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Ingoma-Busuku/ Nightsong

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The Drama Theatre is a smaller theatre venue with two side stages, as well as a flying system, four lifts and a revolving wagon.

27-OCT-2026 19:00
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Ingoma-Busuku/ Nightsong

DRAMA at SA State Theatre, Pretoria

Stalls
Admission R150.00
Group Booking (10 - 15 tickets) R157.50
Students R120.00
Group Booking (16 - 20 tickets) R148.75
Group Booking (21+ tickets) R140.00
Middle Stalls
Admission R150.00
Group Booking (10 - 15 tickets) R157.50
Students R120.00
Group Booking (16 - 20 tickets) R148.75
Group Booking (21+ tickets) R140.00
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Ingoma-busuku / Nightsong: A Journey of Music, Longing and Discovery
A Musical Theatre Work

Set in Durban, Ingoma-busuku / Nightsong follows Jabulani (Jabu), a gifted teenage musician haunted by night songs, dreams carrying ancestral voices and unfinished histories. Rooted in the apartheid-era tradition of all-night isicathamiya competitions that defied curfews and pass laws, ingoma-busuku, song of the night, embodies resistance, memory, and survival. Raised by his mother Nomasonto in Berea and mentored in Western classical music by Mrs Smith, a retired concert pianist, Jabu gains technical mastery but feels drawn to isicathamiya.