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TWIST COMMUNITY THEATRE GROUPS UPDATE Siyakha Performing Artists, based in Pietermaritzburg, joined the Twist Project in March 2011.  As well as participating in all of the Twist projects, they have entered a number of festivals and competitions, and have generated … Continue reading →

The Twist groups all performed at the Phambili Theatre Festival from 9 to 11 March.  The festival was hosted by our partner, the Stable Theatre, and was well attended and seen to be a great success. The new 2012 Twist … Continue reading →

PHAMBILI Theatre Festival The Twist groups will be performing at the Phambili Theatre Festival from 9 to 11 March.  The festival is hosted at the Stable Theatre precinct in Alice Street in Durban, in conjunction with our partners, the Stable … Continue reading →

Musho! Festival The Twist groups performed their new productions at the Musho! International Theatre Festival at the Catalina Theatre in Durban from 11 to 16 January. The productions were well received, with critical acclaim by reviewers on the Musho! Festival … Continue reading →

The Twist groups performed their new productions at the Isigcawu festival in November, and have also had success with these productions and others at festivals and events around the province. Big Brotherhood productions has performed their show “A Bull called … Continue reading →

This month the Twist groups have started to perform their new productions in their own communities. Umsindo theatre Group has performed their new show “Seed” at the Umlazi Theatre Festival and at Zamanyanda (KwaMdlalose district) to over 300 audience members.  … Continue reading →

SEPTEMBER SURPRISES This month the Twist groups selected two of their members to attend a directing workshop, and the groups started to rehearse their new productions with professional directors.  Our exchange project with partner group Siberia in the Netherlands is … Continue reading →

This month has seen the bringing together of writers from the Twist groups as well as the professional writers in preparation for the new productions for 2011. Group writers’ workshop Each of the Twist groups sent two of their aspiring … Continue reading →

A BUSY JULY FOR TWIST The Twist Project was well represented at National Arts Festival, with both the  Novel-Script project and the Remix-Lab project. The novel-script project included South African writers Napo Masheane, Themba Mkhoma, Zwai Mgijima, Simphiwe Vikalahle, Ayanda … Continue reading →

TWIST HEADS TO GRAHAMSTOWN Twist will be working on two projects at the National Arts Festival this year. On Sunday 26 June we kick off with the Novel-Script Project, and from 30 June the community groups go to Grahamstown to … Continue reading →