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Also named the '''Sibikwa Centre for the Arts'''
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[[Sibikwa Arts Centre]] is an arts centre located at 13 Liverpool Park, Corner Liverpool and Bolton Roads, Benoni.
  
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Sibikwa,was created in 1988 as a result of a group of Daveyton, East Rand parents voicing their concerns about their childrens' poor attendance at school, lack of focus, the low level of education, the increasing violence and the lack of amenities in the townships.  
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Also referred to as the [[Sibikwa Centre for the Arts]].
  
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As a result''' Sibikwa''' (Nguni for making an announcement) was launched by [[Smal Ndaba]] and [[Phyllis Klotz]] to provide these children with a focus and hope for the future.
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Sibikwa takes pride in ''uku’bikwa'': the act of pronouncing, announcing and presenting on the world stage, the in-born talents of individuals...as custodians of his-story and her-story.
  
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==History==
  
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Their involvement in theatre began with So Where To? Toured extensively throughout Southern Africa and festivals abroad.
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Sibikwa was created in 1988 as a result of a group of Daveyton, East Rand parents voicing their concerns about their childrens' poor attendance at school, lack of focus, the low level of education, the increasing violence and the lack of amenities in the townships. As a result [[Sibikwa Community Theatre Project]] was launched by [[Smal Ndaba]] and [[Phyllis Klotz]] to provide these children with a focus and hope for the future.
  
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In 1991,  Sibikwa moved to it's present location in Liverpool Park, Benoni. The
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Their involvement in theatre began with ''[[So Where To?]]'' which toured extensively throughout Southern Africa and festivals abroad.
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Liverpool Park Complex is a government building managed by the Provincial
 
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Department of Public Works. The Department of Sports, Recreation, Arts & Culture 
 
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(Gauteng) has identified Sibikwa as a Centre of Excellence.
 
  
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The Centre has a spacious Dance Studio, several Rehearsal Rooms, Administration Offices, Media Resource Centre,  a Library and a Professional Dance Company, an African Indigenous Orchestra,and an ad hoc  Professional Theatre Company and two newly established  performance spaces: a Studio Theatre capacity 150, a performance workshop space "Gazata" Capacity 80.  
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In 1991,  Sibikwa moved to it's present location in Liverpool Park, Benoni. The Liverpool Park Complex is a government building managed by the Provincial Department of Public Works. The Department of Sports, Recreation, Arts & Culture (Gauteng) has identified [[Sibikwa]] as a Centre of Excellence. The centre is home to  a Professional Dance Company, an African Indigenous Orchestra, and an ''ad hoc'' Professional Theatre Company.  
  
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THE TEAM
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Through its history, [[Sibikwa]] has produced and directed leading, award-wining and cutting-edge productions to audiences not only in South Africa but all over the world. Three of the Sibikwa Plays have been published by Heinemann and are on the prescribed list for grade 11 learners.
  
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SMAL NDABA
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==Purpose==
  
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The Managing Director was instrumental in establishing the Sibikwa Arts Centre, he has remained the driving force behind the Centre. Co-Founded Sibikwa Community Theatre Project with Phyllis Klotz in 1988.
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The purpose of the [[Sibikwa Arts Centre]] is to advance:
  
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Joint winner of the Naledi Lifetime Achievement Award 2005 with co-director Ms Phyllis Klotz.
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* the talents of South African children and youth through inclusive arts education programmes
  
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Has gained both national and international recognition for his work.
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* the cultural landscape with performances that entertain, educate and enlighten audiences
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With over 30 years experience working in the community, he is well versed with the challenges of the South African social and political environment.
 
  
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Attended the famous Workshop71, run by Bess Finney and Rob McLaren.
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* South African stories on the global stage, in corporate environments and in educational spaces
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Pioneered and facilitated a method for training young black actors.
 
  
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He is passionate about building a community arts sector in South Africa and has facilitated workshops with community groups and community arts centres to build administrative capacity.
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* skills development and job creation through accredited vocational training programmes
  
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He is a playwright, actor and Director who has worked extensively to build a canon of South African theatre.
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* creative talents for people with an interest in arts approaches to career development
  
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Smal has toured the USA, Canada and Europe, appearing on three occasions at Edinburgh Festival as well as Australia and Singapore.
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* local contexts by advocating for and democratizing access to arts and culture
  
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He is the recipient of several awards which acknowledge his contribution to the performing arts in South African.  
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Sibikwa Arts Centre is accredited with [[The Culture, Arts, Tourism, Hospitality, and Sport Sector Education and Training Authority]] ([[CATHSSETA]]) and [[South African Council for Educators]] ([[SACE]]).
  
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PHYLLIS KLOTZ
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==Facilities==
  
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Artistic Director and co founder of the Sibikwa Arts Centre and a graduate of UCT, Phyllis has been involved in Developmental Theatre for many years.  
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The Centre has Sibikwa Arts Centre has 5 studio spaces that can be hired for workshops, meetings, rehearsals or conference break-away rooms; a spacious Dance Studio; Administration Offices; Media Resource Centre; and a Library.  
  
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She has toured extensively throughout southern Africa with plays that deal with topics from Shakespeare to the environment playing in schools, factories, day hospitals wherever people assemble.
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It also has two performance spaces:
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* The [[Sibikwa Theatre]] (capacity 200)
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* The [[Gazatta]] (a performance/workshop space, capacity 150)
  
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Her immersion in the problems of woman in the lower socio-economic group lead her to write collaboratively and direct You Strike a Woman You Strike a Rock. This seminal piece of South African theatre toured extensively at home and abroad.
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==Management and Staff==
  
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She has written several plays with Smal Ndaba (co-founder of Sibikwa) which have garnered several awards for their contribution to South African theatre. These plays published under the title Sibikwa Plays have toured internationally to great acclaim.  
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The Sibikwa Arts Centre team is: [[Caryn Green]] (CEO), [[Keabetswe Galawe]] (Finance Administrator), [[Ntombizivumile Qupe]] (Education Projects Manager), [[Thapelo Kotlolo]] (CATHSSETA Training Coordinator), [[Sipho Michael Mabena]] (Office Administrator), [[Kelly Storom]] (Entrepreneurship, Culture And Democracy Projects Manager), [[Smal Ndaba]] and [[Phyllis Klotz]] (Co-Founders and Consultants). Board Of Directors : [[Rick Edmonds]], [[Mologadi Kekana]], [[Pamela Grayman]] (Chair) and [[Zwelakhe Gumede]].
  
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Recently, Phyllis adapted Bessie Heads novel Maru for the stage the production played to over twenty thousand people.
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Members of staff have included [[Cherice Mangiagalli]] (Dance company artistic director) and [[Neo Leleka]] (African Indigenous Orchestra Musical Director).
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She is the recipient of several awards amongst them the Naledi Life Time Achievement award and most recently was named by The Star newspaper as in the top ten cultural achievers in South Africa.  
 
  
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Finalist Woman of the Year Award 2000, she has been active in formulating a new Arts Policy for South Africa and has worked extensively on Arts Education Policies with the Department of Arts and Culture.
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==Functions==
  
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CHERICE MANGIAGALLI
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===The [[Sibikwa Players]]===
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This professional theatre group, comprising actors, musicians, dancers and singers, is part of the [[Sibikwa Community Theatre Project]] which regularly staged productions primarily with a social community focus, but at the same time of a theatrical and aesthetic standard that made them successful in mainstream theatres, on the local festival circuit and also at festivals in Europe, Singapore, Canada and the USA.
  
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SIBIKWA ARTS DANCE COMPANY
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====Productions====
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Dance company Artistic Director and dance company manager Cherice Mangiagalli is a contemporary trained dancer from the University of Cape Town where she graduated with her BMus in Dance majoring in Contemporary Dance, African Dance and Choreography.
 
  
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She furthered her studies at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro as an exchange student, with her Honours in Choreography and arts administration. After graduating with her Honours, she started her career at the Sibikwa Arts Centre, working in the Community Arts Development as the Artistic Director and Company Manager of the Sibikwa Arts Dance Company.
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Some productions over the years have included:
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NEO LELEKA
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1989: ''[[So Where To?]]''
  
