National Arts Festival Programme 2011 by National Arts Festival

CONTENTs

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Festival Messages Acknowledgements Main, Arena & Student Theatre Index Fringe Index Standard Bank Young Artist Award Winners

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Accommodation 2012 Festival Travel Map Booking Procedures

Main Programme Arena & Student Theatre Festival Fringe Programme Standard Bank Ovation Awards Tours The Art of Opportunity Village Green Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Arts Festival

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Main Programme

17 Dance

26 Theatre

Comedy

Exhibitions

Eastern Cape Showcase

Music

Public Art

Film

Jazz

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Think!Fest

Main and Arena cover design: Raisa Meiswinkel Fringe cover design: Shameez Joubert The 2011 National Arts Festival Programme is printed on environmentally friendly paper

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Arena & Student Theatre Festival 113 Arena Music 116 Arena Dance 118 Arena Music Theatre 119 Theatre 126 Arena Physical Theatre 127 Arena Exhibitions

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Fringe Programme

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135 Contemporary Dance 140 Indigenous Dance 142 Physical Theatre 147 Drama 159 Family Theatre

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161 Comedy 177 Cabaret

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181 Music Theatre 186 Music 198 Words in Action 200 Wordfest 201 Re-Imagining 202 Spiritfest 203 Cine-Mazing Film 205 Visual Art

2011 Festival Programme Update

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We will be publishing an update to our Programme which will be available in Grahamstown throughout the Festival, at all of our Box Offices and Information Kiosks. This will contain updated information on performances and events, changes, cancellations and additional shows; a daily diary; a guide to restaurants and food outlets; a colour-coded map; and more. This is a must for all festival-goers.

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A WARM WELCOME Ayanda Mjekula National Arts Festival Board Chairman

warm welcome, once again, to this annual feast of the arts and, on behalf of the National Arts Festival Board, I hope that you will find plenty in our 2011 Programme to stimulate, inspire and entertain you.

Whether you’re a theatregoer, a dance lover, a jazz fundi or a film buff, the programme offers plenty to keep you busy as you step into our bubble of AMAZ!NG once again. Enjoy!

The Festival team has worked hard to make sure that we match the mammoth 15-day Festival we hosted last year. Looking through the selection I’m confident that they have set the stage for another spectacular Festival.

We offer our thanks to our sponsors, whose support brings our vision to life each year, to you for filling our theatres, and to our artists for making us proud to be South African.

Jay Pather National Arts Festival Committee Chairman I am honoured to welcome you on behalf of the National Arts Festival Committee to this rich, multi-disciplinary smorgasbord of delicious sensations. What makes a Festival ‘national’? Simply by being the biggest and the best. The artists come from everywhere, all disciplines, and are amongst the most excellent, courageous, thoughtful, provocative and iconic. The Festival attracts the best administrators and production crew that help mirror a complex and vast nation on many fronts. From jazz to drama, installation art to comedy, we draw innovation and excellence from a variety of cultures. So we attract the most discerning, wide cross section of audiences. National also means that we take seriously the more difficult implications of ‘nationalism’ and ‘nationalist’, words not unfamiliar in their negativity. Just as patriotism is a delicate balance between loyalty and blind submission, we remain open to and wary of the complexities of ‘national’ and ‘nation’ is debated at length on this side of the Festival. The National Arts Festival is also international: our nation as part of the continent and the world. We want to reflect on our South African-ness as well as our Africanness and a global identity that began four hundred years ago. And just as our nation is a work in progress, so is the Festival, a mirror of a nation in the throes of the pains and pleasures of growth. So while we celebrate an extensive Festival, we are mindful of our choices, the presences and absences. We approach these choices with confidence and trepidation as we try to balance the art with imperatives of viability, transformation and budget.

