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...
Spirit Songs – Part 2
This is Part 2 of our materials on the production of Spirit Songs (click here for Part 1).
To hear more about the project, we sat down with Yonela Sithela, one of Magnet Theatre's Culture Gangs Facilitators who was...
Talking with Lwando Magwaca
LM: My name is Lwando Magwaca. I graduated 2016. From 2014, 2015, 2016 - so I had three-years intensive programme training with Magnet Theatre.
Tegan Arazny (TA) : AND WHAT HAVE YOU DONE SINCE YOU...
Wool & Wood – Let’s Play!
Two materials: wool and wood. We use them every day, in all kinds of different forms, and for all kinds of different reasons. So, what made them such special and exciting centrepieces in two Performances for...
The Faces of Magnet Theatre
In June 2017, Tegan Arazny and Myrto Papoulia were lucky enough to meet with alumni of Magnet Theatre's Full-Time Training and Job Creation Programme.
This is a 2-year programme for “youth who for one reason or another struggle to...
The Willow Pattern Tale
This Production of The Willow Pattern Tale was created by Jill Joubert, Founding Member of the Handspring Puppet Company. In the Performance, Jill uses beautiful wooden puppets to unravel the myth of the Earth's...
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...
Capturing The Cloud Catcher
The Cloud Catcher was presented as part of Magnet Theatre's Rocking the Cradle on Friday, 26th May, 2017.
The Cloud Catcher explores the life of Buhle, a girl from Langa Township in Cape Town, who constantly...
Babalwa Makwetu and Nolufefe Ntshuntshe Speak About Magnet Theatre
BM: My name is Babalwa Makwetu and I graduated in 2012.
NN: And my name is Nolufefe Ntshuntshe, I graduated in 2011.
Tegan Arazny (TA) : WHAT ARE YOU CURRENTLY DOING WITH YOUR CAREER OR WHAT...
Sounds from Rocking the Cradle
On Thursday 25th May 2017, I visited the Rocking the Cradle festival, hosted by Magnet Theatre as part of ASSITEJ's Cradle of Creativity. In the following audio clip (2 minutes), you can hear snippets from...