AFDA Red Roof Theatre

24/11/2021

Booking details for "Pherekano", a new one-person show created and performed by Letsile Moeti.

After a troubled childhood hindered by an alcoholic father, Longwe takes to the streets. Whilst living on the streets he learns new life lessons and begins to grow compassion for all people no matter what their story is or where they come from. 

24/11/2021

Booking deatils for "Lunch" by the esteemed Steven Berkoff.

Lunch written by the iconic Steven Berkoff and adapted by AFDA honours company, explores sexual conquest, masculinity and when no means no. Set on the Durban beachfront three characters a man, woman and a ghost search for meaning in and through each other.

24/11/2021

It is Graduation Festival time again at AFDA! From tonight til Friday (24-26 Nov), you can catch these searing, though-provoking, and moving plays as part of the Postgraduate Acting Course. Lunch at 19.30 and Pherekano at 20,30. Booking details to follow via Quicket.

01/12/2020

Girls and Guys, it is Grad Fest Season Time.

Yes AFDA JHB Grad Fest kicks off in a couple of days.

Go over to the link to book your tickets https://qkt.io/BAQNh3

27/08/2020

And there you have it ladies and gentlemen. all the shows are sold out, yip its a full house all round.

Thanks to all who booked their spaces, can't wait to see you virtually
😀😁😁😄😃😆

27/08/2020

Have you booked your tickets yet???
Tickets are selling fast.😎😍

25/08/2020

the AFDAMUSERS present to you their play, Oh Love, What Have You Done This Time. love is tricky, but this family takes it there! get to know us 💍

to find out more visit http://festival.afda.co.za/ and https://www.instagram.com/afdamusers/ for a sneak peek.

25/08/2020

AFDA's Class of 2020 Presents A Magical Adaptation of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s "Virtual" Dream.

Visit:https://www.instagram.com/amidsummersnightsvirtualdream/?igshid=1bzq1obsc0rf8 for more info about tickets

25/08/2020

AFDA's Annual Experimental Festival will be held online this year.

Please visit http://festival.afda.co.za/ to be a part of our virtual festival 2020

12/11/2019

The Red Roof starts shakin' and stompin' again with this year's Grad Fest! More details coming soon...

🎓🎉 Discover emerging young creatives at the AFDA Graduation Festival 2019 🎉🎓



Over the last 25 years AFDA students in their final year of their Undergraduate or Postgraduate degrees showcase their work at the annual AFDA Graduation Festival The festival is a multi-faceted and multi-medium event, which is hosted in Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban and Port Elizabeth in various cinema, theatre and studio venues. 👏🏽👏🏾👏🏻



The AFDA Graduation Festival 2019 will showcase over 130 productions from the respective AFDA campuses. These include live action short films, animation films, documentary films, telenovela pilots, theatre plays and live music performance shows (EP releases). 🎶🎧



Our final year Undergraduate BCom in Business Innovation & Entrepreneurship students will be presenting and reporting the results of their innovative and disruptive, monetised and up and running start-ups to shareholders and potential shareholders at the festival. A couple examples of what to expect from them is: Free Form – Doctor on your app, for health video check- ups and prescriptions and 4 Lads - an Immersive Education app using holograms and gaming as teaching tools. ⚙️🛠️📱®️


“The annual AFDA Graduation Festival is an important platform for our final year Undergraduate and Postgraduate students to showcase the final practical outcome of their qualification. This outcome is the culmination of their learning journey at AFDA and finding their voice as young creatives🎤. The content the AFDA graduates create is culturally relevant and engaging content for their chosen target markets. Many meaningful industry collaborations and connections have resulted from our Graduation Festival in previous years, creating opportunities for AFDA students as well as industry and media stakeholders alike.” says AFDA CEO Teresa Passchier. 👑



Previous graduation productions have been hugely successful both locally and abroad. These include the film ‘Elalini’, directed by Tristan Holmes, which won the Best Foreign Student Film Oscar in 2006, 'Kanye Kanye' which won over 20 best short film awards worldwide, and was a finalist for the Oscars and Cannes in 2012. 'Die Windpomp' and “Hollywood in my Huis” which were initially AFDA student films and later developed into feature films. AFDA student films have also won 8 SAFTA’s in the "Best Student Film" category. This year also saw 16 AFDA graduation films selected by Showmax and AFDA to stream live on Showmax. 😉🎥



Please visit and follow https://www.afda.co.za/Student-Work.html to find out more about all the Graduation Festival productions: Check out posters/synopsises/trailers/Behind the Scenes and more.

