Bachaki Theatre
Bachaki Theatre is a theatre group founded in 1987 by Thulani Sifeni, Jake Chika, Muntu wa Bachaki (pseudonym of Angifi Dladla) and Mavuso Mavuso.
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History
The birth of the Bachaki Theatre (Bachaki meaning “visitors” or “travellers”) goes back to 1987 when a group of artists from various townships such as Soweto, Atteridgeville and Vosloorus, after thirteen months of research, workshops and writing, presented their first production, Top Down.
Productions
The first production was Top Down (1988), followed among others by Thulani Mtshali’s Golden Gloves (1991), Devil’s Den (1995)?* and Weemen (National Arts Festival, 1996).
Sources
Coray-Dapretto 1996.
Andile Xaba. 2021. 'Collective memory and the construction of a historical narrative, analysis and interpretation of selected Soweto-based community plays (1984–1994)'. Unpublished PhD thesis.
Lorenza Coray-Dapretto. From the People to the People: South African Fringe Theatre. https://www.unige.ch/math/folks/coray/lorenza/PDF/fringe.pdf
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