Download MAY - assitej 2017

PROGRAMME | CRADLE OF CREATIVITY
T: 021 822 0070 / 1 / 2 | E: [email protected] | www.assitej2017.org.za
19th ASSITEJ World Congress
& International Theatre Festival for Children
and Young People
7
2
7
1
MAY
Af
ric
a
Ca
pe
2017
Tow South
n
Book at
PROGRAMME | CRADLE OF CREATIVITY
T: 021 822 0070 / 1 / 2 | E: [email protected] | www.assitej2017.org.za
A Mano
Animal Farm
Nobulali Productions
El Patio Teatro
A Mano (By Hand) is a tender and delicate
performance, a theatrical diamond that is
a tribute to arts and artisans. It is the story
of a very small but very special hero with
a great desire to escape from his pottery
shop window and those who live there with
him. Told with beautifully crafted clay
characters and remarkable artistry, A Mano
is a touching and life-affirming story about
love, small failures, a potter’s wheel and
four hands at play. El Patio Teatro build,
model, write, direct and play. Together,
they create moving, reflective and
beautifully original performances inspired
by stories from everyday life and by the
lives of objects around them.
19
20
21
10:00
10:00
11:00
10:00
12:00
12:30
18:30
Spain
Direction: Julián Sáenz-López, Izaskun Fernández| Design: Julián Sáenz-López ,
Izaskun Fernández | Performance: Julián Sáenz- López, Izaskun Fernández
Technician: Diego Solloa |Tour and production manager: Ana Sala
BAXTER THEATRE CENTRE | The Golden Arrow Studio
7+ years old
14:00
Non-verbal
18:30
Seven decades have passed since the first
publication of Orwell’s Animal Farm, yet
the plight of Manor Farm and its animal
denizens is ever relevant in contemporary
South Africa. Dressed in what seems to be
the broken fatigues of guerrillas, the
characters embrace both political identity
and farm-animal-hood, teetering between
the two in terms of their articulated values
and increasing hypocrisy. Muriel the goat
and Clover the sheep effectively act as the
narrators in the aftermath of the uprising.
The fiery energy that exists between the all
women cast is palpable, and offers a fresh
approach to critically examining patriarchal
and deeply masculine political systems, and
forms of storytelling.
MAY 2017
MAY 2017
18
17
18
19
20
12:00
10:00
10:00
14:00
12:00
14:30
14:30
12:00
19:30
19:30
45 Minutes
Anziehsachen
Caban ZA
Anziehsachen (Clothes) is designed for
small children’s first contact with theatre.
A man and a woman, an old record player,
a washing line and a large bag filled with
wonderful things is all that is needed for
the fun to begin. All sorts of exciting things
happen. Two very different people
try to fit together. They play, they sing and
dance and they test their limits. With all the
clothes they have they try the possibilities
of transformation. With live songs from
Henry Purcell’s opera “The Fairy Queen”
this production does not only make
children dream, but adults too!
Caban is an on-going research performance
in which we invite artists/musicians of
different backgrounds to improvise
together in relation to the installation
modules, the space and of course the very
inquisitive audience of children from 3
months to 3 years old.
A cosy play area, an oasis of peace containing a nest, a sleeve tunnel house, a bamboo
hut, a camp, a ladder tent, etc. In-between
playing, building and discovering, incredulous eyes, busy hands, open mouths, small
steps carried along at their own tempo by
what they see, hear and feel.
“Caban is a laboratory that allows itself to
be a performance at the same time”
Theaterhaus Ensemble
21
22
23
10:00
12:00
10:00
12:00
14:00
14:00
14:00
16:30
18:30
Germany
Direction: Melanie Florschütz, Michael Döhnert | Design: Melanie Florschütz,
Michael Döhnert | Performance: Michael Meyer, Susanne Schyns
BAXTER THEATRE CENTRE | The Flipside
3 to 6 years old
Non-verbal
24
25
26
27
12:30
10:00
10:00
10:00
12:00
11:30
12:00
12:00
19:30
19:30
35 Minutes
Direction: Neil Coppen | Performance: Mpume Mthombeni, Tshego Khutsoane,
MoMo Matsunyane, Mandisa Nduna, Zesuliwe Hadebe, Khutjo Bakunzi-Green
ARTSCAPE THEATRE CENTRE | Theatre
16 + years old
English
90 Minutes
Two little girls meet in a hostel for evictees
and homeless foreign nationals. Girl A:
expert on the government protocols for
securing meetings with VIP’s; her explanations revolve around someone she calls
‘Government.’ ‘Government’ writes letters
that stop people from meeting with important figures, doesn’t listen to her prayers
and sends ‘demons’ in the night to burn
little girls who steal things like ‘jobs’ and
‘business.’ Girl B: obsessed with cooking,
smells, ingredients and lunchboxes, to which
she attaches labels like ‘good girl’ and ‘clean
Indian lady.’ Her ingredients transform identities: onions for grandmothers, celery for
tall dry women, garlic that makes you smell
like a ‘foreigner.’
23
24
25
12:00
11:00
10:00
14:00
14:00
14:00
12:00
14:00
16:30
16:30
19:30
19:30
Belgium
Concept: Karel van Ransbeeck | Scenography: Wim Van de Vyver, Andy Jones
Jessica Mias, Shrinkray Puppets | Performance: Karel Van Ransbeeck,
Nicolas Ankouninoff, Ncebakazi Mnukwana, Kudakwashe Kangombe
BAXTER THEATRE CENTRE | The Foyer
3 months to 3 years old
Non-verbal
60 Minutes
Magnet Theatre
Ekhaya (Home) is an expression of the relationship of children towards home.
It delves into their understanding of
being ‘’at home’’, in various contexts, and
explores their associated feelings using
age appropriate language, song, and clear
imagery. The songs are catchy and draw on
diverse South African musical styles and the
children sing the songs long after the actors
have left!
South Africa
South Africa
Direction: Jessica Lejowa | Script: Jessica Lejowa, Cheraé Halley, Bongile
Lecoge-Zulu | Performance: Cheraé Halley, Bongile Lecoge-Zulu
BAXTER THEATRE CENTRE | The Masambe
10+ years old
English
Direction: Koleka Putuma, Jennie Reznek (Mentor) | Design : Francesco
Nassimbeni | Performance: Jason Jacobs, Babalwa Makwetu, Nolufefe
Ntshuntshe, Luvo Tamba
MAY 2017
MAY 2017
22
South
SpainAfrica
Ekhaya
Dear Mr Government, please
may I have a meeting with you
even though I’m six years old?
Umthunzi Holdings & University of Johannesburg
60 Minutes
Fingers and Toes,
My Body Knows
17
18
...
27
10:00
10:00
10:00
14:00
12:00
12:00
12:00
16:30
16:30
16:30
19:30
19:30
BAXTER THEATRE CENTRE | Upstairs Rehearsal Room
3 to 6 years old
Non-verbal
35 Minutes
Full Moon
Khayal Association for Arts and Education
Independent Artist
Fingers and Toes, My Body Knows! is a
playful, mesmerising dance production for
a very young audience. The performance
tells a story of touch, rediscovering how
intelligent our bodies are at perceiving
the world around us. By balancing both
abstract and character-based performance
styles, the work is absorbing and delightful
for all ages, but is particularly relevant for
little ones who see themselves and their
own experiences mirrored by the performance language. Fingers and Toes was
created in South Africa by award-winning
choreographer-director Nicola Elliott in
collaboration with the acclaimed cast
Siphumeze Khundayi and Jori Snell.
26
MAY 2017
MAY 2017
20
25
South Africa
Theater De Spiegel & South African Artists
10:00
24
Book at
27
10:00
10:00
10:00
11:45
12:30
11:30
12:30
16:30
16:30
19:30
19:30
Choreography : Nicola Elliott in collaboration with the cast | Performance: Jori
Snell, Siphumeze Khundayi
ARTSCAPE THEATRE CENTRE | Rehearsal Room 207
BAXTER THEATRE CENTRE | Upstairs Rehearsal Room
1 to 4 years old
Non-verbal
90 Minutes
MAY 2017
MAY 2017
10:00
South Africa
Inspired by the story of the prophet Joseph
(Surah “Yusuf” of the Quran) also known in
the Bible and the Jewish writings, Full Moon
is a reaction to the atrocities committed every day in the name of religion.This performance beautifully combines puppetry and
shadow theatre. It begins with the voice
of the wolf telling us his own story. While
remembering his hunting adventures, he
recalls that dark night when he fell in a trap
laid by men with dark minds and hearts
made of stone. In the middle of darkness
and dryness, he sees a dazzling light. It is
the boy with green fingers and white heart,
and his father whose insight is larger than
all that of humanity combined...
22
23
24
25
10:00
10:00
10:00
14:00
12:00
12:00
12:00
16:30
16:30
16:30
19:30
19:30
Lebanon
Direction: Karim Dakroub | Direction Assistance & Lighting design: Fouad
Yammine | Set & Puppet Design: Walid Dakroub | Script: Karim Dakroub
Performers: Ekatrina Dakroub, Walid Jaber, Serena Chami
CITY HALL | Theatre 1
6+ years old
English
55 Minutes
PROGRAMME | CRADLE OF CREATIVITY
Gretel and Hansel
Insta-grammar
When Hansel arrives, it upsets the
balance of Gretel’s life. Her little
brother has turned everything upside
down. When their parents abandon them
in the forest and they end up at the witch’s
house, she is very tempted to push him
into the oven and get rid of him forever...
By what tortuous route does one become
a big sister?
It all went down on the DMs. A double tap
here, and only a little low-key ista-stalking
there. Side stepped the catfish and tracked
relationship statuses daily. Likes became
tags, and then all those tags dropped an
L-bomb comment: 'Love that track' which
ripped the world in two. Everyone could
see it. A scroll down our timelines had it all
there. Click. Facebook official. The whole
world watching their love, double-tapping
their approval and envy. It was perfect.
Until that one, unfaithful ‘Like’ from an
outsider appears.
Le Carrousel, compagnie de theatre
The little brother in the belly of the hag. The
succulent, nicely fattened little brother who ends
up on a plate
Between a knife and fork. That will teach him
to say “me, too,” “me, too,” for anything and
everything.
19
20
21
10:00
10:00
10:00
14:00
12:00
15:00
14:00
16:30
16:30
16:30
19:30
19:30
Drama For Life Theatre Company
Canada
Text: Suzanne Lebeau | Direction: Gervais Gaudreault
Designers: Stéphane Longpré, Linda Brunelle Dominique Gagnon
Diane Labrosse, Pierre Lafontaine | Performance: Émilie Lévesque
Jean-Philip Debien
BAXTER THEATRE CENTRE | The Flipside
6+ years old
English
Insta-grammar is a heart-wrenching story
about speaking and keeping love in the
whirlwind Instagram and SnapChat era.
MAY 2017
MAY 2017
18
55 Minutes
20
21
22
23
10:00
11:00
10:00
14:00
14:00
14:00
12:00
16:30
17:00
17:00
19:30
19:30
It’s Dark Outside
Karoo Moose
Itʼs Dark Outside explores Alzheimerʼs/dementia, an illness close to home for many
people. As of 2010, there are an estimated
35.6 million people living with dementia
worldwide.
The play was originally written as a film
entitled No Fathers. Performed in English
with isiXhosa, the story takes place in a
remote and impoverished village in the Karoo, where the inhabitants are struggling to
survive. A young girl called Thozama ends
up killing a moose. But what is the moose
doing there?
The Last Great Hunt
20
21
22
10:00
11:00
11:00
14:00
15:00
14:00
12:00
16:30
19:30
16:30
19:30
19:30
Australia
Direction: Arielle Gray, Chris Isaacs, Tim Watts | Music: Rachael Dease
Performance: Arielle Gray, Chris Isaacs, Tim Watts
CITY HALL | Theatre 1
13 + years old
Non-verbal
50 Minutes
Khokho’s Treasure
English
60 Minutes
10:00
11:30
11:30
14:00
14:00
12:00
12:00
English with isiZulu, seSotho, sePedi,
and Afrikaans songs
17:00
17:00
19:30
19:30
90 Minutes
3+ years old
Making Mandela
10:00
10:00
15:00
12:00
12:00
16:30
19:30
16:30
19:30
19:30
22
10:00
10:00
10:00
14:00
15:00
14:30
14:30
16:30
19:30
19:30
19:30
19:30
ARTSCAPE THEATRE CENTRE | The Arena
16+ years old
English & isiXhosa
90 Minutes
20
21
22
23
10:00
11:00
10:00
14:00
14:00
14:00
12:00
16:30
19:30
16:30
19:30
19:30
South Africa
Spain
Direction: Warren Nebe | Performance : Ensemble of the Drama For Life
Theatre Company
CULTURAL HUB | iThemba Labantu
7 + years old
English
60 Minutes
ASSITEJ Zambia & La Baracca - Testoni Ragazzi
The production is an adaptation of the
Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling. The story
of a child growing outside of his natural
habitat ; a story of formation and growth.
Maloza - ChiNyanja word that means taboo
- is rejected by the animals, like streetchildren are rejected by their own families
and by society.
South Africa
Direction and Design: Jenine Collocott| Script: Jenine Collocott and Nick
Warren|Performance: Mlindeli Zondi , Jaques De Silva, Tsholofelo Mmbi, James
Cairns
Maloza’s talent and energy are out of the
ordinary. These will help him to redeem
himself.
CULTURAL HUB | Guga S'Thebe
CITY HALL | Theatre 1
10+ years old
English and isiXhosa
90 Minutes
MAY 2017
MAY 2017
10:00
19
Direction: Lara Foot | Choreography: Mdu Kweyama | Lighting and Set:
Patrick Curtis | Costumes: Koos Marais | Soundscape: Bongile Mantsai
Music Advisor: Dizu Plaatjies | Performance: Zoleka Helesi, Mdu Kweyama,
Bongile Mantsai, Thami Mbongo, Mfundo Tshazibane, Chuma Sopotela
Maloza –
The Man Cub
Hello Elephant
10:00
MAY 2017
MAY 2017
BAXTER THEATRE CENTRE | Theatre
10:00
21
18
Maimane! speaks to the hurt caused by
bullying, selfishness and entitlement. It
speaks to the power of community, respect
and compassion. It acknowledges the
emotional struggles of young people, particularly boys in South Africa on the brink of
adolescence, with regard to personal and
social power, relationships and a sense of
self-value. CULTURAL HUB | Atlantis
24
Winner of the Best Youth Production at
the 2016 Naledi Theatre Awards, Making
Mandela is an imaginative journey through
the childhood of Nelson Mandela featuring
colourful characters, vividly portrayed in
beautiful masks, with physical performances supported by emotive sound design
and theatrical styling. “Innovative physical
comedy … an unmitigated delight … a joy to
watch.” (Christina Kennedy, Business Day)
“A playfulness that pulls you into the heart
of the production.” (Diane de Beer, The Star)
“Soars with clean narrative lines, superb
physical theatre, humour and pathos …
it will wow not only festivalgoers, but the
world.” (Robyn Sassen, The Arts at Large)
17
South Africa
In a land of plenty, a King and Queen were
blessed with a son. They called their son,
Prince. And they gave Prince everything he
wanted.
