Jefferson Bobs Tshabalala
Residency 9–22 October 2017
Monochrome event photograph from Jefferson Bobs Tshabalala’s residency on A4’s top floor that shows the artist seated at a table with a microphone.
Event: Jefferson Bobs Tshabalala’s residency, February 25–March 8, 2019.
Title Jefferson Bobs Tshabalala Dates 9–22 October 2017 Location Top Floor Tagline Jefferson Bobs Tshabalala tests a hybrid game show over the course of two residencies, first in 2017 and again in 2019. Credits

Organiser:
francis burger

Jefferson Bobs Tshabalala is the founder and owner of the Johannesburg-based live arts production house Kiri Pink Nob Arts. This company produces straight plays, sketch comedy shows, poetry-in-performance productions and slams, stand-up comedy shows, and variety bill performance events. Tshabalala has started to produce game shows for the stage and screen. He also works as a co-operate/corporate facilitator, a performance trainer, a dramatic arts teacher, and a dramaturge.

Tshabalala returned to A4 to continue exploring the game show, taking up residence for a second time on 25 February–8 March 2019.

Event photograph from part 2 of Jefferson Bobs Tshabalala’s residency on A4’s top floor that shows a topdown detail of a game board. Three stacks of cards, a bell and a pair of dice sit on top of a game boards sketched out with felt pen markers.
Process: Jefferson Bobs Tshabalala’s residency, February 25–March 8, 2019. Image courtesy of A4 Arts Foundation.
Event photograph from part 2 of Jefferson Bobs Tshabalala’s residency on A4’s top floor. A topdown view shows a wooden table that hosts game boards drawn out with felt pen markers on sheets of paper. Four participants sit in discussion around the table.
Event photograph from part 2 of Jefferson Bobs Tshabalala’s residency on A4’s top floor that depicts a topdown view of a rectangular white board game on a white table. The board has squares with words around the edges, and is blank in the middle. A yellow rubber duck and small erasable white board with text that reads ‘game night’ lays in the middle.
Event photograph from part 2 of Jefferson Bobs Tshabalala’s residency on A4’s top floor. A wooden table hosts a game board drawn out with felt pen markers on a sheet of paper, along with snacks. Six participants sit in discussion around the table.
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