It is a festival of art but its sustainability depends on a variety of factors. And the strike to the heart is always when an artistic choice gives way to practicalities. I hope that these practicalities can be more the responsibility of governance and less that of artists. Artists need the freedom to make and the more encumbered they are with commerce and governance that falls short of timeous delivery, the more diluted the product. We should be vigilant of this. And so should the governing bodies of our land. Increasingly, festivals are said to be curated rather than directed. The word ‘curator’ refers to a ‘custodian’ or ‘guardian’. Programming in turn, as an act of custody or guardianship, has become loaded, involving more than stringing performances together into appropriate time slots. This is a global phenomenon but in South Africa curating a national festival is not exactly a smooth ride on the Gautrain. How indeed does one guard a nation’s art? This question strikes deeply all that work on the National Arts Festival as we play custodian and intermediary between thousands of artists and equally, thousands of audiences, readers and commentators. Helping us do this are our funding partners. I make reference again to cultural theorist, Pierre Bordeaux who writes about symbolic capital – capital that does not manifest itself in brick and mortar. While the investment is rands and cents it’s returns are intangible, and felt over many years. One sees this when a Young Artist’s career takes off or in the immeasurable impact of a Hugh Masekela or a William Kentridge on furthering the impact of our country on the world or the numerous young artists inspired by this elevation of the imagination. Playing in the fields of the immeasurable and the not always tangible, takes vision and foresight. And for this we want to deeply thank our funding partners

for taking this magnificent leap with us. To all artists, crew and staff, I wish you an awesome festival, yes full of awe and wonder as you get to the other side and survey your achievement and your impact. To audiences, we are confident of your enjoyment. But not so confident that we will not listen to you as artist or regular audience member. As we attempt to talk to you via the art, we urge you to talk to us so that we get closer to the realisation of all of our dreams. May the conversations grow louder and richer. And may we continue to celebrate the freedom and power of sound, image, word and movement to give form to a nation’s subconscious, and carve and etch memories for a lifetime. Enjoy.

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Jacko Maree Group Chief Executive, Standard Bank Group

he National Arts Festival, always a barometer of the country’s cultural development, continues to play an important role in the artistic landscape of our society. We value any contribution we can make to enhance the growth and enrichment of South Africa’s cultural heritage, especially through the annual Young Artist Awards as well as the Standard Bank Jazz Festival and its accompanying Youth Jazz component. In 1983 when Standard Bank first became the title sponsor of this event, it was a very different time in our country and a very different festival. The partnership formed in 2002 with the Eastern Cape Government is now firmly established and, with the

support of several other main sponsors, we believe that this cross-cultural showcase of our country’s talent reflects a truly national character. As a financial institution we try to position ourselves as being relevant to the societies in which we operate and the arts constitute one of the core pillars of our involvement with communities. Our appreciation is due to the Festival team who together with the citizens of Grahamstown make this important event happen every year. We wish you every success.

Xoliswa Tom Mec For Sports, Recreation, Arts & Culture (Eastern Cape)

uring 2010 South Africa showcased its excellence and spirit of ubuntu to the world. Similarly, the 2010 edition of the National Arts Festival offered South Africans and the international community a platform to celebrate our diverse cultures and to engage each other’s hearts and minds through the arts. The Eastern Cape province is an integral part of South Africa’s cultural history. This province is the birthplace and home of leading South African cultural icons whose names are etched in the international cultural landscape. John Kani, Athol Fugard, Winston Ntshona, Michael Moerane, Nomhle Nkonyeni and George Pemba are only some of the veterans of this province. A new generation of Eastern Cape artists who are making international waves include Daniel Buckland in the internationally celebrated Cirque du Soleil and Zamaxolo Mgoduka who is a household name in North England. It is a strong testament that with so much talent emerging from this province that South Africa’s premiere arts festival rightfully deserves to be in the Eastern Cape. Whilst the Eastern Cape encourages its artists to break the glass barriers and to become a part of the global cultural industries, a key mandate of the Eastern Cape Department of Sports, Recreation, Arts & Culture is the preservation and promotion of indigenous cultures. This year, we are delighted that the National Arts Festival will not only be showcasing the indigenous music and dances of the Eastern Cape but that it will also be hosting an exhibition of indigenous musical instruments in conjunction with the Albany History Music and the International Library of African Music. Furthermore, the National Arts Festival will collaborate with the South African Post Office to launch a series of