Direction: Francois Theron | Choreography: Nicol Sheraton|Musical Direction:
Dale Scheepers | Design: Stan Knight | Lighting: Jane Gosnell | Performance:
Suzaan Helberg, Ben Kgosimore, Sibusiso Nhlapo, Nomonde Matiwane, Mark
Tatham, Kealeboga Tshenye
20
13+ years old
Maimane! (Story Time) is a magical journey
into storytelling. It is adapted from Janice
Honeyman’s Amabali.
South Africa
19
CULTURAL HUB | Guga S'Thebe
Drama For Life Theatre Company
This vibrant musical marks the passing
of a beloved Khokho (Zulu word for great
grandfather), whose inheritance is revealed
to the children of the village as treasure of
a cultural (not monetary) kind, built from a
collection of stories and songs that capture
the rich diversity of South African culture.
18
Direction: Hamish Neill | Performance : Ensemble of the Drama For
Life Theatre Company
Maimane!
National Children’s Theatre
23
Writer and director Lara Foot tackles the
disintegration of the family unit and the
violation of innocence endured by so many
South African children. The play cleverly
and creatively combines African storytelling
and magical realism.
MAY 2017
MAY 2017
19
21
Spain
South Africa
Baxter Theatre Centre
An old man wanders into the wild. As
the sun sets, he is swept up in a surreal
western, on the run from a mysterious
tracker hell-bent on hunting him down. The
unique performance combines puppetry,
animation and physical theatre, Memory
loss has rarely had such a novel treatment, approached with poetic insight and
lightness of touch that makes it moving and
uplifting to watch.
20
Book at
T: 021 822 0070 / 1 / 2 | E: [email protected] | www.assitej2017.org.za
22
23
24
25
10:00
11:00
10:00
11:00
15:00
14:00
12:30
16:00
19:30
16:30
19:30
19:30
Zambia
Italy
Direction: Bruno Cappagli, Margherita Malonazzi,Thokozile Mwale, Simon
Kamanga, Andrew Lungu | Script: Bruno Cappagli, Cheela Chilala | Design:
Margherita Malonazzi | Performance: Langson Banda, Mathews Chambanenge,
Christopher Chilufya, Chanda Wezi Chibuye, Isaac Chilongoshi, Humphrey
Chipanama, Davy Daka, Edward Kambole, Collines Likosi, Yarred Longongo,
Vincent Mpande, Geophrey Mtonga, Kelvin Mukuka, Chipoma Mulenga,
Brian Mulenga, Dickson Muma, Steven Mushitu, Humphrey Mwape,
Jakobo Sinkala, Elisha Zulu
BAXTER THEATRE CENTRE | Outdoor Amphitheatre
ARTSCAPE THEATRE CENTRE | Piazza
7+ years old
English
45 Minutes
PROGRAMME | CRADLE OF CREATIVITY
T: 021 822 0070 / 1 / 2 | E: [email protected] | www.assitej2017.org.za
Mbuzeni
Mogatapele
Mbuzeni (Ask Her) tells the story of four
little girl orphans, their sisterhood, and
their fixation with burials. The story takes
place in a tiny village; the only cemetery
that exists in the village separates the
villagers from the orphans. Here, there
are rules and regulations for burials which
are monitored and constantly reinforced;
rules which the villagers have observed that
the girls have and continue to break when
they play
burials at the gravesite. Their defiance
comes at a price, one they are made to pay.
Mogatapele (The one who came before)
is a modern folktale about a boy who
comes from a line of Bagatapele. After his
father’s death, the boy is forced to follow
the tradition of being a Mogatapele and
protect his people and the food of the land
from greedy outside forces, who want it for
themselves. But the boy is afraid to follow
in his father’s footsteps. He has dreams of
his own, but this puts the wealth of the
people in danger…
Independent Artist
Mowa Art Fields
South Africa
South Africa
Direction: Monageng “Vice” Motshabi | Script: Omphile Molusi
Costume: T.C Matane | Music: Stephen Matebele
Performance: Alfred Motlhapi, Barileng Malebye, Danny Jasson, Ntshepiseng
Montshiwa, Ofentse Motsamai, Katlego Letsholonyane, Thapelo Mothupi,
Modisaotsile Mothupi, Boemo Banyatsi, Lesedi Magomotso, L.D Nkolisa,
Kelebogile Mako
Direction: Koleka Putuma | Design: Koleka Putuma | Script:
Koleka Putuma, Thumeka Mzayiya, Sisipho Mbopa, Nolufefe
Ntshuntshe, Awethu Hleli | Performance: Thumeka Mzayiya
Sisipho Mbopa, Nolufefe Ntshuntshe, Awethu Hleli
21
12:00
10:00
16:30
12:00
22
23
ARTSCAPE THEATRE CENTRE | The Arena
13+ years old
16:00
English | isiXhosa
20:00
14:00
12:00
17:00
15:00
22
23
Belgium
France
Senegal
BAXTER THEATRE CENTRE | The Golden Arrow Studio
10+ years old
16:00
French (English subtitles)
13+ years old
Setswana
19:00
70 Minutes
20
21
22
10:00
10:00
11:30
14:00
Zimbabwe
Direction: Chipo Precious Basopo |Choreography: Tinashe Chiku, Blessed
Rukweza | Design: Memory Mushayiwedu | Performance: Gamuchirai
Mukwakwami, Munopa Ndlovu, Stephanie Diverson , Blessing Masia
Pauline Duncan, Tendai Machipisa, Rufaro Chipango, Anke Muvuri
Tinashe Masilo, Judith Paya, Nkosilathi Dube , Tadiwa Nyoni
Lovemore Dehwenhewe , Leonard Domingo, Tawananyasha Manyangadze
CULTURAL HUB | Vrygrond
23
CITY HALL | Theatre 2
13+ years old
16:00
English
17:00
60 Minutes
Obisike: It takes a lion’s
heart
The Chaeli Campaign
D’haus & ASSITEJ Nigeria
No Fun Ction All Anguage aimed at
audiences 14+, produced by the Chaeli
Campaign, takes a microscopic look at the
in-between spaces where words fail us where we desperately search for meaning
between vowels, consonants and silences.
How do we say what we mean or express
what we feel? This award-winning NPO
which provides services to children with
disability is working actively towards
creating a more inclusive theatrical
landscape in South Africa - both off-stage,
as well as on. A diverse group of creative
collaborators come together to challenge
artistic mainstream narratives around
communication, ability, access and
inclusivity.
26
27
11:00
10:00
10:30
12:30
14:00
19:30
16:00
South Africa
Direction: Jayne Batzofin | Music: Dave Knowles | Performance:
Thembekile Komani, Iman Isaacs, Daniel Richards, Christelle Dreyer
ARTSCAPE THEATRE CENTRE | Theatre
14 + years old
English | South African Sign Language
About the same time, the Yoruban people are
threatened by invisible invaders. Young Queen
Moremi lets herself be captured. She wants
to disguise the aggressors' secret and bring it
home to her people. But the river goddess will
demand her most beloved one...
MAY 2017
MAY 2017
25
It is 1200 b.c.: The Trojan war cannot begin.
Ongoing calm forces the Greek Armada to stay
in Aulis. Princess Iphigenie shall be sacrificed
to the gods, to eliminate the dead calm. The
Mother wants to save her child, but the army
claims for the sacrifice. And Iphigenia makes
a decision...
55 Minutes
20
21
...
24
10:00
10:00
11:00
10:00
14:00
14:00
14:00
12:00
14:00
14:00
Spain
Germany
Nigeria
Direction: Gregory Carers | Design : Iyen Agbonifo -Obaseki
Performance: Maria Perlick, Joy Eziefula
CULTURAL HUB | Vrygrond
CITY HALL | Theatre 1
10+ years old
English
65 Minutes
Panali Panali
Our House
Dinaledi Expressions
Ishyo Arts Centre & Helios Theatre
Stories of war and displacement, historical
incidents like the genocide in Rwanda and
the mass murder of the Jews in Germany
were the starting points of the artistic work.
The safety of the house, the body and the
community etc. is a general theme that allows a person to develop their aims, or not.
In “Our House”, the performers talk about
that circle of themes by storytelling, singing
and moving, accompanied by live music.
The co-production “Our House” by Ishyo
Arts Centre and HELIOS Theater is a play
for children examining the collective and
personal memories, prints and marks. It
deals with memory as a skill and a virtue,
and as an essential property for shaping
the future.
20
21
Dinaledi Expressions performs
different Panalis for children and
their parents or guardians. The
stories vary from stories about
baboons and monkeys to the
ones where they talk about
human relations and interactions.
Germany
Rwanda
Direction: Carole Karamera, Barbara Kölling | Script: Steffen Moor & ensemble
Composition: Hervé Twahirwa, Roman D. Metzner | Performance: Eliane
Umuhire, Helena Aljona Kühn, Hervé Kimenyi, Marko Werner, Michael Lurse
Live Music: Hervé Twahirwa
12+ years old
14:00
16:00
This is a delightful introduction to
Zambian folktales, in which all can
participate.
CITY HALL | Theatre 2
CULTURAL HUB| Guga S'Thebe
10:00
14:00
Panali Panali! Is a Zambian nyanja
name that means ‘’Once Upon A Time’.
English ( Main Language )
55 Minutes
17
MAY 2017
MAY 2017
14:00
ARTSCAPE THEATRE CENTRE | Theatre
15:30
17:00
60 Minutes
10:00
14:00
Direction: Isabelle Verlaine | Script: Patricia Gomis |Performance: Patricia
Gomis, Márcia de Castro | Performance: Patricia Gomis
No Fun ction alL
anguage
10:00
10:00
She asks Ambuya to tell her one last story.
19:30
...
11:30
Ruvarashe is a girl of about 14 years who
lives with her grandfather and grandmother
in their rural home. She likes the village life,
the sense of togetherness and community
and especially the practice of tsika and hunhu. However news comes to the village from
her Amainini in town that now is the time for
her to leave the village and go to school in
town. She is frightened that if she goes there
she will lose her identity and culture.
MAY 2017
MAY 2017
21
27
Chipawo Trust Zimbabwe
Alone on the stage, a woman narrates the
fate of a girl born in Senegal. Born into a
family of seven, she will be “given” to an
aunt, “borrowed” to a cousin, “confined”
by an uncle in France, yet find her way to
becoming a woman.
20
26
My Culture, My
Strength, My Identity
Compagnie de la Casquett &
Compagnie Djarama & La Traversee des Arts
She dances, sings and bites into a dozen
characters with humility and an authentic
voice, transcending suffering and causing a
whirlwind of laughter. In this show, Patricia
Gomis is laying herself bare in front of an
audience that is questioning itself through
the prism of its own culture, education,
personal experience and legacy.
25
19:30
55 Minutes
Moi, Monsieur, Moi!
17
24
MAY 2017
MAY 2017
20
24
Book at
10:00
...
10:00
12:00
17:00
17:00
20
21
10:00
10:00
14:00
16:00
Zambia
Direction: Tsungai Garise | Script: Tsungai Garise | Performance: Luse
Kalibele, Morris Mukendi
CULTURAL HUB | iThemba Labantu
BAXTER THEATRE CENTRE | The Golden Arrow Studio
7+ years old
English
40 Minutes
PROGRAMME | CRADLE OF CREATIVITY
Patchwork
Patrice Balbina’s Chance
Encounter with the End
of the World
boomerang - Documents of Poverty and Hope
Pillowfort Productions
The show unfolds around a bed: the place
where the comfort of home meets the
strange world of dreams. In this world
pillows become creatures learning to fly, a
sheet dances with a life of its own, a teddy
and a lamp make best friends, and the
proverbial cow jumps over the moon (as do
the sheep and the dinosaur).
Patchwork was developed through engagement with the age group, to develop a theatrical language that meets our audience
eye-to-eye, mind-to-mind.
"Recognize yourself in he and she who are
not like you and me."- Carlos Fuentes
South Africa
Direction : Joanna Evans | Puppetry Direction: Gabriel Marchand
Design: Merryn Carver | Performance: Asanda Rilityana, Roshina Ratnam,
Pedro Espi-Sanchis
19
20
21
10:00
10:00
10:00
10:00
11:30
10:00
15:00
11:00
BAXTER THEATRE CENTRE | The Masambe
3 to 6 years old
Non -Verbal
20:00
23
10:00
10:00
14:00
...
25
10:00
10:00
12:30
12:00
14:00
17:00
17:00
South Africa
Norway
Direction: Thando Doni | Set design: Ingrid Solvik | Photography and
Graphic Design: Robert Marufu | Performance: Sikhumbule Nkonki, Lazola
Sikhutswa, Ntsikayomzi Tyalana, Eric Menyo, Bongani Dyalivana
Portugal
Direction: Fraser Corfield | Choreography: Jaqueline Gosselin
Design : Ben Pugh, Pur Montin| Dramaturgy: Odete Bereska
Performance: Holy Fraser, Raul Atalaia, Yves Simard, Emilie Leclerc, Giuditta
Mingucci | Education: Mandy Smith.
ARTSCAPE THEATRE CENTRE | The Arena
10+ years old
16:00
English
50 Minutes
14+ years old
English and isiXhosa
1
Pockets of Knowledge is a simple yet
intriguing storytelling theatre piece told
through the eyes of the villagers. It pokes
fun at leadership and how it behaves in
positions of power. It leaves pebbles of
wisdom in a parable narrative that speaks
to the importance of freedom and unity
in a fragile young democracy. It engages
the audience in such a fashion that they
themselves form part of the story by being
invited to take part in its world as they both
(actor and audience) work for plausible
solutions to the universal problems
presented in the story.
