Artistic Programme 2021/22
THE SOUTH AFRICAN STATE THEATRE ONLINE ARTISTIC PROGRAMME
Dear Patron , I trust that you are well and keeping safe, even as we are observing the protocols of
Lockdown that has kept us away from each other. Yet, for the sake of seeing each other again, we must stay away for a while, until it is safe to gather together again in the not so distant future. This year we will celebrate the 39th birthday of The South African State Theatre (SAST) and Africa Day 2020 during a lockdown and as a result we are unable to gather as audiences and performers in an auditorium, to sing, to dance, to speak, to cheer, to clap and to celebrate. But, celebrate we will – thus we are privileged to employ the technology which enables us to connect once more as audiences and performers, and allow us to speak once more on a stage, although you, our audiences, will now bejoining us from your homes. Over the years, our vision has, since circa 2008, been to produce high quality digital stage recordings for broadcast. In 2014, I went as far as ……