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Season Two is almost here 💫

🚌 Travelling from Copenhagen?
To celebrate the launch, we’re offering free seats on our bus for just fifty people on Sunday 24 May, along with reduced admission at 100 DKK.

Tap the link in bio 🔗 to find out more and secure your spot.

🗓️ Season Two opens with a weekend of live performance developed through a creative residency with The Centre for the Less Good Idea. Bringing together South African and Danish artists, the programme unfolds across the palace and grounds through live music, film, dance, and shadow theatre.

Live Opening Programme:
Saturday 23 May, 1–5pm — PUBLIC LIVE OPENING
Sunday 24 May, 10am–5pm — ROVING PARADE & PERFORMANCE
Monday 25 May, 10am–5pm — COMMUNITY DAY

Go to valdemarsslot.dk for more details. 🎟️ Tickets include entry to exhibitions and live performances across the site.
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1. William Kentridge, Studio Horse 3, 2026. Season Two, Valdemars Slot (2026). © William Kentridge. Photo: David Stjernholm.
2. Valdemars Slot. Photo: Davy Denke.

@lessgoodidea @williamkentridgestudio

Season Two is almost here 💫

🚌 Travelling from Copenhagen?
To celebrate the launch, we’re offering free seats on our bus for just fifty people on Sunday 24 May, along with reduced admission at 100 DKK.

Tap the link in bio 🔗 to find out more and secure your spot.

🗓️ Season Two opens with a weekend of live performance developed through a creative residency with The Centre for the Less Good Idea. Bringing together South African and Danish artists, the programme unfolds across the palace and grounds through live music, film, dance, and shadow theatre.

Live Opening Programme:
Saturday 23 May, 1–5pm — PUBLIC LIVE OPENING
Sunday 24 May, 10am–5pm — ROVING PARADE & PERFORMANCE
Monday 25 May, 10am–5pm — COMMUNITY DAY

Go to valdemarsslot.dk for more details. 🎟️ Tickets include entry to exhibitions and live performances across the site.
__________
1. William Kentridge, Studio Horse 3, 2026. Season Two, Valdemars Slot (2026). © William Kentridge. Photo: David Stjernholm.
2. Valdemars Slot. Photo: Davy Denke.

@lessgoodidea @williamkentridgestudio

✨Throwback to Season 11 | Site, Light, Action ⚡️

Check out the full Season on our website and YouTube 🔗

#lessgoodidea #Season11

📣OPENING THIS WEEKEND | THE CENTRE x VALDEMARS SLOT 📣

🎼If you’re in Denmark, join us for the launch of Season Two at Valdemars Slot, with a weekend of live performance developed through a creative residency with The Centre for the Less Good Idea, 23–25 May.

🩰Bringing together South African and Danish artists, the live weekend unfolds across the palace and grounds through music, film, dance, and shadow theatre, accompanying a new programme of exhibitions, 23 May – 19 September.

More details at the link in bio 🔗

Photographer | Hanne Valentinussen

#lessgoodidea #thecentreoutsidethecentre #valdemarsslot

📣OPENING THIS WEEKEND | THE CENTRE x VALDEMARS SLOT 📣

🎼If you’re in Denmark, join us for the launch of Season Two at Valdemars Slot, with a weekend of live performance developed through a creative residency with The Centre for the Less Good Idea, 23–25 May.

🩰Bringing together South African and Danish artists, the live weekend unfolds across the palace and grounds through music, film, dance, and shadow theatre, accompanying a new programme of exhibitions, 23 May – 19 September.

More details at the link in bio 🔗

Photographer | Hanne Valentinussen

#lessgoodidea #thecentreoutsidethecentre #valdemarsslot

📣OPENING THIS WEEKEND | THE CENTRE x VALDEMARS SLOT 📣

🎼If you’re in Denmark, join us for the launch of Season Two at Valdemars Slot, with a weekend of live performance developed through a creative residency with The Centre for the Less Good Idea, 23–25 May.

🩰Bringing together South African and Danish artists, the live weekend unfolds across the palace and grounds through music, film, dance, and shadow theatre, accompanying a new programme of exhibitions, 23 May – 19 September.

More details at the link in bio 🔗

Photographer | Hanne Valentinussen

#lessgoodidea #thecentreoutsidethecentre #valdemarsslot

📣OPENING THIS WEEKEND | THE CENTRE x VALDEMARS SLOT 📣

🎼If you’re in Denmark, join us for the launch of Season Two at Valdemars Slot, with a weekend of live performance developed through a creative residency with The Centre for the Less Good Idea, 23–25 May.

🩰Bringing together South African and Danish artists, the live weekend unfolds across the palace and grounds through music, film, dance, and shadow theatre, accompanying a new programme of exhibitions, 23 May – 19 September.

More details at the link in bio 🔗

Photographer | Hanne Valentinussen

#lessgoodidea #thecentreoutsidethecentre #valdemarsslot

📣OPENING THIS WEEKEND | THE CENTRE x VALDEMARS SLOT 📣

🎼If you’re in Denmark, join us for the launch of Season Two at Valdemars Slot, with a weekend of live performance developed through a creative residency with The Centre for the Less Good Idea, 23–25 May.

🩰Bringing together South African and Danish artists, the live weekend unfolds across the palace and grounds through music, film, dance, and shadow theatre, accompanying a new programme of exhibitions, 23 May – 19 September.

More details at the link in bio 🔗

Photographer | Hanne Valentinussen

#lessgoodidea #thecentreoutsidethecentre #valdemarsslot

📣OPENING THIS WEEKEND | THE CENTRE x VALDEMARS SLOT 📣

🎼If you’re in Denmark, join us for the launch of Season Two at Valdemars Slot, with a weekend of live performance developed through a creative residency with The Centre for the Less Good Idea, 23–25 May.

🩰Bringing together South African and Danish artists, the live weekend unfolds across the palace and grounds through music, film, dance, and shadow theatre, accompanying a new programme of exhibitions, 23 May – 19 September.

