Rocking the Cradle at Magnet Theatre
As part of the ASSITEJ Cradle of Creativity, Magnet Theatre hosted the 'Rocking the Cradle' event from 24th to 26th May, 2017. This was an opportunity for ASSITEJ delegates and local audiences to engage with African and...
A Platform for “Local Talent and Local Stories”
Having received training from the Clowns Without Borders South Africa team, four young facilitators from The Seven Passes Initiative visited nine local schools, in the final part of the ‘Our Story, Your Story’ project.
Having...
A Braai at Magnet Theatre
Magnet Theatre's Full-Time Training and Job Creation Programme is a 2-year programme for “youth who for one reason or another struggle to be absorbed into the training at the University”. The programme aims “to bridge the divide...
Beviol Swartz and Rozanne Holland Discuss Their Training at Magnet Theatre
BS: My name is Beviol Swartz and I graduated twice, actually. I was in the group 2014-2015, and then I graduated that year, and the third year I was for one year...
The Sights & Sounds of Sandscape
The beautifully playful production, Sandscape, was incubated within the training programmes of Magnet Theatre (South Africa). The production was a truly international initiative, having been supported by the Goethe-Institut and Helios Theater (Germany), and with trainee participants joining the production from Nigeria...
Telling Stories in Class
The 'Our Story, Your Story' project visited nine schools in and around George (South Africa) at the start of May 2017, delivering interactive sessions to young learners and their educators.
The photographs below show the workshops in...
Cape Town’s Culture Gangs
Magnet Theatre’s Community Arts Development programme, the Culture Gangs, works to support existing youth drama groups in Cape Town’s townships. In 2017, the groups being supported are Chris Hani High School in Khayelitsha, iThemba Labantu...
Interviewing Nwabisa Plaatjie
Nwabisa Plaatjie was not on the Full-Time Training Programme, but joined Magnet Theatre on their Theatre Making internship programme. Here she shares some of her experiences:
NP: My name is Nwabisa Plaatjie. I’m from Ugie, Eastern...
Set Design Is Not Child’s Play
What has been incredible at the Cradle of Creativity Festival is the complexity of set designs and props on display, especially considering some Productions have travelled many thousands of miles to perform in Cape...
Storytelling – The Teachers’ Testimony
As part of the ‘Our Story, Your Story’ project, 100 local educators were trained in how to integrate storytelling into their teaching practice. These workshops were an experiential knowledge-sharing and team building opportunity which...