28/06/2019

Both Joburg Postgrad shows opened yesterday at National Arts Festival Makhanda! What an amazing 1st day of . Let's do it all again today! AFDA Johannesburg Research Hub - AFDA Johannesburg

21/06/2019

After taking Experimental Festival by storm with the moving, dreamlike PHITLHO, and then getting audiences dancing and halooing in delight with MISSADVENTURES, the Honours LP students are prepping for their first foray to National Arts Festival Makhanda next week. As can be expected, excitement is through the roof!! The MissAdventures of the GenderFemder-Benders

14/06/2019

THE NEW TESTAMENT

The New Testament follows the narrative of twins whose train crashes outside an all-woman village where no men are allowed. One of the twins disguises himself as a woman in order to find refuge in the village, while the other is found on the outskirts. Following a journey of discovering this new society filled with a strong history and feminine culture, the two are left to adapt and grow in their own peculiar way, in this densely plotted narrative.

Presented by 3rd Year Stage students.

14/06/2019

ZWELETHU

Zwelethu follows a story of the cycle of revolution, the play of evolution of power and explores the theme of Democracy and the deception that actually comes with it. The play explores an election which sees Zini, a democratic leader loved by the people, win the election and is thus inducted into power.

During the induction, however, she is assassinated, leaving Kumkani (the opposition) to rule Zwelethu once again, supported by “the Elite/Illuminati/the powers that be.” We realize that Kumkani is merely a puppet used by the elite to enforce rules via oppression, onto the people of Zwelethu.

Presented by 3rd Year Music Performance students.

14/06/2019

LOVE AND OTHER CRIMES

Through the eyes of four individuals living in the same apartment building, we explore each of their journeys of love through their experiences. Living in close proximity, Casey, Gary, Dave and Iris are bound to interact, connect and disconnect.

Presented by 3rd Year Stage students.

14/06/2019

The line-up today in the Red Roof Theatre:

13:00 - Love and Other Crimes (3rd Yr Stage production)
15:30 - Zwelethu (3rd Year Music Performance production)
18:00 - The New Testament (3rd Year Stage production)
20:30 - Phitlho (the hidden)(Honours Stage production)

Come beat the wintry chills with some hot performances of young talent!

11/06/2019

Experimental Festival is almost upon us!

Honours Stage Students present:

PHITLHO (the hidden)

DATES & TIMES: 13 June - 18:00; 14 June - 20:00; 15 June - 15:30.

Devised and performed by: Kuena Khama, Ipelegeng Leepile, Hlobile Makukule, Lehloanyane Mohapi, Koketso Motlhabane, Bathabile Ngxingweni, Maboroko Ramusi, Sebenzile Sibiya, and Jaco Van Zyl.

Secrets have a way of coming out. In a small town in the hinterland lives a dysfunctional yet close family. A terrible secret is being harboured: the hiding of a sibling with Down syndrome. With the arrival of foreigners in the middle of a celebration, the family confronts the truth and has to find a way forward. Visual, accessible, sometimes comic; always human. Language no problem.

Facilitator and Director: Rob Murray
Masks: Strangeface. With thanks to Vamos Theatre (UK)

06/06/2019

Coming up next week at Experimental Festival:

Honours Music Performance presents

The MissAdventures of The GenderFemder-benders

A Drag Cabaret.
Jenny Rator, the infamous diva and long-time performer at Club Q receives shocking news that the owner is considering replacing her with the younger and progressive down-right abrasive Mitzy! What's more is that the arrogant know-it-all Mitzy has to be mentored by Jenny! The nerve! The shade! The Music!

Together the two examine notions of drag, masculinity, LGBT history and pop culture to battle it out for the position. From Gaynor to Gaga, no diva is safe! Will old-school prevail or is it time for a new queen to be crowned?

Devised and Performed by Juan Enslin and Justin Jacobs.

Directed by André Dellow.

Age Restriction: 18 Language, Prejudice, Sexual References & Themes

RED ROOF THEATRE: 12 June 18:00; 13 June 20:30; 15 June 20:30