More details at the link in bio 🔗

Photographer | Hanne Valentinussen

#lessgoodidea #thecentreoutsidethecentre #valdemarsslot

📣OPENING THIS WEEKEND | THE CENTRE x VALDEMARS SLOT 📣

🎼If you’re in Denmark, join us for the launch of Season Two at Valdemars Slot, with a weekend of live performance developed through a creative residency with The Centre for the Less Good Idea, 23–25 May.

🩰Bringing together South African and Danish artists, the live weekend unfolds across the palace and grounds through music, film, dance, and shadow theatre, accompanying a new programme of exhibitions, 23 May – 19 September.

More details at the link in bio 🔗

Photographer | Hanne Valentinussen

#lessgoodidea #thecentreoutsidethecentre #valdemarsslot

📣OPENING THIS WEEKEND | THE CENTRE x VALDEMARS SLOT 📣

🎼If you’re in Denmark, join us for the launch of Season Two at Valdemars Slot, with a weekend of live performance developed through a creative residency with The Centre for the Less Good Idea, 23–25 May.

🩰Bringing together South African and Danish artists, the live weekend unfolds across the palace and grounds through music, film, dance, and shadow theatre, accompanying a new programme of exhibitions, 23 May – 19 September.

More details at the link in bio 🔗

Photographer | Hanne Valentinussen

#lessgoodidea #thecentreoutsidethecentre #valdemarsslot

“I learned to surrender to the music, and to realise that the music is teaching me.”

Thandi Ntuli’s full HOW | Showing the Making is now available on our website and YouTube channel 🎹✨

#lessgoodidea #HOWShowingTheMaking

AÇIK ÇAĞRI 🔔

SAHA & The Centre for the Less Good Idea

Uluslararası Değişim Programı

2026 yılında, The Centre for the Less Good Idea ve SAHA, Güney Afrika’nın Johannesburg kentinde gerçekleşecek bir aylık uluslararası değişim programına katılmak üzere Türkiye’de yaşayan ve çalışan sanatçıların başvurularını bekliyor.

Program, katılımcılara The Centre’ın kolektif, işbirlikçi ve disiplinlerarası üretim metodolojisini deneyimleme ve bu deneyimi kendi sanatsal pratiklerini geliştirmek için kullanma fırsatı sunmayı amaçlıyor.

Başvuru tarihleri: 15 Mayıs - 3 Haziran 2026

Detaylı bilgi ve başvuru için web sitemizi ziyaret edebilirsiniz🌿

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS 🔔

SAHA & The Centre For The Less Good Idea

International Exchange

In 2026, The Centre for the Less Good Idea and the SAHA invite applications from artists living and working in Türkiye to participate in a one-month international exchange in Johannesburg, South Africa.

The exchange is aimed at providing participants with the opportunity to explore The Centre’s unique methodology of collective, collaborative, and interdisciplinary making, and to use this experience to inform their own work.

Application Period: 15 May - 3 June 2026

For application details please visit our website🌿

📣THE CENTRE FOR THE LESS GOOD IDEA x VALDEMARS SLOT ARTS FOUNDATION 📣

For its first large-scale artist residency, Valdemars Slot Arts Foundation has invited The Centre for the Less Good Idea to relocate from Johannesburg for creative research, rehearsal, and performance across 2026.

Their spring residency culminates in a live weekend celebrating the season’s launch, 23–25 May.

Led by The Centre’s Director Bronwyn Lace and Impresario Neo Muyanga, the residency brings together performers 🎵 Anathi Conjwa (singer-composer), Thulani Chauke (dancer-choreographer), and Micca Manganye (percussionist) 🥁 in collaboration with Denmark-based artists Andreas Borregaard (accordionist), 🩰 Magnus Christoffersen and Amelia Coleman (@svendborgballetteater), Polina Fradkina (pianist), 🎹 and Halina Wigocka Wamberg (cellist).

The evolving programme of installation and live performance develops in close dialogue with the historic site and its rich musical archives. Collaborative films inhabit the palace attic and flood the Corn Barn’s floor, while interactive shadow theatre transforms the old Carriage Barn.

🎟 Tickets available now via valdemarsslot.dk (link in bio)

#lessgoodidea #thecentreoutsidethecentre #valdemarsslot

📣THE CENTRE FOR THE LESS GOOD IDEA x VALDEMARS SLOT ARTS FOUNDATION 📣

For its first large-scale artist residency, Valdemars Slot Arts Foundation has invited The Centre for the Less Good Idea to relocate from Johannesburg for creative research, rehearsal, and performance across 2026.

Their spring residency culminates in a live weekend celebrating the season’s launch, 23–25 May.

Led by The Centre’s Director Bronwyn Lace and Impresario Neo Muyanga, the residency brings together performers 🎵 Anathi Conjwa (singer-composer), Thulani Chauke (dancer-choreographer), and Micca Manganye (percussionist) 🥁 in collaboration with Denmark-based artists Andreas Borregaard (accordionist), 🩰 Magnus Christoffersen and Amelia Coleman (@svendborgballetteater), Polina Fradkina (pianist), 🎹 and Halina Wigocka Wamberg (cellist).

The evolving programme of installation and live performance develops in close dialogue with the historic site and its rich musical archives. Collaborative films inhabit the palace attic and flood the Corn Barn’s floor, while interactive shadow theatre transforms the old Carriage Barn.

🎟 Tickets available now via valdemarsslot.dk (link in bio)

#lessgoodidea #thecentreoutsidethecentre #valdemarsslot

📣THE CENTRE FOR THE LESS GOOD IDEA x VALDEMARS SLOT ARTS FOUNDATION 📣

For its first large-scale artist residency, Valdemars Slot Arts Foundation has invited The Centre for the Less Good Idea to relocate from Johannesburg for creative research, rehearsal, and performance across 2026.

Their spring residency culminates in a live weekend celebrating the season’s launch, 23–25 May.

Led by The Centre’s Director Bronwyn Lace and Impresario Neo Muyanga, the residency brings together performers 🎵 Anathi Conjwa (singer-composer), Thulani Chauke (dancer-choreographer), and Micca Manganye (percussionist) 🥁 in collaboration with Denmark-based artists Andreas Borregaard (accordionist), 🩰 Magnus Christoffersen and Amelia Coleman (@svendborgballetteater), Polina Fradkina (pianist), 🎹 and Halina Wigocka Wamberg (cellist).

