Access to arts ‘critical for transformation’
The arts’ scene elite attended a ceremony in Mpumalanga recently to hand over a special award to a most deserving theatre company – the Forgotten […]
September 2018
Cape Town Buskers Festival set for November 2018
The popular Cape Town Buskers Festival returns to the V&A Waterfront from 1-11 November 2018 when buskers from the international festival circuit join local performers […]
August 2018
NAF to produce first-ever Fringe in UAE
EDINBURGH – Against the backdrop of the iconic Edinburgh Fringe, the world’s largest arts platform, it was announced this week that South Africa’s National Arts […]
Deadline for 2019 Main programme extended
The closing date for new and established artists to submit proposals for possible inclusion in next year’s Main programme of the National Arts Festival, which […]
National Arts Festival reports positive results
New projects and initiatives and the “consistency of delivering great art to our audiences” combined to give this year’s National Arts Festival in Grahamstown a […]
Forgotten Angle is 2018 recipient of Tambo Award
The Forgotten Angle Theatre Collaborative receives the 2018 National Arts Festival Oliver and Adelaide Tambo Human Rights Award
The Forgotten Angle Theatre Collaborative (FATC) has been announced […]
July 2018
Sanda Mankayi, calm in the eye of the storm
Sanda Mankayi is in recovery! With this year’s Festival now being wrapped up, she took a moment to share what she’s learnt after stepping into […]
…and that’s a wrap on #NAF18
NAF Executive Producer ASHRAF JOHAARDIEN reflects on his experience of the unruly, fabulous celebration of the arts that is the National Arts Festival
All the world […]
Students unflinching in tackling gender at NAF
Much of the work performed on the Student Festival at this year’s National Arts Festival demonstrated that students are grappling with the politics of gender.
This […]
Ovation Awards celebrate fresh talent at 2018 Festival
The best of new works on the National Arts Festival’s Fringe were celebrated at at the Standard Bank Ovation Awards function at the Monument in […]