South African theatre

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performing arts tradition theatre tradition

South African theatre is a diverse and politically charged performing arts tradition that has historically engaged with issues of apartheid, social justice, and cultural identity across the country’s many communities.

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Label	Occurrences
South African theatre canonical	2

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	performing arts tradition ⓘ theatre tradition ⓘ
country	South Africa ⓘ
developedInPeriod	20th century ⓘ apartheid era ⓘ post-apartheid era ⓘ
engagesWith	apartheid ⓘ class inequality ⓘ cultural identity ⓘ gender issues ⓘ post-apartheid transformation ⓘ race relations ⓘ social justice ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	multicultural ⓘ multilingual ⓘ politically charged ⓘ socially engaged ⓘ
hasInfluenceFrom	African oral storytelling ⓘ British colonial theatre ⓘ European theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ indigenous performance traditions ⓘ missionary drama ⓘ music and dance traditions ⓘ
hasVenueType	community centres ⓘ festival stages ⓘ formal theatres ⓘ township halls ⓘ university theatres ⓘ
includesForm	commercial theatre ⓘ community theatre ⓘ documentary theatre ⓘ experimental theatre ⓘ musical theatre ⓘ physical theatre ⓘ political satire ⓘ protest theatre ⓘ township theatre ⓘ
isAssociatedWithCity	Cape Town NERFINISHED ⓘ Durban NERFINISHED ⓘ Johannesburg NERFINISHED ⓘ Port Elizabeth NERFINISHED ⓘ Pretoria NERFINISHED ⓘ
isPartOf	African theatre ⓘ South African culture ⓘ global theatre history ⓘ
usesLanguage	Afrikaans ⓘ English ⓘ Sotho NERFINISHED ⓘ Xhosa ⓘ Zulu NERFINISHED ⓘ other South African indigenous languages ⓘ
wasUsedFor	anti-apartheid activism ⓘ community mobilization ⓘ political education ⓘ

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Ronnie Govender → hasInfluenced → South African theatre ⓘ

Winston Ntshona → activeIn → South African theatre ⓘ