postage stamps bearing images of African indigenous instruments. Again, this is testimony of the seriousness with which the province and the National Arts Festival embrace the role of preserving our heritages so that we can offer it to the next generation with a sense of pride. The Eastern Cape’s exhibition A Century of Fallen Eastern Cape Visual Artists is another inspiring testimony to the artistic wealth of this province. South African artists have played an important role in the struggle for a just and free society and they continue to play a meaningful role in contributing to all aspects of South African life. Next year, marks the centenary of the African National Congress as a political movement and this exhibition sets the scene to reflect on the role that South African artists have played in the past century. There is no doubt that the National Arts Festival contributes significantly to the economic growth of this province. Whilst artists benefit from receiving opportunities and exposure to audiences. There is an indirect investment in the hospitality sector, transport sector and even the local educational sector. I am delighted that the National Arts Festival works extensively with developing youth capacity and, this year, we will welcome a group of Eastern Cape youth who will have been trained and will be employed as stage managers and arts assistants. The Festival’s Innovation Hub will generate a few more women entrepreneurs to initiate and run their own businesses during the Festival. All these initiatives are in line with the province’s Cultural Industries Growth Strategy.

The re-alignment of the Eastern Cape Showcase at this year’s Festival is aimed at strengthening the region as an important player in South Africa’s cultural industries. As you visit the province I urge you to also visit the Red Location, the Port Elizabeth Opera House, the East London Guild Theatre, the Tyume Valley Roundhouse, the Graaf Reinet Theatre. Similarly, I invite South African and international artists to bring their work to these institutions too and thereby play a bigger part in growing the Eastern Cape cultural industries. It is with pride and humility that I extend a warm gratitude to every one of you who will embrace this province as the heartbeat and the conscience of our cultural experiences. “Xa sisebenza sonke singeza lukhulu”

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A WARM THANKS The National Arts Festival would like to thank the following sponsors and supporters

Presenting sponsors:

Strategic partners:

Supplier sponsors:

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With thanks to: Albany Museum Group AN White Anglo American Arts Alive International Festival Arts Council of England Arts & Culture Trust (ACT) Brandhouse South Africa British Council Cacadu District Municipality Cadar Printers Churches of Grahamstown Computicket Contemporary Films Culture Ireland DALRO Department of Arts and Culture (DAC) Eastern Cape Tourism Board Embassy of Argentina Embassy of Israel Embassy of France Embassy of Spain in South Africa eThekweni Municipality French Institute in South Africa (IFAS) Goethe Institute Grahamstown Foundation Grahamstown Hospitality Guild Indian Consulate (Durban) Indian Cultural Centre Italian Embassy in South Africa Italian Institute of Culture Labia Theatre Cape Town Magnetic Storm Magnolia Mayoral Committee, Makana Municipality Mmino Municipal Manager & Director of Economic Development: Makana Municipality Members of the South African and International Media Mondipak Mono Macabre National Film & Video Foundation (NFVF) Nu-Metro Paul Bothner Music PG Bison, George Pick ‘n Pay, Walmer Pretoria Portland Cement (PPC) ProHelvetia Proyecto 34°S Rand Merchant Bank Red Pepper Pictures Rhodes Business School Rhodes University Royal Netherlands Embassy in South Africa Rupert Foundation SAMRO Endowment for the National Arts Sedgwicks Old Brown Sherry Steve Biko Centre SGB – Cape South African Music Rights Organisation (SAMRO) South African Police Spedidam Standard Bank for loan of computers Standard Bank Gallery Ster-Kinekor Sustained Theatre (U.K.) The Swallows Foundation (U.K.)

