Your chance to catch the RETAGS Performance Preview (Chorus work) for FREE at Magnet Theatre, Observatory, Cape Town on Sunday the 26 November 2023 at 6pm. TWICE NOMINATED at the 2023 WORDFEES AWARD.
The Re-imagining Tragedy from Africa and the Global South (RETAGS) project, is a celebration of a 5 years research that focuses on tragedy from the perspective of the Africa and the Global South. The upcoming performance is a compilation of the three productions that emerged and were created during this research phase, namely,
- Antigone Not Quite/Quiet (Ninganiki Okungcwele Ezinjeni),
- Ikrele leChiza-The Sermon and
- Oedipus at Colonus #aftersophocles.
This RETAGS Performance Preview is a combination of extracts from these three above mentioned productions, by the multi-talented Magnet Theatre Youth Company. The RETAGS project is led by Prof. Mark Fleishman with Mandla Mbothwe and is aimed at understanding how tragedy have been reconfigured in the post-colonial theatre.
The Performance is FREE OF CHARGE. ENJOY!
WHAT: RETAGS Performance Preview
WHERE: Magnet Theatre, 1 St Michaels Rd, Observatory, Cape Town, 7925
WHEN: 26 November 2023 at 6pm
INFO: T 021 448 3436 | E jennyh@magnettheatre.co.za | VisitÂ
Magnet Theatre is an independent physical theatre company based in Cape Town, South Africa. It was formed in 1987 by Mark Fleishman and Jennie Reznek who have since been the company’s artistic directors. Besides creating original theatre productions, Magnet Theatre is actively engaged in youth development work in the Cape Town area as well as in the Cederberg Municipality. Wikipedia
