We’re giving away five pairs of tickets to see William Kentridge’s The Head & the Load on Thu, Nov 12 at 7:30pm at the Henry J. Kaiser Center for the Arts, Oakland.
ABOUT THE PERFORMANCE
Visionary South African artist William Kentridge returns to Cal Performances with his seminal work that unfolds across a 180-foot stage. Watching it, you want to be everywhere at once. Processions give way to shadows, songs, projected drawings, proverbs, chants, European modernist quotations, African languages, and Dadaist eruptions of sound and nonsense. Together, they chronicle the untold history of the more than two million Africans who labored, fought, and died in the First World War.
Premiered in 2018 and seen in only six cities worldwide, the work now arrives in the Bay Area for a must-see West Coast premiere. Good luck!
“A fiercely beautiful historical pageant…”
—The New York Times
The fine print:
Entries accepted until Oct 28, 2026, at 11:59pm PT. Maximum one (1) entry on this webpage per entrant. Winners will be selected and notified by Nov 3, 2026, via the email with which they entered. This giveaway is for the Nov 12, 2026 at 7:30pm performance only. Winners will have 24 hours after notification to accept their prize of one of the four performances, after which it will be offered to another entrant. The winnings of this giveaway cannot be sold or redeemed for cash. Entrants will to be added to the Cal Performances Email Club for special discounts, early access, and more. You can unsubscribe at any time. Cal Performances staff is not eligible to enter.