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[[Theatre Workshop '71]] was a training workshop, that gradually it evolved into a professional company. 

Also referred to simply as '''[[Workshop '71]]''' '''[[Workshop ’71]]''', [[Theatre Workshop ’71]]


was founded in 1971 by Witwatersrand University lecturer [[Robert Kavanagh]] (also known as [[Robert Mshengu Kavanagh]], [[Robert McLaren]] or [[Mshengu]]) as a training workshop and gradually it evolved into a professional company. They sought to undertake experimental political theatre aimed at changing South African society.  Among their more significant productions were ''[[UHlanga – The Reed ]]'' (1975) by [[James Mthoba]],  '' [[Survival]]'' (1976), their last show before they took it to the USA and remained in exile. 

The history of the company is documented in Kavanagh’s doctoral thesis, published as  ''[[Theatre and Cultural Struggle in South Africa]]''.

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