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.Event
Fringe / Comedy
HC Bosman was a young man when he was given a teaching post at a small bushveld school. Take a journey with Herman Charles Bosman back to the bushveld where he first encountered the characters that populate the stories all ...
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Fringe / Theatre
A Worm in the Bud is leading South African playwright Reza de Wet’s account of an Englishwoman’s post-Anglo Boer War quest to bring Victorian enlightenment to Africa and the Afrikaner, only to find a cauldron of madness in her inkwell. ...
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Fringe / Music
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.
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Fringe / Game Drive
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! ...
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Fringe / Film
The 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 ...
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Fringe / Film
Kult 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 ...
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Fringe / Family - Children's Theatre
Our ancestors told stories not only to entertain but also to set grounding for moral values and guidance’. Sibikwa storytellers are renowned for their ability to explore history, language and culture through the age old medium of storytelling. The fun ...
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Fringe / Musical Theatre
A 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 from the African Djembe ...
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Fringe / Theatre
This piece enlightens the issues facing our African continent (crime, xenophobia, poverty and HIV/AIDS) on a noble content of their existence as a threat to mankind. These stories are told through diverged scenes which feature African dance and songs.
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Fringe / Music Theatre
A story about a family consisting of five members. Before one of them was taken by a merciless disease, he was living peacefully with the family. The wife has to bear the pain of losing the loved one and the ...
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Fringe / Music
The Tabani Band present a form of Afro-Fusion music which is unique in its blend with opera, gospel and traditional African music. This harmonic blend sends out a message to people around the world to live in peace.
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Fringe / Theatre
What’s my world like AFTERSCHOOL?? In my stomach, butterflies. In my pocket, stolen sweets. In my heart, whispered secrets. Hey my friend, you know aftershool is afterschool! I’m not afraid. You can’t break me. Youth opera created by and ...
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Fringe / Comedy
The play is based in a world where people buy ‘air talk’ (similar to air time). We meet a man who is about to propose marriage to his girlfriend, a choir that prepares to compete, a ...
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Fringe / Theatre
By not having a parent, does that make you an orphan? Prostitution, robbery, murdering, drugs, gambling, rape, housebreaking a way of ending you from being an orphan.
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Fringe / Theatre
A repentant ex-prisoner (Kagiso) killed his mother under the influence of drugs. Two prisoners share the same cell - one framed for killing his family the other the perpetrator, who doesn't want to be released for fear of committing more ...
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Fringe / Music
The styles of music we bring across, are very diverse/versatile. From your deep poetic hip-hop, to that bumpy, club rocking songs, to something for the lovers and something the whole family can enjoy. Artist are very vibrant and creative on ...
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Fringe / Physical Theatre
Internationally acclaimed Ankoku Butoh choreographer, Frauke, collaborates with the First Physical Theatre Company in Ama-No-Gawa - An exploration of the dark river that flows through the cosmosology of the Butoh body. This darkness is the bed of the cosmos and ...
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Fringe / Music Theatre
Three boys who are caught up by not making the right decisions. They then have to face the reality after making stupid mistakes. The play exposes the reality of what teenagers face every day.
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Fringe / Music Theatre
Indigenous Orchestra celebrates the history of marimbas in Cape Town. The orchestra is also an eccentric mix of indigenous to mainstream South African contemporary music and jazz accompanied by brass instruments, imbira, mouth harp, traditional instruments and traditional dancers and ...
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Fringe / Music Theatre
This 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 ...
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Fringe / Music
Audrey’s music is a pleasing blend of R&B, soul, jazz and disco. Her performances are designed for an audience that appreciates great lyrical music – music for the heart and soul. She performs with a live band and has shared ...
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Fringe / Theatre
Autobahn is a short-play cycle which takes place within the confines of the front seat of a car, each concluding with a squirm-inducing twist. Each vignette explores the ethos of perception and relationship, from a make-out session gone awry to ...
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Fringe / Music
Autopilot boast an upbeat fluid groove of alternative rock with hints of the Smashing Pumpkins' song writing combined with the driving drum beats of Bloc Party and the angelic sounds of Paramore; an extremely energetic live show!
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