Rhino Search
Drostdy Arch
Tour departs twice daily from outside the Drostdy Arch. Catch the early tour from 07:00 to 10:30 or the afternoon tour from 15:00 to 18:30. Ticket price includes wine, or softdrinks, and snacks. The endangered Black Rhinoceros is known for its short temper and aggressive outlook on life. They charge frequently...
Addo Elephant Park
Drostdy Arch
Daily Tours from 07:30 to 17:00, departing from the Drostdy Arch. Tour price includes lunch. Addo Elephant Park had only 11 elephants when it was first established in 1931. Now they are over 450 strong, including a number of legends! We will be searching for these large pachyderm and even stand...
Pumba Private Game Reserve Safari - Morning
1820 Settlers Monument Car Park
Country & Year 30-JunCast 01-JulThe 5* Pumba Private Game Reserve covers 6500 hectares of privately owned property in the Eastern Cape. It is malaria free game viewing at its best. Pumba is situated only 22 km away from Grahamstown and 105 km from PE. It offers visitors the opportunity to experience...
Butlers and Bridesmaids
Highlander
Company Slick 'n SleeveDirector Justin WilkinsonWritten By Justin WilkinsonPast Appearances 11Premiere 1Featuring Justin Wilkinson, Evelyn Ball, Karen Visser, Andrew RouxThe Butler is back! A hilarious comedy where the AUDIENCE decides what happens next! This time, love is in the air and everyone is eagerly getting ready for that special day when...
CANCELLED - Umsintsi
Glennie Hall
Company Emmet TheatreDirector Alex Halligey and Michael InglisWritten By Alex Halligey and Michael InglisPast Appearances 2Featuring Sylvia Mngxekeza, Lulama Masimini , Mandiseli MasetiUmsintsi – the 'Lucky-Bean' Tree. For a lonely mother, and her lost boy, who shares its name, it is a guiding star of hope. Puppets, video and visual magic...
Dr Georg Fodor:
Monument Restaurant
The science of subjectivity, psychoanalysis, and the neurosciences have finally found one another after decades of ignoring each other. This came about upon the realization that they had more in common than either expected. The ensuing exchange of views is slowly leading to the development of a common scientific language and...
Endgame
Monument Gallery
A walkabout of the "Endgame" exhibition, led by an arts expert who can help explain the context and inspiration for the artists' work. Price (Full) R18Price (Student) R18Price (Friends of Festival members) R18Festival MapPurchase A Ticket
Gary, The Tooth Fairy
St. Andrew's Hall
Company Bevan Cullinan & Whacked ManagementDirector Rob van VuurenWritten By Bevan Cullinan and Rob Van VuurenPast Appearances 8Featuring Bevan CullinanBe CLEVA, sexy teeth owners! Don't miss this rare opportunity. MNET's massive hit TV phenomenon, Gary, The Tooth Fairy live! A once in a lifetime opportunity to laugh your molars out. If...
Haven't a Clue!
Memory Hall
Company Eden College DurbanDirector Jean van EldenWritten By Jean van EldenMusic Composed Jean van EldenPast Appearances 13Premiere 1Will the Frog Busters be able to save the pond? Will Professor Wartback be cured? Who is responsible for the Frogs' dreadful predicament? Don't miss this fun-filled croak of a show that will entertain...
Indlovu People
Princess Alice Hall
Company Jungle Theatre CompanyDirector Heather MacWritten By Jungle Theatre CompanyPast Appearances 2Featuring Vincent Meyburgh, Mfundo Hashe, Ntombifuthi Charity Mkhasibe!Kama Indlovu holds the key to the elephant world. He discovers three very different children fighting about elephants. !Kama takes them on a journey into the mysterious origins of “Indlovu People”. They get...
Intuition
B2 Arena
Company Kgotla MultimediaDirector Douglas TsimaneWritten By Douglas TsimanePast Appearances 8Premiere 1Featuring Xolile Mhlanganyelwa,, Nkagisang Mokobori , Mogomotsi CoodiThe play is about dishonesty in a relationship of a married couple. The man is in an extra-marital relationship with the sister of his wife. In the end, chaos erupts that eventually results in...
Iracema - An Amazonic Shag
Olive Schreiner
Part of the series entitled "THE SOCIETY FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF SAVAGERY" The Camera Goes into the Heart Of Darkness – Oh the Horror! The National Arts Festival thanks the Italian Cultural Centre, the Brazilian Embassy and the Goethe Institute for their kind assistance with some of the films...
No Fat Jokes
Drill Hall
Company Roshnee Jennifer Vera GuptarDirector Roshnee GuptarWritten By Roshnee GuptarPast Appearances 3Premiere 1Featuring Zanne Solomon, Amy Wilson , Nathi NelaniA rebellion against the fascist and discriminatory antics of thin people and their plot to take over the world. It is inspired by every thin model, fashion designer, vanity magazine and weight...
Pumelela Traditional Dance
City Hall
Company Pumelela Traditional Dance GroupPast Appearances 3Featuring Nowongile Gelebhe, Nokulunga Mwahleni, Nokhwe MgqobhokaThe Pumelela Traditional Dance Group was established in 1999 by a group of women from the Nofotyo Administrative Area in Nqamakwe District to entertain local people and visitors so that their traditional dancers could earn stipends. This is a...
Raiders of the Lost Aardvark
PJ's
Company Theatre for AfricaDirector Christopher WeareWritten By Nicholas EllenbogenPast Appearances 30Featuring Nicholas Ellenbogen, Luke EllenbogenRaiders is 21! The top box office show on the Fringe. But why is it still going? The press have called it 'clever', 'funny', 'moving', 'surprising and inventive', 'a Festival must', 'simply theatre at its best'. The...
Random Acts
Rehearsal Room
Company University of the WitwatersrandWritten and directed by James Reynolds Based on a simple love triangle, the political apathy of South Africa’s youth, their referential experience of love and moments of truth that exist during the most bizarre pieces of stage business this side of film is explored....
Reason of Being
Masonic Hall
This show is about a man who isolates himself from the world to stay with animals in the forest because of politics, crime etc. Everyone thinks he is mad, but he believes he is the wisest man. So is he mad or is he wise? Proudly brought to you by Beneath...
Saints, Sinners and Students
Albany Natural Science Museum
Price (Full) R40Price (Student) R35Price (Friends of Festival members) R40Festival MapPurchase A Ticket
Shosholoza African Dance
Urban Lounge
Company Nyandeni Yakumdepha Cultural GroupDirector Ndoyikile DubulaChoreographer Ndoyikile DubulaWritten By Ndoyikile DubulaPast Appearances 1Featuring Thanduxolo Mboma, , Afikile Mbekeni , Dubs DubulaThis is an indigenous dance production moving into dance project. The dance tells the story of young and old men from the Eastern Cape rural communities who went to Johannesburg...
Spirits of the Past
Fort Selwyn
Recapture the ‘Spirits of the Past’ on Gunfire hill in front of Fort Selwyn Grahamstown with renowned historian and raconteur Alan Weyer whose captivating narrative of this region’s proud history of spectacular battles and courageous people will add a new dimension to a visit to the Eastern Cape. This is a...
The Essence
Dicks
Company Kgotla MultimediaDirector Douglas TsimaneWritten By Douglas TsimanePast Appearances 8Featuring Luckyboy Shamitija,, Tsholofelo Masibi , Steven MatabeleThe Essence is a story of a young woman in conflict with her father due to his religious stance. She lands up in a marriage with her own rapist, a situation that eventually landed her...
The Secrets of Blaauwkrantz Pool
Victoria Hotel
There is a limpid quality to the air in this quiet forgotten little corner of the Eastern Cape approximately 22km from Grahamstown where the Blaauwkrantz Pool, in the Blaauwkrantz Nature reserve, is situated. This tranquil pool, sparkling in the sunlight, is a place of pilgrimage, of ghosts, a spiritual domain lying...
The Way Out
Vicky's
Company KWritten By Matthew KalilMusic Composed James WebbPast Appearances 1Premiere 1Featuring Matthew KalilK Productions presents The Way Out, a play with balls based on the short works of Franz Kafka, the second most written about author after Shakespeare. One day Blumfeld, a bachelor, comes home to find two balls bouncing inexplicitly...
Belles & Beaux
Rhodes Chapel
Company Singing SiblingsDirector Lana EnglishWritten By Lana EnglishMusic Performance Lana EnglishPast Appearances 3Featuring Victor SiljeurLana English, female lead of The Phantom of the Opera, and friends brings the joy of music to scintillating life in Belles and Beaux. Opera and other, sung with a quirky, light-hearted edge, in an intimate, and...
Charting Africa: The Singing Continent
Bowling Club
Company Wits Choir Directed By Dalene HoogenhoutDirector Dalene HoogenhoutMusic Performance Wits ChoirPast Appearances 1Premiere 1This diverse group of singers again brings to the Festival a show that breaks the ‘choir’ mould. The Chart series of concerts points the musical compass in a new direction with theatrical performances taking audiences on a...
Don't Lose Hope
Kinetics
Company Kusile Youth Dance TheatreDirector Simphiwe MbaChoreographer Simphiwe MbaWritten By Yoliswa MbaMusic Performance Nocawe MbaMusic Composed Ziyanda NcetezoPast Appearances 3Premiere 1This story is about a man who owns his own group. There are people in the community who do not want him to be successful, and they talk badly about him...
For Generations
Library Hall
Company Applauz Arts Initiative Director Nic FineWritten By Kurt EgelhofPast Appearances 10Featuring Kurt EgelhofDoes destiny change, when good men choose to remain silent? When one man's impulse generates a lifetime of complication for another's? For Generations traces an historic South African bloodline from German to Xhosa to Zulu to Jew, in...
