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One actor. A lifetime of memories. And a story that reminds us why queer voices belong on South African stages. There is something extraordinary about watching an entire world unfold through a single performer. In Moffie, staged at this year’s Toyota Stellenbosch Woordfees, takes us into the life of Nicholas van der Swart, a young gay man navigating the brutality of compulsory military service in apartheid-era South Africa. What begins with a simple bundle in an otherwise emp

Ladies of Lavare, written by Tammany Barton and directed by Juliette Jenner, has opened at Theatre on the Square, bringing with it a delightfully absurd premise that quickly becomes something far more tender. At its heart are sisters Vera and Maureen, played by Camilla Waldmann and Shaeleen Tobin respectively. Vera may be the older of the two, but she certainly hasn’t lost her appetite for life. She wants to explore, play and experience everything. Maureen, meanwhile, would q

The play finds you before you've even taken your seat. A boy weaves through the foyer selling newspapers for a tiekie. Two women, completely in character, guide you toward the theatre as though you've simply wandered into 1926 and asked for directions. The saxophone finds you before the play does. By the time you sit down, you're not watching a play about the past anymore. You're standing in it. A century after J.F.W. Grosskopf's As Die Tuig Skawe won the very first Hertzog P