Sisters (are doing it for themselves)…
First full rehearsal, and it was slow going. I’d hoped to 1. read through the Three Sisters play, 2. try […]
We are the champions
Pretty much all schools have an annual event like this: the public acknowledgment of its students’, pupils’, learners’ achievements. At first,
Woza Albert!
A theatre trip to the stunning Soweto theatre this afternoon: 37 learners, Val, Viloshni and me. The learners were in
Weeping willow?
The advantage of having six different plays with largely separate casts is that they can be rehearsed simultaneously; the disadvantage, even
Reflections II – black and white
Our regular trip to the shopping mall (by Uber taxi – we did try the bus once, but it never
The Soup dance
After last week, Chris was determined that in today’s rehearsal everybody would be kept busy. But his careful plans were thrown asunder
Hey! Taxi!
Online taxi company Uber is controversial the world over, largely because of its impact on existing local taxis. Each time
Valentine dinner
Belated valentines dinner for the boarders. Despite everyone being allocated a partner, the photos on the lawn started with boys
The world is your Ostrich
Rehearsal and the usual anxiety – who would turn up? But for the first time, all the people I’d asked
Reflections III – stages
(as in, things people perform on.) We have been to the theatre three times in eight days – an astonishing
Stop! … in the name of love
As mentioned before, every Thursday morning the entire primary and secondary school treks across the road to St Anne’s, the nearby
Walking in rhythm
Same play as in the previous clip – The Three Sons, but by necessity rather than choice, as only one