Keiskamma Carnival Open Rehearsal

The Keiskamma Carnival would like to invite one and all to their open rehearsal at the Recreation Centre @ 11:00.

Fingo Festival

The Fingo Festival is devoted to art as a platform to promote social cohesion and social transformation within Grahamstown community. We aim to do this by hosting events workshops, dialogues, and fun activities for children and the youth throughout the year including the National Arts Festival. July 1- July 6 from 09:00 - 17:00

Keiskamma

Keiskamma Arts Presents 'Keiskamma Carnival' and Exhibition at Grahamstown National Arts FestivalWe all at the Keiskamma Trust, think celebrating life's a must So here we will begin, our collection of feather, fur and fin With beads and thread and flute and drum We've made a story of where we come fromSo begins the story of Keiskamma Arts' latest offering, Keiskamma Carnival. ...

The Novel-Script Project

The Novel-Script project brings together selected writers from South Africa, the Netherlands and Zimbabwe in a dynamic professional writer’s development programme. The project is co-ordinated by Twist Theatre Development Projects in association with the National Arts Festival.  It encompasses several workshops and mentoring sessions and culminates in a public performance of readings of the new ...

Short Film Screening: The Work of the Legal Resources Centre

The Legal Resources Centre (LRC) continues to play a pivotal role in the realisation of human rights, by providing free legal services to poor and marginalised communities and individuals, who often lack protection of the law, and many times needed protection from the law! After 1994, the LRC focused on making the new Constitution a living document and building trust between citizens and ...

Keiskamma Carnival

     Keiskamma Carnival combines the award-winning music and artworks of the Keiskamma Ensemble and the Keiskamma Art Project in a multi-disciplinary project that explores the natural wonder of the Eastern Cape environment. It embodies the spirit of hope and healing through the arts, an underlying principle of the work of the Keiskamma Trust. Based on Camille Saint-Saens’ Carnival ...

Hymns from the Table

 Above:  Paintings by Julia Mitchell- "Comings and Goings" and "Midnight Feast" and sculptures by Lindi Arbi- "Supplication for the Rhino" 1 and 11An exhibition of sculptures and paintings using the table as a setting upon which to explore experiences of joy, wonder, nostalgia, and ambiguity. Sculptures and paintings present a visual feast to be contemplated and savored.Life ...

Spiritfest: Gospel Africa Music Concerts

Tickets can be purchased at the door.

Random IC Duo

Here is raw musical expression that invokes chaos and fragility; spontaneous, visceral musical exploration in defiance of idiomatic convention. Rick Random (reeds) and Kingsley Buitendag (acoustic piano, bass, percussion) are restless, moody and unpredictable. This is music of the elements, sometimes expansive, lyrical and alluring, sometimes violent and explosive.

Sarcophagus

Director: Buhle Mazibuko Stage Manager: Dingalethu Maphithela Written by: Popi Qwabe & Genbia Hyla Composed by: Aphiwe Namba Cast: Dumisani Mkhize Nelisa Nkala Popi Qwabe Tevin Kunene Mayenziwe Zuma Aphiwe Namba Muvo Hlongwana The tomb lies still as stone, for cannibals eat flesh slowly. Hushed voices consume sarcophagus sounds that pulse as the living dead lie still and ...