The evolving programme of installation and live performance develops in close dialogue with the historic site and its rich musical archives. Collaborative films inhabit the palace attic and flood the Corn Barn’s floor, while interactive shadow theatre transforms the old Carriage Barn.

🎟 Tickets available now via valdemarsslot.dk (link in bio)

#lessgoodidea #thecentreoutsidethecentre #valdemarsslot

📣THE CENTRE FOR THE LESS GOOD IDEA x VALDEMARS SLOT ARTS FOUNDATION 📣

For its first large-scale artist residency, Valdemars Slot Arts Foundation has invited The Centre for the Less Good Idea to relocate from Johannesburg for creative research, rehearsal, and performance across 2026.

Their spring residency culminates in a live weekend celebrating the season’s launch, 23–25 May.

Led by The Centre’s Director Bronwyn Lace and Impresario Neo Muyanga, the residency brings together performers 🎵 Anathi Conjwa (singer-composer), Thulani Chauke (dancer-choreographer), and Micca Manganye (percussionist) 🥁 in collaboration with Denmark-based artists Andreas Borregaard (accordionist), 🩰 Magnus Christoffersen and Amelia Coleman (@svendborgballetteater), Polina Fradkina (pianist), 🎹 and Halina Wigocka Wamberg (cellist).

The evolving programme of installation and live performance develops in close dialogue with the historic site and its rich musical archives. Collaborative films inhabit the palace attic and flood the Corn Barn’s floor, while interactive shadow theatre transforms the old Carriage Barn.

🎟 Tickets available now via valdemarsslot.dk (link in bio)

#lessgoodidea #thecentreoutsidethecentre #valdemarsslot

📣THE CENTRE FOR THE LESS GOOD IDEA x VALDEMARS SLOT ARTS FOUNDATION 📣

For its first large-scale artist residency, Valdemars Slot Arts Foundation has invited The Centre for the Less Good Idea to relocate from Johannesburg for creative research, rehearsal, and performance across 2026.

Their spring residency culminates in a live weekend celebrating the season’s launch, 23–25 May.

Led by The Centre’s Director Bronwyn Lace and Impresario Neo Muyanga, the residency brings together performers 🎵 Anathi Conjwa (singer-composer), Thulani Chauke (dancer-choreographer), and Micca Manganye (percussionist) 🥁 in collaboration with Denmark-based artists Andreas Borregaard (accordionist), 🩰 Magnus Christoffersen and Amelia Coleman (@svendborgballetteater), Polina Fradkina (pianist), 🎹 and Halina Wigocka Wamberg (cellist).

The evolving programme of installation and live performance develops in close dialogue with the historic site and its rich musical archives. Collaborative films inhabit the palace attic and flood the Corn Barn’s floor, while interactive shadow theatre transforms the old Carriage Barn.

🎟 Tickets available now via valdemarsslot.dk (link in bio)

#lessgoodidea #thecentreoutsidethecentre #valdemarsslot

📣THE CENTRE FOR THE LESS GOOD IDEA x VALDEMARS SLOT ARTS FOUNDATION 📣

For its first large-scale artist residency, Valdemars Slot Arts Foundation has invited The Centre for the Less Good Idea to relocate from Johannesburg for creative research, rehearsal, and performance across 2026.

Their spring residency culminates in a live weekend celebrating the season’s launch, 23–25 May.

Led by The Centre’s Director Bronwyn Lace and Impresario Neo Muyanga, the residency brings together performers 🎵 Anathi Conjwa (singer-composer), Thulani Chauke (dancer-choreographer), and Micca Manganye (percussionist) 🥁 in collaboration with Denmark-based artists Andreas Borregaard (accordionist), 🩰 Magnus Christoffersen and Amelia Coleman (@svendborgballetteater), Polina Fradkina (pianist), 🎹 and Halina Wigocka Wamberg (cellist).

The evolving programme of installation and live performance develops in close dialogue with the historic site and its rich musical archives. Collaborative films inhabit the palace attic and flood the Corn Barn’s floor, while interactive shadow theatre transforms the old Carriage Barn.

🎟 Tickets available now via valdemarsslot.dk (link in bio)

#lessgoodidea #thecentreoutsidethecentre #valdemarsslot

📣THE CENTRE FOR THE LESS GOOD IDEA x VALDEMARS SLOT ARTS FOUNDATION 📣

For its first large-scale artist residency, Valdemars Slot Arts Foundation has invited The Centre for the Less Good Idea to relocate from Johannesburg for creative research, rehearsal, and performance across 2026.

Their spring residency culminates in a live weekend celebrating the season’s launch, 23–25 May.

Led by The Centre’s Director Bronwyn Lace and Impresario Neo Muyanga, the residency brings together performers 🎵 Anathi Conjwa (singer-composer), Thulani Chauke (dancer-choreographer), and Micca Manganye (percussionist) 🥁 in collaboration with Denmark-based artists Andreas Borregaard (accordionist), 🩰 Magnus Christoffersen and Amelia Coleman (@svendborgballetteater), Polina Fradkina (pianist), 🎹 and Halina Wigocka Wamberg (cellist).

The evolving programme of installation and live performance develops in close dialogue with the historic site and its rich musical archives. Collaborative films inhabit the palace attic and flood the Corn Barn’s floor, while interactive shadow theatre transforms the old Carriage Barn.

🎟 Tickets available now via valdemarsslot.dk (link in bio)

#lessgoodidea #thecentreoutsidethecentre #valdemarsslot

📣THE CENTRE FOR THE LESS GOOD IDEA x VALDEMARS SLOT ARTS FOUNDATION 📣

For its first large-scale artist residency, Valdemars Slot Arts Foundation has invited The Centre for the Less Good Idea to relocate from Johannesburg for creative research, rehearsal, and performance across 2026.

Their spring residency culminates in a live weekend celebrating the season’s launch, 23–25 May.

