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Cellist with Rabies

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A virologist, on the precipice of making the first major breakthrough in rabies research since Louis Pasteur, is caught off guard when the rabies virus in her petri dish begins talking to her. Cellist with Rabies, a new South African play from a multi-award-winning team, pushes the boundaries of kamishibai to tell a story of disease, failure and breakfast.

Director: Jaco Bouwer
Company: Jemma Kahn

Writer: Jemma Kahn
Performers: Jemma Kahn & David Viviers
Set Design: Rocco Pool

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#NAF2019 Official Opening

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Thursday 27th June 2019.
National Arts Festival 2019,
1820 Settlers Monument, Fort Selwyn Drive,
Makana Municipality, Makhanda (Grahamstown),
Eastern Cape,
South Africa.

NATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL 2019!

The official flag raising ceremony at the start of the National Arts Festival 2019.

A series of images taken of various artistic, dance and theatre performance pieces and exhibited installations done by a host of artists, dancers and performers amongst others during the National Arts Festival 2019 in Makhanda (Grahamstown), Makana Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa on Thursday 27th June 2019.

PICTURE: MARK WESSELS. 27/06/2019.
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mark@sevenbang.com
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SYLPHIDES-humans-fishes-birds

 

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SYLPHIDES- humans-fishes-birds is a dance creation by Hannah Ma in collaboration with her company “The People United”. SYLPHIDES- humans-fishes-birds is inspired by the romantic ballet “Sylphides” and swarm movements of fishes and birds.

“Sylphides” was the first non- narrative ballet that featured “dance” only without a storyline and was based on the romantic idea of weightlessness, immortality and an eternal existence. SYLPHIDES- humans-fishes-birds takes these ideas further and is part of Hannah Ma’s ongoing long term research on group movements, archaic rituals, intercultural communication and holistic approaches to connect to a higher self.

Production: hannahmadance ( Tufa Tanz/ GER, Han SúN Gathering/LU)
Coproduction: National Arts Festival Grahamstown (ZA),  Ministry of Culture Rhineland- Phalatinate (GER), Fondation Marienburg (LU)

With the support of: Tufa Trier (GER), Trois C-L Centre Choreographique Luxemburgeois (LU)

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All Who Pass – Amy Jephta

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Written By: Amy Jephta
Music Composed By: Benjamin Jephta
Company: PaperJet
Directed by: Quanita Adams
Lighting Design: Jon Keevy
Costumes realised by: Leigh Bishop
With: Elton Landrew, Carmen Maarman, Jawaahier Petersen, Roberto Meyer and others

Amy Jeptha, this year’s Standard Bank Young Artist for Theatre, explores displacement in her new play, All Who Pass. The work time-travels between a 1974 eviction and a 2019 restitution. This play was first developed during the Royal Court Theatre International Playwriting Residency with support from the British Council.

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G7: Okwe Bokhwe

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Magnet Theatre’s G7: Okwe-Bokhwe (like/of a goat) is set in the emotional and tension-filled environment of a Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearing. Artistic Director Mandla Mbothwe has created a powerful mourning play, an attempt to honour, commemorate and remember the ultimate sacrifice made by the Gugulethu Seven.

Director: Mandla Mbothwe
Choreographer: Mzo Gasa
Music Composed By: Babalwa Makwetu
Featured Artists: Abigail Mei, Luxolo Mboso, Siyavuya Gqumehlo, Sivenathi Macibela, Sizwe Lubengu, Sityhilelo Makupula, Carlo Daniels and Yvonne Msebenzi
Company: Magnet Theatre