STAND News

STAND Committee meets physically for the first time

After months of Zoom meetings, the 10-person STAND Foundation Committee met physically in Stellenbosch for the first time on Sunday...

STAND Foundation JOMBA! Contemporary Dance Experience’s Choreographic Mentorship Project

The first 2020 project to be supported by the newly launched Sustaining Theatre and Dance (STAND) Foundation is a partnership...

Webinar: International cultural collaboration in a world of inequality

International cultural relations have historically been shaped by global inequalities in thedistribution of political, economic, military and cultural power.  While...

STAND Research Projects

STAND Foundation hereby calls for applications from individuals to conduct research into three separate areas: A list of all the...

Bafana Republic and Other Satires Sketch Challenge

Wits University Press has published a collection of sketches by Mike van Graan from his 6 satirical revues: the three...

STAND to release its discussion document

STAND Foundation will release its Discussion Document on a Vision for nurturing, promoting and celebrating contemporary South African theatre and...

STAND together for Theatre and Dance

STAND (Sustaining Theatre and Dance Foundation) launches on 1 September. You are invited to participate.   Gregory Maqoma, Chairperson of...

22nd (Digital) JOMBA! Contemporary Dance Experience 2020

“As Durban and South Africa’s benchmark dance festival JOMBA!, hits its 22nd year, it is clear that we will not...

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COVID-19: Can the show go on?

André du Preez, Bongiwe Ngidi, Bethan Martel, Kukhanya Simelane, Katlego Chale and Sinalo Mkhize in Little Red Riding Hood and...

Theatre in a COVID-19 World: The rise of new formats

As live play performances and readings crowd virtual platforms, theatre is going through a ‘dramatic’ shift from stage to screen....

IADMS’s Response to COVID-19

Helping Dancers Help Themselves Resources for COVID-19 IADMS has always worked to facilitate an international network of communication between dance...

Dance in the Time of COVID 19: A Conversation with International Artists & Choreographers

In the time of COVID-19, how are artists around the world discussing the future of the arts in their countries?...

Applications open on the 17th of August 2020 for study in 2021

This full-time, one-year course offers intensive training in a laboratory environment for emerging actors, theatre-makers, directors and writers to develop...

Market Theatre appoints new CEO

Tshiamo Mokgadi has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer of the Market Theatre Foundation (MTF), and will take...

The Fugard Theatre shuts down with immediate effect

“Sometimes the show can’t go on” is the message resonating throughout the South African arts industry on Monday. Large festivals...