Inscrutable
Gallery in the Round
Conceived and performed by Acty Tang Co-directed by Gary Gordon In an age where mobility and an almost a-cultural fusion are the norm, Acty Tang is the archetypical artist for the global village. Having won the 2007 Standard Bank Young Artist for Dance,...
La Motsoga Pele
Kingswood Theatre
Company Gayona Vision Performing ArtsDirector Thabo MaasWritten By Ogone LekaotaPremiere 1A cultural dance piece with vibrant traditional dance movement of Setswana categories Setapa, Borankana, Tsutsube and Phatisi. The piece illustrates the morals and ethics of Motswana behaviour within the society through dance and music.Language SetswanaOther Languages KhoisanRestriction AllPrice (Full) R60Price (First...
Nibs Van Der Spuy In Concert
OBs Basement @ PJ's
Company Nibs Van Der SpuyPast Appearances 7Nibs van der Spuy is an acoustic guitarist, singer songwriter phenomenon . His virtuosic guitar style and a mesmeric whispering voice have attracted global attention for its intelligent folk, world and African overtones. His last two releases, Beautiful Feet and A Bird in the Hand...
Pretty Faces...?
Centenary Hall
Company Masutsa Dance TheatreDirector Tshepiso PhetlhuChoreographer Tshepiso PhetlhuMusic Performance Tutubala Tsoene and Recorded musicPast Appearances 1Featuring Thabang Ramaila, Diphaphang Mokoena , Maureen Setlhare“Pretty faces…?” first premiered at FNB Dance Umbrella 2009 as a 20 minutes trio and later invited to New Dance Festival 2009. The production is a combination of dance,...
Tears of Freedom
NG Kerk Hall
Company Art In Motion Theatre Production In Association With ScaruDirector Rapula KhumaloWritten By Rapula KhumaloPast Appearances 2Featuring Rapula Khumalo, Lydia Ntsohi, , Patrick MotsilenyaneThis production tackles the issues that young people are facing today. The story follows the lives of four young men who were arrested for taking the law into...
Tin Bucket Drum
Gymnasium
Company Think Theatre ProductionsDirector Karen LoganWritten By Neil CoppenMusic Performance Wake MahloboPast Appearances 4Featuring Thuli Zuma / Mpume Mthombeni , Wake MahloboA mixture of magical realism, shadow puppetry, Afro-Kabuki theatre and live percussion, Neil Coppen's award winning play (one of the picks of the Fringe in 2008) follows the story of...
AFDA Short Films
Downstairs @ Glennie Fest Centre
Company AFDAKult Without a Name: The Sadistic Kult family's plan to survive Doomsday lies in the hands of their young virgin sister. Directed by Grant Wheeler. In Return: Kwanele, a reformed gangser has to sacrifice his reformed life in order to save his brother from making the same mistake as he...
CANCELLED - Let's Talk About Sex
Vicky's
Company Jo WharmbyDirector Rob van VuurenWritten By Jo WharmbyFeaturing Jo WharmbyAn outrageous and touching true-life account of 1 woman’s adventure into the mysteries of sex. Find out all the things you were dying to know, but were too scared to ask - like the 3 reasons people avoid oral, when penis...
Chris Thurman: Sport versus Art A South African Contest
Monument Restaurant
Sport and the arts may compete for sponsors and for public interest, but do they necessarily stand in opposition to one another? Author Chris Thurman asks: "Why is it so often assumed that sport is popular because it is an unintelligent endeavour? And why is it apparently inevitable that there is...
Dekaf
Scout Hall
Company David Newton ProductionsDirector David NewtonWritten By David Newton and Siv NgesiPast Appearances 5Featuring Siv NgesiWith sold out shows last year, comedic actor Siv Ngesi (who CAN swim, dogs DO like him...and he DIDN'T vote for Zuma) brings to life the 'new generation' South African! Dekaf is a ‘white black comedy......
Do You Come Here Often
Highlander
Company Dana BoschDirector Dana BoschWritten By Dana BoschPremiere 1Featuring Ryan Haynes , Bryce WoodiwissFor every girl who has ever been hit on in a sleazy pub; For every guy who has ever bought a drink for a woman playing hard-to-get, comes this witty and flirtatious story of the dating games people...
Dr. Pocket's Ocean Commotion
St. Andrew's Hall
Company Dr. PocketDirector Jacobus van HeerdenWritten By Dr. PocketPast Appearances 6Premiere 1Featuring Clinton Small Come on an incredible ocean adventure with Bogie and Ned and meet fantastical creatures on the way. Pirates, sharks and sea-monsters all come to life in brilliant ultra - violet colours. Innovative props and staging make this...
Hello & Goodbye
Graeme College
Company Tripletake ProductionsDirector Mark GrahamWritten By Athol FugardFeaturing Michael Maxwell , Dorothy Ann GouldCast: “My debt of gratitude to Michael, Dorothy and Mark for giving two of my most cherished characters a new passionate and vibrant life; it is the biggest one a playwright...
London Road
Princess Alice Hall
Company Kbt Productions Director Lara ByeWritten By Nicholas SpagnolettiFeaturing Robyn Scott , Nthombi MakhutshiPower-house duo Robyn Scott and Nthombi Makhutshi ignite the stage in an extraordinarily humane story of two women whose lives collide in a Sea Point apartment block. London Road is both funny and heartbreaking-staged by an award-winning team....
Long live the dead Queen
Albany History Museum
A walkabout of the Long live the dead Queen" exhibition, led by an arts expert who can help explain the context and inspiration for the artists' work. Price (Full) R18Price (Student) R18Price (Friends of Festival members) R18Festival MapPurchase A Ticket
Lunch @ Cuervo - Shannon Hope / Car Boot Vendors
Cuervo Music Room
2 bands for the price of one! Check individual performers for more details on their musical genre. Pub lunches available at the venue. Price (Full) R60Festival MapPurchase A Ticket
Malena
Glennie Fest Centre
Company Kamhlaba ProductionsDirector Freya GosnoldPast Appearances 4Would you want to live forever if it meant an eternity alone? This piece brings together a variety of dance styles and carefully selected atmospheric music to explore the destructive power of love. When the line blurs between the underworld and ours, is undying love...
Monkey Nuts
Drill Hall
Company Geraldine NaidooDirector Geraldine NaidooWritten By Geraldine NaidooPast Appearances 9Having enjoyed standing ovations and packed houses at the 2009 National Arts Festival in Grahamstown, MONKEY NUTS, the hilarious new show from acclaimed writer/director Geraldine Naidoo will be back in Grahamstown (by OVERWHELMING DEMAND) for the 2010 National Arts Festival. MONKEY NUTS,...
Pantsula For Life
City Hall
Company Emonti Arts CompanyDirector Bongani LindaChoreographer Jabulani DubeWritten By Bongani LindaPast Appearances 5Featuring Mazembe Makubalo, Buyile Geza and Snazo Van WykPantsula dance is the translation of ghetto life showing the good, the bad and the ugliness of township life. Pantsula for Life takes you on a journey of nostalgia through quality...
Tariro
Loerie Hangar
Performers: Gilbert Douglas, William Le Cordeur, Mark Denham, Dipo Katimba, Eunice Kadzuwa, Attanas Ruvengo, Catherine Douglas, Marvin Kuda Ndoro, Noah Bulambo, Tendai Mtukwa, Arifani Moyo Director: Melissa Eveleigh Written by: Michael Bhim and Melissa Eveleigh Choreography: Giuliana Majo...
Telling Lies
Masonic Hall
Company Stuart LightbodyDirector Stuart LightbodyWritten By Stuart LightbodyPast Appearances 1Part magic and part psychology. In Telling Lies, sleight of hand expert Stuart Lightbody explores the arts of deception, tell reading and lie detection. If you’ve always wanted to know how to spot a lie, or just want to see something unbelievable,...
The Butcher Brothers
Glennie Hall
Company Dark Laugh Theatre CompanyDirector Sylvaine Strike assisted by Daniel BucklandPast Appearances 2Featuring Mongi Mthombeni , Jacques de SilvaIn an old butcher shop at the edge of town, two muttering old men arrive for the day Language EnglishRestriction AllPrice (Full) R45Price (First Performance) R27Price (Student) R35Price...
The Man of the Atlantic & Leonardo's Diary
Olive Schreiner
Presented with the kind assistance of the French Institute in Johannesburg (IFAS), the French Embassy and Culturesfrance. The French writers Alain Robbe-Grillet and Marguerite Duras were the masters of the literary movement the Nouveau Roman, a literary style that was nonlinear, concise and mysterious. Remarkably both Robbe-Grillet and Duras were as...
Towards Alignment
Commemoration Church
Company Dudu ManhengaMusic Composed Dudu MahengaPast Appearances 3A scintillating live performance of Dudu Manhenga & Color Blu creating a warm, intimate ambiance as a backdrop for a top-class musical performance described as Language NdebeleOther Languages ShonaRestriction AllPrice (Full) R35Price (First Performance) R30Price (Student) R30Price (Friends of...
Towers of Silence
Olive Schreiner
The National Arts Festival welcomes director Jamil Dehlavi for a retrospective of his work. Jamil Dehlavi, an Indo-Pakistani-French filmmaker was born in Calcutta to an Indian father and French mother. The family moved to Pakistan after 1947 where his father worked in the Pakistan Foreign Service, giving Jamil an opportunity...
Ubuso Basekasi
Urban Lounge
Company KweriezMusic Composed KweriezFeaturing Twigga, Thuli, LindaAll hip-hop fans are invited to get along and watch one of South Africa's up and coming stars. In this album, Kweriez fuses hip-hop beats to Xhosa and other official languages of South Africa. The tracks tell stories of township life. Other performances - please...
