Overview
The Fugard Theatre Bioscope was proud to host a preview screening of the documentary The Space: Theatre of Survival on May 20 2019, before it screened at the Encounters South African International Documentary Festival in Cape Town in June.
This documentary feature traces the return of photographer Brian Astbury as he travels to Cape Town to remember the first fully inclusive racial arts venue in South Africa – a place he established at the height of the apartheid struggle.
Details
First screening
20 May 2019
Venue
The Fugard Bioscope
Featuring
James Earl Jones
Narrator
Bill Anderson
Brian Astbury
Arthur Benjamin
Bee Berman
Bill Curry
Fatima Dike
Wilson Dunster
Nic Fine
Athol Fugard
Richard E. Grant
Dermod Judge
John Kani
Nomhle Nkonyeni
Thoko Ntshinga
Dan Poole
Mark Street
William Tanner
Leslee Udwin
Pieter-Dirk Uys
Maralin Vanrenen
Creative team
Dan Poole
Mark Street
Directors, Producers
Brian Astbury
Mark Street
Writers
Reviews
“The Space: Theatre of Survival is a necessary record of a time. It places theatre at the heart of change. It remembers and honours those who made it and were born of it. The only thing that is missing from the film is enough theatre. “
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