South Africa
Direction: Menzi Mkhwane | Script: Sabelo Ndlovu and Menzi Mkhwane
Set Design : Menzi Mkhwane | Lighting design: Menzi Mkhwane, Nkosingiphile
Dhlamini Costume Design: Menzi Mkhwane and Masinhle Mfeka
Performance: Thobani Nzuza, Annelisa Gxabhu
English | isiZulu
17:00
80 Minutes
12:00
12:00
14:00
16:30
14:00
14:00
21
16:00
15+ years old
16:00
19:30
English
60 Minutes | 20 minutes for exhibition
18
19
20
21
14:00
10:00
10:00
10:00
12:00
12:30
12:00
12:00
19:30
19:30
19:30
Spain
South Africa
Netherlands
Direction: Onny Huisink | Script: Saskia Janse | Design: Onny Huisink
Performance: Sabelo Khoza , Anele Matoti, Macebo Mavuso, Sisipho Mbopa,
Roshina Ratnam, Asanda Rilityana, Xolela Tsili
BAXTER THEATRE CENTRE | Theatre
10+ years old
English
60 Minutes
Helios Theater & Magnet Theatre
Netherlands
South Africa
Concept/direction: Moniek Merkx |Music: Joop van Brakel | Choreography:
Klaus Jürgens / Art Srisayam | Set design: Sanne Danz | Costume design: Nicky
Nina de Jong | Light design: Gé Wegman| Performance: Marieke Dermul,
Segametsi Gaobepe, Jouman Fatal, Kirsty Ndawo, Zinhle Nhle Nzama, Gale Rama,
Lotte Rischen, Shelby Tanelle Strange
ARTSCAPE THEATRE CENTRE | Theatre Upstage
13+ years old
14:00
ARTSCAPE THEATRE CENTRE | Theatre Upstage
Sandscape
English
90 Minutes
Sandscape is a silent theatrical piece that
embraces the beauty and essence of nature
and evokes the visual, hearing and
rhythmic abilities that get you closer to
nature with the aid of “SAND” as its major
tool. With the accompaniment of a black
plastic sheet, cups, umbrella and buckets,
the piece introduces and sinks its audience
into a world of playful experience. It is a
relaxing and engaging piece of theatre that
explores the texture, weight and breath of
sand on various materials.
The piece offers an ever changing view - the
sight of sand swirling and creating interesting shapes, prints, lines, games, landscape
thus its title “SANDSCAPE”.
24
MAY 2017
MAY 2017
10:00
12:00
The production has toured to the
Eastern Cape, the Netherlands, Belgium
and Spain, where it performed at the UNIMA
World Congress.
MAY 2017
MAY 2017
13+ years old
Rite of Spring is about peer pressure,
hormones and the fear of beauty. A modern
coming of age story mixed with prehistoric
pagan spring rituals. The threat of natural
forces, the struggle with oneself and the desire to break free turn these young women
into charming monsters. Close to the heart
theater, figuratively and literally, because
the audience sits around the performance
area.
10:00
11:30
19:30
CITY HALL | Theatre 2
CULTURAL HUB | Atlantis
The earth is still in deep hibernation as eight
young women gather to celebrate spring.
They worship nature with their fertility rites.
They dance and seduce. But then secrets
and primal forces break loose. A sacrifice
must be made.
10:00
11:30
25
This vibrant revisiting of the story features
a migratory stork who’s “bird’s eye view” of
events may help us decide if she really was
the cause of the disaster that ensued…
Maas Theater and Dance & Flat Foot Dance Company
20
24
Direction: Alex Byrne | Script: Mei Oulund | Design: Marie
Rosendahl Chemnitz | Performance: Henrik Ipsen, Simon Vagn
Jensen.
"Red Earth Revisited" recreates the legendary
story of Nongqawuse, the young Xhosa girl
whose prophecies influenced the course of
history.
Rite of Spring
19
23
United Kingdom
Speeltheater Holland Studio &
ASSITEJ South Africa
12:30
18
22
Denmark
Red Earth Revisited
21
10:00
17:00
Pim & Theo is a theatre performance, a postshow exhibition and an online resource.
45 Minutes
Pockets of Knowledge is reminiscent of
the famous and formidable internationally
acclaimed South African duo Ellis Pearson
and Bheki Mkhwane.
20
Incorporating sound and film design as well
as live performance, four European theatre
companies join together to make Pim & Theo
an immersive theatre show about culture
and identity, life and rules and the limits of
tolerance in our society.
CULTURAL HUB | iThemba Labantu
ARTSCAPE THEATRE CENTRE | The Arena
Art Breed
19:00
Germany
Australia
Two men were shot in cold blood on the
streets of Holland. Victims of extremism,
Theo Van Gogh and Pim Fortuyn weren’t
afraid to make their opposing political views
known.
Pockets of Knowledge
10:00
United Kingdom
18:00
MAY 2017
MAY 2017
10:00
19
25
Canada
New International Encounter &
Odsherred Teater
Phefumla (To Breathe) is developed through
a devised process with five young men from
the township areas surrounding Cape Town. All
five have been involved or affected by the gang
culture that rules the streets. Through glimpses
of their childhood, fragments of good and bad
memories, we slowly puzzle the pieces of their
young lives together. The performance reveals
both fatal choices as well as well- hidden dreams
and hopes for the future. The play is built on the
individual stories of the young performers.
Their personal experiences is transformed
into dramatic text, visual and physical images and choreographies, built from their
own cultural language.
21
24
Italy
Pim & Theo
Wunderkammer Produksjoner &
South African Artists
18
22
35 Minutes
Phefumla
20
Something unsettling has crept into the
neighbourhood. It’s a feeling, a suspicion
that disappears when you look at it directly.
Patrice Balbina has noticed that small
things are starting to disappear. The butcher loses his laugh, the man with the pigeon
is losing his patience, and Dad says the
government has lost its mind. Even the love
of her life seems to be a little further away
each day. But you wouldn’t expect the end
of the world. Then it rang the doorbell.
MAY 2017
MAY 2017
18
Book at
T: 021 822 0070 / 1 / 2 | E: [email protected] | www.assitej2017.org.za
10:00
25
26
27
11:00
10:00
12:30
12:30
Zimbabwe
Nigeria
Design: Asiphe Lili | Performance: Joy Princess Akrah, Joshua
Ademola Alabi, Lloyd Nyikadzino, Chipo Precious Basapo
BAXTER THEATRE CENTRE | The Golden Arrow Studio
3 to 6 years old
Non-verbal
40 Minutes
PROGRAMME | CRADLE OF CREATIVITY
Seedfolks
Sensescapes
Transformation begins with one young
girl, a handful of seeds, and a heart full of
hope…
Sensescapes proposes a choreographed,
interactive and multi-sensory experience
within an installation based environment
which challenges usual conceptions of
aesthetics for babies. It unfolds a series of
interconnected events which are inducing
interplay of the audience's physical movement and sensory input, triggering their
curiosity and encouraging their agency in
landscape rich in stimuli.
Independent Artist
Children’s Theatre Company
Unflinchingly honest and unabashedly
heartwarming, Seedfolks is filled with raw,
inspiring stories you’ll never forget. Where
all her neighbors see a rat-infested vacant
lot in a largely immigrant neighborhood,
Kim sees a place to plant some precious
beans—and, one by one, the people of her
community sow seeds of hope amid the
dirt and grit, tending dreams to full bloom.
The garden flourishes through eleven
narratives by award-winning novelist Paul
Fleischman, all brilliantly brought to life by
award-winning actress Sonja Parks.
18
19
10:00
10:00
10:00
19:30
14:00
11:00
United States of America
Direction: Peter C. Brosius | Photography: Dan Norman | Performance:
Sonja Parks
20
CITY HALL | Theatre 1
8+ years old
English
19:30
"The interrelational ecology which emerges
from the placement of children and carers
within a safe, immersive environment creates a
community which itself reflects and embodies
the performance aesthetic.
(Excerpt from 'The Emancipated Baby' by Ben
Fletcher-Watson)
MAY 2017
MAY 2017
17
22
23
24
10:00
10:00
10:00
14:00
14:00
11:30
15:00
14:00
75 Minutes
Simbad, O Navegante
23
10:00
14:00
14:00
14:00
17:00
18:30
3 to 18 months old
Non -verbal
40 Minutes
BAXTER THEATRE CENTRE | The Flipside
8+ years old
English (translated from Portuguese)
21
22
12:30
12:00
12:30
14:00
14:00
60 Minutes
Sparrow
Reunion Island
Mauritius
Ivory Coast
23
24
BAXTER THEATRE CENTRE | The Masambe
BAXTER THEATRE CENTRE | The Golden Arrow Studio
12:00
10 - 12 years old
16:00
English
17:30
30 Minutes
Spirit Songs
Teater Fot
Sparrows are small, chubby and tousled.
They usually appear in a flock. They aren’t
too afraid, almost a bit brazen. All through
the year sparrows stay close to people.
Most children are familiar with the sparrow,
and maybe they can see that they are
curious and playful, just like themselves.
In our sparrow-interpretation, the birds
are hatched under the sun’s warming rays.
They find their way out of the egg and try to
tackle the first challenges in life. The most
scary thing is probably to stray away from
the others.
The piece is first and foremost a celebration
of play and social interaction in an atmosphere of light, dance and music.
24
26
27
09:30
10:00
10:00
11:00
11:30
Spirit Songs is an original ensemble collage
play telling the stories of 50 young people
from four Cape Town Townships through
monologues, poetry, song and dance. The
play expresses the hopes, fears, dreams and
aspirations of 50 courageous youth grappling
with challenges of growing up in the new
South Africa.
Spain
South Africa
Norge
Direction: Stephen DiMenna. Chesray Dolpha | Assisted by: Yonela Sithela,
Maggi Fernando | Choreography: Mbovu Malinga | Performance: 50 youth
participants from Project Playground, Ithemba La Bantu, Chris Hani, Sibelius
High School.
Direction: Lise Hovik | Stage design: Lise Hovik, Ingrid Becker
Music: Michael Duch, Tor Haugerud | Performance: Janne Brit Rustad
Live Strugstad, Andreas Thoresen Medboee
BAXTER THEATRE CENTRE | The Flipside
0 to 2 years old
Non - verbal
MAY 2017
MAY 2017
25
Magnet Theatre Educational Trust &
The International Theatre and Literacy Project
16:00
20
21
22
23
14:00
10:00
10:00
10:00
11:30
11:30
12:30
12:00
19:30
40 Minutes
This is a story of a brave monkey Libendi,
who leaves his land after a great famine has
killed many of his fellow monkeys.
They say you can get lost in a good book.
But it’s worse to get lost in a bad one...
14+ years old
English | isiXhosa
Trick of the Light Theatre
’From award-winning NZ company Trick of
the Light Theatre comes a story of mystery,
magic and mayhem. The Bookbinder
weaves shadowplay, paper art, puppetry,
and music into an original dark fairytale in
the vein of Neil Gaiman.
His adventurous safari takes him far off to a
river where after losing his energy from days
of walking through valleys and mountains,
deserts and barren land with no food and
water, he dies just beside the river before he
could taste the life-giving water.
Animals from that forest come to honor,
respect and praise him by naming the river
after Libendi. This does not sit well with the
kings of the jungle and prompts them to do
unimaginable things.
21
MAY 2017
10:00
10:00
10:00
10:00
14:00
12:00
14:30
14:00
16:00
Kenya
Direction: Fedelis Kyalo | Script: Chrispin Mwakideu | Design: Fedelis Kyalo,
Chrispin Mwakideu | Performance: Fedelis kyalo, Chrispin Mwakideu
With awards around the world including
Best of the Fringe (NZ Fringe 2014), International Excellence Award (Sydney Fringe
2014), and the BDO Children’s Theatre
Award (Fringe World, Perth 2015), The
Bookbinder is an inventive one-man
performance for adults and children.
CITY HALL | Theatre 2
CULTURAL HUB | Atlantis
6+ years old
English
45 Minutes
18
MAY 2017
20
CULTURAL HUB | Vrygrond
40 Minutes
The Bookbinder
Krystal Puppeteers
18
CULTURAL HUB | Guga S'Thebe
19:30
Tears by the River
17
France
Direction: Déborah Martin | Script : Véronique Tadjo | Music : Yohann Lamy
Performance: Déborah Martin, Yohann Lamy
Direction: Carla Candiotto | Script: Carla Candiotto | Alexandre Roit, Rodrigo
Matheus | Design: Marco Lima | Lights: Gabriel Greghi
Sound and Set: Thiago Capella Zanotta | Performance: Ronaldo Aguiar, Rodrigo
Matheus
MAY 2017
MAY 2017
10:00
CITY HALL | Theatre 2
25
This production based on Véronique
Tadjo's book, is a mixture of tale, shadow
puppetry, and live music.
Brazil
24
11:00
Choreography: Dalija Acin Thelander | Performance: Noah Hellwig,
Rebecka Stillman, Ellen Söderhult
Soro et le Grain de Maïs Magique
(Soro and the Lucky Grain of Corn)
in a village, deep in the forest
Mother and Father gave
Soro, their only son
a lucky grain of corn.
Two clowns tell the story, travelling from
city to city, always fighting to see who will
be the hero. With bamboo structures and
circus, they create huge animals, boats,
birds, snakes, elephants, gorges, storms.
22
Serbia
Compagnie la vie a pied
Simbad, O Navegante (Simbad, The Sailor)
was considered to be the best kid’s show in
São Paulo in 2015, according to São Paulo
Award and Estado de São Paulo newspaper.
Simbad collects treasures on his adventures, but knowledge and experience are
the real wealth he accumulates. The Simbad adventures are actually the adventures
of humanity, and not just of one hero.
Simbad is about curiosity and the courage
to face the unknown.
Sweden
Soro et le Grain de Maïs
Magique
Circo Minimo
21
Book at
T: 021 822 0070 / 1 / 2 | E: [email protected] | www.assitej2017.org.za
10:00
19
20
21
12:30
12:30
15:30
15:15
New Zealand
Direction: Hannah Smith | Script: Ralph McCubbin Howell
Music: Tane Upjohn-Beatson | Performance: Ralph McCubbin Howell
CITY HALL | Theatre 2
10+ years old
English
55 Minutes
PROGRAMME | CRADLE OF CREATIVITY
T: 021 822 0070 / 1 / 2 | E: [email protected] | www.assitej2017.org.za
The Kids from
Amandla Street!
The Line
Independent Artist
Seeds of Water
Set against the backdrop of the South African xenophobic attacks of May 2008, the
play explores the 'fragility of goodness' and
engages with both victim and perpetrator.
The Line was constructed from a series of
interviews with South Africans involved in,
or affected by, these attacks. It explores the
process of perpetration from neighbour to
violent foe and attempts to re-humanise
both the perpetrator and victim.
In a street that carries a significant heritage,
live four kids, Obi, Jimmy, Palesa and
Lillian. Together they grapple with issues of
identity, school, distanced parents and their
desire to see the completion of the street.
In their transition years, playing becomes
an experience they need, but also feel
detached from. A neighbourhood watchman presents a challenge that leaves them
having to reach deep within to climb out
of the confines placed by the society they
exist in.
South Africa
Direction: Binnie Christie | Script: Lereko Mfono
25
26
27
10:00
10:00
12:00
11:30
14:00
11:00
CITY HALL | Theatre 1
13+ years old
English
19:30
With lyrical physical style, the cast of this
high - energy story challenge authority and
cast a light on current politics by asking
what might happen next.