Led by The Centre’s Director Bronwyn Lace and Impresario Neo Muyanga, the residency brings together performers 🎵 Anathi Conjwa (singer-composer), Thulani Chauke (dancer-choreographer), and Micca Manganye (percussionist) 🥁 in collaboration with Denmark-based artists Andreas Borregaard (accordionist), 🩰 Magnus Christoffersen and Amelia Coleman (@svendborgballetteater), Polina Fradkina (pianist), 🎹 and Halina Wigocka Wamberg (cellist).

The evolving programme of installation and live performance develops in close dialogue with the historic site and its rich musical archives. Collaborative films inhabit the palace attic and flood the Corn Barn’s floor, while interactive shadow theatre transforms the old Carriage Barn.

🎟 Tickets available now via valdemarsslot.dk (link in bio)

#lessgoodidea #thecentreoutsidethecentre #valdemarsslot

📣THE CENTRE FOR THE LESS GOOD IDEA x VALDEMARS SLOT ARTS FOUNDATION 📣

For its first large-scale artist residency, Valdemars Slot Arts Foundation has invited The Centre for the Less Good Idea to relocate from Johannesburg for creative research, rehearsal, and performance across 2026.

Their spring residency culminates in a live weekend celebrating the season’s launch, 23–25 May.

Led by The Centre’s Director Bronwyn Lace and Impresario Neo Muyanga, the residency brings together performers 🎵 Anathi Conjwa (singer-composer), Thulani Chauke (dancer-choreographer), and Micca Manganye (percussionist) 🥁 in collaboration with Denmark-based artists Andreas Borregaard (accordionist), 🩰 Magnus Christoffersen and Amelia Coleman (@svendborgballetteater), Polina Fradkina (pianist), 🎹 and Halina Wigocka Wamberg (cellist).

The evolving programme of installation and live performance develops in close dialogue with the historic site and its rich musical archives. Collaborative films inhabit the palace attic and flood the Corn Barn’s floor, while interactive shadow theatre transforms the old Carriage Barn.

🎟 Tickets available now via valdemarsslot.dk (link in bio)

#lessgoodidea #thecentreoutsidethecentre #valdemarsslot

📣THE CENTRE FOR THE LESS GOOD IDEA x VALDEMARS SLOT ARTS FOUNDATION 📣

For its first large-scale artist residency, Valdemars Slot Arts Foundation has invited The Centre for the Less Good Idea to relocate from Johannesburg for creative research, rehearsal, and performance across 2026.

Their spring residency culminates in a live weekend celebrating the season’s launch, 23–25 May.

Led by The Centre’s Director Bronwyn Lace and Impresario Neo Muyanga, the residency brings together performers 🎵 Anathi Conjwa (singer-composer), Thulani Chauke (dancer-choreographer), and Micca Manganye (percussionist) 🥁 in collaboration with Denmark-based artists Andreas Borregaard (accordionist), 🩰 Magnus Christoffersen and Amelia Coleman (@svendborgballetteater), Polina Fradkina (pianist), 🎹 and Halina Wigocka Wamberg (cellist).

The evolving programme of installation and live performance develops in close dialogue with the historic site and its rich musical archives. Collaborative films inhabit the palace attic and flood the Corn Barn’s floor, while interactive shadow theatre transforms the old Carriage Barn.

🎟 Tickets available now via valdemarsslot.dk (link in bio)

#lessgoodidea #thecentreoutsidethecentre #valdemarsslot

🎭IN PICTURES | THE MASKANDALIFICATION OF OPERA 🎭

🎼COLLATION 4 | The Maskandalification of Opera was a three day programme of short-form, experimental South African opera performances at The Centre. 

Thank you to our audiences for bringing such energy and generosity to each day of the Collation.

🎬All performances, as well as the HOW | Showing the Making, will be on our website and YouTube soon. 

Photographer | Zivanai Matangi 

#lessgoodidea #collation4

🎭IN PICTURES | THE MASKANDALIFICATION OF OPERA 🎭

🎼COLLATION 4 | The Maskandalification of Opera was a three day programme of short-form, experimental South African opera performances at The Centre. 

Thank you to our audiences for bringing such energy and generosity to each day of the Collation.

🎬All performances, as well as the HOW | Showing the Making, will be on our website and YouTube soon. 

Photographer | Zivanai Matangi 

#lessgoodidea #collation4

🎭IN PICTURES | THE MASKANDALIFICATION OF OPERA 🎭

🎼COLLATION 4 | The Maskandalification of Opera was a three day programme of short-form, experimental South African opera performances at The Centre. 

Thank you to our audiences for bringing such energy and generosity to each day of the Collation.

🎬All performances, as well as the HOW | Showing the Making, will be on our website and YouTube soon. 

Photographer | Zivanai Matangi 

#lessgoodidea #collation4

🎭IN PICTURES | THE MASKANDALIFICATION OF OPERA 🎭

🎼COLLATION 4 | The Maskandalification of Opera was a three day programme of short-form, experimental South African opera performances at The Centre. 

Thank you to our audiences for bringing such energy and generosity to each day of the Collation.

🎬All performances, as well as the HOW | Showing the Making, will be on our website and YouTube soon. 

Photographer | Zivanai Matangi 

#lessgoodidea #collation4

🎭IN PICTURES | THE MASKANDALIFICATION OF OPERA 🎭

🎼COLLATION 4 | The Maskandalification of Opera was a three day programme of short-form, experimental South African opera performances at The Centre. 

Thank you to our audiences for bringing such energy and generosity to each day of the Collation.

🎬All performances, as well as the HOW | Showing the Making, will be on our website and YouTube soon. 

Photographer | Zivanai Matangi 

#lessgoodidea #collation4

🎭IN PICTURES | THE MASKANDALIFICATION OF OPERA 🎭

🎼COLLATION 4 | The Maskandalification of Opera was a three day programme of short-form, experimental South African opera performances at The Centre. 

Thank you to our audiences for bringing such energy and generosity to each day of the Collation.

🎬All performances, as well as the HOW | Showing the Making, will be on our website and YouTube soon. 