Board of Directors: US Embassy US Fulbright Programme Video Vision Village Green Committee Wide Foundation World Festival Alliance The Managements, Presenting Companies, Galleries, Artists and Technical Staff whose talent, professionalism and creativity make the Festival a pleasure to produce, and an amazing 11 days for our audiences to experience. The Schools and Colleges of Grahamstown: Carinus Arts Centre, Diocesan School for Girls, Graeme College, Kingswood College, Nombulelo Secondary School, PJ Olivier Hoërskool, St Andrew’s College, St Andrew’s Preparatory, Victoria Girls’ High School, Victoria Girls Preparatory School, Good Shepherd and Oatlands Primary School. The Citizens of Grahamstown for their hospitality, support and encouragement. National Arts Festival Team: Tony Lankester (CEO) Ismail Mahomed (Festival Director) Kate Axe Davies (Festival Manager) Terri Procter (Admin Manager) Lynette Marais (Project Consultant) Zikhona Nweba (Fringe Manager) Nicci Spalding (Technical Director) Michelle Lowry (Technical Manager) Danielle Wessels (Receptionist and Social Secretary) Phakama Gora (Fringe Assistant) Selina White (Village Green Manager) Clarissa Carolus (Village Green Assistant) Gilly Hemphill and Cilnette Pienaar – The Famous Idea Trading Company (Media and Public Relations)

Association incorporated under Section 21 Registration No. 2002/016052/08 Ayanda Mjekula (Chairperson) Jay Pather (Chairperson: Festival Committee) Paul Bannister Letepe Maisela Elinor Sisulu Grahame Lindop Nopasika Lila Albie Sachs Louisa Clayton (Grahamstown Foundation Representative) Tony Lankester (CEO)

Audit Committee: Thavanesen Padiachy (Chairperson) Grahame Lindop Nopasika Lila

National Arts Festival Committee 2011: Jay Pather (Chairman) Mpho Molepo (Vice Chairman) Richard Cock (Music) Mokale Koapeng (Music) Suzette Le Sueur (Dance) Andrew Verster (Visual Art) Brenton Maart (Visual Art) Melissa Mboweni (Visual Art) Malcolm Purkey (Theatre) Aubrey Sekhabi (Theatre) Adrienne Sichel (Theatre, Dance, Arts Development) Trevor Steele Taylor (Film) Anthea Garman (Think!Fest) Alan Webster (Jazz) Nikelwa Kanise (Grahamstown Community Arts Representative)

Sponsors’ Representatives Festival Programme: Brian Garman – Rhodes University School of Journalism & Media Studies (Art Direction and Design) Lauren Roodt, Alexandra Turner, Megan Ross, Shameez Joubert, Amy Esterhuizen, Divia Padayachee, Raisa Meiswinkel, Claire Martin, Nikita Singh, Frank Hermus, Thirusha Raja, Lerusha Reddy (Layout team) Cadar Printers, Port Elizabeth (Printing) Website: Matthew Buckland Chris Conradie (Creative Spark) Michael Buckbee (Social Collective)

Godfrey V Mona (Eastern Cape Department of Sports, Recreation, Arts & Culture) Mandie Van Der Spuy (Standard Bank) Bongani Tembe (National Arts Council)

National Arts Festival Representatives Tony Lankester (CEO) Ismail Mahomed (Festival Director) Kate Axe Davies (Festival Manager)

Media Representative Gilly Hemphill

MAIN INDEX

Index to the 2011 Main, Arena & Student Theatre Programmes 10 Amazing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 8 Minuets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