Wacky Wizard Magic Show
Memory Hall
Company Paul MalekDirector Paul MalekWritten By Paul MalekPast Appearances 6A bubble of magical fun and laughter! Come and see this amazing and hilarious 1000-year old wizard. For children of all ages from 3 to 103! Language EnglishRestriction AllPrice (Full) R45Price (First Performance) R35Price (Student) R35Price (Friends...
Stilted
PJ's
Company Oddbody TheatreDirector Andrew BucklandChoreographer Richard AntrobusWritten By Richard AntrobusPast Appearances 5Featuring Richard Antrobus, Tristan JacobsAfter topping last year's Fringe box-office as the no. 1 selling physical theatre show, Stilted returns to mesmerize audiences with this stellar slice of physical theatre making use of dance, gymnastics, trampolining, comedy and stilt-walking. Note...
Tumahole Heroes
Dicks
Company Hupenyu Art Development ProjectDirector Bongane NtshingilaChoreographer Lebeko NketuWritten By Bongane NtshingilaPast Appearances 1Premiere 1Featuring Nkosana Dhlamini , Petrus LetsoenyoWhat a night of shadow that sets without hope for brighter tomorrow. Tears drying on human skull faces. These are days of configurations where people fight for serenity and tranquillity. A thought...
Cape Dance Company
Centenary Hall
Company Cape Dance CompanyDirector Debbie TurnerChoreographer Debbie Turner, Esther Nasser and Carlos dos Santos (USA)Past Appearances 13Premiere 1Presenting their 14th season at the NAF, the CDC showcases a programme of new works by renowned South African choreographer Esther Nasser, international freelance artist Brazilian/American Carlos dos Santos (USA), and a new work...
Gary Thomas
OBs Basement @ PJ's
Company Gary ThomasMusic Composed Gary ThomasPast Appearances 2Manipulating guitar strings so they converse in a new language… a psychedelic one-man anti-folk jamming machine' – Cape Argus. 'Rupturing the conventional One- Man Guitar/ Vocals Mould' – Mail & Guardian. Gary Thomas is a ground breaking singer/ guitarist, using a stomp box and...
Inscrutable
Gallery in the Round
Conceived and performed by Acty Tang Co-directed by Gary Gordon In an age where mobility and an almost a-cultural fusion are the norm, Acty Tang is the archetypical artist for the global village. Having won the 2007 Standard Bank Young Artist for Dance,...
Molly Bloom
Kinetics
Company Square Metre TheatreDirector Nicky RebeloWritten By James Joyce, edited by Nicky RebeloPast Appearances 12Featuring Jennifer SteynAcclaimed South African actress, Jennifer Steyn, performs Molly Bloom's erotic, witty, bawdy, sensual, shocking, moving and highly entertaining stream of consciousness monologue taken from James Joyce's classic novel Ulysses, arguably the greatest novel of the...
One Man's Life
Gymnasium
Company Profest Pty. Ltd.Director Deon OppermanWritten By Deon OppermanPast Appearances 6Featuring Eric NobbsThe bitter-sweet, funny-sad rite of passage from boy to manhood, from the first kiss in a hedge to the final loss of love and innocence. Poignant, hilarious and utterly frank. '..a superlative tour de force..' E.P. Post. ' ..an...
Steel Drums & Bass
Bowling Club
Company Steel Drums & BassDirector Vusi SibekoChoreographer Tshepo NdlovuWritten By Lerato MonagengMusic Composed Tshepo Ndlovu and Vusi SibekoPast Appearances 2Choreography reaches a new level! Complex beat sessions done in tandem with ease and synergy, between gumboots, tap dance, drum & bass and steel pans all exhibited with absolute skill and precision....
The Meeting of the Angels
B2 Arena
Company Kolisa's Artists CreativityWritten By Khanyiso Billy DakadaPast Appearances 3Featuring Zet Rwaxa, , Nceba Tii , Sakie BaleniThis production is based on a meeting of heavenly angels such as Steve Biko, Robert Sobukwe and other intellectuals, artists and politicians who died mysteriously under the burden of apartheid. The meeting is about...
Undoing
Drostdy Lawns
Performers: Frauke Givan Lötz Vincent Truter Visual concept design Black Coffee Stylist Nicole Van Heerden Photography Brett Rubin Celebrated label Black Coffee, a winner of the 2009 Mercedes Benz Award...
If I were You
Kingswood Theatre
Company Imbokodo ZeqongaDirector Mzwabantu KanziChoreographer Mzwabantu KanziThis production is a drama show with a combination of poetry, a small portion of modelling, music and dance. The youth of today turned to put the nice time first and their skill of art second, so this production is about warning them to follow...
Journey of African Trends
City Hall
Company Masakhane Arts & Culture Youth Development ProjectDirector Sibusiso MazibukoPast Appearances 5Premiere 1An energetic musical dance show of young performers; based on the journey of African trends that mingles Contemporary, Pantsula, Setswana, Tap dance with powerful drumming and poetry lines that narrates the background of our heritage and illustrates the modern...
3fates 3: Gods, Fate and a Librarian
Vicky's
Company 3FatesWritten By Haidee Crowe, Erica Glyn-JonesPast Appearances 5Featuring Haidee Crowe, Erica Glyn-JonesPast and Present have lost the Future, and thus the world faces…The Apocalypse. Humans unaware of their impending doom, face their own struggles: like falling in love and overthrowing a dictator. Fates and Humans cross paths, with unfortunate and...
Adjudicator Number 3 Part 1
Downstairs @ Glennie Fest Centre
Company CBSI ProductionsDirector Vuyiswa MquqoFeaturing Abongile Boti, Nomqumelelo SomtaThe story is about the way the adjudication process was conducted. Adjudicator Number 3 created havoc. With her friend, a community member, she has to come up with a bogus project that would benefit her. She lands up in jail and her childrne...
Breed
Glennie Hall
Company Ubom! Eastern Cape Drama CompanyDirector Brink ScholtzWritten By Brink Scholtz in collaboration with the CastPast Appearances 7Premiere 1Featuring Andrew Buckland , Nox Donyeli BREED is the proud winner of a Standard Bank Ovation Award! Multi award winning company Ubom! has something fantastic on offer this year. BREED is quick becoming the...
CANCELLED - South Africa Then and Now
Masonic Hall
Company Words & PicturesDirector Angus Douglas Written By Tim Sandham and Angus DouglasPast Appearances 6Featuring Tim Sandham and Angus DouglasThinking of Packing for Perth? Before you do, check out SA Then & Now. It’s the South Africa you love and the South Africa you love to laugh about all rolled into...
CANCELLED - Under Mined
Highlander
Company Theatre for AfricaDirector Luke EllenbogenWritten By Nhlanhla MkhwazaniMusic Composed Nhlanhla MkhwazaniPremiere 1Featuring Nhlanhla Mkhwazani, Apollo NtshokoThis is a true story. Madlebe Mangwane was dismissed from Driefontein Gold Mine in August 2009. This followed an incident below-ground on the West Reef. His heroic actions and extraordinary skills saved the certain loss...
David Newton - Laugh
St. Andrew's Hall
Company David Newton ProductionsDirector David NewtonWritten By David NewtonPast Appearances 5Featuring David NewtonWINNER of the National Arts Festival's 'Best Stand-up Comedian' award last year, Laugh is the latest of Newton's comedy shows. Selling out all his shows last year, David Newton is an undisputed Fest favourite. The 'Abba vs. James Bond'...
Elev(i)ate2
Glennie Fest Centre
Company Athena MazarakisChoreographer Athena Mazarakis in collaboration with digital artist,Tegan BristowPast Appearances 1Premiere 1elev(i)ate2 is a physically and digitally charged theatre work in which high-tech bodies and low-tech machines, and low-tech bodies and high-tech machines collaborate to tell a series of 'small stories' from everyday lives. Moving between the comic and...
Football Football
Alec Mullins
Director Haris PašovicWritten By Haris PašovicFeaturing Stefano Ferraro, Ibrahim Ouattara, Philip Tan, Terry Lee, Andrea Capaldi, Alessandro Schiattarella, Terrence Ong, Francesco Pacelli, Adi Hrustemovic, Azri Majilan, Miha Askerc, Scarlet YuSet design Justin Hill Composer Phillip Tan Costume design Lai Chan Goh <span...
Mark Sampson Feels Funny
Scout Hall
Company SAMPDirector Mark SampsonWritten By Mark SampsonPast Appearances 5Mark Sampson Feels Funny received 12 standing ovations in Cape Town 2009. It’s a comic exploration of life, featuring a giant game of Snakes and Ladders and inflatable dice. A helter-skelter tumble through the kaleidoscopic twists of Mark’s mind, as he reflects on...
Pockets of Grahamstown
Memory Hall
Company Mayitshe Drama GroupDirector Bongani Diko and Luvuyo PongoloPast Appearances 3Premiere 1Featuring Sandile Basi , Xabiso GumengeThe kids who performed My Life of Grahamstown are back to perform stories of their experiences (pick-pocketing) - they are great at that! The audience is advised to bring their own tissues - 'You are...
Quack!
Princess Alice Hall
Company Fth:KDirector Rob MurrayWritten By Rob MurrayPast Appearances 12Featuring Liezl de Kock, , Lysander Barends , Emilie Starke"From the makers of Pictures of You and Gumbo comes an Afro-Gothic visual theatre experience to blow your mind and scare the 'dinges' out of you. "an original, somewhat sexy, and deliciously disturbing...
Super Gamat: Hie Kom U Ding!!!
Library Hall
Company Shamiel AdamsDirector Shamiel AdamsPremiere 1Is it a Bird? Is it a plane? Agg no, ekse! It's Super Gamat! From the dark side of Mannenburg in the Cape Flats, a powerful (albeit rather slim) super hero emerges. His mission, to boldly gooi where no Cape Malaysian has gooied before. Brace yourself!...
