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To all continental and African diaspora in Theatre, Dance 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 8th Installation of Jika International Theatre Dance Festival. Bloemfontein and Jika Performing Arts College welcomes you to South Africa with an agenda to BUILDING CREATIVE AND THEATRICAL CONNECTIONS. 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’s share our stories of hope,  struggles, achievements and our heritage. 
• Creative: Let’s develop pathways to consistent cross-cultural collaboration. 
• Theatrical: We will participate in curated communal activities exploring theatrical aesthetics. 
• Connections: On the ground and in real time, we will engage in artistic projects that invite transformative experiences.

Jika International Theatre Summit, “Building Markets for Black Theatre” hosted by Jika Performing Arts is a Think Tank reconvening and celebrating legendary models that have worked in sustaining the existence of Black Theatre in the continent. 

The Summit will further assess the state of Black Theatre funding, resources and opportunities. Due to various creative and business intersections throughout the entertainment industry, Jika International Theatre Summit will include industry insiders, theatre makers, theatre producers, experts and scholar artists, practitioners in theatre, film, print and audio media.

Jika International Theatre Summit will convene all industry insiders to strategise the future of Black Theatre and continue telling stories across all platforms throughout the continent of Africa and Diaspora.