The Market Theatre Foundation
Tshiamo Mokgadi, MBA is currently the Chief Executive Officer at The Market Theatre Foundation, bringing extensive experience in arts management and financial stewardship. With a background as a Producer at Market Theatre and Arts Manager at The Playhouse Company, Tshiamo has been involved in all aspects of arts programming, financial management, governance, compliance, people management, and production coordination. Holding an MBA specializing in Music and Creative Industry, Tshiamo is known for effective leadership, strategic planning, and maintaining high standards of performance in the arts industry.
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The Market Theatre Foundation
The Market Theatre, founded in Johannesburg in 1976 by Mannie Manim and the late Barney Simon, was constructed out of Johannesburg's Indian Fruit Market - built in 1913. The theatre went on to become internationally renowned as South Africa's "Theatre of the Struggle". The Market Theatre challenged the apartheid regime, armed with little more than the conviction that culture can change society. The strength and truth of that conviction was acknowledged in 1995 when the theatre received the American Jujamcyn Award. In providing a voice to the voiceless, The Market Theatre did not forego artistic excellence, but, rather, made a point of it. Its twenty-one international and over three hundred South African theatre awards bears eloquent testimony to the courage and artistic quality of its work. During the past three decades, The Market Theatre has evolved into a cultural complex for theatre, music, dance and the allied arts. Today, The Market Theatre remains at the forefront of South African theatre, actively encouraging new works that continue to reach international stages.