| ANSISTERS PROGRAMME |
| 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16... |
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Fri 5
| PARTICIPANTS SET UP |
09h00 - 15h00
| Participants set up installations and artworks.
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16h00
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| Guides are taken on a tour through the exhibition. |
| Sat 6 - Sun 7 | PERFORMANCE REHEARSALS |
09h00 - 17h00
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| Participants to be present to assist, explain, prepare, rehearse, perform for the event (including visual artists). |
Sun 7 Eve
| PREVIEW EVENT |
16h30 for 19h00
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Mon 8 Day
| EMPOWERMENT WALK |
15h00 - 20h30
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| Empowerment walk from
Hillbrow Theatre to Constitution Hill and back. Drumming and street theatre performed by children.
detailed programme |
| Mon 8 Eve | OPENING CELEBRATION |
18h30 for 19h00 Old Fort on
Constitution Hill,
1 Kotze St,
Braamfontein,
Johannesburg.
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RSVP
(011) 486 4777 or
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| CELEBRATING THE
EVE OF WOMEN'S DAY
Performances and artworks will be presented in the format of an arts festival. Visitors can walk around the spaces and choose which performances to engage with.
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SPEAKERS
• Lauren Segal
Director of Programming and Curator of the Women's Jail
• Yvette Abrahams
Historian from Cape Town University, very knowledgeble on the Saartjie Baartman story.
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PERFORMERS
• Hearing Visions by Mmatshilo Motsei
• Sitting by the Fire by Eugenie Grobler
• Colours of the Diaspora (excerpts)
• Searching for a Saviour dialogue
• Gumboot Opera
by Napo Masheane and Kalaneng Art Tracks ***Napo's performances have been cancelled due to a lack of funding, Nhotemba Sulupa and the Alexandria Community Project have stepped in to replace these performances***
• Patterns Outside My Head
by Janine Lewis, Rantebeng Makapan and Bonisile Nxumalo
• Activation
by Janine Lewis and the Imagination Lab
• Children's Street Theatre
by the Hillbrow Theatre Outreach Project
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20h00 - 22h00
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• Family Constellations Africa Workshop
presented by Svenja Wachter |
Tues 9 Day
| THE BRIDGE FESTIVAL |
10h00 - 16h00
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| Women's Day Bridge Festival from Constitution Hill to Hillbrow Theatre
detailed programme
(Hlumelo caregivers workshop commences) |
10h30 -11h30
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Inside [looking in] by Janine Lewis
at Constitution Hill.
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11h30 - 11h45
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by Natalia Molebatsi
at Constitution Hill.
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11h45 - 13h30
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| Street theatre performance from Constitution Hill to Hillbrow Theatre.
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13h00 - 14h20
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facilitated by Anne Marie-Moore
at the Lawns, the Women's Jail, Constitution Hill.
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13h30 - 13h45
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by Natalia Molebatsi
at Hillbrow Theatre entrance.
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15h30 - 17h00
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facilitated by Anne Marie-Moore
in the Mandela Cell, at the Old Fort, Constitution Hill.
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14h15 - 15h15
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| ‘My Granny!’
by the Children of the
Hillbrow Community Outreach Theatre Project
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16h00 - 17h30
top • (map) | THE (WOMB) MAN Performance by Nhotemba Sulupha and the Alexandria Community Project at the Hillbrow Theatre. COLOURS OF THE DIASPORA
Performance by Napo Mosheane and company at the Hillbrow Theatre ***Napo's performances have been cancelled due to a lack of funding. We apologise for any inconveniances this may have caused***
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| Tues 9 Eve | WOMEN'S JAIL OPENING |
19h00
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Tues 9 - Fri 12
| WORKSHOPS |
10h00 - 16h00
every day
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| Caregivers Workshop
presented by Eugenie Grobler
An introduction to Hlumelo theatre therapy at the Women's Jail Lekgotla, Constitution Hill.
Seven sessions over four days for a maximum of 25 participants. |
| Wed 10 Day | WORKSHOPS |
09h30 - 12h00
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| Prayer Flags Workshop
facilitated by Anne Marie-Moore
in Conference Room B, at the Women's Jail, Constitution Hill.
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13h30 - 17h00
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| Family Constellations Africa Workshop
presented by Svenja Wachter at the Women's Jail, Conference Room B.
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14h00 - 15h30
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| Mandalas Workshop
facilitated by Anne Marie-Moore
at the Lawns, the Women's Jail, Constitution Hill.
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| Thurs 11 Day | WORKSHOPS |
09h30 - 12h30
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| Family Constellations Africa Workshop
presented by Svenja Wachter at the Women's Jail, Conference Room B. |
09h30 - 11h30
top • (map) | Bonolo Botshelo Screening
facilitated by Anne Marie-Moore
in the Mandela Cell, at the Old Fort, Constitution Hill.
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13h30 - 17h00
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| Introduction to Forum Theatre
presented by Janine Lewis at the Old Fort in the Conference Room, Constitution Hill.
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13h30 - 15h30
top • (map) | Prayer Flags Workshop
facilitated by Anne Marie-Moore
in Conference Room A, the Women's Jail, Constitution Hill
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17h00 -18h30
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facilitated by Anne Marie-Moore
in the Education Centre, the Old Fort, Constitution Hill.
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| Fri 12 Day | WORKSHOPS |
09h30 - 13h00
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| Drama Therapy Workshop
presented by Amanda Gifford at the Old Fort, the Conference Room, Constitution Hill.
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13h30 - 17h00
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| Introduction to Forum Theatre
presented by Janine Lewis at the Old Fort, the Conference Room, Constitution Hill.
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| Sat 13 Day | FACILITATOR'S FORUM |
09h00 - 12h00
top • (map) | This first roundtable discussion will be held at the Women's Jail Lekgotla, Constitution Hill, for facilitators in creative education, public programmes and community projects.
Facilitated by Eugenie Grobler.
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| September | GALA AUCTION DINNER |
To be confirmed
top • (map) | Artwork will be auctioned at the Women's Jail Atrium. Of the funds generated by the Ansisters Festival will go towards the Starfish Foundation: supporting the mothers of the nation.
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| Sun 14 | CLOSING CEREMONY |
16h00
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A toast to a job very well done... see you same time, next year.
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| Mon 15 | ANSISTERS ART EXHIBITION |
09H00 - 17H00
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| Tue 16 | SCREENING |
16h30 - ?
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presented by Anne Marie-Moore
at Constitution Hill
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Updated 06 August 2005 at www.face.org.za, author: webweaver.
