Theatre
'The Head and the Load' has landed
09 April 2023 - 00:00
It has been five years since The Head and the Load, William Kentridge’s ambitious project about the experiences of Africans in World War 1, debuted on a 75m stage in the Turbine Hall at London's Tate Modern. After much negotiation and planning, and the abandoning of a wild idea that it would be mounted in the concourse of Joburg’s Park Station, the production was scheduled to take place at the Joburg Theatre in April 2020. Covid-19 put paid to that...
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