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African Indeginous Orchestra Musical Director has been trained in music at Fuba. He has taught  African percussion at Sibikwa for over six years. . He is the resident composer at Sibikwa, developing original scores for theatre and dance presentations and performances.
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1991: ''[[D.E.T. Boys High]]''
  
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1993: ''[[Ubuntu Bomhlaba – The Humaneness of the World]]''
  
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1994: ''[[Kwela Bafana]]''
  
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Sibikwa Community Theatre Project Benoni. **
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1997: ''[[Uhambo]]''
  
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Organises its plays around the links between the 1950s and the present, utilizing veteran performers from that era. Works include Kwela Bafana (1994) and Uhambo (1997). *Co-presented the Baxter Storytelling Festival in 2005.  ** finalists for the ACT Cultural Development Award 2008
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1999: ''[[Behind Closed Doors]]'', ''[[Isiswe Sethu]]''
  
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The '''Sibikwa Theatre Company''' is headed up by well known and popular theatre directors and playwrights, [[Smal Ndaba]] & [[Phyllis Klotz]]. Through the 22 years of Sibikwas history Sibikwa has produced and directed leading, award wining and cutting edge productions to audiences not only in South Africa but all over the world.THree of the Sibikwa Plays have been published by Heinemann and are on the prescribed list for grade 11.
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2006: ''[[Maru]]''
  
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2007: ''[[Maru]]''
  
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klotz & Ndaba have produced a plethora of productions which utilise theatrical techniques and strategies to engage businesses, government departments, private functions and NGOs. Sibikwa's talented experienced team can deliver anything from extravagant elaborate productions to industrial theatre to the more basic yet equally effect road shows.
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2008: ''[[Maru]]''
  
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Some Theatrical Productions over the years:
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2009: ''[[Animal Farm]]'', ''[[Ma Lindi: Sex Strike]]''
  
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D.E.T Boys High  
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2010: ''[[Ma Lindi: Sex Strike]]''
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Your Strike A Woman, You Strike A Rock  
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Kwela Bafana
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2015: ''[[Uhambo]]'', ''[[Kwela Bafana]]'', ''[[DET Boys’ High]]'' and ''[[So Where To?]]''
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So Where To
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Behind Closed Doors
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2016: ''[[Chapter 2 Section 9]]''
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Ma Lindi The Sex Strike
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Animal Farm
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2017: ''[[Chapter 2 Section 9]]''
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''[[You Strike the Woman You Strike the Rock]]'' (date unknown)
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===[[Sibikwa Arts Academy]]===
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Unique in Gauteng, the multi-disciplinary [[Sibikwa Arts Academy]] offers learners aged 6 to 24 years’ classes in dance, drama, drumming, marimba, recorder, visual arts and reading. Also providing experiential training in leadership, life skills and interpersonal skills, the [[Sibikwa Arts Academy]] affords young people a strong platform to enhance their confidence, improve academic performance and develop careers.
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===Artists In Schools Programme===
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Our Artists In Schools programme builds the capacity of creatives to work as artists-in-residence in schools across Gauteng. Working alongside Creative Arts teachers to enhance the delivery of the CAPS curriculum, our Artists In Schools programme supports the advancement of arts education in schools. This programme is dependent on available project funds.
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===Dipadi Holiday Programme===
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Working intensively with budding young actors, during the July school holidays, our Dipadi – show on – aims to enhance the artistic creativity, confidence and communication skills of school-going learners in Grades 6 – 10. This week programme, which takes place at a camp site in/around Gauteng, includes outdoor activities and theatre sports, with a focus on physical and mental wellbeing.
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===Inclusive Creative Arts Programme===
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The Inclusive Creative Arts programme, located within an inclusive approach, prioritises vocational training and arts entrepreneurship, providing a supportive ecosystem for the holistic development and professional achievement of persons with mixed abilities. This capacity building and skills development programme, designed for out of school, out of work youth, offers a sector-based intervention that addresses the barriers to education and employment for marginalised young people. Learners attend tailor-made classes that cover reading, creative writing, traditional and contemporary performing art forms and administrative and technical skills for theatre.
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===[[CATHSSETA]] Accredited Vocational Training===
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The vocational training programmes target emerging artists and centre managers affiliated with arts centres, in urban, peri-urban and rural areas. Offering accredited Learnerships and Short Courses focusing on product development and market access, these programmes contribute to advancing creative industries across the country. Programmes, including Learnerships in Performing Arts (NQF level 4) and Arts Administration (NQF level 4) and a Short Course in Facilitation (NQF level 5), are dependent on available project funds.
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===[[SACE]] Accredited Teacher-Training Workshops===
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These workshops, accredited by the South African Council for Educators, are designed to enhance the knowledge and expand the tools of Grade 8 and 9 Creative Arts Educators to teach and assess the CAPS curriculum. SACE registered educators are encouraged to apply as a group and on completion of training will receive CPTD points.
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===Adult Classes===
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Creative arts classes for mature participants looking to feed their passion for performance and/or advance their skills to enter a dynamic and rapidly evolving digital and performing arts world. Participants have a choice between attending Sibikwa’s adult acting course or musical theatre course (combining acting, dance and music). Classes take place over 12 weekends.
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===Artists’ Playground===
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These youth development and entrepreneurship boot camps provide an intensive training programme, focusing on the creative and business elements of the arts, to enhance the competencies of young people to professionally enter the industry.
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==Awards==
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Sibikwa was a finalist for the ACT Cultural Development Award in 2008.
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== For more information ==
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'''For more information, see [[Smal Ndaba]] and [[Phyllis Klotz]].'''
  
