Market theatre
Market theater

Summary/Abstract: The place Market Theater occupied as an institution in society during the Apartheid will be highlighted throughout this article. The Market Theater's contribution to the resistance, by engaging the aesthetic, and also the critical analysis of the plays and authors that dominated all the forms of performance during this period are also listed in the following pages. The theater founded and led by Mannie Manim and Barney Simon, will the starting point for the well-known Market Theater theatrical complex inaugurated in 1976, which will later continue the tradition initiated by Brian Astbury in Cape. The impact of this theater was huge, even if at times controversial. Not only did he trained actors or the ones behind the scene, technicians, administrative staff and playwrights, but also actively contributed to the extension of the theatrical field and modified the shape of the performance in South Africa. For much of the 80's, when referring to theater in South Africa we refer to the Market Theater, especially in terms of international interest.

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