A Century of Fallen Eastern Cape Visual Artists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 A Cross-Cultural Equation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 A Fairies Tale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 A Woman, a Gun & a Noodle Shop . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Abnormal Load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Access/No Access: Dance, disability and audiences – a panel discussion . . . . . . . . . . 105 Action Conversations – Victoria Marks . . . . . . 110 African Rhythms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Afrika’s Europeans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Alan Crump : A Fearless Vision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Albie Sachs – Challenging questions . . . . . . . . 104 Alison Bentley – How important is a good night’s sleep? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 and walk in my shoes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Angel Heart & Fourteen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Angel Jones – Human beings and human doings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Anthony Akerman – An outsider’s perspective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Arena Exhibition of Exhibitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Art Walkabouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Auriol Hays Behind Closed Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Barbara Holtmann – Choosing safety . . . . . . . 107 Batsumi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Battle of Algiers, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Beethoven Tango . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Ben Schoeman Piano Recital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Benchmarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Blaauwkrantz Bridge Train Disaster . . . . . . . . . 219 Black Skin, White Masks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Black Swan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Blank Toy Workshops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Body Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Bokani Dyer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Bokani Dyer Trio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Bonolo Cebe – Youth capacity building in Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Boo! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Brian Thusi – Tribute to SA Jazz . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Bubbly Bosoms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 Bull on the Roof, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Butcher Brothers, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Cannibal Ogres, Mock Europeans, Faux Tintins 47 Cape Guitar Summit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Carine Bonnefoy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Charlie Sayers Plays Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Children’s Intro to Jazz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Christopher Smith – The Naked Scientist . . . . 108 Chronicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 Cleansed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Clermont Community Choir, The . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Clem Sunter – A sustainable future . . . . . . . . . 109 Co/Mix: Comic Art / Mixed Media 2011 . . . . . . . 43 Co/Mix Walkabouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Coco & Igor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Comics across the oceans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Convincing Carlos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Craig Higginson – Landscape Painter . . . . . . . 106

Daddy Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 Death of a Colonialist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Deborah Tanguy Sings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Denis Beckett – Muammar, Hosni, Laurent and the end of democracy as we know it . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Desert Crossings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Diamond Ensemble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Don Laka . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Driving with Fanon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 D-Seven: A Taste of A Cappella . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Dust Devil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

East Cape Provincial Craft Exhibition . . . . . . . . . . 50 Eastern Cape Film Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Eastern Cape Showcase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Edges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 Edna the Inebriate Woman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Elinor Sisulu – Bridging the literacy and digital divide: the experience of the Puku initiative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Excess Luggage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Excess Luggage & Buddy Wells & Mark Fransman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Eyes Wide Open . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Faena . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Fanon Film Series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Flicker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 For Future Generations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Four Lions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Frantz Fanon: His life, his struggle, his work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Funding and the Arts – The Helen Suzman Foundation roundtable discussion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Fuse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Gavin Minter with Big Band and Sestet . . . . . . . . 99 Gala Concert, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Gerard Boyce – South African youth: attitudes and identities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Getting Concrete about Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Ghost Dance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Girl who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest, The . . . . . . . . 91 Girl who played with Fire, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Goldberg Trio, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Grahamstown Sextet: Works for Woodwinds and Piano . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 & 113 Guy Buttery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Gwen Ansell – Building studios or building networks? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Helena Barnard – How do creative industries differ from other industries? . . 106

Hesher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

I am Curious Yellow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Insatiable Moon, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Interacting with Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 International Youth Jazz Band . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Inua . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 Iris Brunette* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Isingqala & Amafongkong . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Issues affecting South African youth in the 21st Century – a discussion . . . . . . . 108

Jakhalsdans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Janine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Jazz Jam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Kardiavale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Kate Muller – Leopards of the Cape . . . . . . . . 109 Khaya Mahlangu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Khululekani Emakhaya . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 KZN Philharmonic Orchestra Symphony Concert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

La Conscientia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Ladysmith Black Mambazo . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 & 103 Last Pro in Yeoville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Lectures of Professor Glaçon, The & Telegrams from the Nose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Legal Resource Centre – Land reform and rural land development . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Les Aupiais – Sustainable media . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Life Is Too Good To Be True . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 Life, Above All . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Lime Light on Rites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Lloyd Webber & Friends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Lovaffair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Luca Ciarla Quartet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Machitun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Madam Silk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Mark Banks Live . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Mark Ginsburg Qintet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Mashadi Kekana – Young women claiming their seats at the table . . . . . . . . 107 Masterclass: Cartooning and the Graphic Novel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Maya Deren The High Priestes of American Cinema . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Mem-Re . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 Meri Kenaz & the Appropriate Context . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 & 114 Merry Go Round . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Metamorphosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 Metropolis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Miskien . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 MNet Moments of Magic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Move your mind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Mud in the Fridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

