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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 / Theatre
A cabaret clown noir spectacle, as not yet seen on South African stages Kardi?vale throws us into the story of Oskar – a desperate freak show ringleader of a pokey, run-down carnival. The modern age has no real need for ...

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Fringe / Theatre
This play outlines how the division of assets is handled in Xhosa culture. It also reveals the problems that come along with such division. It outlines that Xhosa culture is not any different to any other culture where inheritance is ...

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Fringe / Wordfest
Keynote address by Sindiwe Magona, doyenne of multi-lingual and multi-cultural writers in SA.

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Fringe / Theatre
At first there was conflict between the Sesotho and Setswana cultures, when it was discovered that Batswanas were living in Basotho villages without permission, but that was settled by the King of Basotho. Ultimately, both cultural groups are united and ...

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Main / Jazz
The career of tenor saxophonist Khaya Mahlangu is a brief lesson in the history of South African jazz. From an early start on trumpet in Soweto he moved onto sax as a teenager and joined the Afro-pop band Harari that ...

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Main / Student Theatre
English interpretation of 'khululekani emakhaya' is 'be free in your homes'. 'Home' is a globally contentious term. In this collaborative theatre production the cast questions the notion of 'home'. Is it a safe and secure space? Is it a loving ...

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Main / Music
Conducted by Tibor Bogányi Soloist: Jérôme Pernoo PROGRAMME Otto Nicolai The Merry Wives of Windsor: Overture (1810-1849) The overture to Nicolai’s The Merry Wives of Windsor is the composer’s best-known work. Based on Shakespeare’s eponymous play, the overture is a ...