SAUDADE is a non-dance work, which explores feelings of longing, melancholy, desire, and nostalgia, which are characteristic of the Portuguese temperament. South Africa is home to the largest Portuguese-African population. They are highly active within the South African community, both politically and economically. According to SA History online: ‘Portuguese expansion into Africa began with the […]

BALAMBILE, conceived and curated by multi-award-winning creative Jade Bowers, is about COVID-19 medical materials, goods shortages, food parcels, artists’ relief grants and an irate middle class complaining on Facebook about the lack of designer masks readily available for purchase, for when they take their dogs and children on their Level-4 walks between 6am and 9am. […]

Goldilocks, Shahrazad, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Evil Queen, Rapunzel and Anansi all come together in this coming of age story. 10 year-old Goldi has just become a big-sibling and can’t stand the new status quo. She misses her mother’s stories, but that little gremlin and the evil queen keeps pushing her away. Through her mother’s stories, […]

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UJ Arts & Culture invites aspirant and established playwrights to apply for participation in its online playwriting laboratory. A division of the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture (FADA) at the University of Johannesburg, UJ Arts & Culture is a proponent of new original South African work and the UJ Playwriting Lab is another programme […]

Joburg audiences are in for a treat this April, with UJ Arts & Culture’s first-ever UJ Weekend of Stand-up, set to take place at the UJ Arts Centre on the Kingsway Campus in Auckland Park. A division of the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture (FADA), UJ Arts & Culture partners with GOLIATH AND GOLIATH […]

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. 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. 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. 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 […]

Design Indaba 2020 celebrates a momentous milestone in the conference’s legacy, it’s 25th anniversary. Lauded as the Best Conference in the world, Design Indaba has become a respected institution on the global creative landscape The 2020 iteration of the conference will bring to the stage the creative optimism and activism people have come to expect […]

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. 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. 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 […]