10:00
10:00
14:00
26
27
11:00
11:30
14:00
14:30
12:00
17:00
19:00
16:00
South Africa
ARTSCAPE THEATRE CENTRE | The Arena
English
16+ years old
16:00
14:00
24
25
26
27
11:30
14:00
12:30
11:30
14:00
12:30
16:30
19:00
19:30
24
25
26
27
19:30
19:30
19:30
18:00
BAXTER THEATRE CENTRE | Theatre
4+ years old
Non - Verbal
Corpus &
Jazzart Dance Theatre
Reality meets fantasy in this wordless live
installation that recreates a bucolic country
scene in a typical urban setting.
South Africa
Travel to a strange and hilarious universe as
CORPUS takes you through a carefully studied,
surrealistic overview of sheep behaviour.
A truly innovative performance twists reality
in surprising ways and takes audience
interaction to new heights.
Wales
7+ years old
English
Spain
Canada
South Africa
Concept and choreography: David Danzon & Sylvir Bouchard
Costumes: Joanne Le Blanc | Performance: Darion Adams, Ambia Andrews,
Gabriella Dirkse, Lynette du Plessis, Abdul-Aaghier Isaacs, Tanzley Jooste,
Sanga Mabulu, Luyanda Mdingi
20
MAY 2017
MAY 2017
19:30
Direction: Ernan Mao | Script: Xing Mu | Design: Juntao Yang
Performance: Xiaoming Liu, Yan Tang, Jingbo Hu, Zijing Wu
… the sheep are in town
ARTSCAPE THEATRE CENTRE | Opera House
15:00
China
70 Minutes
Music: Daf James | Book & lyrics: Michael Williams | Director: Melly Still
Co-director: Max Barton | Choreographer : Kenneth Tharp | Designer: Anna
Fleischle | Lighting designer: Joshua Carr | Sound designer: Christopher Shutt
Music Director & Supervisor: David Mahoney | Orchestrator : Jeff Howard
Casting (uk) : Charlotte Sutton
18:00
60 Minutes
Transhumance
Cape Town Opera & Wales Millennium Centre
23
English
18:00
The story is simple, yet it has the philosophy
of unity and cooperation; it reflects on sincerity among people and harmony between
man and nature. The show integrates
traditional Chinese opera, martial arts and
many other classic elements of Chinese
culture, which will certainly make audiences
feel the charm of Chinese culture.
The artists unfold this interesting story
through body language, which reminds us
of the most beautiful and unforgettable
period of time.
75 Minutes
Tiger Bay
Cost: R350 / R250
Please note: Tiger Bay is not
included in the Delegate Packages.
ARTSCAPE THEATRE CENTRE | The Arena
Adapted from the ancient Chinese legend,
“Three Monks” tells an interesting story that
“One boy is a boy; two boys half boy; three
boys no boy”.
13+ years old
Tiger Bay is an epic new musical set in the
docks of Cardiff at a time when coal was
king. Filled with rousing music and a cast
of unforgettable characters, Tiger Bay is a
universal story of courage, reconciliation
and love. With Olivier and Tony Awardnominated director Melly Still leading an
outstanding international creative team,
this short run offers a rare opportunity to
be the first to see a major new international
musical
CULTURAL HUB | Vrygrond
24
18:00
MAY 2017
MAY 2017
25
...
Direction: Gina Shmukler |Script: Niall Griffin | Music: Charl-Johan
Lingenfelder Performance: Gabi Harris
China National Theatre for Children
Direction: Koleka Putuma | Script: Jon Keevy | Performance: Dustin Beck,
Maggie Gericke, Tankiso Mamabolo, Thando Mangcu, Cleo Raatus, Kathleen
Stephens
21
21
South Africa
Three Monks
Khanya is on the verge of getting through
matric and out into the world when she
crosses paths with a fugitive from the cops.
He gives her something forbidden in this
future Johannesburg... a book. And inadvertently kicks off a race between government
agents, terrorists and hackers to get control
of the truth.
20
20
60 Minutes
The Underground Library
Independent Artist
24
Furthermore it investigates what it is that
makes good people do bad things and how
the line is so easily crossed in the process.
The textual construct of the play is known
as verbatim theatre where the words of the
interviewees are used as they were spoken.
MAY 2017
MAY 2017
24
20:00
Book at
120 minutes + interval
21
22
14:00
10:00
10:00
11:00
14:00
11:00
12:00
17:30
18:00
23
10:00
THE V&A WATERFRONT | Amphitheatre
BAXTER THEATRE CENTRE | Theatre Gardens
3+ years old
Non - verbal
80 Minutes
What Goes UP…
Us/Them
FTH:K
Bronks
What Goes UP… is a playful, gentle and
explorative production devised to capture
the imagination of young children aged
3 -7 years old.
During a hostage drama in a school in
Beslan that started in September 2004,
the greatest of evils, terrorists, chose the
greatest good, a group of children, as their
victims. 'Us / Them' is not a straightforward
account of this terrible drama, but is about
the entirely individual way children cope
with extreme situations. With humour and a
matter-of- fact approach, it contrasts
the views of children with those of adults.
BRONKS is one of Belgium’s leading theatres
for young audiences. A lightness of storytelling, breath-taking scenography and a strong
cast create a thrilling, unmissable theatrical
experience.
25
26
10:00
10:00
10:00
14:00
14:00
14:00
27
Rwanda
Direction and script: Carly Wijs| Design: Stef Stessels, Dramaturg, Mieke
Versyp| Created with: Thomas Vantuycom | Lighting: Thomas Clause
Sound: Peter Brughmans | Performance: Gytha Parmentier, Roman van
Houtven
CITY HALL | Theatre 1
10+ years old
14:00
16:00
English
50 Minutes
Created for Deaf Children, and using South
African Sign Language, the play is also
accessible and magical to hearing children.
23
MAY 2017
MAY 2017
24
Belgium
Through the art of gentle clowning and
experiential children’s theatre, the show
investigates the physical and emotional
scopes of all things Up and Down. The
costumes will captivate, the performers will
enchant and the story will allow children
the opportunity to connect with the emotions they experience in their worlds.
24
25
26
11:00
11:00
10:00
14:00
14:00
12:00
17:00
19:00
South Africa
Direction: Jayne Batzofin | Script (Devised): Jayne Batzofin
Matthew Baldwin, Iman Isaacs, Jori Snell (Mentor), Gabi dan Droste
(Mentor) | Design: Jayne Batzofin, Jori Snell|Performance : Iman
Isaacs, Jayne Batzofin
CITY HALL | Theatre 2
3 to 7 years old
South African Sign Language
45 Minutes
PROGRAMME | CRADLE OF CREATIVITY
T: 021 822 0070 / 1 / 2 | E: [email protected] | www.assitej2017.org.za
When Lion Had Wings
Whiteout
Jungle Theatre
When Lion Had Wings uses daring stilt
characterizations, animal masks, original
music and Nama language to tell a traditional Khoikhoi folktale. The story starts in
ancient times when all the animals lived in
fear of Lion who could fly. However, some
tricky Frogs reveal that Lion’s magic is
hidden beneath a pile of bones. The Frogs
challenges Lion’s greed and lead the animals
to discover their talents and restore the balance of nature. Jungle Theatre Company has
developed a style of theatre that is based in
clowning, draws from different cultures and
is ideal for a family audience.
20
21
...
“Bringing a thrillingly muscular energy...
this is a take on life with genuine strength
of conviction in a natural, vivid style.” ****
The Guardian
South Africa
Direction: Vincent Meyburgh| Design: Andy Jones, Shrinkray Puppets
Translation: Bradley Van Sitters | Company Manager: Miranda Tait
Performance: Joce Engelbrecht, Ntombifuthi Mkhasibe, Seiso Qhola
Siyawandisa Badi, Kelly Spilhaus, Athenkosi Dyantyi, Vincent Meyburgh
10:00
11:30
12:00
11:00
Whiteout is a heartfelt dance theatre piece
that gives resonance to the complexities
of bi-racial relationships. Informed by
personal experiences from her marriage
and as the mother of bi-racial children,
acclaimed choreographer Natasha Gilmore
(Tiger Tale), explores this issue with
honesty and humour. With original music
by Luke Sutherland the six dancers use
their versatility of styles to create a visually
exciting show.
CULTURAL HUB | Atlantis
ARTSCAPE THEATRE CENTRE | Piazza
3+ years old
English, Afrikaans, isiXhosa, Nama
17:00
21
MAY 2017
MAY 2017
10:00
20:00
Barrowland Ballet
25
10:00
30 Minutes
22
23
24
11:30
11:30
10:00
14:00
14:00
16:00
17:00
19:00
16:00
Yao Yao
young@home
Cheerful Crash! Exciting Adventure!
An inter-generational project that brings together youth and elderly residing in Hillbrow
and the inner-city of Johannesburg. young@
home is a radio cinema presentation of their
personal stories and experiences of Hillbrow
as home.
BRUSH Theatre LLC
The Republic of Korea
Director: Kiljun Lee | Musician: Sangguon Seo | Performer: Byungwook Cho,
Heeae Lee | Multi-media: Taegwan Kwag | Company Manager: Wheeyeon Kim
24
25
11:00
11:30
10:00
14:00
14:00
12:30
17:00
19:00
BAXTER THEATRE CENTRE | The Golden Arrow Studio
3+ years old
Non - verbal
Choreography: Natasha Gilmore| Design: Jennie Lööf | Lighting Designer:
Sergey Jakovsky | Composer: Luke Sutherland
Producer: Belinda McElhinney Performance : Joanne Pirrie, Amarnah
Amuludun: Vince Virr, Kai-Wen Chuang, KJ Clarke-Davis, Sean Graham
ARTSCAPE THEATRE CENTRE | Theatre
14+ years old
Non - Verbal
50 minutes
Working between myths and reality, between cultural fictions and hard truths, this
project is a metaphor where three realities,
three identities recognise themselves in the
search for their origins.
10:00
19:00
12:00
25
10:00
10:00
14:00
14:00
17:00
19:00
25
Direction: Gcebile Dlamini & Joao Orecchia | Scriptwriter: Jefferson Tshabala
Choreographer: Sonia Radebe | Composer: Nhlanhla Mahlangu | Design: Gcebile
Dlamini | Sound Design and Radio: Joao Orecchia | Consulting Director: Peter
Dupont Weiss|Performers: Flora Nkoana, Vicky Walker, Lihlethemba Ngcobo, Violet
Ledwaba, Lungile Witbooi, Tahliso Makaleng, Sibusiso Nkosi
CITY HALL | Workshop Space
14+ years old
English
60 Minutes | 20 minutes for exhibition
A strange and wonderful world where fantasy
creatures encounter one another. Together
they overcome their limitations and
differences to form a unified common
strength.
With the language of movement, the dancers
show that it is always worthwhile to seek out
new perspectives, even in seemingly hopeless
situations.
Mexico
Mozambique
Brazil
Direction: Clarissa Malheiros | Script: Rogério Manjate,Clarissa , Malheiros,
Juliana Faesler | Set design: Juliana Faesler, Paulo Merísio| Puppetry: Toztli
Abril de Dios | Lighting and Production: Erika Gómez | Performance: Toztli
Abril de Dios, Andrés Tena, Ronan Vaz, Ricardo Augusto, Esteban Caicedo, Milena
Pitombo
BAXTER THEATRE CENTRE | The Golden Arrow Studio
5+ years old
16:00
24
Denmark
Company Mafalda
Spanish & Portuguese
50 minutes
Creative costume design, based on astonishingly simple materials, allows the dancers to
quickly shift from one story to the next, creating a series of fantasy-rich situations, short
episodes, and pictures.
MAY 2017
MAY 2017
12:00
24
23
South Africa
Zick Zack Puff!
Zapato busca Sapato (Zapato seeks Sapato)
is about Euyo, a little shoe born alone in his
box, in México city. The search for his other
pair, his brother shoe, takes him into a journey of adventure, full of symbolic meanings
and discoveries. He goes from México
to Brazil and from there to Mozambique
where Euyo finally meets and recognizes
his match and playmate Mumba.
23
22
50 minutes
La Maquina de Teatro
Troupe de Truoes
22
It is an exploration of the dissolution of
notions of home and what constitutes
community in a city with a long history of
ever-changing migrant communities. It is
based on the true accounts of the sad, the
joyous, the reflective, the prospective, the
funny, and at times, obscure, random stories
and memories.
MAY 2017
MAY 2017
23
Zapato busca Sapato
19:30
Scotland
Hillbrow Theatre & C:NTACT
Yaoyao is a mischievous little girl who loves
playing with her Dad. But he has to put
on his business suit, pick up his briefcase
and go to work. When Yaoyao grabs hold
of his overcoat to stop him leaving, a
thread unravels and becomes the start of a
magical world of adventure and
discovery. Join Yaoyao on her ingenious
journey to find out what’s waiting for her at
the end of the thread…
22
Book at
21
22
11:00
10:00
19:00
16:30
18:30
23
24
Spain
Switzerland
Direction - Choreography: Teresa Rotemberg | Design: Tanja Liebermann,
Heinze Baumann | Music: Tanja Müller | Performance: Diane Gemsch,
Hella Immler, Fausto Izzi | Technician on tour : Adrian Grimozzi,
Dramaturgy : Ralph Blase
BAXTER THEATRE CENTRE | Theatre
5 + years old
16:00
Non-verbal
50 minutes
PROGRAMME | CRADLE OF CREATIVITY
T: 021 822 0070 / 1 / 2 | E: [email protected] | www.assitej2017.org.za
MAGNET THEATRE PRESENTS
“ROCKING THE CRADLE”
from 3 weeks to 12 years-old.
For more info and booking contact: [email protected] | 021 448 3436.
AHA!
CLOUD CATCHER
A box arrives in an empty space!
What could be inside? Aha! Wool!
Pulling out the thread, the actors
weave themselves and the children
into the wondrous world of wool.
Directed by Nwabisa Plaaitjie,
Magnet Theatre’s show recently
toured to Germany to participate
in the Helios Theatre Festival “hellwach 2017”.
The story follows the adventures
of Buhle, a young girl from Langa
Township, Cape Town who decides
to end the dreaded drought once
and for all. A delightful blend of
education and entertainment with a
strong message of hope, resilience
and empowerment. Directed by
Richard Antrobus with Asiphe Lili.
Fri May 26th
14h45 – 15h30
Company: Magnet Theatre (Created with the
support of Goethe Institute and Helios)
Director: Nwabisa Plaatjie
Created with the company: Beviol Swartz,
Emmanuel Ntsamba, Zizipho Quluba &
Luthando Mvandaba
Recommended Age: 2 to 7 years
Fri May 26th
12h30 – 13h20
JUST HERE
KNOCK
‘Just Here’ is a unique piece of
puppetry theatre about a little
someone called Kodu heading out
into the world and making it her
own. The production meets the
young audience eye-to-eye,
mind-to-mind. This is the most
recent creation from Pillow Fort
Productions who developed the
highly acclaimed “Patchwork”.