MAIN INDEX

Nibs van der Spuy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 ‘night Mother . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Nöeline de Goede – Epilepsy: The misunderstood condition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 North Sea Big Band . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Luke Krige – Obstructive Sleep Apnoea . . . . . 108 Of Gods and Men . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 On the Creative Power of Women . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Ororo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 Outside In – Victoria Marks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Palace of Bone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Palesa Shongwe – The Power of film . . . . . . . . 107 Paradise Stop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 People, Prints & Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Pierre van der Spuy – Development of the human brain & Happiness, humanity and the brain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Plaster Caster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Poisson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Public Oscillation, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 Pumba Private Game Reserve Safari . . . . . . . . 219 Purgatorio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Quartet for the End of Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Quattro Fusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Quick Gun Murugun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Rajasthan – A Melodical Journey in Folk Dance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Re.Sponse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Red Peters Way Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 Reigniting the humanities in South Africa (ASSAf) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Rhythms of the Eastern Cape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Richard Cock – Conduct unbecoming: An apology is too late! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Richard Stanley Lectures: The secret glory of movie making and The Shadow of the Grail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Richard Stanley: Short Film Series . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Ross McCreath – Sport as a tool of community empowerment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Sadako . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Saints Sinners and Students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220 School/Youth Bands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Secret Glory, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Secrets of Blaauwkrantz Pool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219 Selaelo Selota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Selaelo Selota & Ngwako Manamela . . . . . . . . 102 Seriously? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 Settler Skeletons and Colourful Characters . . 220 Seven / VII . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 Seven Guitars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 Shakespeare’s R & J . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Shooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 Sisonke Msimang – Citizenship and South Africa’s political trajectory . . . . . . . . 107

Somewhere on the Border . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Sons of the Sand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 South African Arts Writers and Critics Association (SAAWCA) discussion . . . . . . . 105 South African Films . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Soweto Kinch & Bokani Dyer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Soweto Kinch & Tumi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Splinters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 Spontaneous Swiss Acrobatics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Spud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Standard Bank National Schools Big Band . . . 100 Standard Bank National Youth Jazz Band – McCoy Mrubata . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Standard Bank National Youth Jazz Festival . 100 Standard Bank Young Artists 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Stately Homes and Old School Ties . . . . . . . . . 220 Steuart Pennington – Sustainable competitiveness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Sustainability: critical conversations – a Rhodes Business School debate . . . . . . . 109 Swan Lake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Syd Kitchen Tribute Concert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Taste . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 That Deadwood Feeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 That Swedish Hacker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 The Clearing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 The Concert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 The Domain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 The History Boys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 The Ploctones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 The Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Tomorrow’s Joy: The Bottle Top Mosaic . . . . . . . 76 ToonLab Cartoon Laboratory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Touched . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 Trudy Meehan – View from the Tower . . . . . . . 108 Tshini Kwedini . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Tutu Puoane + Marcus Wyatt & Tony Paco . . . . . 97 Tutu Puoane Quartet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Two Women, Two Worlds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

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Tee off times: Valentin Yves Mudimbe – Frantz Fanon: Thinking Africa: 50 Years On . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Velocity Launch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Visual Art Performance Event (VAPE) . . . . . . . . . . 47 Voice of the Moon & The White Darkness . . . . . 84 Volunteer Man . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

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Westhuizen Duo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 What Women can Do in the World Today – a discussion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 White Ribbon, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Wild Grass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Winter’s Bone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Woman as a Flower & Right out of History . . . . 86 Wonderbrazz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 World Café discussion – Poles apart . . . . . . . . 105 World Sounds of Jazz, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Wreckage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 & 119 Young Guns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Youth Jazz Choir + Vocal Soloists . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Zeitgeist: Moving Forward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

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* Errata:

Iris Brunette (pg 37) will be presented on 30 June, 1 and 2 July – not 8 & 9 July as indicated in the print version of the Programme. Apologies for the error.

