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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 →

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 →