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28 June 2012 - 8 July 2012
Grahamstown, South Africa
Productions A-Z
A listing of all the productions at this year's National Arts Festival, organised alphabetically by production title. Click on the letter below to jump to the relevant page. To search for a production by something other than title, go here.
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Main / Film
A tribute to women as creators, goddesses and survivors of prejudice. The "On the Creative Power of Women" programme is dedicated to the two actresses Maria Schneider (Last Tango in Paris) and Lena Nyman (I am Curious Yellow) who died ...

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Fringe / Music Theatre
The story is narrated by an old man about the rite of passage to manhood. The old man paints a picture of how young men of today perceive the rite of passage to manhood. Like many cultures that undergo changes, ...

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Fringe / Music
The Ilitha Gospel Choir was formed in 1998 with the aim of spreading and proclaiming God’s words through gospel music to the people Mount Frere. The group has been supported financially by the Alfred Nzo Municipality.

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Fringe / Music
Uplifting and mesmerising acoustic world music played on beautiful custom handmade string and percussion instruments. Steve Newman - nylon acoustic guitar, mbiratar, soprano guitar is joined by Greg Georgiades - North African oud, bouzouki, and nylon acoustic guitar with Ashish ...

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Fringe / Comedy
A man. A woman. A table. Amy Jephta in association with Cape Town Edge and The Space Behind The Couch presents three ingredients for the dissection and analysis of human relationships and the absurd, bizarre phenomenon called love. Interiors is ...

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Main / Jazz
We try something new this year, extending our youth ensemble programme into the global arena and offering a small international youth jazz band drawn from different parts of the world, including students from South Africa, Europe and Israel. The band ...

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Fringe / Dance
When one has gone through the calling (intwaso), Intlombe is performed to celebrate the success of the ancestors' calling. This is chiefly celebrated through indigenous dance and music. The celebrant is then called a traditional doctor, because they have the ...

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Fringe / Dance
This show tells the story of the ritual of bringing an IsiXhosa girl into Intonjana through dance, music and indigenous movements. Presented by the AbaThembu women of the OR Tambo District, this is a vibrant, colourful and dynamic display of ...

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Main / Physical Theatre
Winner of the 2010 Standard Bank Silver Ovation Award in Physical Theatre Nominated for a Handspring Puppet Award for "Best Production" at Out the Box Festival 2010 Created and performed by: Jori Snell Artistic advice: Zsuzsanna Varkonyi & Chris ...

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Fringe / Physical Theatre
Meet Lucy, David, Thando and Richard. They work together in an open office, but how well do they really know each other? Lucy is stuck. David has a problem. Thando has a plan and Richard...is just Richard. Their workplace is ...

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Main / Theatre
"Wilson's tools are not just the word or the physical, but also her own intensity, light and dark, and an extraordinary soundscape that transports us into a dislocating otherness." The Guardian A sortie into a curious cityscape of the future ...

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Fringe / Theatre
Four guys. Three single. Two dreams. One Zimbabwean. What would you do if one of your best mates stands between you and happiness? A comedy drama about life, loyalty and friendship from the creator of Green Man Flashing, Hostile Takeover, ...

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Fringe / Family - Children's Theatre
Isangqa/Sirkelpad is 'n nuwe verhoogstuk gebasseer op die verhale van Racheltjie De Beer and Klara Majola. Isangqa/Sirkelpad is tweetalig (10%isiXhosa, 90%Afrikaans) en gepas vir 10 jariges - volwassenes. Kom reis deur die landskap van Afrika asook 'n geesteslandskap terwyl maskers, ...

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Fringe / Dance
An exhilarating musical dance show that fuses the dance pieces of the Isigekle and uShamani with live traditional music. It has been performed to enthusiastic response around the province of KwaZulu Natal, in Nkandla, and for King Zwelithini.

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Main / Dance
2011 Standard Bank Young Artist for Dance Mamela Nyamza Isingqala Isingqala is a solo work primarily investigating the ‘performer’ as absolutely inseparable to any role she chooses to portray. This ‘role’ comes like a kind of dream which might ...

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Fringe / Music Theatre
As much as we would like to concentrate in the future, but the past is what better describes who we are. As a black African child who doesn't know your culture, where do you think you are going? The time ...

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Main / Think!Fest
A debate with panellists Bonolo Cebe, Palesa Shongwe, Gerard Boyce, Ross McCreath and Mashadi Kekana, chaired by Rev Linda Schwartz