Theatre in Transformation. Foreword of the editors; Bibliography; Prologue: Time to take stock? The Role of Theatre in Transformation; Theatre in Transformation. The history; Arts and Culture in South Africa. Taking Centre Stage on the Globe from Colonialism, Fascism, Apartheid and Beyond; Pinholes against apartheid. A Brief History of Political Theatre in South Africa; Theatre of Resistance. The Funda Community College in South Africa from the 1980s to the 1990s; The Unequal Brothers. The controversial history of the two leading South African theatres; Transformation in Theatre. The discourse; The performing arts as a social force. South Africa's post-apartheid theatre in the process of transformation; "Taking meat to the knives". Report of the panel discussion "Political Power of Theatre - Cultural Policy for Theatre in South Africa"; Same old apartheid drama or new democratic play? Report of the panel discussion "The State of Theatre in Soweto"; Soul food. South Africa's theatre shows how the country is seeking its future role; Theatre for Protest. The political dimension; The State of the Nation's redress re-dressed. The new forms of protest in South African Theatre and the Theatre of Excess; Political Theatre and Cultural Activism in the Free State Province, South Africa. The vacuum lef t by the death of Thamsanqa Duncan Moleko; Ubulution! A re-imagining of protest and the public sphere in contemporary theatre; Artists as "Seismographs", Theatre as a "Mirror" of Society? Conversation with Cultural Activists: Yvette Hardie, Ismail Mahomed and Omphile Molusi about Social Transformation; Theatre for Young Audiences. The Art of Education; Between Traditional Practise and Contemporary Forms. Theatre for Young Audiences in (South-) Africa; The ideal of a Rainbow Nation 1. What Theatre Arts and Cultural Policy in Europe can learn from Southern Africa; Cradle of Creativity. Cape Town was the Capital of Theatre for Young Audiences; Who's saying what about whom? South Africa's next generation is on a quest for its own identity; Township Theatre Making. An Ethnographic Study about a Developmental Tool for Khayelitsha Youth; Freedom of Expression. Perspectives on the Performing Arts; From "Playing" to "Working". Arresting systemic labour regression in the creative economy of Theatre in South Africa; Staring Dispassionately into the Abyss. Director and Author Mpumelelo Paul Grootboom from Soweto; Theatre Development and Cultural Policy in Rural Areas. A grassroots perspective from North West Province, South Africa; Are we actually deeply enough with these socio-political questions in our theatres?; Scratching the Wounds of the Past. A Playwright-Director's Note on the Play - Silent Scars; Application of indigenous performance techniques in South African theatre. The case of Mmabana Arts Culture Sports and Foundation, North West Province; Unleashing the caged power of the Black girl. South Africa's sociological theatre landscape; Epilogue: Theatre and the post-apartheid condition; Authors List.