The Best Man's Speech
Drill Hall
Company Louw VenterDirector Rob van VuurenWritten By Louw VenterPast Appearances 7Featuring Louw VenterThe hit sell out show returns! Venter's idea of 'the best man's speech gone wrong' positions itself somewhere between ambush theatre, stand-up comedy and any South African wedding you've ever been to. Not to be missed. 'breathtaking theatre...caustic, gritty...
The Timekeepers
Rhodes Box
Company Ocean of SugarCast: Roy Horovitz (Hans), Pinhas Mittelman (Benjamin), Omer Etzion (Capo) Directed by Lee Gilat The Timekeepers is a story of men in a concentration camp who bond through lessons in watch repairs and a love for opera. The...
Tshwane / SYSO Youth Symphony Orchestra
Rhodes Chapel
Company Tshwane Youth Symphony OrchestraPast Appearances 1Featuring Directed and conducted by Hester WohlitzExciting, fresh 'sounds' from the Tshwane / SYSO Orchestras and soloists. Classical, Light Classical and Indigenous African tunes. Entertainment for young and old. Language EnglishRestriction AllPrice (Full) R45Price (First Performance) R35Price (Student) R35Price (Friends...
You're Missing the Point
Rehearsal Room
Company University of Kwazulu Natal (Pietermaritzburg)Written by Chris Couperthwaite and the cast Directed by Chris Couperthwaite This play explores the breakdown in communication of relationships ranging from those between friends, married couples as well as international relations. You’re Missing the Point focuses primarily on the relationship...
Kruispad
PJ's
Company LonersDirector Wim VosterWritten By Wim VosterPast Appearances 1Premiere 1Featuring Carmen Kershoff, Jana Fischer, AndrWhen a prominent Afrikaans businessman and politician is murdered at Crossroads, his household is left in turmoil. In this thriller - a modern twist on a classic tale - lies, deception and the decay of a society...
Love Me Letter
Dicks
Company Sithembiso Khalishwayo (Wits School Of Arts)Director Sithembiso KhalishwayoChoreographer Sithembiso KhalishwayoWritten By Sithembiso KhalishwayoMusic Composed Steven KyffinPast Appearances 4Premiere 1An exploration of the letters that we write to each other, when words are lost through translation. This physical theatre piece seeks to link language, dreams, relationships in our everyday interactions that...
Band on the Run
Loerie Hangar
Director Nic FineWritten By Kurt EgelhofFeaturing Kurt EgelhofIn the decade of the eighties, South African artists of all races and genres faced politically-driven choices that changed the paths of their lives and careers forever. Some of these choices included forced exile into foreign lands and new lives. Some survived,...
Miss Texas 1977
Cuervo Music Room
Company Miss Texas 1977Music Composed Gene Kierman and Julia MerrettIf Men are from Mars and Women are from Venus then Miss Texas 1977 is from both, and maybe Pluto as well. They are a magnetic duo that sculpt gritty electro-folky grooves peppered with voice and verse that is beautiful and haunting...
My Tale
Centenary Hall
Company Scaru Dance ProductionDirector Godfrey SeomeChoreographer Daniel Molefe and Khumo MothwaediWritten By Rapula KhumaloPast Appearances 2Featuring Daniel Molefe, , Bongani Mangena , Basetsana PhiriThis production highlights the unique African experience, featuring the different dances that depict our country or people in SA. In particular, it showcases Zulu, Tswana, Contemporary, Kwasi etc.Language...
Pascal sings the songs of Eartha Kitt
Bowling Club
Company Daniele Pascal / Crazee RecordsDirector Daniele PascalMusic Performance Daniele PascalPast Appearances 8Premiere 1Featuring Pieter du PlessisAward winning actor- singer Danièle Pascal recreates the legendary, exotic and hilarious Eartha Kitt. Featuring the songs I wanna be evil, All by myself, I will survive, Old fashioned girl, Santa baby, C’est si bon,...
Pumba Private Game Reserve Safari - Afternoon
1820 Settlers Monument Car Park
Country & Year 30-JunCast 01-JulThe 5* Pumba Private Game Reserve covers 6500 hectares of privately owned property in the Eastern Cape. It is malaria free game viewing at its best. Pumba is situated only 22 km away from Grahamstown and 105 km from PE. It offers visitors the opportunity to experience...
Queen E and her Entourage
B2 Arena
Company Big Time Dance TroupeDirector Eshdey DiphaeChoreographer Eshdey DiphaeWritten By Eshdey DiphaeMusic Composed Eshdey Diphae and Andile Ndlovu of Jamshack productionsPast Appearances 3Featuring Themba Mdaki, Mzwandile Madlala and Nkosinathi MalingaThe play is about a young girl from the Village. One day her godmother took her to bed and read a story...
Red Earth
Fort Selwyn
Company Ubom! Youth CompanyDirector Jen SchneebergerWritten By Jen Schneeberger and the castPast Appearances 7Premiere 1From the heart of Grahamstown, the Ubom! Youth Company brings a colourful, dynamic performance to our streets. Listen as the earth speaks, rumbling up through the 'souls' of our feet and tumbling out as words from our...
Rhino Search
Drostdy Arch
Tour departs twice daily from outside the Drostdy Arch. Catch the early tour from 07:00 to 10:30 or the afternoon tour from 15:00 to 18:30. Ticket price includes wine, or softdrinks, and snacks. The endangered Black Rhinoceros is known for its short temper and aggressive outlook on life. They charge frequently...
Sitting around the Fire
Gymnasium
Company Zinosa EnterpriseDirector Bheki MkhwaneWritten By Bheki MkhwaneMusic Composed Bheki MkhwanePast Appearances 15Premiere 1Featuring Sduduzo Khawula, , Bheki Khabela , Bhekani ShabalalaSitting Around the Fire is an a capella musical theatre production exploring the tragic past and hope-filled futures of four down and outs living on the street of Durban. These...
Steve Newman Solo
OBs Basement @ PJ's
Company Steve NewmanPast Appearances 15Premiere 1Steve Newman, acoustic guitarist - soloist and member of several colaborative projects including Tananas, Aquarian Quartet, Mondetta, All in One, In the Clouds & Karnamrita Dasi. Steve plays a solo show featuring tunes from recent albums & unrecorded pieces. Expect flavours from Cape to Cuba; Asia...
The Lion has Seven Heads
Olive Schreiner
Part of the series entitled "THE SOCIETY FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF SAVAGERY" The Camera Goes into the Heart Of Darkness – Oh the Horror! The National Arts Festival thanks the Italian Cultural Centre, the Brazilian Embassy and the Goethe Institute for their kind assistance with some of the films...
Bana Ke Bokamoso (Children are the Future)
City Hall
Company Children's World OrganizationDirector Stanley LetebeleChoreographer Elizabeth MontshoWritten By Stanley LetebeleMusic Composed Vusi GumedePast Appearances 1Featuring Gabatshwane Gumede, , Mantwa Letebele , Rainy MontshoA journey of children telling the stories of their lives through narration, singing, dancing and documentation. It expresses and interprets the importance and background of being a child...
CANCELLED - Strictly Rob And Mary
Kingswood Theatre
Company Kbt Productions Director Rob van VuurenChoreographer Mary MartinWritten By Rob van VuurenPast Appearances 12Featuring Mary Martin, Rob van VuurenJoin Strictly Come Dancing champions, Mary Martin and Rob van Vuuren in their journey to the top. A stellar behind-the scenes account of how Rob learnt to love dancing, Mary coped with...
Ndifun Abazali Bam (I'm looking for my Parents)
Kinetics
Company Mvanda Cultural GroupDirector Sindiswa BinaseChoreographer Simphiwe MbaWritten By Mzimkhulu TukuMusic Composed Dean MbaPast Appearances 1Premiere 1The mother of a newborn child leaves her child in the street. A person who knows the mother picks up the child and raises it and educates it. The child's friends at school all tell...
...Miskien
Princess Alice Hall
Company The Pink CouchDirector Tara Louise NotcuttFeaturing Albert Pretorius, Gideon LombardTwo best friends, dead end jobs, rugby, and some regular guy stuff. …miskien is about saying what we mean, and waiting for the Happy Hour that gets us through the day that was the same as yesterday, and will not be...
Blood Orange
Glennie Hall
Company Untouchable ProductionsDirector Greig CoetzeeWritten By Greig Coetzee, Troy Blacklaws & Craig MorrisPast Appearances 15Featuring Craig MorrisThe story of Gecko, a boy who has an oblique way of seeing his childhood in Natal his school days in the Cape, where Simonsberg drinks the Blood Orange sun at dusk. A zany Catcher...
Bringing Back Johnny Dyani
Beethoven Room
Company Lindani Creative ImpactDirector Patrick Pasha and Tete MbambisaMusic Performance Pat Pasha and Friends of the LegendMusic Composed Johnny DyaniPremiere 1Featuring Tete Mbambisa on Keyboard, Pat Pasha on Saxophone, Wela Matomela on DrumsTete Mbambisa moulded Johnny Dyani, Patrick Pasha recruited him for the tour which was to land him in Europe...
Butlers and Bridesmaids
Highlander
Company Slick 'n SleeveDirector Justin WilkinsonWritten By Justin WilkinsonPast Appearances 11Premiere 1Featuring Justin Wilkinson, Evelyn Ball, Karen Visser, Andrew RouxThe Butler is back! A hilarious comedy where the AUDIENCE decides what happens next! This time, love is in the air and everyone is eagerly getting ready for that special day when...
