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Kea Leboha/Thank you everyone for all of your support, Love Dramatic Need

This has been an emotional last week of programming for us here the Dramatic Need Arts Centre in Rammulotsi. On Monday we asked the...

11th November 2020 Dear Dramatic Need community, followers and supporters, It is with a heavy heart that I am writing to tell you that,...

Have a look at our new video by Arts facilitator Lawrence Chabalala who takes you through a ten step process on how to paint a mural.

We are pleased to share with you our Womxn Mural which was completed last week in Rammulotsi which marked the end of Women's Month here...

Here in South Africa we are now on level 2 of our nationwide lockdown. It has been a long and challenging five months since we first...

We are super excited to share with you these pictures of our new roof which was completed over the weekend. In June we put out an urgent...

In celebration of Mandela Day 2020 we painted a mural in the heart of Rammulotsi. It’s design was created by the DN team in response to...

Helplines: COVID-19 Dramatic Need is currently under lockdown and will communicate new dates once our Art Centre reopens. We encourage...

We have entered into our third week of the Covid-19 nationwide lock-down here in South Africa. Last Thursday evening, 9th April,...

It's 3pm on a Friday, normally right now we would be starting our class with our students in Rammulotsi. However for the next few weeks...

Dreams and Nightmares was the selected theme for our term 1 programming. We used this to focus on the students visions,...

Blue skies, green grass and new DN T-shirts. We are ready for you 2020!

Today on International Volunteers day we would like to give a big shout out 🙌 to our 2019 Dramatic Need Volunteers! Without our local...

Over the 29th and 30th of October our students had the pleasure of working with Johannesburg artist Nina Barnett. Over the two days the...

Today on the 11th of October we celebrate International Day of the Girl Child. Meet Malehlohonolo, Itumeleng, Precious, Mampho, Karabo,...

Word Mental Health Day, is a day for global mental health education, awareness and advocacy against social stigma. We thought we would...

During the third term school break we had visiting artists and printmakers Bevan de Wet and Sara-Aimee Verity come and join us in...

Drawing Workshop - Day 3 (Blind, Moving, Narrative Collaborative Drawing) - With Lucy Jane Turpin

Dramatic Need stands by the women and children of South Africa. There’s no place in our society for Gender-Based Violence or xenophobia....

Over the month of August our facilitators Tatu and Lawrence have been unpacking the theme of “Beauty” with our students through a series...

On Friday the 26th of July Robyn Nesbitt - Operations Manager for Dramatic Need attended the Johannesburg Parent and Child Counselling...

On Thursday morning the 18th of July the Dramatic Need Team Tatu Somfula, Lawrence Chabalala, Porong Tjamela and Robyn Nesbitt kicked off...

Janet Lindley Watts, Dramatic Need Operations and Development Manager for South Africa and Rwanda, reports from the ground in Rammulotsi,...