UPCOMING WORKSHOPS

Join the Vuka Actor Series of The Fundamentals of Movement Theatre: your body as a playful tool for devising with Kyla Davis. 

The world around us is full of inspiration, if we are curious enough to look! Come and play in this series of physical theatre workshops designed to gently wake up and warm up your theatre body and imagination at the beginning of a new year. Expect to move, stretch, play and explore with other bodies in space. No experience required, just a willingness to stay present and be silly together.

This is a 3 part series taking place over 3 Mondays from 11:30am - 1pm. 

Kyla Davis is a theatremaker, director, activist, educator, mother and occasionally, when the mood takes her, a performer. She is the founder and artistic director of Well Worn Theatre Company, an independent arts organisation in Jo’burg that creates plays that respond to eco-social justice themes. Since 2008, Well Worn Theatre has produced and toured the length and breadth of South Africa.

Kyla is also the co-founder and co-director of The Johannesburg School of Mask and Movement Theatre (JMAM), a training programme dedicated to the development of artistic excellence in aspiring theatre-makers, performers, practitioners and artists wishing to expand their creative and poetic limits.

Most recently, Kyla co-devised and performed in ‘The Agents’, an irreverent and satirical take on the real estate industry and the pitfalls of rampant Capitalism. When not consumed by the hustle of making theatre in uncertain times, Kyla can be found in her garden, pretending to know which plant is which; or on the street, causing a ruckus with a mask or a megaphone.

She can be found at:
@wellworntheatre
@jhbmaskandmovement
@agentsplay
@burningrebellionza

Join us for a focused vocal class with Alex Halligey. 

Alex Halligey is a theatre-maker, performer, educator and arts-based urban researcher. She has an MA in performance studies from New York University, a PhD in drama and urban studies from the University of Cape Town and is a certified teacher of the Alexander Technique. Her research, and a significant portion of her artistic practice, focus on theatre and performance as practical tools and conceptual lenses for understanding urban, everyday life. Her artistic practice also ranges more broadly into solo and ensemble explorations around various themes. Alex has taught voice to performers for twenty years and with an increasing incorporation of Alexander Technique principles. Whether making performance works, studying cities or teaching students, Alex is invested in exploring how humans live in relation to space. She is currently a senior lecturer in the Interdisciplinary Arts and Culture Studies Department at Witwatersrand University.

Get your body moving with a one hour movement class focusing on movement, physical performance and comedy with Zikka Zimba facilitator, Ryan Pittman. 

Zikkazimba Productions is a small company that believes, it only takes one person to make a difference. In 2008 we started by developing workshops to make drama theory more accessible to students. We then started developing works that encourage students to engage critically with their environment and that led us to exploring our own environment and seeing where we could contribute.

Join the Vuka Actor Club for a stretch and a somatic exploration with Lwazi Mdluli. 


Lwazilwenkosi Mdluli is a movement based facilitator whose work focuses on body awareness, somatic practice, breathwork and de-rolling techniques for performers. His sessions create grounded spaces that centre physical presence, emotional release, and mindful preparation for creative work.

Lwazi trained at the Market Theatre Laboratory (2024–2025) and is a member of the award-winning Afropocalypse Ensemble, recipients of the Gold Ovation Award at the National Arts Festival. His background as a theatre-maker and actor deeply informs his facilitation style.

Lwazi’s work is rooted in the belief that mindful bodies create truthful performers.