CANCELLED - Let's Talk About Sex
Vicky's
Company Jo WharmbyDirector Rob van VuurenWritten By Jo WharmbyFeaturing Jo WharmbyAn outrageous and touching true-life account of 1 woman’s adventure into the mysteries of sex. Find out all the things you were dying to know, but were too scared to ask - like the 3 reasons people avoid oral, when penis...
Dedicado
Masonic Hall
Company Masidlale ProductionsDirector Robert HaxtonWritten By Tristan JacobsPast Appearances 2Premiere 1Featuring Tristan JacobsWelcome to an energetic theatrical exploration into heritage and memory. A young man goes on a shadowy journey to find the spirit of his late grandfather across a 'triverse' South African landscape. This dark comedy is dedicated to the...
My Grand (ma se) Piano
Rhodes Chapel
Company Jeremy QuickfallDirector Paul GriffithsChoreographer Fiona TannerWritten By Jeremy QuickfallMusic Performance Jeremy QuickfallPremiere 1Starring: Jeremy QuickfallDirector: Paul Griffiths Virtuoso pianist Jeremy Quickfall (from A Handful of Keys) has been entertaining South African audiences for the last 12 years in various productions as a pianist, singer and Musical Director. In My...
Nomvusi Indigenous Dance
Recreation Centre
Company Nomvusi Cultural ProjectA male traditional dance group and female traditional dance group accompanied by traditional percussion instruments. Indigenous African dancing at its best! Language XhosaRestriction AllPrice (Full) R40Price (First Performance) R30Price (Student) R20Price (Friends of Festival members) R25Festival MapPurchase A Ticket
Perfect Human (Ubumtu)
Library Hall
Company Siyaya Arts ProductionsDirector Thandazile MadindaWritten By Thandazile MadindaPast Appearances 1Featuring Nombasa Nzoqo, , Boniwe Tyoha , Lucky NgcaniPerfect Human (Ubumtu) is about relations between people and relations between people and the environment or things. It looks at how our attitudes and behaviour have to evolve. It is about Ubumtu in...
Pierrot Mc Clown
Memory Hall
Company Pierre-Yves SalaunPast Appearances 1Come and join Pierrot Mc Clown, European clowning at its best! Fully loaded with fun and laughter, this family show will appeal to all ages, even parents will enjoy it. No language barriers just comedy at its finest, if you miss it you'll miss out.Language EnglishRestriction AllPrice...
The Archetypal Poet In Concert
Glennie Fest Centre
Company Donna A M SmithDirector Donna A M SmithWritten By Donna A M SmithMusic Composed Jola OsameyanFeaturing Donna A M Smith, Zara Ally, Lebohang MotaungThe self-styled Archetypal Poet, Donna A M Smith, performs her original work accompanied by music, song and dance. A mix of humour, pathos and wisdom served up...
Tokoloshe Come Again
St. Andrew's Hall
Company The Neon AnthemsDirector Neon AnthemsWritten By Neon AnthemsPast Appearances 7Featuring Jacobus van Heerden , Liam MagnerIt’s Big! It’s Wild! It’s Back! The Tokoloshe monster rears its head once more in the all-new instalment of the incredibly popular, outrageously funny Tokoloshe chronicles. Come and join the multi-award winning Neon Anthems on...
National Youth Orchestra
Fountain Foyer
Nearly half a century of commitment to young musicians has made the South African National Youth Orchestra Foundation the leader of the youth orchestral movement in the country, inspiring musicians with a commitment to pursue the highest standards of musical performance. The National Youth Orchestra: Strings ensemble is selected from the...
The Disciple
Downstairs @ Glennie Fest Centre
Company The Disciple ProductionsDirector Rodney CharlesFeaturing Charlie Charles, Christopher James, Rodney Charles, Race OwenFour friends are forced to re-evaluate their emotionally conflicted lives and the ramifications of the current Iraq war. Mary a South African native, Jud a black Briton, Lisa a Polish New-Yorker and Pete an American mid-westerner are forced...
Acoustic Liquid
Cuervo Music Room
Acoustic Liquid is spanish flamenco guitar mixed with tribal rythms, deep soulful lyrics beside an array of orchestral pieces; 2 guys changing the way we view band music. Acoustic Liquid is sound art in motion. Other performances (please refer to the events listed below for more details): Lunch @ Cuervo: 28...
Charting Africa: The Singing Continent
Bowling Club
Company Wits Choir Directed By Dalene HoogenhoutDirector Dalene HoogenhoutMusic Performance Wits ChoirPast Appearances 1Premiere 1This diverse group of singers again brings to the Festival a show that breaks the ‘choir’ mould. The Chart series of concerts points the musical compass in a new direction with theatrical performances taking audiences on a...
Chris Thurman: Guy Butler: Reassessing a South African Literary Life
Monument Restaurant
Guy Butler was a substantial public figure in South Africa over the second half of the twentieth century: professor, poet, playwright, auto biographer, historian and cultural politician. This book makes use of Butler's private correspondence and unpublished archive material, combining biographical insight with criticism of his publications in various genres to...
Luna Paige, Performing songs from her latest album Wonderful Life
OBs Basement @ PJ's
Company Luna PaigeFeaturing Schalk Joubert, Willem Moller, Kevin GibsonMusic lovers have come to respect Luna Paige over the last decade anxious to see her fulfil her potential. With the launch of Luna’s third and self-produced album, Wonderful Life, that moment is here. Wonderful Life has been described as 'crushing, sweet, honest....
One-Way
Centenary Hall
Company University Of Pretoria Drama Department And Tshwane University Of Technology Department Of Dance & Musical TheatreChoreographer Nicola HaskinsUP Drama Department and TUT Dance and Musical Theatre Department join forces under the direction of Matchbox Theatre’s Nicola Haskins in this physical theatre production. One-Way explores the emotional and physical displacement and...
Standard Bank Young Artist Quintet
DSG Hall
Standard Bank has been a central supporter of the arts in South Africa for decades and since 1984 the Standard Bank Young Artist Awards have annually recognised artists pushing the boundaries of their chosen art forms and catching the attention of audiences and their peers. These awards have in recent years...
Xhosa: Return
Egazini Outreach Centre
Company Ikhaya Theatre CompanyDirector Bongani DikoPast Appearances 3Premiere 1Featuring Luvuyo Pongolo, , Lulamile Ngontsini , Vuyolwethu MrotyanaThese are poems, songs, dances that are fused together to tell stories about Xhosa heritage and wars. Physical Theatre and Mime are some of the elements embraced to tell these interesting stories.Language EnglishOther Languages XhosaRestriction...
Beauty Therapy
Kingswood Theatre
Company Mamba ProductionsWritten By Benjamin VossPast Appearances 12Featuring Benjamin VossRampant motor-mouth livewire, Beauty Ramapelepele (Ben Voss) is back with more satirical therapy. Having established herself as a major player amongst SA's business elite she now turns her considerable social conscience to the needy. Tiger Woods, MPs, football players and Barack Obama...
Decadence
NG Kerk Hall
Company The MechanicalsDirector Christopher WeareWritten By Steven BerkoffPast Appearances 4Featuring Emily Child , Scott SparrowThe Mechanicals present Decadence, Steven Berkoff's play, which traces the sexual exploration of two couples' love affairs and unusual fetishes and explores the complex dynamics of mans' relationships with the opposite sex, food and money. Helen, Steve,...
The Human Voice / A Woman Alone (Double Bill)
PJ's
Company Blue Sky ProductionsDirector Ingrid WyldeWritten By Jean Cocteau, Dario Fo and Franca Rame with SA adaptation by James CairnsPast Appearances 8Featuring Nina Lucy WyldeTHE HUMAN VOICE (Jean Cocteau/translated by Anthony Wood ) and A WOMAN ALONE (Dario Fo and Franca Rame/translated by Gillian Hanna/ South African Adaptation by James Cairns)<br...
The United Colours of Yeoville
Olive Schreiner
(South Africa 2010) Director: Savo Tufegdzic In the early nineties, Tufegdzic who was an intrinsic part of the “Rocky Street Scene” in Yeoville made a sometimes infuriatingly chaotic fly on the wall documentary about the bohemian lifestyle that was in full bloom in the area. Now,...
Tin Bucket Drum
Gymnasium
Company Think Theatre ProductionsDirector Karen LoganWritten By Neil CoppenMusic Performance Wake MahloboPast Appearances 4Featuring Thuli Zuma / Mpume Mthombeni , Wake MahloboA mixture of magical realism, shadow puppetry, Afro-Kabuki theatre and live percussion, Neil Coppen's award winning play (one of the picks of the Fringe in 2008) follows the story of...
Tracing Footsteps
Kinetics
Company Tree Shade ProductionsDirector Tlhale SetlhareChoreographer Onkaetse MacleanWritten By Jones ChisekulaPast Appearances 1Featuring Lesego Tsikang,, Kgotso Maine , Sipho MorokeTracing Footsteps is a story about love, betrayal and trust, where events are traced through the game of chess. People do things that they would not normally do for the sake of...
3fates 3: Yes!
Vicky's
Company 3FatesDirector Erica Glyn-JonesWritten By Erica Glyn-JonesPast Appearances 5Featuring Haidee Crowe, , Matthew Kalil , Themba StewartFast paced, adult humour 'leaving the audience roaring with laughter' (Leon Muston, Herald Web Diaries, 2009). We all have prowess we'd like to share… and everyone has secrets... Jessica, Alex and Zen make discoveries that...
4.48 Psychosis
Loerie Hangar
“If we can experience something through art, then we might be able to change our future, because experiences engraves lessons on our hearts through suffering, whereas speculation leaves us untouched . . . It’s crucial to chronicle and commit to memory events never experienced -- in order to avoid them happening....
