Auditions for the UJ Arts Academy and UJ productions take place at the same time. Students may be selected for either a production, or acting classes – not both. Classes and rehearsals are presented weekly. Stand-up Comedy classes are run as a Comedy boot camp. The camp is facilitated by professional comedians with many years […]

Auditions for the UJ Arts Academy and UJ productions take place at the same time. Students may be selected for either a production, or acting classes – not both. Classes and rehearsals are presented weekly. Jazz Band is a weekly offering. The band is musically directed by a professional musician with many years of teaching […]

Auditions for the UJ Arts Academy and UJ productions take place at the same time. Students may be selected for either a production, or acting classes – not both. Classes and rehearsals are presented weekly. Drumming classes are offered weekly. The classes focus particularly on the African drum/Jembe (not the commercial drum-kit). These are facilitated […]

Auditions for the UJ Arts Academy and UJ productions take place at the same time. Students may be selected for either a production, or acting classes – not both. Classes and rehearsals are presented weekly. Latin and ballroom classes are offered weekly. These are facilitated by an experienced Latin and Ballroom coach with many years […]

Auditions for the UJ Arts Academy and UJ productions take place at the same time. Students may be selected for either a production, or acting classes – not both. Classes and rehearsals are presented weekly. Dance classes are offered weekly. These are facilitated by a professional dance company with many years of industry experience. The […]

Auditions for the UJ Arts Academy and UJ productions take place at the same time. Students may be selected for either a production, or acting classes – not both. Classes and rehearsals are presented weekly. Poetry classes are offered weekly. These are facility by a professional poet with many years of industry experience. The classes […]

Auditions for the UJ Arts Academy and UJ productions take place at the same time. Students may be selected for either a production, or acting classes – not both. Classes and rehearsals are presented weekly. Drama (acting) classes In this category you will be given the basic skills of acting and performance. You will participate […]

Following his last show on M-Net’s Live Series in 2016 where he did incredible impersonations of famous characters like the Joker from Batman, Jason Statham and Arnold Schwarzenegger – and also spoke about the ups and downs of growing up in Mthatha as a white looking coloured kid, Donovan Goliath returns with a second one-man […]

Auditions for the UJ Arts Academy and UJ productions take place at the same time. Students may be selected for either a production, or acting classes – not both. Classes and rehearsals are presented weekly. Drama (acting) classes In this category you will be given the basic skills of acting and performance. You will participate […]

Auditions for the UJ Arts Academy and UJ productions take place at the same time. Students may be selected for either a production, or acting classes – not both. Classes and rehearsals are presented weekly. Stand-up Comedy classes are run as a Comedy boot camp. The camp is facilitated by professional comedians with many years […]

Auditions for the UJ Arts Academy and UJ productions take place at the same time. Students may be selected for either a production, or acting classes – not both. Classes and rehearsals are presented weekly. Poetry classes are offered weekly. These are facility by a professional poet with many years of industry experience. The classes […]

Auditions for the UJ Arts Academy and UJ productions take place at the same time. Students may be selected for either a production, or acting classes – not both. Classes and rehearsals are presented weekly.

Auditions for the UJ Arts Academy and UJ productions take place at the same time. Students may be selected for either a production, or acting classes – not both. Classes and rehearsals are presented weekly. Drama (acting) classes In this category you will be given the basic skills of acting and performance. You will participate […]

GogoSpeaks “Purpose and Prosperity” is the 4th in the annual GogoSpeaks series. The talk will give practical tools and guidance to those who wish to maximise their potential, soothe internal anxieties, and participate in positive and progressive ways in their lives, relationships and communities. A central focus of the talk is thriving in and with […]

Every day in schools across the country, teachers and children are in the act of imagining themselves into the future. But what kind of future should we prepare for? Mimosa is a pre-primary and foundation phase at the foot of the SABC tower in Auckland Park, Johannesburg. The overarching enquiry across the whole school for […]

Conversing the Land, the latest collaboration between the University of Johannesburg and the MTN SA Foundation in the UJ Gallery from 22 October to 27 November, offers as the title indicates an exploration of the South African landscape as shaped by the memories, myths and meanings artists have attached to place. Any physical place has […]

Let the Right One In is an enchanting, brutal vampire myth and coming-of-age love story adapted from the best-selling Swedish novel and award-winning film by John Ajvide Lindqvist, which was adapted for stage by Jack Thorne. The play will be produced and performed from for the first time in South Africa. He befriends Eli, the […]

Annually, the University of Johannesburg Choir shares the year’s experiences with friends and family in a celebration of music concert. This year, the choir celebrates with their most varied and experimental repertoire yet, all encompassed around the beauty that is seen and heard from nature. Audience Responses Luv the performance and the new songs. The […]

#UJOutTheBox is a monthly stand up comedy gig hosted at the Con Cowan Theatre… Hosted in very proud partnership with our friends at Goliath&Goliath and POPArt – Out the Box gives you the chance to catch some of the biggest names in SA comedy Audience Responses First of all there was no show happening. On […]

An evening of poetry features the poetic talents of six Johannesburg based wordsmiths that have captured the imagination of audiences across the country. Puns and Things (Kabelo Ringane and Donald Mokgale) is a poetry duo with a combined experience of over 15 years in performance poetry. Belita Andre is a phenomenal performer and co-author of […]

A new musical by Yogin Sullaphen, Tshego Khutsoane and Jade Bowers with the UJ Arts Academy Students. Shh, don’t talk about these things. We don’t talk about these things. Shhhh, don’t talk about the hurts, and the demons and the unresolved and the confusion. Don’t talk about it because you are taught to already know. […]

The work was received to loads of critical and audience acclaim, in all the parts of Mzansi that it visited. Johannesburg loved it, Pretoria adored it, Grahamstown embraced it, and Cape Town, more than any other place – needed it! These many places have all had a taste of the wacky and outrageous ‘Protest Theatre […]

In keeping with changing lives and assisting the people living with disabilities, entrance can be bought with 20 or more recyclable plastic bottle caps, which will go towards procuring wheelchairs – through the recycling of 150kg of plastic bottle caps = 1 wheelchair or a single ticket will cost R20. This is the fourth-year running […]

A trio born from the renowned University of Johannesburg Choir takes you through their personal, spiritual and musical discovery by merging a world of genres into a unified sound of heartfelt music. This launch concert sees Sandile, Gabisile and Sizwe off on a journey long-awaited. Sandile Mcunu, Gabisile Nkosi and Sizwe Mondlane were strangers from […]