Dhlomo Theatre

DHLOMO THEATRE, THE Johannesburg. *** (situated a hundred yards from the Market Theatre) and opened 21 March 1983 with Night of the Long Wake by Dukuza Ka Macu. Benjy Francis (dir). Takes place 16 June, 1976 but is about the actions & reactions of a group of people. Owen Sejake, Mavuso Tshabalala, Nandi Nyembe, Dambisa Kente, Aubrey Sekese. An Africanist theatre group ***They performed at the Market Theatre ** [Kruger, 1999: 153, ] The Dhlomo Theatre In 1983 a group of artists, aware of the contribution made by Dhlomo, found & named a theatre after him: The Dhlomo Theatre (situated a hundred yards from the Market Theatre) and opened 21 March 1983 with Night of the Long Wake by Dukuza Ka Macu. Benjy Francis (dir). Takes place 16 June, 1976 but is about the actions & reactions of a group of people. Owen Sejake, Mavuso Tshabalala, Nandi Nyembe, Dambisa Kente, Fats Bookholane.

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