CANCELLED - Umlilo Ka Zokhela
City Hall
Company Umakhweyana And Drumming EnsembleDirector Nomsa SelekeChoreographer Lesedi MoropaneMusic Performance Umakhweyana and Drumming EnsembleMusic Composed Brother Clement and Manguza WomenPast Appearances 1Featuring Mlungisi Mdletshe, Mbali Buthelezi, Favouh MdletsheThe uMakhweyane & Drumming Ensemble brings to Grahamstown a variety of electrifying performances comprising songs and dances from Africa. Their performance will comprise three...
Catch 68! Craziest Moments of Theatre
Recreation Centre
Company Howard DladlaDirector Howard DladlaChoreographer Sinenhlanhla MgeyiWritten By Howard DladlaPast Appearances 2Using miming, body language, a cappella and dancing, Catch 68! Craziest Moments of Theatre celebrates the creativity that goes with the arts. With elements of both comedy and satire, this play is designed for entertainment. Come and enjoy these humorous...
David Newton - Politically Incorrect
Scout Hall
Company David Newton ProductionsDirector David NewtonPast Appearances 5Write it on your 'MUST SEE' list NOW! There is very good reason why Politically Incorrect returns to the Festival for the third time. Completely selling out last year and nominated for ‘Best Stand-up Comedy of the Year’ in 2007 by SA Comedy Awards,...
Home from Home
Cathedral
Company Chris MannDirector Chris Mann Music Composed Chris Mann and Gareth WalwynPast Appearances 14Premiere 1Singer-songwriter Chris Zithulele Mann with prominent SA musicians and backing vocalists premieres new songs in the cathedral below large-scale images by Julia Skeen. Songs include Night-flying, It’s Country Cricket Time Again, Lament for Mandela, Paradise Road and...
Human Contact
Masonic Hall
Company Lemontone ProductionsWritten By Richard Bodkin & Els De BundelMusic Composed Richard BodkinPremiere 1Featuring Richard Bodkin,, Els De BundelConsequence of action and the burden of just responsibility is looked at through the relationship of a convicted sexual offender with his analyst. Loosely based on a 2003 true story the drama takes...
Little Poof! A Homofabulous Show
Highlander
Company Aiko Productions. Bruce J. Little And Cathrine HopkinsDirector Neels ClaasenWritten By Bruce J. LittleMusic Performance Cathrine Hopkins on piano and backing vocalsFeaturing Bruce J. LittleBruce J. Little portrays some of your favourite camp characters springing forth from numerous multi-cultured closets. Whether you are gay, bisexual, intersexual or heterosexual this show...
Paraphernalia
Princess Alice Hall
Company Cosmos ProductionsDirector Jacqueline van MeygaardenPast Appearances 3Featuring Daniel Robinson , Andrea van MeygaardenA quirky multi-media and puppetry production of friendship and consumerism in a magical world where objects come alive. Paraphernalia tells a story about the stuff we accumulate, buy and collect. Why do we have this uncontrollable urge to...
Poetic Licence
Glennie Fest Centre
Company Power Poetry & Theatre Co.Director Modisana MabaleWritten By Modisana MabalePremiere 1It is a poetry performance that fuses elements of theatre. The story is based on human rights issues violated day by day. Poetic Licence tackles issues of morality on how we live with the past and deal with the present.Language...
The Most Amazing Show with Corne And Twakkie
St. Andrew's Hall
Company Corne & TwakkieWritten By Corne & TwakkiePast Appearances 6The cult phenomenon is back! After two years in the wilderness, Corne and Twakkie are back for their craziest stage show yet. Could you believe it? Well believe it because it's true! The drugs have worn off and the pig has been...
Vry!
Library Hall
Company Obed ProductionsDirector Danie MattheeWritten By Danie MattheeFeaturing Danie MattheeVry! is a story about an ordinary guy whose life was changed by extraordinary events during the Second World War. Gripping, heart-warming and humorous.Language AfrikaansOther Languages GermanRestriction AllPrice (Full) R45Price (First Performance) R35Price (Student) R40Price (Friends of Festival members) R40Festival Map<a...
Big Butt Girls Hard-Headed Women
Victoria Theatre
Company Cultural Odyssey - Rhodessa Jones & Idris Ackamoor Written By Rhodessa JonesFeaturing Rhodessa JonesMusical Accompaniment and Stage Direction by Idris Ackamoor Additional music by Tom Waits, Public Enemy & Marvin Gaye TIME The Present (The performance takes place in...
Deep Freezing
Glennie Hall
Director Alex HalligeyWritten By Juliet Jenkin and Frances MarekPast Appearances 2Featuring Juliet Jenkin and Frances MarekTwo tuck-shop ladies frozen in time since the 1950's thaw out in 2001 to find their world radically changed. Voted one of the five best shows of last year's Festival, this comic duo are back by...
Football Football
Alec Mullins
Director Haris PašovicWritten By Haris PašovicFeaturing Stefano Ferraro, Ibrahim Ouattara, Philip Tan, Terry Lee, Andrea Capaldi, Alessandro Schiattarella, Terrence Ong, Francesco Pacelli, Adi Hrustemovic, Azri Majilan, Miha Askerc, Scarlet YuSet design Justin Hill Composer Phillip Tan Costume design Lai Chan Goh <span...
Fragmented Prisms!
Rehearsal Room
Company Durban University of TechnologyDirector Sahele NdlovuWritten By Sahele NdlovuA red light flickers! Warning! The leash is loose! The lock is open! Harsh – is the pulsing sound of fear! Be aware! (b) minus (a) = beware! Their eyes! Their long, loud cries of exasperation! Maybe their wailing alarms...
Hello & Goodbye
Graeme College
Company Tripletake ProductionsDirector Mark GrahamWritten By Athol FugardFeaturing Michael Maxwell , Dorothy Ann GouldCast: “My debt of gratitude to Michael, Dorothy and Mark for giving two of my most cherished characters a new passionate and vibrant life; it is the biggest one a playwright...
Solo
B2 Arena
Company Acts Of ArtDirector Johan van der WaltWritten By Pieter Swann and Johan van der WaltMusic Composed Pieter SwannPast Appearances 8Featuring Sanet TaljaardEast London based Theatre Group, Acts of Art, is presenting a unique theatrical experience for audiences this year at the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown. East London audiences can...
The Timekeepers
Rhodes Box
Company Ocean of SugarCast: Roy Horovitz (Hans), Pinhas Mittelman (Benjamin), Omer Etzion (Capo) Directed by Lee Gilat The Timekeepers is a story of men in a concentration camp who bond through lessons in watch repairs and a love for opera. The...
Tshwane / SYSO Youth Symphony Orchestra
Rhodes Chapel
Company Tshwane Youth Symphony OrchestraPast Appearances 1Featuring Directed and conducted by Hester WohlitzExciting, fresh 'sounds' from the Tshwane / SYSO Orchestras and soloists. Classical, Light Classical and Indigenous African tunes. Entertainment for young and old. Language EnglishRestriction AllPrice (Full) R45Price (First Performance) R35Price (Student) R35Price (Friends...
Tumahole Heroes
Dicks
Company Hupenyu Art Development ProjectDirector Bongane NtshingilaChoreographer Lebeko NketuWritten By Bongane NtshingilaPast Appearances 1Premiere 1Featuring Nkosana Dhlamini , Petrus LetsoenyoWhat a night of shadow that sets without hope for brighter tomorrow. Tears drying on human skull faces. These are days of configurations where people fight for serenity and tranquillity. A thought...
Vusi Mahlasela
Guy Butler Theatre Monument
Vusi Mahlasela is one of South Africa’s most treasured artists whose unique voice and extraordinary music has become instantly recognisable around the world. Vusi never knew his father, lost his mother at a young age, and was raised by his maternal grandmother. Growing up in Mamelodi, a cradle of creativity that...
Cine-Mazing Short Film Programme: Closed Door & Boiled Eggs
Downstairs @ Glennie Fest Centre
Closed Door: The separateness hat exists beween lovers, between what I know as me and the thing you know as you. Communication is the first and last stumbling block in any relationship. Sometimes, in order to get through, we recreate the world we are occupying and rewrite the rules of relating....
Crazy Little Thing
Centenary Hall
Company Cape Academy of Performing ArtsDirector Anton Luitingh and Duane AlexanderChoreographer Duane AlexanderPast Appearances 1Premiere 1You've got butterflies in your tummy. You can hardly eat a thing. You can't sleep. You can't even think straight. Teen love; so naïve yet ever so enchanting! Each generation warns the next of the heartaches...
The Incredibles
Egazini Outreach Centre
Company Ikhaya Theatre CompanyDirector Bongani DikoWritten By Bongani DikoPast Appearances 5Premiere 1Featuring L Pongolo, V Mrotyana, A MnqanqeniMark is a man who has recently been released from prison after 9 years. His girlfriend has a daughter who is 7 years old. He is trying to collect pieces from the past and...
The Rice Paddy Tour
OBs Basement @ PJ's
Company Brent KozakPast Appearances 1Premiere 1Inspired by satirical luminaries such as Monty Python and Frank Zappa, The Rice Paddy Tour is punctuated by straight and level virtuosity. Little Fishy, a composition that defines Brent’s satirical voice and musical expression, acted like a cork releasing the contents of its bottle into an...
The Riebeeck East Sessions
Mooimeisies Guesthoust
Company The Riebeeck East SessionsJoin us in rural, rocking Riebeeck East, just 40km from Grahamstown, for evenings of supper & song! Performances by Dave Goldblum, John Dickin, The Ha!Man, Joe vd Linden, Anton Calitz, Neil Clark, William Pinnock, Dave Knowles, Mat Sabine and Tim Hopwood. Compered by Ben Dekker. See CUE...