Photographer | Zivanai Matangi 

#lessgoodidea #collation4

🎭IN PICTURES | THE MASKANDALIFICATION OF OPERA 🎭

🎼COLLATION 4 | The Maskandalification of Opera was a three day programme of short-form, experimental South African opera performances at The Centre. 

Thank you to our audiences for bringing such energy and generosity to each day of the Collation.

🎬All performances, as well as the HOW | Showing the Making, will be on our website and YouTube soon. 

Photographer | Zivanai Matangi 

#lessgoodidea #collation4

🎭IN PICTURES | THE MASKANDALIFICATION OF OPERA 🎭

🎼COLLATION 4 | The Maskandalification of Opera was a three day programme of short-form, experimental South African opera performances at The Centre. 

Thank you to our audiences for bringing such energy and generosity to each day of the Collation.

🎬All performances, as well as the HOW | Showing the Making, will be on our website and YouTube soon. 

Photographer | Zivanai Matangi 

#lessgoodidea #collation4

🎭IN PICTURES | THE MASKANDALIFICATION OF OPERA 🎭

🎼COLLATION 4 | The Maskandalification of Opera was a three day programme of short-form, experimental South African opera performances at The Centre. 

Thank you to our audiences for bringing such energy and generosity to each day of the Collation.

🎬All performances, as well as the HOW | Showing the Making, will be on our website and YouTube soon. 

Photographer | Zivanai Matangi 

#lessgoodidea #collation4

🎭IN PICTURES | THE MASKANDALIFICATION OF OPERA 🎭

🎼COLLATION 4 | The Maskandalification of Opera was a three day programme of short-form, experimental South African opera performances at The Centre. 

Thank you to our audiences for bringing such energy and generosity to each day of the Collation.

🎬All performances, as well as the HOW | Showing the Making, will be on our website and YouTube soon. 

Photographer | Zivanai Matangi 

#lessgoodidea #collation4

🎭IN PICTURES | THE MASKANDALIFICATION OF OPERA 🎭

🎼COLLATION 4 | The Maskandalification of Opera was a three day programme of short-form, experimental South African opera performances at The Centre. 

Thank you to our audiences for bringing such energy and generosity to each day of the Collation.

🎬All performances, as well as the HOW | Showing the Making, will be on our website and YouTube soon. 

Photographer | Zivanai Matangi 

#lessgoodidea #collation4

🎭IN PICTURES | THE MASKANDALIFICATION OF OPERA 🎭

🎼COLLATION 4 | The Maskandalification of Opera was a three day programme of short-form, experimental South African opera performances at The Centre. 

Thank you to our audiences for bringing such energy and generosity to each day of the Collation.

🎬All performances, as well as the HOW | Showing the Making, will be on our website and YouTube soon. 

Photographer | Zivanai Matangi 

#lessgoodidea #collation4

🎭IN PICTURES | THE MASKANDALIFICATION OF OPERA 🎭

🎼COLLATION 4 | The Maskandalification of Opera was a three day programme of short-form, experimental South African opera performances at The Centre. 

Thank you to our audiences for bringing such energy and generosity to each day of the Collation.

🎬All performances, as well as the HOW | Showing the Making, will be on our website and YouTube soon. 

Photographer | Zivanai Matangi 

#lessgoodidea #collation4

🎭IN PICTURES | THE MASKANDALIFICATION OF OPERA 🎭

🎼COLLATION 4 | The Maskandalification of Opera was a three day programme of short-form, experimental South African opera performances at The Centre. 

Thank you to our audiences for bringing such energy and generosity to each day of the Collation.

🎬All performances, as well as the HOW | Showing the Making, will be on our website and YouTube soon. 

Photographer | Zivanai Matangi 

#lessgoodidea #collation4

📣PRACTICE | MAY 2026 📣

Bookings for our May PRACTICE sessions are officially open!

📌Our May facilitator for PRACTICE | Voice is actor and singer Sibahle Mangena.

📌Our May facilitator for PRACTICE | Movement is actor and theatre maker Billy Langa.

Book your spot and get more details at the link in bio 🔗

➡️NB: participants need to be present for each of the 4 sessions they have signed up for. These are not drop-in sessions, and spots are limited. We ask that you please don’t sign up if you don’t anticipate attending each of the four weeks.

Photo of Sibahle Mangena by Zivanai Matangi
Photo of Billy Langa by Lulu Ezra

#lessgoodidea #PRACTICE #SOAcademy

📣PRACTICE | MAY 2026 📣

Bookings for our May PRACTICE sessions are officially open!

📌Our May facilitator for PRACTICE | Voice is actor and singer Sibahle Mangena.

📌Our May facilitator for PRACTICE | Movement is actor and theatre maker Billy Langa.

Book your spot and get more details at the link in bio 🔗

➡️NB: participants need to be present for each of the 4 sessions they have signed up for. These are not drop-in sessions, and spots are limited. We ask that you please don’t sign up if you don’t anticipate attending each of the four weeks.

Photo of Sibahle Mangena by Zivanai Matangi
Photo of Billy Langa by Lulu Ezra

#lessgoodidea #PRACTICE #SOAcademy

📣PRACTICE | MAY 2026 📣

Bookings for our May PRACTICE sessions are officially open!

📌Our May facilitator for PRACTICE | Voice is actor and singer Sibahle Mangena.

📌Our May facilitator for PRACTICE | Movement is actor and theatre maker Billy Langa.

Book your spot and get more details at the link in bio 🔗

➡️NB: participants need to be present for each of the 4 sessions they have signed up for. These are not drop-in sessions, and spots are limited. We ask that you please don’t sign up if you don’t anticipate attending each of the four weeks.

Photo of Sibahle Mangena by Zivanai Matangi
Photo of Billy Langa by Lulu Ezra

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📣COLLATION 4 | DAY 3 | SATURDAY 25 APRIL 📣

📌HOW | SHOWING THE MAKING: THE MASKANDALIFICATION OF OPERA
15H00 | CENTRE SPACE

📌PROGRAMME 3
18H30 | CENTRE SPACE

Venus in Four Acts
Turn Skies Back
Inhlambuluko
Excess (Beauty)
INTERVAL
Euridice
Dankie Bhoza
Dilika
UbuThongo

See you at The Centre!

