TWIST NEW PRODUCTIONS The Twist groups have started the process of creating new productions, alongside the experienced writer/directors who are working as mentors on this project. Siyakha Performing Artists: Siyakha have been working with writer Themba Mkhoma on their new … Continue reading
TWIST / DUT EXCHANGE Members of the Twist groups met with 3rd year students from the DUT Department of Drama in August for a day-long facilitated exchange workshop. Facilitated by Professor Debbie Lutge, the workshop focused on stage combat, improvisation … Continue reading
Twist meets the Remix-Lab at the National Arts Festival Emuhle All Artists and Siyakha Performing Artists have recently returned from having a great experience at this year’s Remix-Laboratory workshop at the National Arts Festival. We were happy and things went … Continue reading
Twist Groups at the National Arts Festival Emuhle All Artists and Siyakaha Performing Artists will be participating in the Remix-Laboratory workshop at the National Arts Festival from 29 June to 9 July. The groups will be part of a 10-day … Continue reading
Twist script-writer wins award Zwai Mgijima, based in Port Elizabeth, first starting working with Twist in 2011. As part of the Novel-Script Project, he began the process crafting a “Veil”, a play dealing with issues of love and xenophobia. “Veil” … Continue reading
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
This period has seen the wrapping up of the first year of Twist’s activities, with the exciting Phambili Festival and the publication a book of English and Zulu scripts. The new cycle of projects has also been initiated, and two … Continue reading
South African actors return from Holland The 4 Durban-based actors who were part of our international exchange project with the Theatre Groep Siberia have just returned from a three month stay in Holland. During that time, the four were part … Continue reading
January 2011 Twist started the year on a high note with the performance of the 6 community theatre groups at the annual Musho! Theatre Festival from 12-16 January. The groups had worked on making adaptations of their previously-performed new plays … Continue reading