La Motsoga Pele
Kingswood Theatre
Company Gayona Vision Performing ArtsDirector Thabo MaasWritten By Ogone LekaotaPremiere 1A cultural dance piece with vibrant traditional dance movement of Setswana categories Setapa, Borankana, Tsutsube and Phatisi. The piece illustrates the morals and ethics of Motswana behaviour within the society through dance and music.Language SetswanaOther Languages KhoisanRestriction AllPrice (Full) R60Price (First...
Mbeki and other Nightmares
Gymnasium
Company Wits UniversityDirector Tsepo wa MamatuWritten By Tsepo wa MamatuPast Appearances 6Featuring Khayalihle Gumede, , Zabalaza Mchuni , Tumi MotsoatsoeAlmost two years since Mbeki was edged out of office, we ask whether our new Head of State is fit to hold the highest office in the land? Meanwhile the chorus of...
Ndifun Abazali Bam (I'm looking for my Parents)
Kinetics
Company Mvanda Cultural GroupDirector Sindiswa BinaseChoreographer Simphiwe MbaWritten By Mzimkhulu TukuMusic Composed Dean MbaPast Appearances 1Premiere 1The mother of a newborn child leaves her child in the street. A person who knows the mother picks up the child and raises it and educates it. The child's friends at school all tell...
Reflections in Reverence and Remembrance
DSG Hall
British saxophonist Jason Yarde has an impressive and diverse musical CV and his later work is significantly influenced by the music of South African jazz players. He has performed with the big bands of McCoy Tyner, Roy Ayers, Hermeto Pascoal and Manu Dibango, arranging and directing the latter for the Barbican...
Shattered Dreams
NG Kerk Hall
Company Abangani Theatre GroupDirector Julian Seleke-MokotoWritten By Julian Seleke-MokotoPast Appearances 17Featuring Patrick Shai, , Dieketseng Mnigi , Thakane MatoniA powerful and beautifully directed play about teenage suicide, domestic abuse and how it can lead to all sorts of turmoil. Personal relationships are as vital as the air we breathe. In life...
...Of Cats and Dogs
Drill Hall
Company Utlwanang TheatreDirector Martin KoboekaeWritten By Martin KoboekaePast Appearances 19Featuring Rantebang MakapanOf Cats and Dogs is an award winning explosive hilarious comedy which depicts the often unreasonable bickering, which is prevalent among cohabiting couples. Kamo, a struggling writer and Kedi, an actress whose star is waning are two incorrigibles who live...
Bella Voce' Chorale
Beethoven Room
Company BellaPremiere 1Bella Voche' - Beautiful sound. This is a youth empowerment program through music. We perform choral music for wider audiences both in formal functions & competitions. We pride ourselves for having performed for President Jacob Zuma during the reburial of PEBCO 3 and COSAS 2.Language EnglishRestriction AllPrice (Full) R20Price...
Big Boys Don't Dance
Highlander
Company Follow Spot ProductionsDirector Vanessa Harris and Ash SearleWritten By Vanessa Harris and Ash SearlePast Appearances 1Featuring Ash Searle, Bradley SearleFrom the producers of Relationsh!t, comes a new crowd pleaser. Ash Searle, So You Think You Can Dance & brother Bradley, Footloose, twirl their way through this adventure of far-out farce....
CANCELLED - Bosman and Mynhardt: A Tribute
Masonic Hall
Company Words & PicturesDirector Johann Mynhardt Written By Tim Sandham and Angus DouglasPast Appearances 6Featuring Tim Sandham and Angus DouglasHerman Charles Bosman and Patrick Mynhardt are two beloved South African icons of storytelling. In a multi-media tour de force, Angus Douglas and Tim Sandham team up with Johann Mynhardt, son of...
Five Women Wearing the Same Dress
Library Hall
Company Theatre Lovers Club (Tlc)Director Tamryn SpierChoreographer Tamryn SpierWritten By Alan BallFeaturing Shannyn Fourie, Claire Verstraete, Kyra Schlebusch, Katie Faringer, Colleen OgilvieDuring an ostentatious wedding reception in Knoxville, Tennessee, five reluctant bridesmaids hide-out in an upstairs bedroom, each with her own reason to avoid the proceedings below. Alan Ball (American Beauty)...
Inua
Vicky's
Company Baba Yaga Theatre (Denmark / SA)Choreographer Jori SnellWritten By Jori SnellIn a timeless space, a woman sets off on a shape-shifting journey meeting arctic creatures, and the untamed forces of Nature. She looks for the 'Inua' (essence) of things. Physical storytelling, dance and visual imagery – inspired by Greenland/Scandinavia; this...
Late @ Cuervo - Luna Paige / Outside The New / Pixie Bennett Band / Car Boot Vendors
Cuervo Music Room
3 or 4 bands for the price of 1! Check individual performers for more details on their musical genre. Price (Full) R75Festival MapPurchase A Ticket
Learner Husband
Scout Hall
Company Stuart TaylorDirector Heinrich ReisenhoferWritten By Stuart Taylor and Heinrich ReisenhoferPast Appearances 4Featuring Stuart Taylor and Heinrich ReisenhoferComedian Stuart Taylor and director Heinrich Reisenhofer have teamed up to create the definitive relationship crash-course for the confused husband/man. Revealing tips from Stuart’s soon to be published best-seller: K53 for Learner Husbands, this...
Let the right one in
Olive Schreiner
(Sweden 2009) Director: Tomas Alfredson Cast: Lina Leandersson, Kare Hedebrant Courtesy of the Labia There has been no time in history apart from the Victorian era when the “vampire” has been more popular and then, as now, teenage girls are probably the...
NATV Live In Grahamstown
St. Andrew's Hall
Company NATVDirector Ben VossWritten By NATVPast Appearances 7Premiere 1Featuring Jacobus van Heerden, Marc Kay, Clinton Small3,2,1…and action!!! NATV, South Africa’s newest television network comes to Grahamstown! From pop stars to politicians the NATV Team bring it all to you live! But are the cameras really rolling? Directed by Ben Voss. Nominated...
Pictures of You
Princess Alice Hall
Company A Conspiracy of ClownsDirector Rob MurrayWritten By Rob Murray and Liezl de KockPast Appearances 12Featuring Liezl de Kock , Dorian BursteinThe highest grossing theatre production from last year’s Fringe. This is your last chance to see Frank and Janet’s quirky visual story of undying love. 'genius…something you simply cannot afford...
The Strange Case of the Midnight Phantom
Monument Restaurant
Company Annie Robinson & Paul SpencePast Appearances 1Premiere 1Featuring Annie Robinson, Paul SpenceSeptember, 1939. Storm clouds have gathered over Europe. In a private school in the Natal Midlands, trouble is brewing of a different kind. A housemaster’s wife has met with an unfortunate accident…The much-loved school librarian has been ‘put...
This is how it happened
Glennie Fest Centre
Company Kwesukela Storytelling AcademyDirector Nomsa MdlaloseChoreographer Londiwe MagubaneWritten By Nomsa MdlalosePast Appearances 1Premiere 1Featuring Lebohang Mojapelo, Teboho, Londiwe NgubaneIt is a storytelling performance. Storytellers will present stories of the African soccer and other heroes and heroines. Some stories will reflect the nature of the African culture and diversity of South African...
Traditional Dance - Kwantu Emthonyameni
Recreation Centre
Company Manzana InkciyoChoreographer Ntombizodwa GcangaMusic Composed Ntombizodwa GcangaPremiere 1Kwantu Emthonyameni is a traditional group which focuses on youth - both male and female. It consists of 20 members, who sing and dance. Kwantu Emthonyeni is concerned deeply with Ibuyambo, and plays an important role in Heritage month and traditional programmes.Language XhosaOther...
Twist and Trumpet
City Hall
Company Passion In ArtsDirector Christian Xolani SibutaChoreographer Christian Xolani SibutaWritten By Christian Xolani SibutaMusic Performance Dynamic TempoMusic Composed Christian Xolani SibutaPast Appearances 10Premiere 1Featuring Paul Wiggins, Z BooiA celebration of the trumpet, exploring its origins in the jazz music of the '50's and animating that with the twist, which was the...
Belles & Beaux
Rhodes Chapel
Company Singing SiblingsDirector Lana EnglishWritten By Lana EnglishMusic Performance Lana EnglishPast Appearances 3Featuring Victor SiljeurLana English, female lead of The Phantom of the Opera, and friends brings the joy of music to scintillating life in Belles and Beaux. Opera and other, sung with a quirky, light-hearted edge, in an intimate, and...
Death of a Dream (Ukafa Kwe Phupha)
B2 Arena
Company Thetha Group / Ezaselokshini ProductionsDirector Luzuko YafeleWritten By Luzuko YafeleMusic Performance SiyabongaPremiere 1Featuring Masixole Heshu, , Sindi , LindiweLinda’s mother owns a prostitution agency and has come home to abduct virgin girls from the village to make money during the soccer World Cup. She gets Linda and two friends to...
Deep Thoughts
Dicks
Company Bahludi Youth Theatre OrganisationDirector Mahlodi Silas MatlalaChoreographer Mdudzi and MahlodiWritten By Salthiel Khanya LehobyeMusic Composed Sphiwe MalusiPast Appearances 1Featuring Thomas Morgan , Tehobo MabenaA young lady sits alone in a shack and thinks about her life and the bad experiences that she has had. She has lost her parents and...
Pascal sings the songs of Eartha Kitt
Bowling Club
Company Daniele Pascal / Crazee RecordsDirector Daniele PascalMusic Performance Daniele PascalPast Appearances 8Premiere 1Featuring Pieter du PlessisAward winning actor- singer Danièle Pascal recreates the legendary, exotic and hilarious Eartha Kitt. Featuring the songs I wanna be evil, All by myself, I will survive, Old fashioned girl, Santa baby, C’est si bon,...