10 FRINGE INDEX

Index to the 2011 Fringe 3 Acts of Love . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 4 Hands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188 4 Seasons, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 5 Levels Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188 100 Grande Vessels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

Absolucy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 Acoustic Liquid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188 Acoustic Soul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188 Acoustic Vibes @ EQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196 AFDA Short Films . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 Affies Orchestra in Concert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188 Africa Clockwise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 African Beat Meropa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 African Heartbeat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205 African Music Renewal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 African Musical Instruments and Grahamstown Fabric Artists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205 African Rhythm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205 African Stories, Aahh! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 Afro-Fusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188 After the End . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 All That Jazz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Anatomy of Weather, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 Angqisha Amahlubikazi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 Animal Fantasy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 Anois Ar Theacht An Tsamhraidh / Change Has Come . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Antigone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 Arctic Jinn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 Art Interlaced . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205 Artistic Nation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 Arts and Crafts by Linga Diko . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205 Arts and Crafts by Vukile Teyise . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205 Arts Journey 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 As Night falls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 Athenaeum Arts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 Auction of the Century . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Avalanche . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

BaBaBOOM! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 Band on the Run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 Bantu Rejectz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 Beelzebub . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 Bent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 Best Medicine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 Best of Durban Hip Hop, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 Best of Durban Jazz, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 Beyond Synergy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 Beyond the View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 Bhakti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 Big Boys Don’t Dance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 Black South Easter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 Body Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 Bridezilla! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 Brolloks en Bittergal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 Bru . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 Butlers and Blackmail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

C/O Hudson & New . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 Cabin Fever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 CAFCA Music Ensemble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 Catch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Children of the Soil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 Choice Amidst Waves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 Chris Chameleon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 Chris Letcher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 Cine-Mazing Feature Films . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 Cine-Mazing Short Films . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 Code Dash – Dash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 Colour Your Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 Comedy with Khanyisa Bunu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 Commedia Dell ‘Arte . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 Compleat Wrks of Wllm Shkspr (Abridged), The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 Cornucopia Biblica: Nature, spirituality and text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 Cox & Newman – Return of the Road Warriors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 Crush-Hopper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Dance Spectrum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 Dancing into the Calabash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 Date with Duke, and others... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 Dead, Up you go, Dust-off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 Deadself . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 Deeply Fried . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 Defending the Laid Man (Reloaded) . . . . . . . . . 162 Dekaf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 Different Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 Dinner with Bantu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 Dirt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 dis.clo.sure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 Dlala Nathi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 Dr Pocket Ocean Commotion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 Dr Stef’s Side Splitting Hypnosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 Dream, Brother . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 Dreams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 Duncan Village . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 Durban Comedy Invasion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 Durban Hip Hop Alternative, The . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 Dysfunctional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

Earth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 Earth II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 Eclipsed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 Egazini Expressions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 Enough? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 Escape from Nombyland! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 Extraordinary Khotso Sethuntsa, The . . . . . . . . 149

Fairy Tale Mystery, A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 Family Dialogue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 Feather Collector, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 Feathers for Flight: just some other gaudy rhetoric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 Felt – Feelings and fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211 Finding Kaggen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211 Five Men . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 Foot Musicians, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 Freedom Blues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Gary Thomas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 Gauteng Dance Motjeko . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 Gig Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196

Gigs @ Urban Lounge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196 Ginsburg & Herman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 Going Back to my Roots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 Gospel Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 Green Number, A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 Gumfusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 Guy Buttery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

