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...
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...
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...
Meeting with Yonela Sithela and Maggi Fernando
YS: My name is Yonela, and my surname is Sithela. I am a Magnet Theatre ex-trainee. I did my training in 2012 and graduated in 2013. I’m a performer. I’m an artist. I can sing....
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...
Sitting Down with Kay Smith
KS: I graduated from Magnet Theatre in 2015 How has Magnet helped me? Magnet is amazing. It has challenges especially for young people coming from disadvantaged and impoverished communities. It has its...
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...
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...
Just Here: A Sweet Performance
Just Here is a performance created for children under the age of three. Gabriel Marchand, the Director from Pillow Fort Productions, created a colourful piece that was full of soothing, calm and familiar sounds for the young audience...
A Reflection on Dialogue’s Documentation Project
Dialogue worked with Clowns Without Borders South Africa during 2017, in order to document some of their programmes and projects (click here to access the materials). When the project was complete, Clowns Without Borders South...