Tshisa Talent Open Mic Showcases draw to a close!
Since September 2012 Lunchbox Theatre & Tshisa Talent have provided an open stage for artists to express their awesome creativity. Throughout the 18 Open Mic sessions and 6 showcases in Bitou’s diverse communities, over 300 artists grabbed the opportunity to share their talents on stage.
During Feb and March our final showcases were held in each community with the invitated guest artists from our Tshisa Talent finals 2012 performing alongside selected Open Mic artists. The artists performed to full houses in every community.
It has been an amazing journey for the talent in Bitou and we would like to thank the following people who made it possible: All the artists who graced our stages, our guest artists that participated, Go2Plett, ShowMe Plett and Charmaine (What’s new in Plett). We would like to thank Anja for the photos at the launch, the community centre liaisons for their assistance and Trevor Jansen for the transportation. A big thanks to our team for their tireless effort and passion: Ricky, Siya, Nko, Zaza, Stuart & Nadia for all the work put into this project. And last but by no means least to all the audience members that came to support us.
Thank you to National Arts Council and the Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport for their continuous support and funding towards Tshisa Talent and our artists.
Tshisa Talent has become an annual project that we are very proud of with Open Mic sessions in each community, training and development workshops and culminating in the Tshisa Talent competition.
For more information contact Stuart 083 423 0083