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Applications for The Market Theatre Laboratory’s renowned Theatre and Performance full-time course open from 1 August – 30 September 2025, for study in 2026. We are looking for talented, [...]

On the 30th of October 2020, history was made as Peeling Shadows was the first live play to debut at the Market Foundation since the Level 5 Lockdown was implemented, performed by the Kwasha! [...]

The Market Theatre Laboratory presents their next Theatre Think Tank instalment, with a focus on women as active participants during live theatre performances. Titled Her Lens: Provocations from [...]

The Market Theatre Laboratory presents the 2025 first-year student production, Isilawu, a new work which invites audiences into the cracks of Newtown, Johannesburg’s storied cultural precinct [...]

It is with the heaviest of hearts that The Market Theatre Foundation announces the passing of Sibusiso Ndumndum, who not only is a graduate from The Market Theatre Laboratory but who worked [...]

Msodra Lite is a coming of age narrative about the life of a young boy Thapelo Rammila aka Msodra who finds his rooting in Soweto pre democracy, during the era of negotiations that saw the rise [...]

Following a successful staged reading, Sentebale makes its official premiere this August. Sentebale follows a young girl who finds herself in a strange place. Each moment serves to unravel clues [...]

The Market Theatre Laboratory and Lule Productions present ‘Graveland’, a deeply relevant, cutting-edge and urgent work that advocates for unity among Africans, calls out xenophobic rhetoric and [...]

The Market Lab will continue hosting the Saturday Showcases, Dlala Wena! in 2025. Many moons ago, theatre practitioners from all around Johannesburg would gather at The Market Lab on a Saturday [...]

On 1 March 2025, The Market Theatre Laboratory will present its first Theatre Think Tank instalment for 2025, titled Satire, Subversion & Sacrilege: We Laugh So That We Do Not Scream. This [...]