Pictured: In rehearsals for Collation 4
Photographer | Zivanai Matangi

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📣COLLATION 4 | DAY 3 | SATURDAY 25 APRIL 📣

📌HOW | SHOWING THE MAKING: THE MASKANDALIFICATION OF OPERA
15H00 | CENTRE SPACE

📌PROGRAMME 3
18H30 | CENTRE SPACE

Venus in Four Acts
Turn Skies Back
Inhlambuluko
Excess (Beauty)
INTERVAL
Euridice
Dankie Bhoza
Dilika
UbuThongo

See you at The Centre!

Pictured: In rehearsals for Collation 4
Photographer | Zivanai Matangi

#lessgoodidea #collation4

📣COLLATION 4 | DAY 3 | SATURDAY 25 APRIL 📣

📌HOW | SHOWING THE MAKING: THE MASKANDALIFICATION OF OPERA
15H00 | CENTRE SPACE

📌PROGRAMME 3
18H30 | CENTRE SPACE

Venus in Four Acts
Turn Skies Back
Inhlambuluko
Excess (Beauty)
INTERVAL
Euridice
Dankie Bhoza
Dilika
UbuThongo

See you at The Centre!

Pictured: In rehearsals for Collation 4
Photographer | Zivanai Matangi

#lessgoodidea #collation4

📣COLLATION 4 | DAY 2 | FRIDAY 24 APRIL 📣

PROGRAMME 2
19H00 | CENTRE SPACE

📌EURIDICE

A feminist retelling of the story of Euridice, which views her as not just the late wife of the musician, Orfeo, but as a woman who relishes in the independence and solitude she finds in the Underworld.

📌EXCESS (BEAUTY)

A lesbian couple, who are priests in the Anglican Church, live in a shadowed commitment. With one decision by the Church, their lives splinter.

📌INHLAMBULUKO

Inhlambuluko explores the intersection of African spiritualities and Catholicism as it’s been claimed and reimagined in the context of Southern Africa.

📌DANKIE BHOZA

Dankie Bhoza looks at the reality of being a Pantsula, with a focus on how amaPantsula survive as cultural activists and entertainment entrepreneurs alike, through their ‘many offices’ of self-employment.

See you at The Centre!

Pictured: In rehearsals for Collation 4
Photographer | Zivanai Matangi

#lessgoodidea #collation4

📣COLLATION 4 | DAY 2 | FRIDAY 24 APRIL 📣

PROGRAMME 2
19H00 | CENTRE SPACE

📌EURIDICE

A feminist retelling of the story of Euridice, which views her as not just the late wife of the musician, Orfeo, but as a woman who relishes in the independence and solitude she finds in the Underworld.

📌EXCESS (BEAUTY)

A lesbian couple, who are priests in the Anglican Church, live in a shadowed commitment. With one decision by the Church, their lives splinter.

📌INHLAMBULUKO

Inhlambuluko explores the intersection of African spiritualities and Catholicism as it’s been claimed and reimagined in the context of Southern Africa.

📌DANKIE BHOZA

Dankie Bhoza looks at the reality of being a Pantsula, with a focus on how amaPantsula survive as cultural activists and entertainment entrepreneurs alike, through their ‘many offices’ of self-employment.

See you at The Centre!

Pictured: In rehearsals for Collation 4
Photographer | Zivanai Matangi

#lessgoodidea #collation4

📣COLLATION 4 | DAY 1 | THURSDAY 23 APRIL 📣

PROGRAMME 1
19H00 | CENTRE SPACE

📌VENUS IN FOUR ACTS

Venus in Four Acts explores notions and representations of the body in opera, Black feminisms, institutional critique, and the ethics of looking, anchored in an imagining of the many lives of Saartjie Baartman.

📌TURN SKIES BACK

Turn Skies Back draws on Benjamin Britten’s 1945 opera Peter Grimes, but is set in turn-of-the-century Eswatini, as white settlers from Europe, and Britain, and Ireland in particular, begin to move in.

📌DILIKA

A tale of love across language, distance, and culture, as a young man from France meets a young woman from South Africa, in the vibrant streets of Johannesburg.

📌UBUTHONGO

UbuThongo follows a young protagonist, Lizwi, who is being called upon by her ancestor, Nomnganga, to claim her place as the voice, and the healer of her community.

See you at The Centre!

Pictured: Ann Masina, Lebo Mashile, Bongile Lecoge-Zulu & Larissa Johnson in Venus in Four Acts
Photographer | Zivanai Matangi

#lessgoodidea #collation4

📣COLLATION 4 | DAY 1 | THURSDAY 23 APRIL 📣

PROGRAMME 1
19H00 | CENTRE SPACE

📌VENUS IN FOUR ACTS

Venus in Four Acts explores notions and representations of the body in opera, Black feminisms, institutional critique, and the ethics of looking, anchored in an imagining of the many lives of Saartjie Baartman.

📌TURN SKIES BACK

Turn Skies Back draws on Benjamin Britten’s 1945 opera Peter Grimes, but is set in turn-of-the-century Eswatini, as white settlers from Europe, and Britain, and Ireland in particular, begin to move in.

📌DILIKA

A tale of love across language, distance, and culture, as a young man from France meets a young woman from South Africa, in the vibrant streets of Johannesburg.

📌UBUTHONGO

UbuThongo follows a young protagonist, Lizwi, who is being called upon by her ancestor, Nomnganga, to claim her place as the voice, and the healer of her community.

See you at The Centre!

Pictured: Ann Masina, Lebo Mashile, Bongile Lecoge-Zulu & Larissa Johnson in Venus in Four Acts
Photographer | Zivanai Matangi

#lessgoodidea #collation4

✍️COLLATION 4 | MEET THE ARTISTS PART 2 🎼

Collation 4 | The Maskandalification of Opera features a unique blend of musicians, composers, theatremakers, choreographers, writers and more.

Find out what they’ve been creating at The Centre when we open Collation 4 tomorrow.

