27 October - 10 October 2019 1 Page 5 Editor’s Note Page 6 Hard Work Pays Off, A Doctorate Conferred On Ismail Mahomed Page 8 ABRIDGED VERSION OF KEYNOTE ADDRESS DELIVERED BY ISMAIL MAHOMED Page 12 Excellence Rewarded At The Inaugural Afro-Tech Art Award Page 14 30 years of Market Photo Workshop Page 16 Moussa John Kalapo Other Worlds Book Launch Page 18 Scenes From Reframing Africa Page 20 Eugène Ionesco’s Rhinoceros Travels To Cape Town Windybrow Arts Centre Page 22 Celebrates Zambian Independence Day Page 24 Ub’dope Shishini Residency Soaring To Great Heights Page 26 A Six Week Festival To Celebrate 30 Years Page 28 The Storyteller of Riverlea is back for its second homecoming at the Market Theatre 2 MARKET BUZZ Volume 3 No 09 27 October - 10 October 2019 1 Page 30 Mandla Mlangeni Live at the THE MARKET BUZZ Market Theatre TEAM Page 32 Where Are They Now? WRITERS: Clara Vaughan (Market Laboratory Head) Ismail Mahomed (Market Theatre Foundation CEO) WHAT’S ON AT THE Page 34 Keitu Gwangwa MARKET THEATRE (Windybrow Arts Centre Head) FOUNDATION Khona Dlamini (Programmes and Project Manager) Candice Jansen (Research & Exhibitions Programming Manager) Page 39 Scene at the Market Theatre Cebisile Mbonambi (MPW Social Media Intern Lusanda Zokufa-Kathilu (Senior Publicist) Zama Sweetness Buthelezi (Brand and Communications Manager) Zodwa Shongwe (Producer) Thozama Busakwe (Market Laboratory Marketing The Market Theatre Foundation is an agency of the Assistant) Department of Arts & Culture STORY RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT: Lusanda Zokufa-Kathilu (Senior Publicist) COMPILATION AND PICTURES: Thato Kobile (Digital Communications Officer) EDITORS: Zama Sweetness Buthelezi (Brand and Communications Manager) Ismail Mahomed THE (Market Theatre Foundation CEO) MARKET LAYOUT AND DESIGN: Ryan Lloyd T HEATRE (Graphic Designer) OUNDATION PHOTOGRAPHERS: Michael Phasha Ngoma Mphahlele Thandazile Zwelibanzi Whitney Peters COVER PHOTOGRAPHER: THE THE THE Suzy Bernstien MARKET MARKET THE MARKET WINDYBROW T HEATRE T HEATRE PHOTO ARTS CENTRE LABORATORY WORKSHOP Cover image © MphoMokgadi 2 MARKET BUZZ Volume 3 No 09 27 October - 10 October 2019 3 n this issue of Market The Market Photo Workshop Editor’s Buzz we pay tribute reflects on the success of the to the Market Theatre 30 years milestone and s the Foundation CEO, Ismail exhibition Other Worlds’ by Note Mahomed,I who was awarded Malian photographer, Moussa an Honorary Doctorate by Kalapo, with images from his - Zama Sweetness Buthelezi the Tshwane University of latest photo-book published by (Brand and Communications Manager) - ©Hoek Swaratlhe Technology. The Market the Market Photo Workshop, Theatre Foundation gets to which will be launched at the gloat on his latest achievement. Centre Soleil D’Afrique. After a successful debut The Windybrow Arts Centre at the Ramolao Makhene Celebrates the Zambian Theatre in Johannesburg, and Independence Day, on the performances at The Courtyard 24th October 2019 read page Theatre in Durban, Kwasha! 22. Theatre Company’s production of Rhinoceros is on its way to This issue of Market Buzz Cape Town for the last leg of celebrates the essence of the its national tour. Described by Market Theatre Foundation, theatre critic Chris Thurman as a space where dreams come “a triumph”, Rhinoceros will true and alive. play for a limited season at the Magnet Theatre on the 8th and Love and light 9th November. 4 MARKET BUZZ Volume 3 No 09 27 October - 10 October 2019 5 THE THE MARKET MARKET T HEATRE “On the morning of 17 T HEATRE OUNDATION October at the Market OUNDATION Mahomed started his career as a Mathematics Square, Mahomed walked teachers and made a successful career change in into the office to the the arts sector. He is a published playwright and theatre director. Mahomed’s Illustrious career has applause and ululation earned him many notable awards in recognition from staff members of his work. “The University’s citation noted his several national and international awards received congratulating him for his On the morning of 17 October at the Market during his distinguished career, his publications Square, Mahomed walked into the office to in the field of theatre and his role in brokering much deserved honour.“ the applause and ululation from staff members several international partnerships which included congratulating him for his much deserved honour. presenting South Africa’s winning bids to The Tshwane University of Technology host both the ASSITEJ International Cradle of conferred an Honorary Doctorate on the Market The Market Theatre Foundation is thriving Creativity Festival and the International Atelier for Theatre Foundation chief executive officer, under his leadership, he has grown the theatre’s Arts Managers in South Africa and on the African Ismail Mahomed, at a graduation ceremony on box office, venue hire, broadened its sponsorship continent for the first time.” Wednesday 16 October 2019. Mahomed’s work base and introduced a series of international spanning over 35 years in the arts sector earned collaborations and residencies. The