WRITTEN BY TAMMANY BARTON Tammany was selected out of a pool of Sub saharan African countries to take part in the National arts festival writing residency with Twist Projects. Using the novel The Ones With Purpose by Cynthia Jele as the starting point to inspire writers, Twist Projects invites writers from across Africa to a week-long writers’…
While scrolling through my Facebook newsfeed, I recently stumbled across Tammany Barton’s post on “The Kruger Kritters”. Aside from it being an impressive initiative, it is the perfect way to help keep the little ones entertained during lockdown. The writer and actress is joined by her singer-actor beau Nathan Ro, who was a Lonehill Estate…
Having concluded the run ‘Cupcakes and Commiserations’, actress and playwright Tammany Barton finds time to drop by her favourite city haunts. READ MORE
Tammany Barton loves being Miss Positive Pants from the school of Positivity. Not only is Tammany a performing artists, radio host and public speaker, but she has a humanitarian side too. Her calling to change the lives of orphaned and vulnerable children through the art of storytelling and educational theatre prompted her to start a…
THE TRUE NATURE OF THE HUMAN CONDITION. Playwright and actress Tammany Barton sheds light on the inspiration behind the dark and thrilling two-hander. Interestingly enough, it was while she was working on herself that she found love again. Audiences have until Saturday to catch “Cupcakes and Commiserations” at the Auto & General Theatre on the Square, Sandton.…
Danny Du Bruyne and Tammany Barton chat to Alan Ford on Spotlight Cliff central about the new South African play, Cupcakes and Commiserations. Cupcakes and Commiserations is a psychological thriller that dances around the kitchen table. We open the show with ‘The Voice’ finalists Yahto Kraft and Thembeka Mnguni, chatting about their role in the…
The play delves into notions of what Nola Thompson (Tammany Barton) believes to be true and real and the knock on effects for her husband, Frank (Danny de Bruyne). t would be remiss to not acknowledge the motif of the cupcakes throughout the play. What starts as a loving peppermint treat ends up being something…
Interview with Liel Rimon and Peter Selwyn David Feldman about our Culinary Crime theatre piece. If you enjoy the dark and twisty side of Netflix, then this theatre piece is for you! All the ingredients for a psychological thriller brought to stage. LISTEN HERE
RENO SPANOUDES On Saturday morning’s edition of Saturday’s Role With Reno, host Renos Spanoudes spoke to Penny Bramwell-Jones and Tammany Barton about Cupcakes and Commiserations on stage now at the Auto & General Theatre on the Square. LISTEN MORE
Dene Botha from Inspired Youth chats to Tammany about why creative storytelling is important for the youth in SA. How does one enhance their creativity, and is there a need for it? LISTEN HERE