Productions
Magnet Theatre’s award winning EVERY YEAR EVERY DAY I AM WALKING has toured extensively in South Africa and Africa, to 18 countries around the world. It was created in 2008 in response to the crisis facing refugees in South Africa, exploring the theme of migrancy as the iconic image of our time. With forced migration numbers growing yearly, the production retains its relevancy.
Commissioned by the African Festival for Children and Youth Theatre in Yaoundé, Cameroon.
A piece about dislocation, about what home means. It explores what it means to lose the safety and security of home as a result of war and the consequences of that irrevocable loss in the life of a young girl. It traces the story of a young girl who loses family and home brutally and irrevocably and is forced to journey to a new place through many dangers and uncertainties. How does this young person make a new home in a strange place and how does she heal the terrifying losses that are part of her story? These are the questions asked and answered. It is uplifting theatre that celebrates the ability of human beings to heal and regain a sense of dignity and identity through the power of the imagination.
The production was influenced by the creative workshops run by Judith Rudakoff of York University and Mark Fleishman as part of the Common Plants Project – a collaborative creative process exploring notions of home with people in South Africa and Canada. In the creation of the play Magnet Theatre was also inspired by The Suitcase Stories – a book that was produced as part of a creative therapy process with refugee children initiated by Glynis Clacherty in Johannesburg.
Jennie Reznek and Faniswa Yisa jointly won the Best Actress Award at the 2009 Aardklop Festival for their performances in Every Year, Everyday, I am Walking and the production was nominated for Best Foreign Production of 2009 in the Argentinian Theatre Awards.
“Creative sorcery: Simplicity is the key to this profoundly moving tale about loss and survival. Exquisite.”
Adrienne Sichel, Argus Tonight
“Powerful drama beautifully portrayed. Settle in to witness a different type of theatre.”Â
Brett Adkins, The Herald
“Expect to be transformed.”
Anton Krueger, Cue
Dates
2006-2019
Places performed
African Festival of Youth and Children’s Theatre in Yaounde, Cameroon (2006) with further performances at the National Festival of the Arts in Grahamstown (2007 and 2009), Cape Town (2007 and 2010), Johannesburg (2008), Hilton Festival (2008), KKNK (2009), Aardklop (2009), in 9 SADC countries (2008/9) and Oval House, London (2010); as well as at the London International Festival of Theatre (2006/7), Proyecto Festival, Argentina (2009); Juice Festival, Newcastle-Gateshead (2009); International Theatre Festival of Kerala, India (2009) Oval House, London(2010), IDEA Congress, Brazil (2010), ASSITEJ World Conference 2011 in Malmo Sweden, Schone Aussicht (Bright View) in Stuttgart, Germany in 2012, Cena Contemporânea – Festival Internacional De Teatro De BrasÃlia in Brasilia, Brazil, Kijimuna Festa 2012 / Assitej International Meeting in Okinawa, Japan, a residency at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA in 2013, Escapades Festival for Young Audiences in Paris, France in 2013 and in Shikoku Island, Japan 2018 and the Baxter Theatre in Cape Town in 2019.
Credits
Directed by Mark Fleishman
Created with the Company
Performed by Jennie Reznek and Faniswa Yisa (Noluvuyo Sam)
Set design: Julia Anastasopoulos
Music composed and performed by Neo Muyanga
Articles
REVIEW: EVERY YEAR, EVERY DAY, I AM WALKING
This reprise of one of Magnet Theatre’s crowning jewels is a beautifully evocative piece of physical theatre.
Review: Evocative EVERY YEAR, EVERY DAY, I AM WALKING at Baxter Theatre Centre Cannot Be Missed
Magnet Theatre's award-winning EVERY YEAR, EVERY DAY, I AM WALKING returns over a decade later after its initial creation in 2006.
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