International Atelier for Arts Managers was him the recognition from the Tshwane University held at the Market Theatre in February 2017 and of Technology, with a Honorary Doctorate in the brought together 27 international participants of Sciences in the performing arts. “The Market Theatre which 17 were from various parts of the African continent and the remainder being from Europe, Mahomed has come full circle, his grandfather Foundation is thriving Asia and America. The ASSITEJ International was a merchant at the Fruit & Vegetable Market under his leadership, he Cradle of Creativity Festival was held in Cape Town situated in the building that now houses the in 2016 and attracted more than 45 international Market Theatre. Who would have thought that has grown the theatre’s box delegates,” said Christine McDonald, the Market decades later he would have joined the Market Theatre Foundation’s CFO, who was present at Theatre Foundation as a CEO. Mahomed office, venue hire, broadened the ceremony giving her full support to Mahomed. commenced employment at the Market Theatre its sponsorship base and Foundation in August 2016 after being the Artistic Director of the National Arts Festival in Makhanda introduced a series of Hard Work for eight years. international collaborations Pays Off, A and residencies.” Doctorate Conferred On Ismail Mahomed - Zama Sweetness Buthelezi 6 MARKET BUZZ Volume 3 No 09 27 October - 10 October 2019 7 I am deeply humbled by this distinguished THE THE MARKET honour conferred on me by the Tshwane University MARKET T HEATRE T HEATRE OUNDATION of Technology; and I take this opportunity to also OUNDATION extend my congratulations to fellow graduates. Where politicians dress themselves in political correctness it is artists who will unravel them and In embracing and celebrating this moment, make them look like naked emperors. I pay homage to South Africa’s artists who have used their bodies, hands, voices and minds Where politicians ply on opportunism it is artists --- sometimes against immense challenges who will confront them with satire and make them --- to bring us to this point where we are in our reflect on their failings. constitutional democracy in South Africa. Where politicians become absorbed by greed Whilst we can be immensely proud of the South and corruption it is artists who will disturb them African Constitution and particularly Section 16 of and remind them to trace their tracks back to their the Constitution which guarantees us Freedom of humanity. Expression and Freedom of Creativity we must be mindful that our democracy is still a fragile work in And when politicians remain true to the ideals progress. The project that we embarked on as a that we all committed ourselves to on 27 April The Tshwane University of Technology nation on 27 April 1994 is still far from being fully 1994, it is the artists who will engrave the names ABRIDGED conferred an Honorary Doctorate on the Market realized. of those politicians in praise songs composed in Theatre Foundation CEO, Ismail Mahomed, at poetry, music, literature and images. a graduation ceremony on 16 October 2019. The one significant catalyst however, that spurs VERSION OF He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in the us on our onward journey towards attaining our As artists, our work is the reservoir of memory Sciences of Performing Arts in recognition of his dream for democracy, is the rhythms of our and consciousness that we endow to our nation more than 35 years of service and achievements poets, the pulses of our dancers, the beats of and its future generations. KEYNOTE in the arts and cultural sector. The University’s our music, the images created by our artists, the citation noted his several national and international thoughts provoked by our writers and the power Our work is the thread with which binds the awards received during his distinguished career, of imagination that all our creatives inspire in us. common humanity of all the people who live in ADDRESS his publications in the field of theatre and his role South Africa --- citizens and foreign nationals --- in brokering several international partnerships Our artists give us the power to critically reflect and with the people beyond our borders. which included presenting South Africa’s winning on our past, to engage with our present and to DELIVERED bids to host both the ASSITEJ International envision our future. Even in their moments of Cradle of Creativity Festival and the International silence their presence resonates louder than Atelier for Arts Manager in South Africa and any politician because artists who are driven by BY ISMAIL on the African continent for the first time. The integrity will never have to bribe any constituency International Atelier for Arts Managers was held with t-shirts, chicken wings or empty promises. at the Market Theatre in February 2017 and MAHOMED brought together 27 international participants of which 17 were from various parts of the African AT THE TSHWANE continent and the remainder being from Europe, UNIVERSITY OF Asia and America.