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1978: [[Zakes Mda]]’s ''[[Dark Voices Ring]]''
 
1978: [[Zakes Mda]]’s ''[[Dark Voices Ring]]''
  
1980: ''[[The Hill]]''  
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1980: ''[[The Hill]]'', ''[[Cowboy Mouth]]''
  
and [[Kessie Govender]]’s ''[[Working Class Hero]]''. Also the South African premiéres of Sam Shepard’s ''[[Cowboy Mouth]]'' and David Hare’s ''[[Fanshen]]''.  
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and [[Kessie Govender]]’s ''[[Working Class Hero]]''.  and David Hare’s ''[[Fanshen]]''.  
  
 
1981: ''[[Alice!]]'', ''[[The Marionettes of Cachiporra]]''
 
1981: ''[[Alice!]]'', ''[[The Marionettes of Cachiporra]]''

Revision as of 13:53, 22 May 2026

The People's Space (Volksruimte in Afrikaans/Indawo Yezizwe in Xhosa) was a continuation of the Space Theatre after the original founder Brian Astbury and his wife Yvonne Bryceland left to settle in England in 1979.

Renamed under the management of Rob Amato and backed by Muriel Fine and others, the theatre continued its predecessor’s provocative work, though often serving rather as venue than as production company, till 1981.

Productions

Among the significant new works were:

Matsemela Manaka’s Egoli

1978: Zakes Mda’s Dark Voices Ring

1980: The Hill, Cowboy Mouth

and Kessie Govender’s Working Class Hero. and David Hare’s Fanshen.

1981: Alice!, The Marionettes of Cachiporra

Sources

Loren Kruger, 1999: 163

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