4 performers enter and explore
the natural material of wood, its
sounds, what it can do, what it can
make. Stimulating for the
imagination, the cast create
strange, magical animals and
images with wonderfully shaped
pieces of forest wood. Using few
words it includes a rhythmic and
creative interaction with the
children.
Wed May 24th
15h00 – 15h30
Company: Pillow Fort Productions
Director: Gabriel Marchand
With: Asanda Rilityana, Roshina Ratnam
Recommended Age: 2 to 5 years
Fri May 26th
10h15 – 11h00
PAIRED
RAT RACE
In a group of shoes each journeys
to find its pair, searches for a
partner, longs to belong. 4 actors
invite us to the shoe party. Playful,
inventive and full of soul, Paired
was created by the 2016 Magnet
Theatre intern trainees along with
theatre-making intern Lwanda
Sindaphi as director.
Well Worn Theatre Company’s
Rat Race’s is a pop –up storybook
play about an unlikely friendship
between stressed-out city rat Miles
and kind, easy-going farm mouse
Melissa. It’s a comic play with
music, clowning, puppetry,
illustrations and physical theatre
that tells a colorful ‘tail’ about Big
Changes in Little Lives.
Wed May 24th
13h00 – 13h40
Company: Magnet Theatre (Created with the
support of Goethe Institute and Helios)
Director: Lwanda Sindaphi
Created by the Company With: Natasha
Gana, Livie Ncanywa, Lwanda Magwaca &
Meagan Booysen
Recommended Age: 2 to 7 years
Scoop: Kitchen Play
for Carers and Babes
Magnet Theatre’s SCOOP is the first
ever South African baby play.
Performed by 4 performers trained
in connecting with the very young,
in a contained custom built tent,
they engage with 8 carers and
babes taking the youngest
audiences on an enchanting
journey designed to interest,
surprise and soothe.
Wed: May 24th
9h30 – 10h15
Fri: May 26th
9h30 – 10h15
Thur May 25th
12h00 – 13h00
Company: Magnet Theatre
(Created with support from SA/UK Season)
Director: Koleka Putuma
Assisted by: Jennie Reznek
Created by the company With: Sivuyile
Dunjwa, Jason Jacobs, Nolufefe Ntshuntshe
& Indalo Stofile
Recommended Age: 7 to 9 years
Company: Magnet Theatre (With support
from Goethe institute and Helios)
Director: Jennie Reznek
Created by the company With: Lwando Magwaca, Livie Ncanywa & Athenkosi
Mfamela
Recommended Age: 2 to 7 years
Company: Well Worn Theatre Company
Director: Kyla Davis
Performed by: Roberto Pombo and
Ameera Patel
Recommended Age: 4 to 6 years
JoJo and Jinks build a space craft in
their bedroom and go on a magical
adventure, in search of a “better
planet” than Earth. With a blend of
mythology and science, this play
explores how children learn
through play, and find hidden
strength within as they take their
first steps towards independence.
Thur May 25th
14h30 – 15h20
Company: Flying House
Director: Athena Mazarakis
Writer: Tamara Guhrs
Recommended Age: 7 to 9 years
WOODWAYS
The Willow
Pattern Tale
Wed May 24th
Director: Richard Antrobus
With: Asiphe Lili
Space Rocks
Recommended Age: 3 weeks to 12 months
In 1790, Thomas Minton designed
and engraved The Willow Pattern
for the Caughley porcelain factory
in Shropshire, England. He created
a romantic story based on the
motifs of the design. Jill Joubert
brings the story alive once again in
an intimate setting, using
beautifully crafted puppets.
Book at
A showcase of African and South African work for audiences
Seeds, roots, trees, firewood, sticks
and paper – these are the ways of
wood. Woodways takes young audiences on an adventure discovering
the characteristics of wood. In a
relaxed and happy atmosphere, the
actors (from Cameroon and Kenya)
and the audience are drawn
together gaining insight into the
world of the wood.
Created and Performed: Jill Joubert
(and puppets)
10h30 – 11h15
Thur May 25th
Recommended Age: 7 to 12 years
9h30 – 10h15
Company: Shazama from Yaounde
Cameroon (Created with the support of
Magnet Theatre/Helios and Goethe Institute)
Director: Sophia Mempuh Kwachuh
Created by the Company With: Alumbe
Hellen Collins, Kento Jumah and Fokumlah
Burnley Yaya
Recommended Age: 2 to 7 years
Performances
PROGRAMME | CRADLE OF CREATIVITY
T: 021 822 0070 / 1 / 2 | E: [email protected] | www.assitej2017.org.za
Focus Days
Performances
Book at
Additional events
WEDNESDAY / 17 MAY 2017
10h00
to
10h35
Ekhaya
Baxter Theatre Centre
Baxter Upstairs Rehearsal Room
10h00
to
11h30
Karoo Moose
Artscape Theatre Centre
Artscape Arena
10h00
to
10h55
Our House
City Hall
City Hall Theatre 2
10h00
to
10h45
Panali Panali
Baxter Theatre Centre
Baxter Golden Arrow Studio
10h00
to
11h15
Seedfolks
City Hall
City Hall Theatre 1
12h00
to
13h30
Animal Farm
Artscape Theatre Centre
Artscape Theatre
12h00
to
12h35
Ekhaya
Baxter Theatre Centre
Baxter Upstairs Rehearsal Room
12h00
to
12h45
Panali Panali
Baxter Theatre Centre
Baxter Golden Arrow Studio
14h00
to
14h55
Our House
City Hall
City Hall Theatre 2
19h30
to
20h45
Seedfolks
City Hall
City Hall Theatre 1
THURSDAY / 18 MAY 2017
10h00
to
10h35
Ekhaya
Baxter Theatre Centre
Baxter Upstairs Rehearsal Room
10h00
to
11h30
Karoo Moose
Artscape Theatre Centre
Artscape Arena
10h00
to
11h15
Seedfolks
City Hall
City Hall Theatre 1
10h00
to
10h45
Tears by the River
City Hall
City Hall Theatre 2
12h00
to
12h45
A Mano
Baxter Theatre Centre
Baxter Golden Arrow Studio
12h00
to
13h30
Rite of Spring
Artscape Theatre Centre
Theatre Upstage
12h00
to
12h35
Ekhaya
Baxter Theatre Centre
Baxter Upstairs Rehearsal Room
12h00
to
13h00
Red Earth Revisited
Baxter Theatre Centre
Baxter Theatre
12h00
to
12h45
Tears by the river
City Hall
City Hall Theatre 2
14h00
to
15h15
Seedfolks
City Hall
City Hall Theatre 1
14h30
to
16h00
Animal Farm
Artscape Theatre Centre
Artscape Theatre
16h30
to
18h00
Rite of Spring
Artscape Theatre Centre
Theatre Upstage
19h00
to
20h20
Pockets of Knowledege
City Hall
City Hall Theatre 2
19h30
to
21h00
Karoo Moose
Artscape Theatre Centre
Artscape Arena
09h30
to
11h00
Korean Storytelling Performance
Baxter Theatre Centre
Baxter Upstairs Rehearsal Room
10h00
to
10h35
Patchwork
Baxter Theatre Centre
The Masambe
FRIDAY / 19 MAY 2017
10h00
to
11h30
Animal Farm
Artscape Theatre Centre
Artscape Theatre
10h00
to
10h55
Gretel and Hansel
Baxter Theatre Centre
Baxter Flipside
10h00
to
11h00
Making Mandela
City Hall
City Hall Theatre 1
10h00
to
11h20
Pockets of Knowledge
City Hall
City Hall Theatre 2
12h00
to
13h00
Making Mandela
City Hall
City Hall Theatre 1
12h00
to
13h30
Rite of Spring
Artscape Theatre Centre
Theatre Upstage
12h30
to
13h15
A Mano
Baxter Theatre Centre
Baxter Golden Arrow Studio
12h30
to
13h30
Red Earth Revisited
Baxter Theatre Centre
Baxter Theatre
14h30
to
16h00
Karoo Moose
Artscape Theatre Centre
Artscape Arena
15h00
to
15h55
Gretel and Hansel
Baxter Theatre Centre
Baxter Flipside
18h30
to
19h15
A Mano
Baxter Theatre Centre
Baxter Golden Arrow Studio
19h30
to
21h00
Animal Farm
Artscape Theatre Centre
Artscape Theatre
19h30
to
20h15
It's Dark Outside
City Hall
City Hall Theatre 1
19h30
to
20h30
Red Earth Revisited
Baxter Theatre Centre
Baxter Theatre
10h00
to
10h55
Gretel and Hansel
Baxter Theatre Centre
Baxter Flipside
10h00
to
10h35
Patchwork
Baxter Theatre Centre
The Masambe
SATURDAY / 20 MAY 2017
10h00
to
11h00
Making Mandela
Cultural Hub
Guga S'thebe Cultural Hub
10h00
to
10h40
Panali Panali
Cultural Hub
iThemba Labantu Cultural Hub
10h00
to
10h45
Tears by the River
Cultural Hub
Atlantis Cultural Hub
10h00
to
11:00
Rite of Spring
Artscape Theatre Centre
Theatre Upstairs
10h00
to
11h00
The Line
Cultural Hub
Vrygrond Cultural Hub
11h00
to
11h45
A Mano
Baxter Theatre Centre
Baxter Golden Arrow Studio
11h00
to
11h45
It's Dark Outside
City Hall
City Hall Theatre 1
11h00
to
11h45
Transhumance: the sheep are in town
V&A Waterfront
V&A Waterfront
11h30
to
12h30
Spirit Songs
Cultural Hub
Guga S'thebe Cultural Hub
12h00
to
12h55
Mbuzeni
Artscape Theatre Centre
Artscape Arena
12h30
to
13h25
The Bookbinder
City Hall
City Hall Theatre 2
14h00
to
14h55
Gretel and Hansel
Baxter Theatre Centre
Baxter Flipside
14h00
to
14h45
It's Dark Outside
City Hall
City Hall Theatre 1
14h00
to
15h30
Khokho's Treasure
Cultural Hub
Atlantis Cultural Hub
14h00
to
15h00
Maimane!
Cultural Hub
iThemba Labantu Cultural Hub
14h00
to
15h05
Obisike: It Takes a Lion's Heart
Cultural Hub
Vrygrond Cultural Hub
14h00
to
15h00
Rite of Spring
Artscape Theatre Centre
Theatre Upstairs
14h00
to
14h55
Our House
City Hall
Guga S'thebe Cultural Hub
15h00
to
15h35
Patchwork
Baxter Theatre Centre
The Masambe
15h30
to
16h25
The Bookbinder
City Hall
City Hall Theatre 2
16h30
to
17h25
Mbuzeni
Artscape Theatre Centre
Artscape Arena
17h00
to
18h00
Insta-Grammar
Cultural Hub
Guga S'thebe Cultural Hub
17h00
to
18h00
Moi, Monsieur, Moi!
Baxter Theatre Centre
Baxter Golden Arrow Studio
17h00
to
18h00
My Culture, My Strength, My Identity
Cultural Hub
Vrygrond Cultural Hub
17h00
to
17h45
Phefumla
Cultural Hub
iThemba Labantu Cultural Hub
17h00
to
18h20
Pockets of Knowledege
Artscape Theatre Centre
Atlantis Cultural Hub
18h00
to
19h45
Tiger Bay
Artscape Theatre Centre
Artscape Opera House
19h30
to
21h00
Animal Farm
Artscape Theatre Centre
Artscape Theatre
19h30
to
20h30
Moi, Monsieur, Moi!
Baxter Theatre Centre
Baxter Golden Arrow Studio
...Presentations, Papers, Panels, Symposia, Workshops, and Happenings
Book at
PROGRAMME | CRADLE OF CREATIVITY
09h00
to
18h30
T: 021 822 0070 / 1 / 2 | E: [email protected] | www.assitej2017.org.za
TUESDAY / 16 MAY 2017
ITYARN Conference
ITYARN, UCT, Drama for Life
City Hall
WEDNESDAY / 17 MAY 2017
09h00
to
18h00
ITYARN Conference
ITYARN, UCT, Drama for Life
City Hall
14h00
to
17h45
Objects with Objectives
International Puppetry Symposium
City Hall Workshop Space
09h00
to
15h45
ASSITEJ Executive Committee Meeting
Executive Committee
Artscape Isibaya
10h00
to
11h30
Next Generation 2017
Meet and Greet
Artscape Rehearsal Room 207
14h00
to
15h45
Next Generation 2017
Sharing Skills Workshop
Artscape Rehearsal Room 207
16h00
to
18h00
ASSITEJ Playground
ASSITEJ Executive Committee, Delegates
Artscape Opera Foyer
19h00
to
20h30
Opening Ceremony
Directed by Thando Doni
Baxter Theatre & Baxter Flipside
THURSDAY / 18 MAY 2017
09h00
to
18h00
Focus Day: Storytelling
09h00
to
09h45
Plenary / Welcome
City Hall
Drama for Life
City Hall Grand Hall
10h00
to
11h00
Iintsomi Yabantu / Storytelling in the 21st century - Why the world needs what you already know
Presentations by Gcina Mhlophe (SA) / Rives Collins (USA)
City Hall Grand Hall
11h30
to
13h00
Storytelling Methodologies: Theatrical Space & Storytelling as Rite / Naghali-Iranian Oral Storytelling
Presentations by Orek Omondi (Kenya) / Mohammed Aghebati (Iran)
City Hall Grand Hall
11h30
to
13h00
Importance of traditional stories / Influence for social change
Presentations by Githanda Githae (UK) / Traver Mudzonga (Zimbabwe)
City Hall Seminar Room 1
14h00
to
15h30
Acting Out - The Challenges of Childhood Collaboration in Creation of Drama for Life
Panel with Karen Libman (USA) / Subodh Patnaik (India) / Daniel Kelin (USA)
City Hall Grand Hall
14h00
to
15h30
Sigana Storytelling Theater
Storytelling workshop with John Namai (Kenya)
City Hall Seminar Room 2
16h00
to
18h00
What gifts of stories did we gather today?
Activity with Drama For Life (University of Witwatersrand)
City Hall Seminar Room 1
16h00
to
18h00
Participatory storytelling skills
Workshop led by Githanda Githae (UK)
City Hall Seminar Room 2
09h00
to
13h45
Objects with Objectives
International Puppetry Symposium
Artscape Rehearsal Room 207
14h30
to
18h00
Objects with Objectives Open Session
International Puppetry Symposium - Open public session in Applied Puppetry with specialists from
the USA, UK and SA.