🗣️Featuring: Neo Muyanga, Pertunia Msani, Cara Stacey, William Kentridge, Lufezo Bovungana, Mandisa Yende, Lebogang Mashile, Ann Masina, Vusi Mdoyi, Nosipho Qhayiso, Aalliyah Zama Matintela, Kabi Thulo, Smangaliso Ngwenya, Thulisile Binda & Ingrid de Kok

PHOTOGRAPHER I Zivanai Matangi
Photo of Ingrid de Kok supplied

#lessgoodidea #collation4 #seeyouatthecentre

✍️COLLATION 4 | MEET THE ARTISTS PART 2 🎼

Collation 4 | The Maskandalification of Opera features a unique blend of musicians, composers, theatremakers, choreographers, writers and more.

Find out what they’ve been creating at The Centre when we open Collation 4 tomorrow.

🗣️Featuring: Neo Muyanga, Pertunia Msani, Cara Stacey, William Kentridge, Lufezo Bovungana, Mandisa Yende, Lebogang Mashile, Ann Masina, Vusi Mdoyi, Nosipho Qhayiso, Aalliyah Zama Matintela, Kabi Thulo, Smangaliso Ngwenya, Thulisile Binda & Ingrid de Kok

PHOTOGRAPHER I Zivanai Matangi
Photo of Ingrid de Kok supplied

#lessgoodidea #collation4 #seeyouatthecentre

✍️COLLATION 4 | MEET THE ARTISTS PART 2 🎼

Collation 4 | The Maskandalification of Opera features a unique blend of musicians, composers, theatremakers, choreographers, writers and more.

Find out what they’ve been creating at The Centre when we open Collation 4 tomorrow.

🗣️Featuring: Neo Muyanga, Pertunia Msani, Cara Stacey, William Kentridge, Lufezo Bovungana, Mandisa Yende, Lebogang Mashile, Ann Masina, Vusi Mdoyi, Nosipho Qhayiso, Aalliyah Zama Matintela, Kabi Thulo, Smangaliso Ngwenya, Thulisile Binda & Ingrid de Kok

PHOTOGRAPHER I Zivanai Matangi
Photo of Ingrid de Kok supplied

#lessgoodidea #collation4 #seeyouatthecentre

✍️COLLATION 4 | MEET THE ARTISTS PART 2 🎼

Collation 4 | The Maskandalification of Opera features a unique blend of musicians, composers, theatremakers, choreographers, writers and more.

Find out what they’ve been creating at The Centre when we open Collation 4 tomorrow.

🗣️Featuring: Neo Muyanga, Pertunia Msani, Cara Stacey, William Kentridge, Lufezo Bovungana, Mandisa Yende, Lebogang Mashile, Ann Masina, Vusi Mdoyi, Nosipho Qhayiso, Aalliyah Zama Matintela, Kabi Thulo, Smangaliso Ngwenya, Thulisile Binda & Ingrid de Kok

PHOTOGRAPHER I Zivanai Matangi
Photo of Ingrid de Kok supplied

#lessgoodidea #collation4 #seeyouatthecentre

✍️COLLATION 4 | MEET THE ARTISTS PART 2 🎼

Collation 4 | The Maskandalification of Opera features a unique blend of musicians, composers, theatremakers, choreographers, writers and more.

Find out what they’ve been creating at The Centre when we open Collation 4 tomorrow.

🗣️Featuring: Neo Muyanga, Pertunia Msani, Cara Stacey, William Kentridge, Lufezo Bovungana, Mandisa Yende, Lebogang Mashile, Ann Masina, Vusi Mdoyi, Nosipho Qhayiso, Aalliyah Zama Matintela, Kabi Thulo, Smangaliso Ngwenya, Thulisile Binda & Ingrid de Kok

PHOTOGRAPHER I Zivanai Matangi
Photo of Ingrid de Kok supplied

#lessgoodidea #collation4 #seeyouatthecentre

✍️COLLATION 4 | MEET THE ARTISTS PART 2 🎼

Collation 4 | The Maskandalification of Opera features a unique blend of musicians, composers, theatremakers, choreographers, writers and more.

Find out what they’ve been creating at The Centre when we open Collation 4 tomorrow.

🗣️Featuring: Neo Muyanga, Pertunia Msani, Cara Stacey, William Kentridge, Lufezo Bovungana, Mandisa Yende, Lebogang Mashile, Ann Masina, Vusi Mdoyi, Nosipho Qhayiso, Aalliyah Zama Matintela, Kabi Thulo, Smangaliso Ngwenya, Thulisile Binda & Ingrid de Kok

PHOTOGRAPHER I Zivanai Matangi
Photo of Ingrid de Kok supplied

#lessgoodidea #collation4 #seeyouatthecentre

✍️COLLATION 4 | MEET THE ARTISTS PART 2 🎼

Collation 4 | The Maskandalification of Opera features a unique blend of musicians, composers, theatremakers, choreographers, writers and more.

Find out what they’ve been creating at The Centre when we open Collation 4 tomorrow.

🗣️Featuring: Neo Muyanga, Pertunia Msani, Cara Stacey, William Kentridge, Lufezo Bovungana, Mandisa Yende, Lebogang Mashile, Ann Masina, Vusi Mdoyi, Nosipho Qhayiso, Aalliyah Zama Matintela, Kabi Thulo, Smangaliso Ngwenya, Thulisile Binda & Ingrid de Kok

PHOTOGRAPHER I Zivanai Matangi
Photo of Ingrid de Kok supplied

#lessgoodidea #collation4 #seeyouatthecentre

✍️COLLATION 4 | MEET THE ARTISTS PART 2 🎼

Collation 4 | The Maskandalification of Opera features a unique blend of musicians, composers, theatremakers, choreographers, writers and more.

Find out what they’ve been creating at The Centre when we open Collation 4 tomorrow.

