24/03/2026
CALLING ALL ACTORS
Cape Town’s creative pulse is calling, and this April, Theatre Arts, in partnership with POPArt, is inviting you to be part of our second Vuka Actor 30 Day Challenge for the year. April’s theme is Creating your Own Work with a weekly in person session led by the magical Toni Morkel - an actor and director known for her marvellously creative productions. April is bound to be bold, playful, and deeply transformative.
Vuka Actor isn’t your typical acting program. It’s a creative playground designed for actors who are ready to stretch, explore, and sharpen their craft in a collaborative, high-energy environment.
What to expect from the challenge
- Devising games that unlock spontaneity and imagination
- Tools for shaping raw ideas into compelling performance pieces
- Exploration of personal style through movement & choreography
- Insight into directing and collaborative storytelling
- A vibrant, supportive space to connect with Cape Town creatives
- Developing and deepening your daily actor practice
- Strengthening you actor’s body maintenance and stamina
This challenge is for actors, both emerging and experienced as the programme is designed to meet you where you are and push you further.
Bonus Perk
Participants will receive exclusive discounts on shows at Theatre Arts during the month of April, keeping you immersed in Cape Town’s theatre scene throughout the challenge.
Details
- Tickets are R300 for the whole month; we offer drop-in rates for our in-person sessions at R100 per session.
- 4 in-person sessions at Theatre Arts with Toni Morkel who will lead you through the process of creating and shaping your own original work
- You will receive daily motivational emails that consist of daily tasks that you are free to do at your own time as well as online sessions that are set at a time suited best for you.
Facilitator for the In-Person sessions
TONI MORKEL
Toni has been working in theatre for over 40 years.
She works as an actor, director and teacher. Toni’s first love in theatre is workshopping and co-creating through improvisation.
Toni’s directorial work includes Firefly with Andrew Buckland and Sylvaine Strike; Balloonacy with Craig Morris; The Agents, with Roberto Pombo and Co; Op die Hoek van Styx and River… with Sandra Prinsloo and David Viviers and most recently I Can Buy Myself Flowers with Erika Breytenbach, written by Mike van Graan.
Toni’s theatre appearances include her solo show Cottonwool Kid, directed by Sylvaine Strike, (Naledi nomination for best independent theatre production); The Boy who Cried Ninja for Contagious Theatre (Naledi nomination for best performer in a show for young audiences); To***co, and the Harmful Effects Thereof with Andrew Buckland, directed by Sylvaine Strike (Naledi nomination for Best Supporting Actress); Izithombe 2094 directed by Alex Halligey; Hearts Hotel directed by James Cuningham; Roach directed by Khutjo Green; The Last Show with Roberto Pombo, directed by Jemma Kahn; The Merry Wives of Zuma written and directed by Pieter Dirk Uys; Jenine Collocott's High Diving; Grimm Tales at the Market Theatre (Naledi nomination for Best Female Comedy Performance); The Fortune Cookie Theatre Company’s Coupé and The Travellers. Amongst others.
Most recently Toni performed in Brett Bailey’s FAUSTX which travelled internationally last year.
Toni began improvising with the Gauteng Theatresports Company based at The Market Theatre Laboratory in 1993. In 2009 she and Roberto Pombo co-founded Causing a Scene, the Johannesburg based improvisation group.
Toni entered the world of theatre, after completing her studies in Fine Arts, first through Costume Arts, and then The Handspring Puppet Company where for 3 years she trained as a performer and puppeteer and gained invaluable experience in theatre making.
Excited?
Link to tickets
https://theatrearts.co.za/show/vuka_actor
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Let’s keep building a bold, expressive, and connected theatre culture in Cape Town.
