Shakespeare ZA is delighted to announce that we have been awarded a supporting grant by Business and Arts South Africa (BASA).
BASA’s Supporting Grants Programme focuses on “amplifying and extending existing partnerships between arts and businesses that aim to meaningfully impact society through shared value and social cohesion”. The Shakespeare Society of Southern Africa has enjoyed the support of our wonderful partners at CN&CO since 2018 - this has made possible a number of our projects over the last two years, and we are excited that the BASA grant will help us to extend various aspects of the collaboration.
Most immediately, it provides a boost to our #lockdownshakespeare initiative (if you don’t know about this, you’ve been missing out), which is good news for the South African theatre makers involved. The generosity of BASA and CN&CO will also help us to continue developing and curating new arts education resources here on Shakespeare ZA.
So you’ll be seeing a lot more of this sign, as we display it proudly - a badge of honour for our Shakespeare ZA endeavours, and one we are very glad to share with all the artists and organisations who have benefited from South African businesses supporting the arts!