BACAH: Defining Community Theatre

The third BACAH conversation takes place on 23 September, 3-6pm, at the Makukhanye Art Room, Khayelitsha. The event features Thami Mbongo (writer) & Zimasa May (responder) who will guide the audience through their own definitions of community theatre, as well as their working environments.

BACAH events, designed as public conversations to explore the importance of Black art, Black artists and Black communities in a democratic South Africa, are conceptualised and hosted by theatre activist, director and ICA fellow Mandisi Sindo.

Mandisi Sindo is a South African hero, actor, director, voice artist, curator, theatre practitioner and a community activist based in Cape Town. He is the founder, artistic director and CEO of Theatre4Change Arts Project, an NPO based in Khayelitsha with whom he has produced the Kasi-2-Kasi Public Art Festival. He is also former art director of the Makukhanye Art Room, the only award-winning Shack Theatre in South Africa. He is innovator and founder of the Khayelitsha Art School & Rehabilitation Centre – Kasi RC

RSVP:  theatre4changetherapeutics@gmail.com

Venue: Makukhanye Art Room, 117 Bida Cres, Village 4 North, Khayelitsha, Cape Town

For further information, please contact Mandisi Sindo 084 038 1900 or 076 035 9672