🗣️Featuring: Neo Muyanga, Pertunia Msani, Cara Stacey, William Kentridge, Lufezo Bovungana, Mandisa Yende, Lebogang Mashile, Ann Masina, Vusi Mdoyi, Nosipho Qhayiso, Aalliyah Zama Matintela, Kabi Thulo, Smangaliso Ngwenya, Thulisile Binda & Ingrid de Kok

PHOTOGRAPHER I Zivanai Matangi
Photo of Ingrid de Kok supplied

#lessgoodidea #collation4 #seeyouatthecentre

✍️COLLATION 4 | MEET THE ARTISTS PART 2 🎼

Collation 4 | The Maskandalification of Opera features a unique blend of musicians, composers, theatremakers, choreographers, writers and more.

Find out what they’ve been creating at The Centre when we open Collation 4 tomorrow.

🗣️Featuring: Neo Muyanga, Pertunia Msani, Cara Stacey, William Kentridge, Lufezo Bovungana, Mandisa Yende, Lebogang Mashile, Ann Masina, Vusi Mdoyi, Nosipho Qhayiso, Aalliyah Zama Matintela, Kabi Thulo, Smangaliso Ngwenya, Thulisile Binda & Ingrid de Kok

PHOTOGRAPHER I Zivanai Matangi
Photo of Ingrid de Kok supplied

#lessgoodidea #collation4 #seeyouatthecentre

✍️COLLATION 4 | MEET THE ARTISTS PART 2 🎼

Collation 4 | The Maskandalification of Opera features a unique blend of musicians, composers, theatremakers, choreographers, writers and more.

Find out what they’ve been creating at The Centre when we open Collation 4 tomorrow.

🗣️Featuring: Neo Muyanga, Pertunia Msani, Cara Stacey, William Kentridge, Lufezo Bovungana, Mandisa Yende, Lebogang Mashile, Ann Masina, Vusi Mdoyi, Nosipho Qhayiso, Aalliyah Zama Matintela, Kabi Thulo, Smangaliso Ngwenya, Thulisile Binda & Ingrid de Kok

PHOTOGRAPHER I Zivanai Matangi
Photo of Ingrid de Kok supplied

#lessgoodidea #collation4 #seeyouatthecentre

✍️COLLATION 4 | MEET THE ARTISTS PART 2 🎼

Collation 4 | The Maskandalification of Opera features a unique blend of musicians, composers, theatremakers, choreographers, writers and more.

Find out what they’ve been creating at The Centre when we open Collation 4 tomorrow.

🗣️Featuring: Neo Muyanga, Pertunia Msani, Cara Stacey, William Kentridge, Lufezo Bovungana, Mandisa Yende, Lebogang Mashile, Ann Masina, Vusi Mdoyi, Nosipho Qhayiso, Aalliyah Zama Matintela, Kabi Thulo, Smangaliso Ngwenya, Thulisile Binda & Ingrid de Kok

PHOTOGRAPHER I Zivanai Matangi
Photo of Ingrid de Kok supplied

#lessgoodidea #collation4 #seeyouatthecentre

✍️COLLATION 4 | MEET THE ARTISTS PART 2 🎼

Collation 4 | The Maskandalification of Opera features a unique blend of musicians, composers, theatremakers, choreographers, writers and more.

Find out what they’ve been creating at The Centre when we open Collation 4 tomorrow.

🗣️Featuring: Neo Muyanga, Pertunia Msani, Cara Stacey, William Kentridge, Lufezo Bovungana, Mandisa Yende, Lebogang Mashile, Ann Masina, Vusi Mdoyi, Nosipho Qhayiso, Aalliyah Zama Matintela, Kabi Thulo, Smangaliso Ngwenya, Thulisile Binda & Ingrid de Kok

PHOTOGRAPHER I Zivanai Matangi
Photo of Ingrid de Kok supplied

#lessgoodidea #collation4 #seeyouatthecentre

✍️COLLATION 4 | MEET THE ARTISTS PART 2 🎼

Collation 4 | The Maskandalification of Opera features a unique blend of musicians, composers, theatremakers, choreographers, writers and more.

Find out what they’ve been creating at The Centre when we open Collation 4 tomorrow.

🗣️Featuring: Neo Muyanga, Pertunia Msani, Cara Stacey, William Kentridge, Lufezo Bovungana, Mandisa Yende, Lebogang Mashile, Ann Masina, Vusi Mdoyi, Nosipho Qhayiso, Aalliyah Zama Matintela, Kabi Thulo, Smangaliso Ngwenya, Thulisile Binda & Ingrid de Kok

PHOTOGRAPHER I Zivanai Matangi
Photo of Ingrid de Kok supplied

#lessgoodidea #collation4 #seeyouatthecentre

✍️COLLATION 4 | MEET THE ARTISTS PART 2 🎼

Collation 4 | The Maskandalification of Opera features a unique blend of musicians, composers, theatremakers, choreographers, writers and more.

Find out what they’ve been creating at The Centre when we open Collation 4 tomorrow.

🗣️Featuring: Neo Muyanga, Pertunia Msani, Cara Stacey, William Kentridge, Lufezo Bovungana, Mandisa Yende, Lebogang Mashile, Ann Masina, Vusi Mdoyi, Nosipho Qhayiso, Aalliyah Zama Matintela, Kabi Thulo, Smangaliso Ngwenya, Thulisile Binda & Ingrid de Kok

PHOTOGRAPHER I Zivanai Matangi
Photo of Ingrid de Kok supplied

#lessgoodidea #collation4 #seeyouatthecentre

✍️COLLATION 4 | MEET THE ARTISTS PART 2 🎼

Collation 4 | The Maskandalification of Opera features a unique blend of musicians, composers, theatremakers, choreographers, writers and more.

Find out what they’ve been creating at The Centre when we open Collation 4 tomorrow.

🗣️Featuring: Neo Muyanga, Pertunia Msani, Cara Stacey, William Kentridge, Lufezo Bovungana, Mandisa Yende, Lebogang Mashile, Ann Masina, Vusi Mdoyi, Nosipho Qhayiso, Aalliyah Zama Matintela, Kabi Thulo, Smangaliso Ngwenya, Thulisile Binda & Ingrid de Kok

PHOTOGRAPHER I Zivanai Matangi
Photo of Ingrid de Kok supplied

#lessgoodidea #collation4 #seeyouatthecentre