Would you like to take part in a special international dance project based in South Africa? Would you like your opinion to matter and have an impact on the final production? Are you interested in cross-overs between spoken word and dance? Then this may be your thing.

Monday 24 October at 6.30 GMT or 7.30 p.m.*Dutch time) a direct internet channel will be opened between the Albany Theatre in London, the International Choreographic Arts Centre in Amsterdam and the British Council in Johannesburg to show an intermediate stage performance of the project Keuse/Choice that South African choreographers/dancers Mamela Nyamza and Jane Sekonya-John are now creating in collaboration with British spoken word artist OneNess Sankara. This past month they teamed up for the first-rehearsals stage of this work in progress. The live stream on October 24th presents the outcome of that initial work phase.

Cooking and Food as African lifestyle experience

Cooking and food are a way of life. The photographic exhibition by South Africans Sean Fitzpatrick (photographer) and Ingmar Niezen (food stylist) and Kenyan Peninah Njuguna (graphic designer), takes an insightful look at African lifestyle. The exhibition covers many aspects of African identity-
design, fashion, music and personal tastes. The evocative photographs and unusual designs show what it means to be African and reflect a modern African culture and lifestyle. The exhibition is an integral part of theTownship café experience. Free admission.

Eindhoven, Parktheater / Wed 22-Sat 25 Sep / all evenings 
Amsterdam, MC Theater / Tue 28 Sep-Sun 3 Oct /  all evenings
London/Deptford, The Albany / 5-10 Oct / all festival days during opening hours
Birmingham, The Drum / 12-17 Oct / all festival days during opening hours
Manchester, Contact Theatre / 19-23 Oct / all festival days during opening hours

Double exhibition: Faces and Phases & Proudly African and Transgender

Faces and Phases: 14 photographs by photographer Zanele Muholi (South Africa). A powerful tribute to a positive image of black lesbian women in South Africa.
Proudly African and Transgender: 10 drawings by Gabrielle Le Roux (England, South Africa) portrays ten transgenders from seven African countries, who added their own stories to the portraits.

Amsterdam, OBA - Public Library Amsterdam, main library, 6th floor IHLIA-plein / Thu 29 Jul - Wed 20 Oct
Free admission