 
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https://theluvvie.com/2015/06/23/sibikwa-presents-four-classic-plays/
  
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Latest revision as of 12:35, 4 August 2025

Sibikwa Arts Centre is an arts centre located at 13 Liverpool Park, Corner Liverpool and Bolton Roads, Benoni.

Also referred to as the Sibikwa Centre for the Arts.

Sibikwa takes pride in uku’bikwa: the act of pronouncing, announcing and presenting on the world stage, the in-born talents of individuals...as custodians of his-story and her-story.

History

Sibikwa was created in 1988 as a result of a group of Daveyton, East Rand parents voicing their concerns about their childrens' poor attendance at school, lack of focus, the low level of education, the increasing violence and the lack of amenities in the townships. As a result Sibikwa Community Theatre Project was launched by Smal Ndaba and Phyllis Klotz to provide these children with a focus and hope for the future.

Their involvement in theatre began with So Where To? which toured extensively throughout Southern Africa and festivals abroad.

In 1991, Sibikwa moved to it's present location in Liverpool Park, Benoni. The Liverpool Park Complex is a government building managed by the Provincial Department of Public Works. The Department of Sports, Recreation, Arts & Culture (Gauteng) has identified Sibikwa as a Centre of Excellence. The centre is home to a Professional Dance Company, an African Indigenous Orchestra, and an ad hoc Professional Theatre Company.

Through its history, Sibikwa has produced and directed leading, award-wining and cutting-edge productions to audiences not only in South Africa but all over the world. Three of the Sibikwa Plays have been published by Heinemann and are on the prescribed list for grade 11 learners.

Purpose

The purpose of the Sibikwa Arts Centre is to advance:

  • the talents of South African children and youth through inclusive arts education programmes
  • the cultural landscape with performances that entertain, educate and enlighten audiences
  • South African stories on the global stage, in corporate environments and in educational spaces
  • skills development and job creation through accredited vocational training programmes
  • creative talents for people with an interest in arts approaches to career development
  • local contexts by advocating for and democratizing access to arts and culture

Sibikwa Arts Centre is accredited with The Culture, Arts, Tourism, Hospitality, and Sport Sector Education and Training Authority (CATHSSETA) and South African Council for Educators (SACE).

Facilities

The Centre has Sibikwa Arts Centre has 5 studio spaces that can be hired for workshops, meetings, rehearsals or conference break-away rooms; a spacious Dance Studio; Administration Offices; Media Resource Centre; and a Library.

It also has two performance spaces:

Management and Staff

The Sibikwa Arts Centre team is: Caryn Green (CEO), Keabetswe Galawe (Finance Administrator), Ntombizivumile Qupe (Education Projects Manager), Thapelo Kotlolo (CATHSSETA Training Coordinator), Sipho Michael Mabena (Office Administrator), Kelly Storom (Entrepreneurship, Culture And Democracy Projects Manager), Smal Ndaba and Phyllis Klotz (Co-Founders and Consultants). Board Of Directors : Rick Edmonds, Mologadi Kekana, Pamela Grayman (Chair) and Zwelakhe Gumede.

Members of staff have included Cherice Mangiagalli (Dance company artistic director) and Neo Leleka (African Indigenous Orchestra Musical Director).

