Check out the programme and follow #ShakeSpier for updates! shakespeare.org.za/programme

Such an engaging few days at #ShakeSpier with these two lovelies! ShakespeareZA

Fantastic to hear these fascinating keynotes in an altogether wonderful conference. Very grateful to be able to attend and hear many stimulating papers and discussions. Thanks ShakespeareZA The Tsikinya-Chaka Centre #ShakeSpier

Today at 13:00 (SAST), Ifeoluwa Aboluwade will be giving a talk on Femi Osofisan and Shakespeare. She is hosted by African Literature @Wits, The Tsikinya-Chaka Centre and the Wits University English Dept. Feel free to join in person if you’re in Joburg - otherwise via Zoom at wits-za.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Great blog by Carel Nolte on the recent conference of the Shakespeare Society of Southern Africa, in partnership with The Tsikinya-Chaka Centre, held last week at Spier. The Tsikinya-Chaka Centre CN&CO Spier Wine Farm cnandco.com/shakespeare-at…

Out now! 'Global Shakespeare and Social Injustice' ed. by Chris Thurman & Sandra Young probes the relationship between Shakespeare studies and social injustice, helping us imagine what radical pedagogy and theatre-making might look like. Read more: bit.ly/3OQ2Szx

Two weeks have passed since "Shakespeare Towards An End" kicked off at Spier Wine Farm. What a fantastic conference it was! #ShakeSpier shakespeare.org.za/news/2023/6/5/…

What a finale! Chris Thurman will be a guest in my lecture class next Tuesday (4pm; Hörsaal C) Universität zu Köln the title is: “Eating Shakespeare in South Africa - from A Midsummer Ice Cream to Speak Me A Speech” Join us!! The Tsikinya-Chaka Centre Judith Rauscher susannegruss.bsky.social @PavelDrabek

Gauteng teachers! Here is a fantastic opportunity to discover a new classroom tool for teaching Shakespeare. On 5 and 12 August, Gina Bloom and Lauren Bates will be offering free workshops on using the Mixed Reality game Play the Knave to introduce Shakespeare to your learners.

Details: Sat 5 August (Christ Church College, Midrand) or Sat 12 August (Wits University, Braamfontein) from 9:00-12:00, followed by lunch. Read more: shakespeare.org.za/news/2023/7/14… Register (5 August): docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI… Register (12 August): docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Fantastic workshop taking place Wits University this morning! Gina Bloom and Lauren Bates (Educasions) are presenting mixed reality game Play the Knave to a group of teachers who are learning about new ways to introduce their students to Shakespeare in a fun and accessible way.

TCC director Chris Thurman is running the Otter Challenge and raising funds for Wits University students. Please consider supporting this worthy cause!

Desperately sad to hear of the death of James Loehlin, director of the Shakespeare at Winedale programme and a much-loved professor at UT Austin. James was a brilliant and inspirational teacher, theatre maker and mentor. He had a great gift for working with young people and … /1

… bringing out the best in them. I had the good fortune of being able to observe his passion, commitment, insight, good humour and gentleness when I visited Winedale last year. James was a generous collaborator and dozens of Wits University students also learned from him. /2

Wits University The UT students whose lives James enriched over decades must number in the thousands. His light shone brightly to guide others. What a tremendous loss. Condolences to his wife Laurel and to the many, many friends, colleagues and former students who are mourning his passing. /3

We are in the beautiful Pam Golding Theatre at Baxter Theatre today, shooting Anelisa Phewa talking about the Speak Me A Speech project. Anelisa’s isiZulu translation of Shakespeare’s “anti-xenophobic speech” from Sir Thomas More is one of the first five amazing monologues.

Just a few weeks to go until Toyota Stellenbosch Woordfees preview screenings (10 & 13 October) of Speak Me A Speech. Anelisa is a new EasyEquities fan - as he explains in this video, “anybody can and everybody should” use this accessible investment platform! (Sign up at bit.ly/44NAF1A)

A quick reminder that there is another free preview screening of SPEAK ME A SPEECH at Toyota Stellenbosch Woordfees in Stellenbosch tomorrow, 13 October, at 2pm. Shakespeare in Afrikaans, Setswana and isiZulu (with a glimpse behind the scenes). Thanks again EasyEquities! woordfees.co.za/en/program/spe…

🚨EXCITING NEWS🚨 MEMOs are very happy to announce that we will be hosting our first conference this year! The theme will be ‘New Encounters’ and it will take place from 11th-14th December 2025 in Cape Town, South Africa and Online. Please find the CFP below: