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The Centre for the Less Good Idea is an interdisciplinary incubator space for the arts based in Maboneng, Johannesburg

  • AT THE CENTRE
    • COLLATION 3 | THE UNEXPECTED CITY (2025)
    • COLLATION 2 | SOUNDING PICTURES: LIVE SCORES TO SHORT SILENT FILMS (2024)
    • COLLATION 1 | ON AIR: VISUAL RADIO PLAYS (2024)
  • SO Academy
    • ABOUT
    • SO | PRACTICE & TÊTE-À-TÊTE
    • THINKING IN (2020 - 2025)
    • IN CONVERSATION ARCHIVE (2017 – 2024)
    • HOW | Showing the Making (2022 - 2024)
    • THE OPEN MOMENT
    • DR JAMES BARRY WORKSHOPS (2024)
    • THE HEAD & THE LOAD | ACTIVATIONS (2023)
    • MOTLHANA KALANA INCUBATOR (2023)
    • A GATHERING IN A BETTER WORLD (2023)
    • The Centre of Somewhere (2022 - 2023)
    • 2ndary REVISIONS (2022)
    • WOVEN WITH BROWN THREAD (2021)
  • THE CENTRE OUTSIDE THE CENTRE
    • ABOUT
    • 2025
    • CFLGI x FONDATION CARTIER (2024)
    • 2024
    • 2023
    • 2022
    • 2021
    • 2020
    • 2019
  • FOR ONCE
    • ABOUT
    • FOR ONCE ARCHIVE (2017 - 2024)
    • A KAFKA MOMENT (2021)
    • A CONSIDERED 3 MINUTES (2020/2021)
    • THE POETRY MINUTE (2021)
    • A GODOT MOMENT (2020)
    • ODD PORTRAITS OF THIS PLACE (2021)
    • THE HIGHWAY NOTICE PROJECT (2020/2021)
    • THE LONG MINUTE (2020)
  • Season Archive
    • SEASON 10 | OCTOBER 2023
    • SEASON 09 | October 2022
    • SEASON 08 | October 2021
    • Season 07 | April 2020 / September 2021
    • Season 06 | October 2019
    • Season 05 | April 2019
    • Season 04 | October 2018
    • Season 03 | April 2018
    • Season 02 | October 2017
    • Season 01 | March 2017
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Season 11 is coming to The Centre for the Less Good Idea. The five-day festival of visual art, dance, theatre, site-specific installation, pop-up performances, and talks runs from Wednesday 26 to Sunday 30 November 2025.

Curated by The Centre for the Less Good Idea’s impresario, Neo Muyanga, and supported by The Centre’s core team, Season 11 focuses on work made by and in collaboration with Johannesburg’s many artists, theatremakers, musicians, writers, filmmakers, and thinkers, as well as a host of invited artists.



Each evening of the Season, WEDNESDAY 26 TO SATURDAY 29 NOVEMBER, will feature  SITE, LIGHT, ACTION | FOX STREET ACTIVATIONS 

The Fox Street Activation is a dynamic series of site-specific performances and activations unfolding across six locations in Arts on Main and along Fox Street. Curated by Marcus Neustetter, the work blends movement, light, and sound, featuring dancers, musicians, and visual installations. 

Please note that this is not a ticketed event. Tickets for all Season 11 performances include free access to the Fox Street Activations. 

DATE | WEDNESDAY26 TO SATURDAY 29 NOVEMBER 2025
TIME | 19H00 DAILY & 18H30 ON THURSDAY 27 NOVEMBER
VENUE | 264 FOX STREET, MABONENG


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Season 11 tickets include access to the NarowBi Party + Market

Cultural collective NarowBi will activate the Arts on Main courtyard with Party + Market, a curated experience featuring stalls and artists showcasing music, art, style and more. Founded in 2019, NarowBi is a creative platform where narrative-driven concepts, culturally rich and intimate experiences are curated. NarowBi serves as a bridge for fostering meaningful connections through music, art and conversation.
Tickets for the NarowBi Party + Market only are available via NarowBi.

DATE | SATURDAY 29 AND SUNDAY 30 NOVEMBER 2025
TIME | 16H00 – 22H00 (SATURDAY) & 15H00 – 20H00 (SUNDAY)
VENUE | COURTYARD, ARTS ON MAIN, 264 FOX STREET, MABONENG

If you are experiencing any issues with your bookings, please email popartjhb@gmail.com