Moshidi Motshegwa as Blanche dismisses the attentions of Vusi Kunene (Stanley)
	THEATRE

SOUTH AFRICAN superstar Johnny Clegg is one of the top attractions scheduled this year at the Johannesburg Civic Theatre. Le Zoulou Blanc (the White Zulu), as Clegg is known to many of his fans, will be staging a massive music and dance production at the Civic to coincide with Johannesburg's hosting of the World Summit on Sustainable Development. Read more

A Streetcar Named Desire - in Sophiatown July 23, 2002 NEW ORLEANS becomes Sophiatown in the Market Theatre production of Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire, opening this week at the Wits Main Theatre in Braamfontein. Vusi Kunene is Stanley Kowalski and Moshidi Motshegwa is Blanche du Bois in Lara Foot Newton's staging of the play that brought fame to Willliams and to the young Marlon Brando - playing the working class Stanley, who marries "above" himself - half a century ago. The play's themes - especially the status of women at the mercy of men - are, say promoters, as relevant now as they were when the play exploded onto the Broadway stage. Kunene has most recently been seen in the stage production of Can Themba's classic story, The Suit, and The Coloured Museum, as well as in the TV drama The Line; he does a great deal of stage and television work. Mothsegwa, who won an FNB Vita for her work in A Coloured Museum, appeared in the films Mandela and De Klerk as well as Hijack Stories; she is currently in the television sitcom SOS, for which she won an Avanti award for best actress in a comedy role. Stella Kowalski is played by Lindiwe Chibi, whose CV includes industrial, children's and commercial theatre roles. Sello Sebotsane, who plays Mitch, has been seen in Panic Mechanic and on Egoli. The play features other stalwarts of the South African theatre scene, including Ramalao Makhene, a founder of the Junction Avenue Theatre Company, and actress and musician Michele Maxwell. The production, originally intended for the Market Theatre, premiered at the Grahamstown Festival and was moved to Wits when the Market shut for a two-month revamp. A Streetcar Named Desire will be performed Monday to Saturday at 7.30pm at the Main Theatre, University of the Witwatersrand from Thursday 25 July to Saturday 10 August. Permission to use web site material Publishers may use material from this site free of charge, as long as: Credit is given to either the "City of Johannesburg website (www.joburg.org.za)" or to "Johannesburg News Agency (www.joburg.org.za)"; If the article is used online, a link is provided to the original article on this website; The name of the article's author is acknowledged; The webmaster is informed of how and where the material is used (fill in this brief online form). Johannesburg News Agency is operated by BIG Media at 011-484-1400