch a few of the season's shows if you haven't caught up yet.
However, the Centre's focus this winter season will be the 'Unprecedented Times' exhibition, curated by Thomas D. Trummer with the Kunsthaus Bregenz gallery in Austria. The Centre will exhibit a number of works from their 'The Long Minute' series - a collection of online videos shared by the Centre on social media and curated by Bronwyn Lace over the last few months. The virtual exhibition opens on Friday, 5 June 2020 and you will be able to access it via the
Kunsthaus Bregenz galleries' website.
Follow The Centre for the Less Good Idea on
Facebook for more daily online content from the 'Long Minute' series.
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Joburg Theatre
Joburg City Theatres have been shut since mid-March in compliance with lockdown regulations to prevent the spread of COVID-19. However, you can still get your fill of classical ballet, opera, comedy and musical extravagance online via their
websites and
YouTube channel. Over the past few weeks, Joburg City Theatres have dug deep into their archives to find the best recordings of their most popular shows. Watch Verdi's
La Traviata, Janice Honeyman's
Snow White Pantomime and the National School of the Arts production of Gibson Kente's
Too Late, from the safety of your home this winter.
If all things go according to plan, Joburg Theatre expects to reopen in August for the South African season of William Kentridge's
The Head and The Load. This highly-anticipated production was scheduled to open in May 2020, but has since been postponed to early August.
Dates: Thursday, 6 August 2020 - Friday, 14 August 2020.
Visit
Webtickets for more information on ticket availability and show times.
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SA State Theatre
The SA State Theatre has gone virtual in response to the extended national lockdown. Their online showcase kicked off on Sunday, 24 May 2020 in celebration of Africa Month. This virtual programme will run until 13 June 2020, bringing audiences the very best of the State Theatre's proudly South African productions from a distance. One of the most highly-anticipated shows for this online season is
Ladysmith Black Mambazo Live In Concert. This screening features never-before-seen footage of their award-winning acapella group, not to be missed.
Dates: Sunday, 24 May 2020 – Sunday, 07 June 2020
Find the full SA State Theatre online lineup here.
Subscribe to the
SA State Theatre's YouTube channel for daily online content.
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&Scene: Together Again Series
&Scene is a new live streaming platform, created by the arts community, for the arts community. Each week the platform debuts a new
'Together Again' series - bringing together the casts and crews of some of South Africa's best big-budget productions from over the last two decades. So far, we've enjoyed content from the creative geniuses behind the South Africa productions of
Hairspray, Rent, Mamma Mia! and
African Footprint.
Have you ever wanted to know what it takes to carve out a career in the performing arts on the West End or Broadway? Tune into &Scene's
'Spotlight On' series to get first hand advice from South Africans living abroad and "making it big" on international stages.
&Scene is also a proud supporter of the Theatre Benevolent Fund and the Waiting In The Wings campaign. While their online content is free to view, you can make a donation to either of these organisations through the &Scene
website. Follow &Scene on
Facebook or subscribe to their
YouTube channel to watch their weekly series and join in on morning yoga classes, kiddies Cabaret and much more.
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By Tarryn Jameson
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