Theatre Archive

A pandemic arts economic stimulus: Live performances without audiences filmed at the Black Box Theatre in South Delft, including a Zabalaza Theatre Festival award-winner, and distributed online.

In July of 2020, Inkcubeko Nezobugcisa, Umbono Art Media of Khayelitsha, and the Black Box Theatre in South Delft coordinated four professionally filmed live isiXhosa theatre performances.

Homeless People (dir. Siyabonga Nyaniso), EGoli The Musical (dir. Bongani Titana), Azania (dir. Xola Mziwakhe), and First Accused (dir. Mava Silumko, Best of Zabalaza 2020) feature over two dozen cast and crew members from across the Western Cape. Filmed without an audience under pandemic restrictions, the directors and camera crew were free to adapt each play and stage a more creative and intimate production.

Special thanks to Sisa Makaula, Rainbow Arts Organisation, Black Box Theatre, Mdu Kweyama, Nwabisa Lisa, UCT Baxter Theatre Centre, and the Zabalaza Theatre Festival.