“Theatre is not part of our vocabulary”: Sipho Sepamla's provocation in 1981, the year of
famous anti-apartheid play Woza Albert!, prompts the response, yes indeed, it is. A Century …

South Africa became a democracy after the general elections held on 27 April 1994. This
date and the consequent inauguration of Nelson Mandela as president mark the formal …

First Published in 1997. Can South African theatre continue to maintain its autonomy and
exercise its critical role? Can one rethink form and find new content? Can a concept of post …

As South Africa celebrates the real possibility of the death of apartheid, the South African
theatre movement faces a crisis. It is in danger of losing its central dynamo. All of the most …

With a Foreword by Archbishop Desmond Tutu Yael Farber's trilogy of plays bears powerful
testimony to the personal truths of those who lived through the brutal Apartheid regime in …

The original Theatre Quarterly devoted a large portion of one issue-TQ28 (1977—78) to the
theatre of South Africa. It is, of course, important to relate new developments in the theatre of …

One of the most striking features of cultural life in South Africa has been the extent to which
one area of cultural practice-theatre-has more than any other testified to the present …

" One Day in June." For most outside spectators of recent events in South Af-rica, and for
many South Africans as well, June 1976 is not merely the month of the Soweto uprising but …

The historical predominance of coercion as the base of hegemony in the South African
social formation has marked out the social terrain as a key area for contestation between the …

The historical realities of Africa have often times put theatres in contretemps with
governments. In the I95os plays frequently attacked the prevail-ing colonial authorities …