Magnet Training and Youth Upliftment Trust

Our mission is to Create an original repertoire of South African productions, inspirational performance events and effective educational processes that emphasise the primacy of the human body in the act of theatre. We dedicate ourselves to raising levels of resources in marginalised communities, energising audiences and theatre practitioners; Transform the theatre sector into one that is more inclusive at all levels of participation; Increase capacity building and skills transfer amongst marginalised South African youth through the sharing of theatre-making and physical theatre skills; Shift access to tertiary institutions of education and employment in the theatre by providing facilita... read more Our mission is to Create an original repertoire of South African productions, inspirational performance events and effective educational processes that emphasise the primacy of the human body in the act of theatre. We dedicate ourselves to raising levels of resources in marginalised communities, energising audiences and theatre practitioners; Transform the theatre sector into one that is more inclusive at all levels of participation; Increase capacity building and skills transfer amongst marginalised South African youth through the sharing of theatre-making and physical theatre skills; Shift access to tertiary institutions of education and employment in the theatre by providing facilitation and support to underprivileged youth who historically and currently have limited access to those institutions and that sector; Shift access to performance and arts activities by taking theatre and arts education out of conventional spaces into rural and peri-urban communities; Contribute to job creation through training and skills programmes that develop employable township youth and by employing graduates from Magnet Theatre training programmes.; Develop leadership and new entities through sharing theatre making skills, allowing young people to create their own income generating product.