Molière`s classic play "The Miser" in a stunning interpretation at the Market Theatre of Johannesburg

From 25 October to 09 December 2012, do not miss Sylvaine Strike's remarkably contemporary interpretation of Moliere’s timeless classic "The Miser" at the Market Theatre of Johannesburg. A deliciously mean comedy, this play written in 1668 magnifies the madness of a father’s greed, paranoia and suspicion. Two siblings, their respective lovers and a gaggle of oppressed servants all endure the ghastly avarice that is Harpagon’s... But for how much longer? In the hugely sought after role of Harpagon "The Miser", Lionel Newton is at the helm.

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!Aïa - On the trail of the Bushmen

1-18 September 2011
Artscape, Cape Town
Performances in Cape Town’s townships (organised by Artscape)

Following an acclaimed South African tour of their poignant piece MâRavan in 2009, ThéâtreTaliipot is back to present their new work !Aïa“from cave to sky”.

!Aïa is a San name which means a special state of being. This transversal work between art, culture, science and traditional wisdom celebrates our origins, life, the living, the relationship between human beings and nature. For this project, the company has worked with artists, traditional healers and scientists such as Professor Sam Challis (Archaeologist, Origins Centre, Wits University), Sven Ouzman (Archaeologist, rock engraving specialist, Pretoria University), John Parkington (Archaeologist, Cape Town University), Pippa Skotnes (Archaeologist, Cape Town University) and Jean-Loïc Lequellec (Research director at the CNRS, France, rock art specialist). Their research during the creative process took them to the ravines and heights of Reunion Island, and in South Africa, to the Drakensberg and the Cradle of Humankind in particular, on the trail of the world’s oldest civilisation… the Bushmen. Engraved rocks and rock paintings inspired this work, which stages corporal and primeval memories beyond all exiles, ruptures and denominations.

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The Giant Match puppets strut their stuff around the world

Initiated in the context of the 2010 Soccer World Cup, The Giant Match project involved over one hundred South African actors, musicians, dancers, puppeteers, visual artists and craftsmen from various communities in Gauteng as well as artists from Les Grandes Personnes. For over five weeks in Johannesburg, the artists worked on the creation of 30 giant puppets, characters and objects which would fit in a show reflecting the multicultural South Africa.

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