Functions

The Sibikwa Players

This professional theatre group, comprising actors, musicians, dancers and singers, is part of the Sibikwa Community Theatre Project which regularly staged productions primarily with a social community focus, but at the same time of a theatrical and aesthetic standard that made them successful in mainstream theatres, on the local festival circuit and also at festivals in Europe, Singapore, Canada and the USA.

Productions

Some productions over the years have included:

1989: So Where To?

1991: D.E.T. Boys High

1993: Ubuntu Bomhlaba – The Humaneness of the World

1994: Kwela Bafana

1997: Uhambo

1999: Behind Closed Doors, Isiswe Sethu

2006: Maru

2007: Maru

2008: Maru

2009: Animal Farm, Ma Lindi: Sex Strike

2010: Ma Lindi: Sex Strike

2015: Uhambo, Kwela Bafana, DET Boys’ High and So Where To?

2016: Chapter 2 Section 9

2017: Chapter 2 Section 9

You Strike the Woman You Strike the Rock (date unknown)

Sibikwa Arts Academy

Unique in Gauteng, the multi-disciplinary Sibikwa Arts Academy offers learners aged 6 to 24 years’ classes in dance, drama, drumming, marimba, recorder, visual arts and reading. Also providing experiential training in leadership, life skills and interpersonal skills, the Sibikwa Arts Academy affords young people a strong platform to enhance their confidence, improve academic performance and develop careers.

Artists In Schools Programme

Our Artists In Schools programme builds the capacity of creatives to work as artists-in-residence in schools across Gauteng. Working alongside Creative Arts teachers to enhance the delivery of the CAPS curriculum, our Artists In Schools programme supports the advancement of arts education in schools. This programme is dependent on available project funds.

Dipadi Holiday Programme

Working intensively with budding young actors, during the July school holidays, our Dipadi – show on – aims to enhance the artistic creativity, confidence and communication skills of school-going learners in Grades 6 – 10. This week programme, which takes place at a camp site in/around Gauteng, includes outdoor activities and theatre sports, with a focus on physical and mental wellbeing.

Inclusive Creative Arts Programme

The Inclusive Creative Arts programme, located within an inclusive approach, prioritises vocational training and arts entrepreneurship, providing a supportive ecosystem for the holistic development and professional achievement of persons with mixed abilities. This capacity building and skills development programme, designed for out of school, out of work youth, offers a sector-based intervention that addresses the barriers to education and employment for marginalised young people. Learners attend tailor-made classes that cover reading, creative writing, traditional and contemporary performing art forms and administrative and technical skills for theatre.

CATHSSETA Accredited Vocational Training

The vocational training programmes target emerging artists and centre managers affiliated with arts centres, in urban, peri-urban and rural areas. Offering accredited Learnerships and Short Courses focusing on product development and market access, these programmes contribute to advancing creative industries across the country. Programmes, including Learnerships in Performing Arts (NQF level 4) and Arts Administration (NQF level 4) and a Short Course in Facilitation (NQF level 5), are dependent on available project funds.

SACE Accredited Teacher-Training Workshops

These workshops, accredited by the South African Council for Educators, are designed to enhance the knowledge and expand the tools of Grade 8 and 9 Creative Arts Educators to teach and assess the CAPS curriculum. SACE registered educators are encouraged to apply as a group and on completion of training will receive CPTD points.

Adult Classes

Creative arts classes for mature participants looking to feed their passion for performance and/or advance their skills to enter a dynamic and rapidly evolving digital and performing arts world. Participants have a choice between attending Sibikwa’s adult acting course or musical theatre course (combining acting, dance and music). Classes take place over 12 weekends.

Artists’ Playground

These youth development and entrepreneurship boot camps provide an intensive training programme, focusing on the creative and business elements of the arts, to enhance the competencies of young people to professionally enter the industry.

Awards

Sibikwa was a finalist for the ACT Cultural Development Award in 2008.

For more information

For more information, see Smal Ndaba and Phyllis Klotz.

Sources

http://www.sibikwa.co.za/

https://theluvvie.com/2015/06/23/sibikwa-presents-four-classic-plays/

Return to

Return to South African Theatre Venues, Companies, Societies, etc

Return to The ESAT Entries

Return to Main Page

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