Testament to UJ Arts & Culture’s commitment to the development and transfer of skills, Ayanda Bulose will make his directorial debut with the classic allegory Lord of the flies. After a number of years honing his skills as a director, Bulose will head up a fierce team of UJ Arts & Culture’s Arts Academy students […]

Join us for a spectacular evening of opera and song, as UJ Arts & Culture presents ‘A Grand Night for Singing’. This much anticipated annual event takes place on Saturday 7 September at 19:30. All proceeds are in aid of the Dean’s bursary fund. The Dean of the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture, baritone […]

Thaba Bosiu interrogates the influence of Eurocentric philosophies as an intervention towards African ancestral practice that has been existing for many moons. We get to understand the issues of this interventions through the character of Mohale whom finds himself between a spiritual warfare, culture, Christianity and African customs as the tale unfolds. Mohale is a […]

Created in residence at UJ Arts & Culture under the mentorship of award-winning Jade Bowers who also sits in the director’s chair, iNDUKU is written and performed by Ayabonga Makanya. In this one-hander Makanya tells the story of “Ayabonga who grew up within the confines of a very traditional family structure based on culture and […]

UJ Choir is made up of students of the University of Johannesburg, from all four campuses that study a wide range of qualifications that do not include music. In an atmospheric build-up to their concert with South African jazz diva, Gloria Bosman, the choir sets to offer fellow students and staff of the university a […]

Come and enjoy an evening with the JHB Youth Big Band paying tribute to jazz Master like, Glen Miller, Sammy Nestico and many more. They will also feature South African Jazz Classics and paying tribute to some of SA Jazz artist.

Our stories is the drama showcase for UJ Arts Academy. The Arts Academy drama students will be telling a series of stories within a story. These stories will be told through monologues that are creatively curated to weave into each other and convey a message that falls into the broader story. Audience Responses The actors […]

Tribhangi Dance Theatre’s greatest strengths has been its ability to work with different genres and to walk around tradition to present work that is challenging in its experimentation and unique in its presentation.  The company under the guidance of Jayesperi Moopen has created work that remains significant in an everchanging environment. The new work outer […]

Welcome to our 2019 celebration of dance! The performance, you will see reimagined classic as well as new works in classical ballet, hip-hop and contemporary dance. Note that some of our dancers have just started ballet in February this year, whereas others have danced with UJ Adult ballet for up to three years. Thank you […]

The Arts Academy 2019 programme in Partnership with Moving Into Dance also known as MID present La’ He(Art) Dance Season. The show boasts various dance styles such as Afro-Fusion, Contemporary and Hip Hop. This year’s student dance showcase taps into the relationship that exists between the Art of Dance and the Heart(Love) of Dance. The […]

Curated with the young and young-at-heart in mind, the programme nods to the ‘nostalgia’ of the genre and area, while offering new ways to experience the magic of music. With the UJ Arts & Culture theme #FollowYourHeART at the core of the programme, the weekend’s line-up, curated by the Jozi Unsigned, is set to offer […]

Curated with the young and young-at-heart in mind, the programme nods to the ‘nostalgia’ of the genre and area, while offering new ways to experience the magic of music. With the UJ Arts & Culture theme #FollowYourHeART at the core of the programme, the weekend’s line-up, curated by the Jozi Unsigned, is set to offer […]

Curated with the young and young-at-heart in mind, the programme nods to the ‘nostalgia’ of the genre and area, while offering new ways to experience the magic of music. With the UJ Arts & Culture theme #FollowYourHeART at the core of the programme, the weekend’s line-up, curated by the Jozi Unsigned, is set to offer […]

Audition Rules – Auditions open on 29 July and close on 12 August 2019 -Successful bands will be notified by 14 August 2019 – 10 lucky bands will be chosen to perform at the finals on 22 August 2019 at 18:00 where one band will be chosen to perform at the UJ Weekend of Jazz […]

UJ APK SRC Presents New Voices of Our Freedom featuring Iphupho L’ka Biko featuring Makhafula Vilakazi and The Collective. New Voices of Our Freedom serves to revive the culture of spoken word, dance and music within the UJ Community. Let the voice of Azania speak to You.

September 2018 saw the launch of Moving Into Dance’s 40th Anniversary Celebrations This season long-awaited re-staging of Artistic Director Mark Hawkins’ HOTEL, initially choreographed 7 years ago on MID. This is the culmination of a year of performances, workshops and creativeness from this prolific company. Inspired by Apollinaire’s poem, Hotel travels to the mysterious universe […]

A tribute inspired by world renowned Russian choreographer, George Balanchine. Samantha Hood, YBT Artistic Director and YBT Ballet Mistress, Shenell Petterson, take the audience through works inspired by some of George Balanchines most famous ballets. You will see a cast of 15 young dancers ranging from age 10 to 18, bring alive not only George […]

‘n Heerlike Komedie-aand. Die ADK (Akademie vir DramaKuns vier in 2019 hulle 80ste bestaansjaar. Om hierdie ongelooflike mylpaal te vier bring die ADK 3 oorspronklike produksies op die verhoog. Kom ondersteun die kunste en geniet die puik skryfwerk, akteurs en regie van die ADK. A fun and entertaining comedy evening. The ADK is celebrating its […]

This exhibition by Yannis Generalis challenges universally accepted notions of gender and identity and explores the relationship between artist, artwork and space as a performative expression of creative embodiment. The artist’s articulations of multiple hybrid queer identities exhibit the many complex layers of signification which are the drivers of what he calls hybrid vigour. This […]

Ayabonga grew up within the confines of a very traditional family structure based on culture and religion. As he ventures into the world and becomes a man, he is faced with doubts about the foundations of these customs.   iNduku is a coming of age-coming out story that delves into identity, sexuality, love and family. […]

With this startling, bizarre, yet surprisingly funny sentence, Kafka begins his masterpiece, Metamorphosis. It is a story of a young man who, transformed overnight into a giant beetle like insect, becomes an object of disgrace to his family, an outsider in his own home and a quintessentially alienated man. A harrowing – though absurdly comic – […]

With this startling, bizarre, yet surprisingly funny sentence, Kafka begins his masterpiece, Metamorphosis. It is a story of a young man who, transformed overnight into a giant beetle like insect, becomes an object of disgrace to his family, an outsider in his own home and a quintessentially alienated man. A harrowing – though absurdly comic – […]

This exhibition by Yannis Generalis challenges universally accepted notions of gender and identity and explores the relationship between artist, artwork and space as a performative expression of creative embodiment. The artist’s articulations of multiple hybrid queer identities exhibit the many complex layers of signification which are the drivers of what he calls hybrid vigour. This […]

From the 5 to 26 June 2019, UJ Arts & Culture celebrates Annali Cabano-Dempsey’s long term curatorship of the UJ Art Gallery in the introspective exhibition 21 Years of Curating the Cube that spans her 21 years of exhibitions. During her two decades of curatorship Cabano-Dempsey has welcomed art across the board, from the fine […]