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REVIEW: ANTIGONE (NOT QUITE/QUIET)
More of an intellectual workout than a piece of theatre, Mark Fleishman’s provocative reimagining of Sophocles’ much-staged tragedy is memorable for its energy, insight and courage.
Review: Snapped
I don’t know how to write this. I am on the verge of tears again, the morning after watching Snapped.
Review: Snapped
Magnet Theatre’s Snapped, written by Jennie Reznek and directed by Mark Fleishman is an intensely beautiful and personal piece of theatre– knitted and layered – with images, ideas, words, voice, music (heart stopping original music by Neo Muyanga).
Surge by the Magnet Theatre
Magnet Theatre’s Climate Change Project, Surge, directed by Roshina Ratnam and designed by Hansie Visagie is set to perform at Magnet Theatre and tour to selected sites – schools and community centres – in October 2022.
Review: Oedipus at Colonus
Oedipus at Colonus #aftersophocles is vividly imaged, achingly grieving theatre by Magnet Theatre in collaboration with the Baxter Theatre. Brilliant Magnet Youth Company and veteran theatre makers, Andrew Buckland, Jennie Reznek, Faniswa Yisa. Stirring playscript by Qondiswa James (#aftersophocles)
A South African reimagining of a Greek tragedy at the Baxter
Director Mark Fleishman, with actors Andrew Buckland, Jennie Reznek, Faniswa Yisa and the Magnet Theatre Youth Company, transpose the tragedy of modern South Africa into the context of the classical Grecian play, in their play, ‘Oedipus at Colonus #aftersophocles’.