To all continental and African diaspora in Theatre and Poetry across all platforms: this is The Call for applications. We are thrilled to invite you to mark your calendars and join us for the 9th Installation of Jika International Theatre Dance Festival. Bloemfontein and Jika Performing Arts College welcomes you to South Africa with an agenda to ENSURING THAT THEATRE REMAINS UTMOST GRAVITY. Seize this opportunity to replenish and revitalise our divine theatrical and creative selves. Embrace this chance to strategise the future of Black Theatre and access to new markets across continents.We invite you to help make this a powerful experience.

  • Building: Let us continue to share our stories of hope,  struggles, achievements and our heritage. 
  • Creative: Let us continue to develop pathways to consistent cross-theatrical collaborations. 
  • Theatrical: Let us participate in meaningful curated communal engagements, exploring theatrical aesthetics. 
  • Connections: On the ground, in cyber and in real time, let us sustain the engagements in artistic projects that makes the existence of theatre indispensable.