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What is Backstage about?
Backstage is a South African youth-targeted soap opera produced by Bottom Line Productions. The story is set at Vulindlela College. The school is a performing arts college for youth in Johannesburg. The series originally aired on E.tv from 1 May 2000 to 6 July 2007 showing in weekdays at 18h 30. The show was later cancelled and aired it last broadcast on the 6th of July 2007. A rebroadcast of Backstage premiered on E.tv on Monday 5 January 2009, at 16h40. Till present Backstage airs daily from 16h40 - 17h10. Backstage is a youth-soap opera in which kids from a host of background in South Africa come to a college of perdorming arts in downtown Johannesburg. The story follows a host of characters as they experinece the trials and tribulations of performers all trying to be the best. The show business they are involved in sees them deal with musicians, dancers and film makers alike. Besides school and the pressures it brings the story also revolves the plot around the personal life of the student dealing with love, passion and betrayal throughout the plot. We see the head of the college is Ipeleng Theledi dealing with the stresses of running a professional college and dealing with the personal lives of the other charcacter, mainly the students. We also see the lecturers who assist her mainly being Katlego Rathebe, Naomi Singh, Sebastian Young, Charmaine Jacobs and Keketso Chaka. The series reflects a distinct ZA style and perspective.