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Body of Words Review (Part 3)

Matthew Mokoena — Thu, 27 May 2010 20:50:14 +0000

So I leave the ladies to do their thing, check out the theatre before everyone else comes in and I am greet by the magical sounds of Jimmy Dludlu. Lebo (not Mashile), Kg and Thato (all 4th year students of the Market Theatre Lab) are handling the technical aspect of the show and promise us [...]

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Body of Words Review (Part 2)

Matthew Mokoena — Thu, 27 May 2010 20:27:25 +0000

Natalia brings the room to a hush. With words in a tumble, characters with a magnetic charm dressed by music (and boy can she sing.) In fact, in her opening piece she speaks of bodies singing, listening to eulogies, dissolving the winds breath… She says, “… these bodies release the truth to what the soul [...]

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Body of Words Review (Part 1)

Matthew Mokoena — Thu, 27 May 2010 19:56:15 +0000

The Lab (Market Theatre Complex) came alive mid May as it hosted the Majesty of seven of SA’s finest literary scientists. Of course these outspoken women are not scientists in the conventional sense; how appropriately ironic though that their 1st Experiment together (A Body of Words) be presented at THE LAB THEATRE. In my mind [...]

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Thoughts of a Young Nation

Khaya Sibeko — Mon, 17 May 2010 17:17:10 +0000

(Excerpt by Khaya Sibeko) It’s 9am on a Wednesday morning and I’m doing a Usian Bolt out of the house with the intention of making it to the taxi rank and catch a taxi that will get me from Sebokeng to corner Sauer and Bree Street in 55 minutes. I, along with Tebogo and Karabo, [...]

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The Innerview of Lebo Mashile

Matthew Mokoena — Mon, 17 May 2010 16:43:55 +0000

(Excerpt by Matthew Mokoena) Whilst on life’s journey, most of us never imagine ourselves as universally recognized role models. We never imagine that we’ll live to share our immediate spaces with such beings, shake their hands, inhale their out worldly fragrances and be engulfed by their multiple personalities and HUMANNESS. We even FEAR IMAGINING ourselves [...]

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With Spoken Word Giant Myesha Jenkins

Consciousness Admin — Mon, 17 May 2010 16:38:23 +0000

(Excerpt by Matthew Mokoena) The wind outside whistles restlessly; Cold, solitary tunes reminiscent to those of a broken hearted young mans bluesy notes. The song itself is split into two parts, for two voices seem to be whistling one to the other. A duet of some sought. In response to the blues, the female whistler [...]

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NEWTOWNing with the Consciousness Dream Team

Mimi Mavuso — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 10:29:44 +0000

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