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Shakespeare Schools Festival South Africa

Performing Arts
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    M Vuyo Ngetu Film and Theatre Producer. Entrepreneur. PR Specialist.
    • Eastern Cape, South Africa
    • Rising Star
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Overview

The SSF SA is an education program, aimed at improving language and social skills through the Performing Arts. It is Educape’s flagship initiative, launched in 2010 by Kseniya Filinova-Bruton, to strengthen the link between the Arts and education. Since inception, the SSF SA has gone from 20 to 2000 participating youth and Learners across the Western Cape, Gauteng, Kwa-Zulu Natal and the Eastern Cape. SSF SA has subsequently showcased 316 Shakespeare plays across South Africa, working with 6736 pupils from 321 schools. We have built the capacity of 510 teachers as drama and performance arts directors.