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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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Fringe / Theatre
This is a story set in a prison about how the warders promote gangsterism amongst prisoners. It is a dramatic show that uses mime and singing to tell its story.

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Fringe / Spiritfest
Francis Williamson and Andrew Hunter (Philosopher, Rhodes University; and Dean of the Cathedral of St Michael & St George)

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Fringe / Physical Theatre
Washonaphi? is a thought-provoking theatrical piece that colourfully unfolds a variety of events and pictures by using space and time in a clever technique. It tells a tale about the mysterious disappearance of a once feared, respected and talked about ...

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Fringe / Music
Watercolors play a fusion of diverse musical genres and include elements of Afro-music. Watercolors Live Music Project has shared the stage with legendary names in the business, such as Jonas Gwagwa and the Puisano Roving Jazz Programme. In 2005, we ...

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Fringe / Comedy
Colouredism 101! All the 'wakka wakka' you're ever gonna need when you wake up one day and you realise, just like in the movies...that your grandchildren are...OMG! Just like Barak! Welcome to Wayne's Whirl!

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Fringe / Theatre
Mda confronts the disillusionment of soldiers who have fought in the liberation of a fictional African country. After fighting in their country's war for independence, two soldiers return to civilian life, but have neither homes nor jobs. We shall Sing ...

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Fringe / Theatre
The play is about a 34-years old truck driver,Dan,who is married to 26 year old Susan. The couple has been happily married for five years. Their marriage is tested when they look after their niece a teenager following the death ...

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Main / Music
Pierre van der Westhuizen (Piano) Sophié van der Westhuizen (Piano) Programme Robert Schumann (1810-1856) Six Canonic Etudes, Op. 56 Arr. Claude Debussy (1862-1918) i. Pas trop vite ii. Avec beaucoup d’expression iii. Andantino – Un peu plus anime ...

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Main / Think!Fest
A discussion on the role and power of women in today’s modern society eaturing panellists Elinor Sisulu, Angel Jones, Barbara Holtmann and Sisonke Msimang.

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Fringe / Cabaret / Revue
Come hear your favourite, hilarious, musical theatre numbers in this comedy revue cabaret. Classics like Maria, Mrs Worthington and Dammit Janet don't disappoint. You'll even get the inside scoop as to how Otto Tit-sling and Phillippe De-Brassiere fought it out ...

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Fringe / Theatre
This story is about a young man who is searching for his father. The search leads to depression and to a schizophrenic mental state where he hallucinates about an ideal, wealthy father. He ends up in hospital and requires a ...

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Fringe / Music
The piano recital is a celebration on the bicentenary birthdays of Chopin [2010] and Liszt [2011]. The programme reflects their undisputed creative Romantic style in no uncertain terms, where works of artistic tenderness is contrasted with compositions of grandeur, pathos ...

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Main / Film
COURTESY OF VIDEO VISION Les Herbes Folles Half a century after establishing his place in cinema with Hiroshima mon Amour and Last Year at Marienbad, director Alain Resnais continues to deliver the goods with his latest film. Based on ...

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Fringe / Wordfest
William Gumede. Poverty of Ideas. Asserts the crucial role of public intellectuals & debate in SA.

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Main / Film
This compelling journey through the backwoods of America won the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival. Winter's Bone follows 17-year-old Ree Dolly as she sets out to track down her drug-dealing father who has put the family house ...

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Fringe / Comedy
Two recently divorced, hard-drinking middle aged women navigate the vicious sewers of poverty and abandonment while dealing with overbearing mothers, vengeful ex mother-in-laws, nosy neighbours and a recently acquired dead body which came with an ominous brief case...

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Main / Film
A tribute to women as creators, goddesses and survivors of prejudice. The programme is dedicated to the two actresses Maria Schneider (Last Tango in Paris) and Lena Nyman (I am Curious Yellow) who died within days of each other in ...

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Fringe / Theatre
Women & Issues is the story of five educated high class ladies, who were friends at high school. Because of social networking they meet again at their high school reunion ten years later. All of them have high expectations of ...

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Main / Jazz
Get ready for some serious fun! Danish sestet Wonderbrazz will definitely get your feet tapping and your head bopping with their hip mix of soul, funk and jazz from three powerful horns and a super-tight rhythm section. They have performed ...

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Fringe / Music
The Wordsuntame duo rides a wave of energy created by inspired Xhosa and English lyrics and harmonies, expressed freely through the rhythm of an acoustic guitar, creating a relaxing atmosphere for their listeners. For the Festival they added a session ...

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Fringe / Music
The Wordsuntame duo rides a wave of energy created by inspired Xhosa and English lyrics and harmonies, expressed freely through the rhythm of an acoustic guitar, creating a relaxing atmosphere for their listeners. For the Festival they added a session ...

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Main / Think!Fest
World Café discussion:Poles apart? Perceived differences between the sciences and humanities – a conversation “The more science permeates our lives, the more it needs to be debated, discussed, questioned and examined publicly.” (Dallas Duncan, pioneer of the Café Scientifique movement ...

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Fringe / Spiritfest
Kati Ansel, Director of DaySpring Dance Company, together with a team of dancers, will lead a workshop on "Worship in Dance". Participants will be taught a dance, which will form part of the worship at the Festival Eucharist on Sunday ...

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Main / Theatre
The place is unique. The stories are extraordinary. The history is ours. The theatre will be breathtaking. A ship is in a storm. The passengers huddle till the hull breaks and they make a desperate swim for the shore and ...