|
|
| (One intermediate revision by the same user not shown) |
| Line 1: |
Line 1: |
| − | The [[Colonnades Theatre Lab (South Africa)]] was a project devised to promote the arts and culture in South Africa, specifically performance drama.
| + | #REDIRECT[[Colonnades Theatre Lab (South Africa)]] |
| − | | |
| − | An offshoot of the original Colonnades Theatre Lab in New York, the company was established in 2005 by , with something called the [[Truth in Translation Project]] (funded by the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation[https://www.mott.org/about/history/]), as their key project
| |
| − | | |
| − | The idea of the Project was to tell the story of South Africa’s [[Truth and Reconciliation Commission]] from the perspective of the interpreters who translated the testimony into the many languages spoken in South Africa. Presented in the form of a play accompanied by music, the project aimed to highlight the trauma, anger, sadness and healing that accompanied South Africa’s attempt to deal with the political violence and human rights abuses of the apartheid past.
| |
| − | | |
| − | The grant was specifically made to enable [[Colonnades Theatre Lab (South Afric)]] to take the play to all the areas in South Africa that were still still struggling to come to terms with the conflicts of the past, as well as to international audiences in conflict-ridden places like Palestine, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Northern Ireland.
| |
| − | | |
| − | https://www.mott.org/grants/200600653/
| |
