Backstage is a youth-soap opera in which kids from different backgrounds in South Africa come to a college of performing arts in downtown Johannesburg.
Besides school and the pressures that come with it, the story also revolves around the personal life of the students dealing with love, passion and betrayal throughout the plot.
The lecturers who assist her are mainly Katlego Rathebe, Naomi Singh, Sebastian Young, Charmaine Jacobs and Keketso Chaka.
[2] According to the channel, the reason given for cancelling the show was that "modern youth culture is dynamic and ever evolving, and it is the right time to adapt to these fresh challenges as well as the changing television market.
"[2] According to Deon Opperman of Bottom Line Productions, the time was right for the channel "to aggressively compete in this primetime slot.