Artscape Rehearsal Room 306
10h00
to
11h00
Cape Town: A Sense of Place
Orientation activity for playwrights - Write Local, Play Global
Artscape Resource Centre
11h00
to
19h00
ASSITEJ Executive Committee Meeting
Executive Committee
Artscape Isibaya
16h15
to
18h30
Appreciative Dialogue Workshop
Workshop for Next Generation 2017 and delegates, with Henrik Koehler and Peter Manscher
(Denmark)
Artscape Rehearsal Room 207
09h00
to
18h00
Focus Day: Theatre as Education
09h00
to
10h00
Plenary / Welcome
Welcome by UCT; African Keynote Address, Revitalizing ‘African’ traditional dances for young
audiences through watching music videos by Vicensia Shule (Tanzania)
City Hall Grand Hall
FRIDAY / 19 MAY 2017
City Hall
10h00
to
11h00
All from One: Humanity's Shared Origins
Presentation and Demonstration with Robert Blumenschine (USA) and Andrea Leenen (SA) from PAST
City Hall Grand Hall
10h00
to
11h00
Arts education in Africa
NEPAD and Arts Education in Africa in the 21st century with Prof Mzobz Mboya
City Hall Seminar Room 1
11h30
to
13h00
The importance of the arts for learning
Paper discussion with Terri Elliott (SA), Tamara Goldbogen (USA), Alison Green (SA) and Margot Wood
(SA)
City Hall Seminar Room 1
11h30
to
13h00
How we speak about TYA?
Workshop with Jonas Feller (Germany), after which delegates see Karoo Moose
City Hall Seminar Room 2
14h00
to
16h00
The arts/drama as an integrated mode of learning
Paper discussion with Jefferson Dirks-Korkee (SA), Fahimeh Masoomzadeh (Iran), Selloane Mokuku
(SA) and Bridgette van Leuven (Australia)
City Hall Grand Hall
14h00
to
16h00
There’s More to Being a Superhero than Superpower
Workshop with Moriah Flagler (USA)
City Hall Seminar Room 2
16h30
to
18h00
Crossing the river - towards an emerging pedagogy for integrating arts and maths education
Seminar with Professor Kennedy Chinyowa (Zimbabwe), Dr Tsholofelo Maforah (SA), Selloane
Mokuku (SA), and Professor Willy Mwakapenda
City Hall Seminar Room 1
16h30
to
18h00
Theatre in and as education
Paper discussion with Gry Worre Hallberg (Denmark), Lucia Rackova (CR), Smriti Sharma (India),
Surendranath Subbanna (India) and Sathya Bhama Madathil (India)
City Hall Grand Hall
10h00
to
13h00
Objects with Objectives
International Puppetry Symposium
Artscape Isibaya
14h00
to
18h00
Objects with Objectives Open Session
International Puppetry Symposium. Open Public Session: Images and Objects, working with the
techniques of Augusto Boal with specialists from Northern Ireland and Colombia
Artscape Theatre Foyer Well
09h00
to
12h00
Baby Dance Workshop: Choreographic practices for babies / Towards interrelational ecology
and immersion
Led by Dalija Acin Thelander (Serbia/Sweden) of Sensescapes
Artscape Rehearsal Room 306
10h00
to
13h00
Write Local Play Global: Playwriting Workshop
Led by Katy Weir (UK)
Artscape Rehearsal Room 207
14h00
to
16h00
An exchange about Engaging Youngsters
Workshop with Pernille Welent Sorenson (Demark)
Artscape Rehearsal Room 207
15h00
to
17h00
Special tour to Rosebank theatre
Hear the "Theatre for Africa" Story
Rosebank Theatre
16h15
to
21h00
Next Generation 2017 Viewpoints
Workshop with Erwin Maas (Netherlands/USA)
Artscape Rehearsal Room 207
18h00
to
19h30
Launch of Project21
Delegates, hosted by Pro Helvetia
District Six Homecoming Centre
09h00
to
18h00
Performance Hub
with Atlantis community & delegates
Atlantis Cultural Hub
09h00
to
21h00
Focus Day: Theatre for Social Change
with Langa community & delegates
Guga S'thebe Cultural Hub
SATURDAY / 20 MAY 2017
09h00
to
09h30
Plenary / Welcome
Led by Drama for Life
Gugu S'thebe Outdoor Amphitheatre
09h30
to
18h00
Guga S'Thebe Live!
A celebration of local performance
Gugu S'thebe Outdoor Amphitheatre
10h00
to
11h00
Documentary "VMESTE. Teenage theatre against xenophobia"
Documentary screening by Ada Mukhina (Russia)
Gugu S'thebe The Dome
11h30
to
13h00
Documentary theatre as a tool for education
Panel by Ada Mukhina (Russia), Natasha Borenko (Russia) and Maria Kolosova (Russia)
Gugu S'thebe The Dome
14h00
to
16h30
Verbatim Theatre: Staging Children’s Stories / I told my Mum I was going on an
RE Trip… / Spick n Span: a Mac Monkey hand-washing adventure / I promise the unborn child
a liveable place
Papers led by Kate Brown (Ireland), Julia Samuels (UK) by skype, Gordon Bilbrough (SA) and Priyanka Chatterjee (India)
Gugu S'thebe The Dome
17h45
to
18h30
Discuss Insta-grammar
Closure from Drama for Life
Gugu S'thebe The Dome
18h30
to
21h00
Social Event – stay into the evening and enjoy, ekasi style
Jazz and township braai
Gugu S'thebe Outdoor Raised Stage
09h00
to
18h30
Focus Day: Theatre for Social Change
with Philippi community & delegates
iThemba Labantu Cultural Hub
09h00
to
09h30
Plenary / Welcome
Led by Drama for Life
iThemba Labantu Primary School Classroom 1
09h30
to
18h00
iThemba Labantu Live!
A celebration of local performance
iThemba Labantu Outdoor Courtyard
10h00
to
11h00
Twenty2016 / Roots of Ubuntu
Projects led by Olivia Harris (UK) and Pamela Tancsik (SA)
iThemba Labantu Primary School Classroom 1
11h30
to
13h00
Multicultural theatre in Jaffa
Presentation led by Norman Issa and Gidona Raz (Israel)
iThemba Labantu Primary School Classroom 2
14h00
to
16h30
ART INVASION
Workshop in the power of art for social transformation of schools and communities led by Angela
Merl (Germany)
iThemba Labantu Primary School Classroom 3
18h00
to
18h30
Closure after ‘Phefumla’
Led by Drama for Life
iThemba Labantu Primary School Classroom 1
09h00
to
18h30
Focus: Theatre for Social Change
with Vrygrond community & delegates
Vrygrond Cultural Hub
09h00
to
09h30
Plenary / Welcome
Led by Drama for Life
Vrygrond Fit For Life Training Room
09h30
to
18h00
Vyrgrond Live!
A celebration of local performance
Vrygrond Communiversity Garden
11h30
to
13h00
Theatre for healing and social change / Kasi Stories: Stories not often told / The artistic
strategies employed by the Inner-City High Schools Drama Festival
Papers by Michael Anyanwu (Nigeria), Benjamin Bell (SA) and Zanele Madiba (SA)
Vrygrond Fit For Life Training Room
15h00
to
17h00
Push: Exploring gender, migration and over-protection in theatre and dance for young
audiences
LAB led by Gerhard Verfaillie (Belgium)
Vrygrond Fit For Life Training Room
18h00
to
18h30
Closing
Led by Drama For Life (SA)
Vrygrond Capricorn School Hall
09h00
to
14h00
City Walk with Cape Town Partnership
A host of free artistic experiences for families, featuring The Dancing Beasts by LaLiga Teatro
Elastico (Mexico)
Company's Garden and City Centre
09h00
to
13h00
Objects with Objectives
International Puppetry Symposium
Artscape Rehearsal Room 207
10h00
to
13h00
Baby Dance Workshop: Choreographic practices for babies / Towards interrelational ecology
and immersion
Led by Dalija Acin Thelander (Sweden) of Sensescapes
Artscape Rehearsal Room 306
09h00
to
16h00
#TheSoloFilter: Researching Re-authorship, Questioning Criticism, Collaboration Without
Compromise.
Artscape Rehearsal Room 308
City Hall Seminar Room 2
11h30
to
13h00
Focus: Education - How we speak about Theatre for Young Audiences? Continued.
Workshop with Jonas Feller (Germany) after seeing Karoo Moose on Friday 19
City Hall Seminar Room 2
14h00
to
17h00
Objects with Objectives Open Session
International Puppetry Symposium. Open Public Session: The Handspring Puppet Company talk
about their work creating elephants in the Karoo, and an exploration about puppetry, autism and
creative communication.
Artscape Theatre Well
18h00
to
19h00
Theatre for Social Change Playwriting Slam
Write Local, Play Global
Artscape Theatre Foyer Well
Performances
PROGRAMME | CRADLE OF CREATIVITY
T: 021 822 0070 / 1 / 2 | E: [email protected] | www.assitej2017.org.za
SUNDAY / 21 MAY 2017
10h00
to
11h00
Making Mandela
Cultural Hub
Guga S'thebe Cultural Hub
10h00
to
11h00
Panali Panali
Cultural Hub
iThemba Labantu Cultural Hub
10h00
to
10h45
Tears by the River
Cultural Hub
Atlantis Cultural Hub
10h00
to
11h00
The Line
Cultural Hub
Vrygrond Cultural Hub
11h00
to
12h00
It's Dark Outside
City Hall
City Hall Theatre 1
11h00
to
11h50
Zick Zack Puff
Baxter Theatre Centre
Baxter Theatre
11h30
to
12h30
Spirit Songs
Cultural Hub
Vrygrond Cultural Hub
12h00
to
12h55
Mbuzeni
Artscape Theatre Centre
Artscape Arena
12h00
to
13h00
Moi, Monsieur, Moi!
Baxter Theatre Centre
Baxter Golden Arrow Studio
12h00
to
12h35
When Lion Had Wings
Cultural Hub
Atlantis Cultural Hub
12h30
to
13h00
Soro et le Grain de Maïs Magique
Baxter Theatre Centre
Baxter Masambe Theatre
12h30
to
13h25
The Bookbinder
City Hall
City Hall Theatre 2
14h00
to
14h35
Anziehsachen
Baxter Theatre Centre
Baxter Flipside
14h00
to
15h30
Khokho's Treasure
Cultural Hub
Atlantis Cultural Hub
14h00
to
15h00
Maimane!
Cultural Hub
iThemba Labantu Cultural Hub
14h00
to
15h05
Obisike: It Takes a Lion's Heart
Cultural Hub
Vrygrond Cultural Hub
14h00
to
15h00
Our House
Cultural Hub
Guga S'thebe Cultural Hub
14h00
to
14h45
Transhumance: The sheep are in town
Baxter Theatre Centre
Baxter Theatre Garden
15h00
to
16h45
Tiger Bay
Artscape Theatre Centre
Artscape Opera House
15h00
to
16h00
Moi, Monsieur, Moi!
Baxter Theatre Centre
Baxter Golden Arrow Studio
15h15
to
16h10
The Bookbinder
City Hall
City Hall Theatre 2
16h30
to
17h05
Anziehsachen
Baxter Theatre Centre
Baxter Flipside
17h00
to
17h45
Insta-Grammar
Cultural Hub
Guga S'thebe Cultural Hub
17h00
to
18h00
My Culture, My Strength, My Identity
Cultural Hub
Vrygrond Cultural Hub
17h00
to
18h00
Phefumla
Cultural Hub
iThemba Labantu Cultural Hub
17h00
to
18h20
Pockets of Knowledege
Cultural Hub
Atlantis Cultural Hub
17h30
to
18h15
Transhumance: The sheep are in town
Baxter Theatre Centre
Baxter Theatre Garden
18h30
to
19h20
Zick Zack Puff
Baxter Theatre Centre
Baxter Theatre
10h00
to
10h55
Full Moon
City Hall
City Hall Theatre 1
10h00
to
10h50
Patrice Balbina's chance encounter with the end of the world
Artscape Theatre Centre
Artscape Arena
MONDAY / 22 MAY 2017
10h00
to
10h50
Zick Zack Puff
Baxter Theatre Centre
Baxter Theatre
11h00
to
11h50
Transhumance: The sheep are in town
Baxter Theatre Centre
Baxter Theatre Garden
11h30
to
12h30
My Culture, My Strength, My Identity
City Hall
City Hall Theatre 2
11h30
to
12h20
Whiteout
Artscape Theatre Centre
Artscape Theatre
12h00
to
12h35
Anziehsachen
Baxter Theatre Centre
Baxter Flipside
12h00
to
12h55
Full Moon
City Hall
City Hall Theatre 1
12h00
to
12h30
Soro et le Grain de Maïs Magique
Baxter Theatre Centre
Baxter Masambe Theatre
12h00
to
12h50
Zapato busco Sapato
Baxter Theatre Centre
Baxter Golden Arrow Studio
14h00
to
14h35
Anziehsachen
Baxter Theatre Centre
Baxter Flipside
14h00
to
15h00
My Culture, My Strength, My Identity
City Hall
City Hall Theatre 2
14h00
to
14h50
Patrice Balbina's chance encounter with the end of the world
Artscape Theatre Centre
Artscape Arena
14h00
to
14h30
Soro et le Grain de Maïs Magique
Baxter Theatre Centre
Baxter Masambe
16h30
to
17h20
Zick Zack Puff
Baxter Theatre Centre
Baxter Theatre
18h00
to
19h00
Transhumance: The sheep are in town
Baxter Theatre Centre
Baxter Theatre Garden
19h30
to
20h20
Zapato busco Sapato
Baxter Theatre Centre
Baxter Golden Arrow Studio
TUESDAY / 23 MAY 2017
Tuesday, May 23, 17
10h00
to
10h55
Full Moon
City Hall
City Hall Theatre 1
10h00
to
10h40
Sensescapes
City Hall
City Hall Theatre 2
10h00
to
10h50
Patrice Balbina's chance encounter with the end of the world
Artscape Theatre Centre
Artscape Arena
10h00
to
11h00
Simbad, O Navegante
Baxter Theatre Centre
Baxter Flipside
10h00
to
11h00
young@home
City Hall
City Hall Workshop
10h00
to
10h50
Zapato busco Sapato
Baxter Theatre Centre
Baxter Golden Arrow Studio
11h00
to
12h00
Dear Mr. Government…
Baxter Theatre Centre
Baxter Masambe Theatre
11h00
to
11h45
Maloza - The Man Cub
Baxter Theatre Centre
Baxter Outdoor Amphitheatre
11h30
to
12h10
Sensescapes
City Hall
City Hall Theatre 2
11h30
to
12h50
Pim & Theo
Artscape Theatre Centre
Artscape Theatre Upstage
12h00
to
12h55
Full Moon
City Hall
City Hall Theatre 1
12h00
to
13h30
Khokho's Treasure
Baxter Theatre Centre
Baxter Theatre
12h00
to
12h50
Zapato busco Sapato
Baxter Theatre Centre
Baxter Golden Arrow Studio
14h00
to
15h00
Dear Mr. Government…
Baxter Theatre Centre
Baxter Masambe
14h00
to
14h50
Whiteout
Artscape Theatre Centre
Artscape Theatre
14h00
to
14h40
Sensescapes
City Hall
City Hall Theatre 2
17h30
to
18h00
Soro et le Grain de Maïs Magique
Baxter Theatre Centre
Baxter Golden Arrow Studio
18h00
to
18h50
Patrice Balbina's chance encounter with the end of the world
Artscape Theatre Centre
Artscape Arena
18h30
to
19h30
Simbad, O Navegante
Baxter Theatre Centre
Baxter Flipside
19h30
to
20h50
Pim & Theo
Artscape Theatre Centre
Artscape Theatre Upstage
19h30
to
21h15
Tiger Bay
Artscape Theatre Centre
Artscape Opera House
Book at
...Presentations, Papers, Panels, Symposia, Workshops, and Happenings
Book at
PROGRAMME | CRADLE OF CREATIVITY
T: 021 822 0070 / 1 / 2 | E: [email protected] | www.assitej2017.org.za
SUNDAY / 21 MAY 2017
09h00
to
18h30
Atlantis Performance Hub
Atlantis community & delegates
Atlantis Cultural Hub
09h00
to
18h30
Focus: Theatre for Healing
with Langa community & delegates
Guga S'thebe Cultural Hub, Langa
Gugu S'thebe Outdoor Amphitheatre
09h00
to
09h30
Plenary / Welcome
Facilitated by Faith Busika and Warren Nebe (SA)
09h30
to
18h00
Guga S'Thebe Live!
