A Russian court has opened the trial of a theatre director and a playwright accused of advocating terrorism in a play. The case is the latest step in an unrelenting crackdown on dissent in Russia that has reached new heights since Moscow sent troops into Ukraine. Zhenya Berkovich, a prominent independent theatre director, and playwright […]
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Celebrated South African playwright Mbongeni Ngema dies in car crash aged 68
Renowned South African playwright, producer and composer Mbongeni Ngema has died in a car crash at the age of 68, his family said. “Ngema was killed in a head-on car accident while returning from a funeral he was attending in Lusikisiki in the Eastern Cape this evening,” his relatives said on Wednesday. The celebrated playwright […]