Again, on behalf of the entire #WeAreDyingHere team and all our partners, we are grateful for this recognition. My hope is that this award will serve to bring attention to this story. Further, my wish is that Poetry will be appreciated (and funded) for the power that it has to move and transform us. This... Continue Reading →
#WeAreDyingHere is going to Sweden
Some really cool news, #WeAreDyingHere is going to Sweden! We’re honoured to be part of this amazing #SE_SA exchange with Hear My Voice. We’re taking the film and stage production to Gothenburg, Stockholm, and Uppsala along with individual performances and collaborations with the team. Tell somebody please.
Media statement: We congratulate Western Cape SAFTA winners
The Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport congratulates those from the Western Cape who emerged as winners at the South African Film and Television Awards (SAFTAs) over the past weekend. Local poet, writer and performer, Siphokazi Jonas, received top honours for her work in the category of Best Short Film. Jonas wrote the original screenplay... Continue Reading →
#WeAreDyingHere Siphokazi Jonas returns to Artscape on 30 November and 1 December 2019.
Highly respected and much-applauded producer, playwright, performer and UCT Masters graduate, Siphokazi Jonas returns to Artscape with a brand-new poetry and music production, #WeAreDyingHere, on 30 November and 1 December 2019. #WeAreDyingHere is three women’s responses to the prevalence of the violent culture of harassment, abuse, rape and femicide in South Africa. “We want to... Continue Reading →