Drama for Life (DFL) is an innovative training and development programme initiated by the Dramatic Arts Division (DODA) of the University of the Witwatersrand, and whilst the world has made Africa its destination this year through the 2010 FIFA World Cup, DFL has turned the lens to the heart of Africa and taken snapshots of people young and old, their lives, circumstances, stories, disease, famine, education, health and zoomed in even further to explore Africa's diversity about sex. DFL uses the performing and visual arts as the vehicle of exchange to allow real stories to be told.
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Drama for Life Festival will present works by PJ Sabbagna, Peter Hayes, DFL Playback Theatre, Bonfire, Tracey Human, Siwela Sonke Dance Theatre, UBOM amongst many others, and will host two other exciting projects, DFL Lover and Another National Poetry Competition and the Write for Life Project, in association with ANOVA's HIV/AIDS Media Project. The common aim is to promote knowledge about HIV/AIDS, the realities of the pandemic and to seek innovative ways of communicating sex related issues.
For further details contact Lonwabo Mavuso on +27 (0)72 906 0155 or Levinia Jones on +27 (0)83 745 8859 or email az.ca.stiw@osuvam.obawnoL or az.ca.stiw@senoj.ainiveL.