A celebration of local performance
Gugu S'thebe Outdoor Amphitheatre
10h00
to
12h30
Youth, Well-being, and the Arts
Symposium led by Dr Stephanie Woodson (USA), with Ji Sun Myung (S Korea), Christopher
Weise (USA) and Grant Wayman (USA)
Gugu S'thebe The Dome
11h30
to
12h30
Long Table: Mental Health, Arts Therapy and Change
Public debate led by Erwin Maas (USA) and Dr Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela (SA), with Paulina
Ines Gomez Escobar and Martina Valladares Fischer(Chile), Kamal Naran (SA) and Pamela
Udoka (Nigeria)
Langa Old Post Office
Gugu S'thebe The Dome
14h00
to
16h30
Using Art, Music, and Drama to heal
Workshop with Timira Gupta (India)
14h00
to
16h30
Theater as a laboratory for reconciliation
Workshop with Hector Aristizabal (USA)
Langa Old Post Office
14h00
to
16h30
The Invisible Prison
Workshop with Thembile Tshuma (SA)
Langa Dompas Museum Office
Gugu S'thebe Main Stage
17h40
to
18h30
Ritual closing
Led by Drama For Life (SA)
09h00
to
18h30
Focus: Theatre for Healing
with Philippi community & delegates
iThemba Labantu Cultural Hub, Philippi
09h00
to
09h30
Plenary/Welcome
Led by Drama for Life
iThemba Labantu Primary School Classroom 1
09h30
to
18h00
iThemba Labantu Live!
A celebration of local performance
iThemba Labantu Outdoor Courtyard
10h00
to
11h30
The Kattaikkuttu Gurukulam / Using process drama in dealing with race and memory among born
frees
Discussion of papers led by Katharine Norman (USA) and Tebogo Radebe (SA)
iThemba Labantu Primary School Classroom 1
11h30
to
13h00
Educational Drama as Therapy
Discussion of papers led by Eunice Uwadinma-Idemudia Adeighon (Nigeria),
iThemba Labantu Rondavel
14h00
to
15h30
Production ‘Maimane’ & Post show discussion dialogue
Led by Drama for Life
iThemba Labantu Primary School Classroom 1
14h00
to
16h30
Introduction to Playback Theatre
Introductory workshop facilitated by Cherae Halle (SA) and Bongi Legoge Zulu (SA)
iThemba Labantu Primary School Classroom 2
15h30
to
17h00
The story of underprivileged youth growing up in the dark shadows of Apartheid
Presentation led by Phefumla director, Mariken Lauvstad (Norway) & Thando Doni (SA)
iThemba Labantu Primary School Classroom 3
18h00
to
18h30
Ritual closing
Facilitated by Warren Nebe (SA)
iThemba Labantu Primary School Classroom 1
09h00
to
18h30
Focus: Theatre by Children for Children
with Vrygrond community & delegates
Vrygrond Cultural Hub
09h00
to
09h30
Plenary/Welcome
Led by Drama for Life (SA)
Vrygrond Fit For Life Training Room
09h30
to
18h00
Vrygrond Live!
A celebration of local performance
Vrygrond Communiversity Garden
09h30
to
13h00
Tips and tricks for engagement of teens in theater
Workshop led by Cristina Cazzola (Italy)
Vrygrond Sozo Double-volume Classroom
11h30
to
13h00
TEENTALITARIANISM-Building a Teenage State within a European Festival / #Connected SA-UK: an
experimental approach to theatremaking in a digital age
Discussion of projects led by Cathrin Rose (Germany), Emma Rose and Daniel Ilunga; and
Kyla Davis (SA)
Vrygrond Fit For Life Training Room
15h15
to
16h30
Theatre by Children: Issues, prospects, challenges and dearth of child actors / Meeting Of Theatre
Made By Children / A play by children in a local bus of the city in south of India.
Papers by Jerry Adesewo (Nigeria), Anelvi Rivera (Mexico) & Samta Shikhar (India)
Vrygrond Sozo Double-volume Classroom
Vrygrond Fit For Life Training Room
15h30
to
16h30
Chipawo's three decades of arts education work in Zimbabwe
Workshop led by Chipo Precious Basopo (Zimbabwe)
18h00
to
18h30
Closing
Led by Drama For Life (SA)
Vrygrond Fit For Life Training Room
09h00
to
13h00
ASSITEJ Executive Committee Meeting
Executive Committee
Artscape Isibaya
10h00
to
13h00
Baby Dance Workshop: Choreographic practices for babies / Towards interrelational ecology and
immersion
Led by Dalija Acin Thelander (Sweden) of Sensescapes
Artscape Rehearsal Room 306
09h00
to
16h00
#TheSoloFilter: Researching Re-authorship, Questioning Criticism, Collaboration Without Compromise.
A two day professional development dance workshop exploring and celebrating intercultural
collaboration with Emma-Jayne Park (UK)
Artscape Rehearsal Room 207
13h30
to
16h30
International Associations Meeting
ASSITEJ Executive Committee and representatives of International Associations
Artscape Isibaya
17h00
to
18h30
ASSITEJ Magazine and Publications Launch
with ASSITEJ, UNIMA and IATC
District Six Homecoming Centre
MONDAY / 22 MAY 2017
09h00
to
15h30
ASSITEJ World Congress
ASSITEJ General Assembly
City Hall
09h00
to
18h00
Producer's Bazaar: a networking and pitching opportunity
Producers, Directors, Independent Artists and Companies
Masque Theatre
10h00
to
18h00
Goethe-Institut Coproduction Forum
Sharing and Networking meeting for 10 African and 5 German invited TYA artists.
Artscape Isibaya
10h00
to
13h00
Construire des histoires / Shaping Stories
African Playwriting Workshop - Scene d'Enfance & ASSITEJ
Artscape Resource Centre
12h00
to
13h00
Intercultural exploration: Conversation about artistic, aesthetic and socio-political differences and
similiarities
With Jori Snell (Denmark), Eliot Moleba (SA) and other
Masque Theatre
14h00
to
17h00
Vrum Dance Workshop: No Work and Just Play
Sanja Vruhwald and Till Vruhwald
Artscape Rehearsal Room 551
15h00
to
17h00
Theatre Festivals for Young Audiences: Around the globe and back again - Steve Ball: How can festivals support the professional development of artists, increase cultural diversity, raise the profile of
theatre for young audiences and act as a catalyst for change? and Joshua Alabi: Kininso Festival for
Children, Nigeria. - Discussions with Producers, Directors, Independent Artists and Companies.
Discussion with Producers, Directors, Independent Artists and Companies
Masque Theatre
17h00
to
18h30
Zapato busca Sapato - an intercultural collaboration
Project presentation and film screening by La Maquina De Teatro about their intercultural
production (Mexico, Brazil, Moçambique)
Baxter Upstairs Rehearsal Room
18h30
to
21h30
ACYTA Meeting
All African ASSITEJ centres and African individual members
Artscape Isibaya
18h00
to
19h00 Coming Full Circle
Spinning Dot Theatre’s Documentary Screening with Artistic Director Jenny Koppera - and
discussion about the importance of global theatre for young and family audiences
District Six Homecoming
TUESDAY / 23 MAY 2017
09h00
to
15h30
ASSITEJ World Congress
ASSITEJ General Assembly
City Hall Grand Hall
09h00
to
18h00
Producer's Bazaar: a networking and pitching opportunity
Producers, Directors, Independent Artists and Companies
Masque Theatre
10h00
to
18h00
Goethe-Institut Coproduction Forum
Sharing and Networking meeting for 10 African and 5 German invited TYA artists.
Artscape Isibaya
09h00
to
17h00
Next Generation Workshop
Next Generation 2017
Artscape Rehearsal Room 207
14h00
to
18h00
Construire des histoires / Shaping Stories
African Playwriting Workshop - Scene d'Enfance & ASSITEJ
Artscape Resource Centre
15h00
to
17h00
Questions of Quality in Theatre for Young Audiences
Panel discussion with Mary Rose Lloyd (USA), Henrik Koehler (Denmark), Tony Reekie (Scotland), Etoundi Zeyang (Cameroon), Janni Younge (SA)
Masque Theatre
16h00
to
19h00
Cradle of Creativity - the Musical, a Workshop in indigenous play
With Pedro Espi-Sanchis
City Hall Workshop Space
18h30
to
19h30
Next Generation Gathering
Gathering for Friends of ASSITEJ / Next Generation 2017
Artscape Bar
19h30
to
21h30
ASSITEJ Auction
Delegates and Next Generation 2017
Artscape Theatre Foyer Well
Performances
PROGRAMME | CRADLE OF CREATIVITY
T: 021 822 0070 / 1 / 2 | E: [email protected] | www.assitej2017.org.za
WEDNESDAY / 24 MAY 2017
09h30
to
10h15
Scoop (Rocking the Cradle, Fringe)
Magnet Theatre
Magnet Theatre
10h00
to
11h00
Dear Mr. Government…
Baxter Theatre Centre
Baxter Masambe Theatre
10h00
to
10h40
Fingers and toes, my body knows
Artscape Theatre Centre
Artscape Rehearsal Room 207
10h00
to
10h45
Maloza - The Man Cub
Baxter Theatre Centre
Baxter Amphitheatre
10h00
to
11h05
Obisike: It Takes a Lion's Heart
City Hall
City Hall Theatre 1
10h00
to
10h40
Sensescapes
City Hall
City Hall Theatre 2
10h00
to
11h00
Simbad, O Navegante
Baxter Theatre Centre
Baxter Flipside
10h00
to
11h00
young@home
City Hall
City Hall Workshop
10h00
to
10h50
Whiteout
Artscape Theatre Centre
Artscape Theatre
11h30
to
13h00
Khokho's Treasure
Baxter Theatre Centre
Baxter Theatre
11h30
to
12h10
Sensescapes
City Hall
City Hall Theatre 2
11h30
to
12h15
Yao Yao
Baxter Theatre Centre
Baxter Golden Arrow Studio
11h45
to
12h25
Fingers and toes, my body knows
Artscape Theatre Centre
Artscape Rehearsal Room 207
12h00
to
13h00
Dear Mr. Government…
Baxter Theatre Centre
Baxter Masambe
12h00
to
13h05
Obisike: It Takes a Lion's Heart
City Hall
City Hall Theatre 1
12h00
to
13h20
Pim & Theo
Artscape Theatre Centre
Artscape Theatre Upstage
10h30
to
11h15
Willow Pattern (Rocking the Cradle, Fringe)
Magnet Theatre
Magnet Theatre
12h30
to
13h15
Maloza - The Man Cub
Baxter Theatre Centre
Baxter Amphitheatre
14h00
to
14h40
Sensescapes
City Hall
City Hall Theatre 2
14h00
to
15h00
Simbad, O Navegante
Baxter Theatre Centre
Baxter Flipside
14h00
to
15h00
The Line
Artscape Theatre Centre
Artscape Arena
14h00
to
14h45
Yao Yao
Baxter Theatre Centre
Baxter Golden Arrow Studio
15h00
to
15h30
Just Here (Rocking the Cradle, Fringe)
Magnet Theatre
Magnet Theatre
13h00
to
13h40
Paired (Rocking the Cradle, Fringe)
Magnet Theatre
Magnet Theatre
16h00
to
16h50
Whiteout
Artscape Theatre Centre
Artscape Theatre
16h30
to
17h00
Just Here (Rocking the Cradle, Fringe)
Magnet Theatre
Magnet Theatre
18h00
to
19h00
The Line
Artscape Theatre Centre
Artscape Arena
19h30
to
20h50
Pim & Theo
Artscape Theatre Centre
Artscape Theatre Upstage
19h30
to
21h15
Tiger Bay
Artscape Theatre Centre
Artscape Opera House
THURSDAY / 25 MAY 2017
09h30
to
10h10
Sparrow
Baxter Theatre Centre
Baxter Flipside
09h30
to
10h15
Woodways (Rocking the Cradle, Fringe)
Magnet Theatre
Magnet Theatre
10h00
to
10h45
Caban ZA
Baxter Theatre Centre
Baxter Foyer
10h00
to
11h00
Phefumla
Artscape Theatre Centre
Artscape Arena
10h00
to
11h00
The Kids from Amandla Street
City Hall
City Hall Theatre 2
10h00
to
10h50
Us / Them
City Hall
City Hall Theatre 1
10h00
to
10h45
Yao Yao
Baxter Theatre Centre
Baxter Golden Arrow Studio
11h00
to
11h40
Sparrow
Baxter Theatre Centre
Baxter Flipside
11h30
to
12h15
Caban ZA
Baxter Theatre Centre
Baxter Foyer
11h30
to
12h40
Mogatapele
Artscape Theatre Centre
Artscape Theatre
12h00
to
13h00
Rat Race
Magnet Theatre
Magnet Theatre
12h30
to
13h15
Yao Yao
Baxter Theatre Centre
Baxter Golden Arrow Studio
14h00
to
15h30
Africa Day Parade
Artscape Theatre Centre
Artscape Piazza
14h00
to
15h00
Phefumla
Artscape Theatre Centre
Artscape Arena
14h00
to
15h00
The Kids from Amandla Street
City Hall
City Hall Theatre 2
14h00
to
14h50
Us / Them
City Hall
City Hall Theatre 1
14h30
to
15h20
Space Rocks (Rocking the Cradle, Fringe)
Magnet Theatre
Magnet Theatre
15h30
to
16h40
Mogatapele
Artscape Theatre Centre
