A Magical Year

A Magical Year

By Heather Gielink As we prepare for 2023’s curtain call, I look back in awe of this year that was. And what a year! We kicked off by doing what we love most – activating young minds to step away from the pressures and challenges faced in their communities and to...
Thandi Finds A Fossil

Thandi Finds A Fossil

By Vincent Meyburgh Last year on one of the darker days of lockdown I was contacted by Dr Wendy Taylor who is a palaeontologist and educator at UCT, and avid puppet theatre enthusiast. She was inspired by the idea of creating a puppet program about all the wealth of...
The Magic Shell

The Magic Shell

I am very proud of my heritage, how about you? Heritage is a deceptively simple idea. It can be considered to be made up of the practices and traditions that are passed on from parents to children, but it also has to do with what has been passed on from the family,...
Spreading of Wings

Spreading of Wings

By Vincent Meyburgh This year Jungle Theatre Company has been like a butterfly emerging from its cocoon or like a colorful bird breaking through its eggshell. The projects we have been developing during lock down were finally able to reach live audiences. Our play...
Is this a bushman story?

Is this a bushman story?

Can I even say bushman? I’ve heard that the bushmen call themselves bushmen. Is it a Khoisan folktale? I’ve heard the Koi and the San were very different people. To lump them into one word is racist, I have been told. Is it San mythology? The word San has also been...