Rivonia Trial
Glennie Hall
Company Siyaya Cultural Org. / Impul - Switzerland Theatre CompanyDirector Khanyiso B Dakada & Verena Gauther-FurrerChoreographer Skin V SipokoWritten By Khanyiso B Dakada & Verena Gauther-FurrerMusic Composed Khanyiso B DakadaPast Appearances 4Premiere 1Featuring Siyabulela Ngewu, , Thembile Vacu , Lura MadwarhaThis is a theatre piece based on the political Rivonia Trial...
Stilted
PJ's
Company Oddbody TheatreDirector Andrew BucklandChoreographer Richard AntrobusWritten By Richard AntrobusPast Appearances 5Featuring Richard Antrobus, Tristan JacobsAfter topping last year's Fringe box-office as the no. 1 selling physical theatre show, Stilted returns to mesmerize audiences with this stellar slice of physical theatre making use of dance, gymnastics, trampolining, comedy and stilt-walking. Note...
Eastern Cape All-Stars
DSG Auditorium
The Eastern Cape has played a critical role in the development of a jazz style that is specifically South African and our country's jazz history is sprinkled with Eastern Cape jazz stars. The province is still home to many of South Africa's leading jazz musicians, though most have migrated to the...
Graduation Rites
Centenary Hall
Company Tshwane University Of Technology: Department Of Performing Arts: DanceDirector Debra GushPast Appearances 4Featuring Andile Sotiya, David Rousseve , Timothy le RouxLocal and International Choreography combined into a powerful and energetic showcase of arguably the best student dancers in South Africa. David Rousseve challenges racial and sexual prejudices, Andile Sotiya combines...
Guy Buttery
OBs Basement @ PJ's
Company Guy ButteryWritten By Guy ButteryMusic Composed Guy ButteryPast Appearances 4"...a unique brand of neo-pastoral indie-folk viscerally connected to the soil from which it sprang. At the tender age of 25, Buttery is already approaching something approximating world renown with the past year having included increasingly high-profile live shows across...
More Fire, More Mlilo, More Desire
Egazini Outreach Centre
Company Wise-EyesDirector Siyanda MpheloWritten By Siyanda MpheloPast Appearances 7Premiere 1Featuring Black Rose, Lion-crazy Cat, PastorA vibrant production with good language usage. Objected with joy so as to listen and learn. Embracing music for the public.Language EnglishOther Languages XhosaRestriction AllPrice (Full) R25Price (First Performance) R20Price (Student) R15Price (Friends of Festival members) R20<a...
On the Crutches
Downstairs @ Glennie Fest Centre
Company Buso PicturesDirector Sonwabile MfecaneFeaturing Isaac MraxaIsaac is a disabled man, breadwinner and is burdened with a garnishee order. To resolve his dilemma, he decides to leave his job and get a disability grant.Restriction AllPrice (Full) R15Price (First Performance) RNoPrice (Student) RNoPrice (Friends of Festival members) RNoFestival MapPurchase...
The Urban Gig - Audrey Mbuyazi / ETC Crew / One Love
Urban Lounge
3 or 4 bands for the price of 1! Check individual performers for more details on their musical genre. Price (Full) R65Festival MapPurchase A Ticket
Washa Mollo
Loerie Hangar
A Mothertongue Project Directed by Sarah Matchett Choreographed by Tracey Human Featuring Mary Manzole, Makgathi Mokwena & Kiswigu B Mpyanga Washa Mollo: a physical theatre collaboration between five Southern African women that explores personal and...
Madame President Musical
Kingswood Theatre
Company Kwa Mashu Community Advancement Projects (K-Cap Theatre Company)Director Edmund MhlongoChoreographer Lethukuthula SokhelaWritten By Edmund MhlongoMusic Composed Edmund Mhlongo and Linda GcwensaPast Appearances 2Featuring Samkele Mkhize, Lucky Simayile, Gugu MzobeMadame President is an Artistic, Explosive African Theatre of heart-rending rhythms and energetic dance Spectacular in colourful costumes. The musical looks at...
System Dop
NG Kerk Hall
Company Liquid ProjectDirector Mahlatse LeshabaneWritten By Mahlatse Leshabane and CastMusic Composed Mac SwitchPast Appearances 1Premiere 1Featuring Ephraim Gordon, Taryn Nightingale , Rudi SwartHow do you open a bottle of wine without the right instrument? That’s just one of the sticky questions facing three Cape wine farm workers finding themselves in a...
African Rhythms and Movements
City Hall
Company Thabisong Song & Dance TroupeChoreographer Themba Mokgoro Music Composed Richard Radebe Past Appearances 10Premiere 1A vibrant musical dance show where you explore the beauty and originality of African rhythms and movements through mbhaqanga and jazz sounds fusing from the 1960’s (Kofifi), Pantsula , Street dance and diverse cultural movements embraced...
Attitude
Library Hall
Choreographer Hoboshe VuyaniThis production refers to the presence of movement that focuses on our environments to the different attitudes and memories of our past. It utilises creative present time gestures, imagination and movements in a physical dance form with contemporary style. The creativity touches on what our mind sets and gives...
Backstory
Masonic Hall
Company Untouchable ProductionsWritten By Barry Strydom and Craig MorrisPast Appearances 15Premiere 1Featuring Barry Strydom and Craig MorrisCome experience my epic tale spanning approximately six million years....told in approximately 60 minutes. A presentation of a groundbreaking discovery: what is the terrible secret that lies within us all...the key to our greatness and...
Dr Stef's Sidesplitting Hypnosis
St. Andrew's Hall
Company Stef Director StefWritten By StefPast Appearances 14Extreme, fast-paced and suitable for all ages! Informative, wacky, yet bizarre. An amazing journey into the world of the subconscious. Crazy reactions from volunteers who Dr Stef helps on stage. Regularly sold out. The funniest show you will ever see! Rated "One of the...
High Rising
Kinetics
Company Matchbox Theatre CollectiveChoreographer PJ Sabbagha In collaboration with Matchbox Theatre CollectivePast Appearances 12Premiere 1Featuring Nicola Haskins , Bailey SnymanAward winning PJ Sabbagha choreographs the formidable Nicola Haskins and Bailey Snyman from Matchbox Theatre in High Rising. Haskins and Snyman display “master craftsmanship and technical refinement” (Sichel, 2008). High Rising is...
Little Poof! A Homofabulous Show
Highlander
Company Aiko Productions. Bruce J. Little And Cathrine HopkinsDirector Neels ClaasenWritten By Bruce J. LittleMusic Performance Cathrine Hopkins on piano and backing vocalsFeaturing Bruce J. LittleBruce J. Little portrays some of your favourite camp characters springing forth from numerous multi-cultured closets. Whether you are gay, bisexual, intersexual or heterosexual this show...
Live & Kicking
Scout Hall
A showcase off-the-cut comedy by your favourite Fringe comedians and others. Watch Cue for the nightly line-up - don't miss the special guests. Drink available throughout!Restriction Adults OnlyPrice (Full) R65Festival MapPurchase A Ticket
One Shoe
Vicky's
Company Miracle Arts Choreographer Mellissa AlexanderWritten By Mellissa Alexander and Terence MaraisPast Appearances 2Featuring Mellissa Alexander and Terence MaraisIn this intimate and engaging piece of physical theatre, a pianist and a dancer share their stories of struggle, disappointment and triumph in the battles of life. The unfolding of the piece sees...
Rob van Vuuren is Rob van Vuuren
Drill Hall
Company Kbt Productions Director Rob van VuurenWritten By Rob van VuurenPast Appearances 12Featuring Rob van VuurenRob van Vuuren takes you on a roller-coaster ride through behind-the-scenes experiences in this side-splitting one-man tragicomedy-autobiography of a South African performer – starring Rob van Vuuren, in a show about Rob van Vuuren, written and...
Rus Nerwich
DSG Hall
Cape Town saxophonist Rus Nerwich "is a real jazzhead", says a jazz critic, "who should be showcased in Grahamstown." "Grahamstown - for sure," responded Nerwich when invited to perform this year. "I once drove from Hungary to Spain just to play one gig. I'd love to do Grahamstown!" After tours and...
Snapshots of a Wedding
Gymnasium
Company University Of JohannesburgDirector Nhlanhla John LataChoreographer Katiso SebatiWritten By Bessie HeadMusic Composed Mveleli GqwedePast Appearances 10Premiere 1Featuring Thandekile, , Kegoletile , DineoA traditional wedding between the Zulu and the Batswana culture who do not see eye to eye. Both families are forced to swallow their pride and come to an...
Tellin' Tales
Glennie Fest Centre
Company Gavin BonnerDirector Gavin BonnerMusic Performance Gavin BonnerPremiere 1Featuring Gavin BonnerStories just for kids? Think Again! Fresh from performing in the UK, Australia and Asia, Londoner Gavin Bonner is a Musician, Poet and Storyteller. Combining 15 years of experiences travelling round the world with jaw dropping improvisational skills, Gavin mixes ,...
Terrorism considered as one of the Fine Arts
Olive Schreiner
(UK 2010) Director: Peter Whitehead Cast: Sophie Strohmeier, Liza Tsyzina-Whitehead, Samantha Berger Courtesy of Contemporary Films Adapting its title and theme from Thomas De Quincey’s murder text, this long-overdue return to narrative cinema by the great British filmmaker Peter...
Rubbish Mistakes over a Mess
Dicks
Company Eighty Six Manka Theatre Co.Director Marota CondryWritten By Marota CondryPast Appearances 1Premiere 1Featuring Granny Mashegwana, , John Moleke , Reuben NkadimengSet in a particular civilized community in Limpopo. A true story of a high school mistress who hired a local drunkard to kill her wealthy husband for money. Her mistake...