Artscape Theatre
16h00
to
16h45
Maloza - The Man Cub
Artscape Theatre Centre
Artscape Piazza
17h00
to
18h00
When Lion Had Wings
Artscape Theatre Centre
Artscape Piazza
19h30
to
20h30
Africa Day Performance
Artscape Theatre Centre
Artscape Theatre
19h30
to
21h15
Tiger Bay
Artscape Theatre Centre
Artscape Opera House
Friday, May 26, 17
FRIDAY
MAY 2017
2017
FRIDAY // 26
26MAY
09h30
to
10h15
Scoop (Rocking the Cradle, Fringe)
Magnet Theatre
10h00
to
11h00
Caban ZA
Baxter Theatre Centre
Magnet Theatre
Baxter Foyer
10h00
to
10h40
Fingers and toes, my body knows
Baxter Theatre Centre
Baxter Upstairs Rehearsal Room
10h00
to
11h10
Mogatapele
Artscape Theatre Centre
Artscape Theatre
10h00
to
10h40
Sparrow
Baxter Theatre Centre
Baxter Flipside
10h00
to
10h50
Us / Them
City Hall
City Hall Theatre 1
10h00
to
10h45
What Goes Up…
City Hall
City Hall Theatre 2
10h15
to
11h00
Knock! (Rocking the Cradle, Fringe)
Magnet Theatre
Magnet Theatre
11h00
to
11h40
Sandscape
Baxter Theatre Centre
Baxter Golden Arrow Studio
11h30
to
12h10
Fingers and toes, my body knows
Baxter Theatre Centre
Baxter Upstairs Rehearsal Room
11h30
to
12h10
Sparrow
Baxter Theatre Centre
Baxter Flipside
11h30
to
12h45
The Underground Library
Artscape Theatre Centre
Artscape Arena
12h00
to
13h00
Caban ZA
Baxter Theatre Centre
Baxter Foyer
12h00
to
12h45
Cloud Catcher (Rocking the Cradle, Fringe)
Magnet Theatre
Magnet Theatre
12h00
to
12h45
What Goes Up…
City Hall
City Hall T heatre 2
12h30
to
13h10
Sandscape
Baxter Theatre Centre
Baxter Golden Arrow Studio
12h30
to
13h15
Cloud Catcher
Magnet Theatre
Magnet Theatre
12h30
to
14h00
Three Monks
Baxter Theatre Centre
Baxter Theatre
14h45
to
15h30
Aha! (Rocking the Cradle, Fringe)
Magnet Theatre
Magnet Theatre
14h00
to
14h50
Us / Them
City Hall
City Hall Theatre 1
14h30
to
15h15
Aha! (Rocking the Cradle, Fringe)
Magnet Theatre
Magnet Theatre
14h30
to
15h45
The Underground Library
Artscape Theatre Centre
Artscape Arena
19h30
to
20h25
No Fun Ction All Anguage
Artscape Theatre Centre
Artscape Theatre
19h30
to
20h30
The Kids from Amandla Street
City Hall
City Hall Theatre 1
19h30
to
20h55
Three Monks
Baxter Theatre Centre
Baxter Theatre
19h30
to
21h15
Tiger Bay
Artscape Theatre Centre
Artscape Opera House
SATURDAY / 27 MAY 2017
10h00
to
11h00
Caban ZA
Baxter Theatre Centre
Baxter Foyer
10h00
to
10h40
Fingers and toes, my body knows
Baxter Theatre Centre
Baxter Upstairs Rehearsal Room
10h00
to
10h40
Sandscape
Baxter Theatre Centre
Baxter Golden Arrow Studio
10h00
to
10h40
Sparrow
Baxter Theatre Centre
Baxter Flipside
10h30
to
11h25
No Fun Ction All Anguage
Artscape Theatre Centre
Artscape Theatre
11h30
to
12h55
Three Monks
Baxter Theatre Centre
Baxter Theatre
12h00
to
13h00
Caban ZA
Baxter Theatre Centre
Baxter Foyer
12h00
to
13h15
The Underground Library
Artscape Theatre Centre
Artscape Arena
12h00
to
13h00
The Kids from Amandla Street
City Hall
City Hall Theatre 1
12h30
to
13h10
Fingers and toes, my body knows
Baxter Theatre Centre
Baxter Upstairs Rehearsal Room
12h30
to
13h10
Sandscape
Baxter Theatre Centre
Baxter Golden Arrow Studio
14h00
to
14h55
No Fun Ction All Anguage
Artscape Theatre Centre
Artscape Theatre
16h00
to
17h15
The Underground Library
Artscape Theatre Centre
Artscape Arena
16h30
to
17h05
Ekhaya
Baxter Theatre Centre
Baxter Upstairs Rehearsal Room
16h30
to
17h55
Three Monks
Baxter Theatre Centre
Baxter Theatre
18h00
to
19h15
Tiger Bay
Artscape Theatre Centre
Artscape Opera House
Book at
...Presentations, Papers, Panels, Symposia, Workshops, and Happenings
PROGRAMME | CRADLE OF CREATIVITY
T: 021 822 0070 / 1 / 2 | E: [email protected] | www.assitej2017.org.za
WEDNESDAY / 24 MAY 2017
Book at
09h00
to
18h30
Focus: Dance for Young Audiences
09h00
to
13h00
Empathy as an artistic tool in dance and theatre with or for young people
Theoretical and practical workshop with Amelie Mallman (Germany)
Artscape
Artscape Rehearsal Room 306
14h00
to
17h00
Forming a Dance for Young Audiences Network
Led by Gabi dan Droste
Artscape Opera Bar
17h00
to
18h30
Dance and performing arts for young audiences
Papers led by Caleb Lee (Singapore) & Kliker Platform (Croatia)
Artscape Isibaya
17h00
to
18h30
Dance screening
Jump First and Ask Later screening ( Australia)
District Six Homecoming Centre
09h00
to
18h00
ASSITEJ World Congress
Artistic Encounters & Open Space
City Hall
09h00
to
18h00
Rocking the Cradle
African Fringe Showcase
Magnet Theatre
09h00
to
13h00
Construire des histoires / Shaping Stories
African Playwriting Workshop - Scene d'Enfance & ASSITEJ
Artscape Resource Centre
18h00
to
19h00
Cape Town: a Sense of Place
Playwriting activity sharing - Write Local, Play Global
Artscape Theatre Foyer Well
THURSDAY / 25 MAY 2017
09h00
to
13h00
ASSITEJ World Congress
ASSITEJ General Assembly
City Hall
14h00
to
21h00
Africa Day
Celebrate the African continent - vibrant with creativity and possibility! Directed by Mandla Mbothwe
from City Hall to Artscape Theatre Centre
09h00
to
18h00
Rocking the Cradle
African Fringe Showcase
Magnet Theatre
09h00
to
13h00
Construire des histoires / Shaping Stories
African Playwriting Workshop - Scene d'Enfance & ASSITEJ
Artscape Resource Centre
09h00
to
11h45
Be Wilder Man+
Learner Workshop with Company Barbarie (Belgium)
Baxter Upstairs Rehearsal Room
18h00
to
19h00
Playwriting Slam - African Playwrights
Write Local, Play Global, with a pecha kulcha .02 - by Mr Jeremiah Ikongio
Artscape Theatre Foyer Well
FRIDAY / 26 MAY 2017
09h00
to
19h15
Focus: Inclusive International Arts
IIAN, delegates
City Hall
09h00
to
09h45
Plenary/Welcome
Welcome by IIAN
City Hall Seminar Room 1
10h00
to
12h00
Theatre of Senses - close your eyes in order to see
Workshop with Karolina Zernyte (Lithuania)
City Hall Seminar Room 2
14h00
to
16h00
Presentations, models of good practise and debate: How do we engage
young disabled people and why?
Theresa Frey (Germany), Kaitlin Jaskolski (SA), Zelda Mycroft (SA) & Danieyella Rodin (SA), Larissa Probst
(Germany)
City Hall Grand Hall
16h30
to
18h00
Is it only about Disability?
Discussion with Heidi Vaughan from Kazzum (UK)
City Hall Seminar Room 1
18h30
to
19h15
Write Local. Play Global Playwriting Slam
Curated by Tallerie McRae & Kim Peter Kovac (USA)
Artscape Theatre Foyer Well
09h00
to
17h30
Focus: Music Theatre for Young Audiences
Delegates
Baxter Theatre Centre
09h00
to
10h30
Plenary/Welcome
Introduction to Music TYA with Veronica Olmi (Italy), Tina Stodart (SA), Diana Toblib (Argentina), Mignon van
Vreden (SA)
Baxter Downstairs Rehearsal Room
10h30
to
11h30
Outcomes for the Fratz symposium
Symposium about music theatre for early years, led by Dagmar Domros (Germany)
Baxter Downstairs Rehearsal Room
14h00
to
17h30
What is Music Theatre for Young Audiences?
The start of a network, with Meike Fechner (Germany)
Baxter Downstairs Rehearsal Room
09h00
to
18h00
Rocking the Cradle
African Fringe Showcase
Magnet Theatre
09h00
to
13h00
Construire des histoires / Shaping Stories
African Playwriting Workshop - Scene d'Enfance & ASSITEJ
Artscape Resource Centre
09h00
to
19h00
ASSITEJ Executive Committee Meeting
2017-2020 Executive Committee
Artscape Isibaya
13h45
to
16h45
Write Local, Play Global Workshop
Playwriting workshop: Sensory Dramaturgy with Karin Serres & Deirdre Lavrakas
Artscape Rehearsal Room 308
16h00
to
18h00
Rocking the Cradle Panel discussion of Fringe Programme
Panel with: Liesbeth Coltof (Netherlands), Gabi dan Droste (Germany), Brigitte Dethier (Germany), Roberto
Frabetti (Italy), Barbara Kolling (Germany), Anna Newell (N Ireland) & Jennie Reznek (SA)
Magnet Theatre
20h00
to
21h00
ASSITEJ Awards Ceremony
Celebrating global excellence in Theatre for Young Audiences, directed by Letlhogonolo Nche
Baxter Concert Hall
SATURDAY / 27 MAY 2017
09h00
to
18h00
Focus: Theatre for the Early Years (Small Size Network)
09h00
to
10h00
Early Years Plenary / Welcome
Presentation by Pilar López (Spain) and Pecha Kucha by Karel Van Ransbeeck (Belgium) and Agneta Attling
(Sweden)
Baxter Concert Hall
10h00
to
11h30
Practice-as-Research in Theatre for the Very Young
Change Workshop led by Dr. Megan Alrutz (US), with Dave Brown (USA) and Lauren Smith (USA) to Workshop
led by Samantha Provenzano and Carolina Chambers (Paper Boat Project, USA)
Baxter Downstairs Rehearsal Room
14h00
to
15h45
Small size, a network in ASSITEJ
Panel Discussion by Roberto Frabetti (Italy), Barbara Kölling (Germany), Cliodhna Noonan (Ireland) and
Gaêtane Reginster (Belgium)
Baxter Concert Hall
16h30
to
17h45
The relational aesthetics of toddler theatre
Symposium led by Lise Hovik (Norway) and Hege Knarvik Sande (Norway)
Baxter Masambe Theatre
16h30
to
17h45
Art is not a matter of age but of curiosity
Workshop led by Nicolas Ankoudinoff (Belgium) and Karel Van Ransbeeck (Belgium)
Baxter Downstairs Rehearsal Room
16h30
to
17h45
Baby and contemporary dance. Feedback of creativity between adults
and children.
Paper by Alicja Morawska-Rubczak (Poland)
Baxter Concert Hall
09h00
to
13h00
Construire des histoires / Shaping Stories
African Playwriting Workshop - Scene d'Enfance & ASSITEJ
Artscape Resource Centre
09h00
to
11h45
Next Generation 2017
Workshop: Where to From Here?
Artscape Rehearsal Room 207
12h00
to
12h45
Lullabies, Murmers, Hushabies
A workshop for children from 6 till 18 months with parents with live singing Polish lullabies with Beata
Bablinska (Poland)
Baxter Downstairs Rehearsal Room
14h00
to
15h45
Inside New Visions New Voices - Transforming New Play development
for Young Audiences
Write Local, Play Global and South African playwrights:Tamara Guhrs, Jon Keevy, Lereko Mfono, Mojalefa
Mlambo and Koleka Putuma
Artscape Theatre Foyer Well
18h00
to
19h00
ASSITEJ Inspirational Playwrights
Words of Innovation, Ingenuity and Imagination from ASSITEJ International Playwrights
Artscape Theatre Foyer Well
19h30
to
20h15
Cradle of Creativity Closing Ceremony
Farewell, thanks and handover to host city for Congress 2020
Artscape Theatre
PORT
AIR
PROGRAMME | CRADLE OF CREATIVITY
Book at
T: 021 822 0070 / 1 / 2 | E: [email protected] | www.assitej2017.org.za
V&A
WATERFRONT
T
RSE
ME
SO
ARTSCAPE
THEATRE CENTRE
BR
EE
AD
RL
RO
W
PI
IN
9k
NT
PL
EI
LO
N
N
G
MIL
m
s/
BU
IT
ER
KA
SIR LOWRY
13
m
in
MAIN
BEST WESTERN HOTEL
DEBOS
N
C
RO
WO
D
OLS
M
3
70
60 km
m s/
in
iThemba Labantu,
Phillipi
ASSITEJ South Africa,
Vrygrond
BAX
TER
MOUNT
Main Rd, Rondebosch
LEGEND
ST HELLIERS
MAIN
VR
YGRO
MU
I
24 km
28 m s /
in
Rebecca van Amsterdam Hall,
Atlantis
NBERG
ZE
D
N
I
P
A
s/
km in
26 0 m
3
S
HILLIP
DR
MAIN
MAIN
26 kms /
30 min
ANTI
TL
ACK
H
AN
EL
Guga S’Thebe, Langa
Lower Main Rd, Observatory
TON
G
RO
s/
km n
5 mi
.
12 15
P
HO
BIS
MAIN
RL
EY
EN
DE
DA
O
P
MAIN
AIN
IT
5kms / 6min
SW
AL
T
D
KE
OB
RA
CH
T
RE
NG
CITY
HALL
AR
RVATOR
SE
O
T
CH
RA
G
T
E
EE
G
ER M
BU
O
LOW
LO
RT
Z
OLD
ARN
BR
P
RT
M
KE
W
AL
LO
O
AR
HE
HE
E
SH
M
ND
Y
LO
O
LO
RA
SUN1 FORESHORE HOTEL
FOUNTAINS HOTEL
NG
ST
NG
LA A
min
s / 24
20km
STRAND TOWER HOTEL
NG
Douglas Rd, Cape Town
N2
HOTEL
Milner Rd, Muizenberg
THEATRE
V&A WATERFONT
MICITY BUS STOP
ARTSCAPE
AIRPORT