Hand Made in Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211 Heather Mac Live . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 Hellpants and the FBPK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 Heritage of Africa, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 Hip Pantsula Revolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 Hoes Kuntry Izzit Anyway? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 Home Grown Music Jam Junction . . . . . . . . . . . 191 How Can I Show You? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Ibhekile Evuzayo (Licking Bucket) . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 Ilitha Gospel Choir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 Imagine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211 In Sight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211 In the Clouds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192 Ingwe Intle Laceworx . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211 Initiation Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211 Interiors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 Intlombe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 Intonjana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 inTraceit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 Invasion 2.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 Is it because I’m Jack? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 Isangqa / Sirkelpad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 Isigekle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 Isiqalo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

James the Mad Gardner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 John Ellis (ex-Tree63) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192 Johnny Nekton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192 Journey of African Trends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

Kalimba Encantadora, A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192 Karoo Moment, A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 Kazi Kungenxa Kabani (Who’s fault is it?) . . . . . 150 Kgotsong . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Land of the Cranes, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 Language We Cry In, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 Late @ the Lounge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196 Laurie Levine and Lize Wiid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192 Le Paix – At Peace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 Lekgolwa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 Leonard the Lion Cub . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 Life wire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 Live @ EQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196 Live and Kicking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 Local Artists Exhibition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 London Road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Long Journey, A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 Loss and Having . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 Lost Souls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 Love @ First Fight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

FRINGE INDEX 11 Love for Nature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 Lunch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Madness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Mafeking Road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 Mahler 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192 Maqubuthuli Traditional Dance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 Marimba Meets Saxophone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 Masonwabe Traditional Dance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 Master Harold and the Boys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Master of the Cafe Society . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Matters of the Heart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 The Mee Brothers – Conversation of Note . . . . 193 Meri Kenaz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 Mia Pistorius – Piano Recital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194 Mind Games with Brendon Peel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 ...miskien . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 Missing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Mixed Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 Modus Vivendi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 Mohobelo Traditional Dance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 Molo Mimi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 Money Maker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 Monkey Doo! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 Monkey Nuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 More Great Goosebump A Cappella! . . . . . . . . . 193 Morose Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 Mouche . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 Multi Mixed Dance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 Mvanda Traditional Dance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 My Name is Blood Shed, Invincible Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Naledi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 Nampri’s All in one Dancers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Art Museum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 Neva Wazza Band, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 New Voices 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 Nic Danger and the Rise of the Space Ninjas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 NMMU Contemporary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 Nonsiki . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 Novel Script Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199 NuBox Jazz Band . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194 Number Six . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Off the Wall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 One Love, One Heart – Afro-Soul meets Reggae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194 One Man and a Cello . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 One Song One Nation Unity Concerts . . . . . . . . 194 Open Mic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198 Open Spaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213

Painting & Sculpture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217 …Paqo – coming of age . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 PaperBoy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 Perfect Human (Ubumntu) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 Petticoat Chronicle, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 Pierrot Mc Clown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 Plague of Heroes, A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 Planet B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 Poetry Extravaganza Ft Indigenous Music and Marimba . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194 Pollution Revolution, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Potential / Tragedy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 Power of Love . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 Propeller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 Proyecto 34˚ S Theatre in Translation Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199 Pure Plunge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

Quarted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Re-Alignment 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 Red . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 Reflections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194 Re-Imagining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201 Remembering Dis(re)membering . . . . . . . . . . . . 217 Revelations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217 Revenge Angel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 Revenge of the King . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 Revival . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 Rhodes Fine Art Student Exhibition . . . . . . . . . . 217 Rhythms of Human traces of Fuba . . . . . . . . . . . 217 Rob van Vuuren – Live! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 Rocket Raiders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 Romantic Fools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 Rose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 Rose Red . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 Route 67 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217 Rubbish Mistakes over a Mess . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 Rural Reflections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

Sacred Spaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217 Sacred Women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 Scenes from Soweto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 Sekelmaan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 Sensus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217 Shackles & Bones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 Shannon Hope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 Shift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217 Shoelace Rocker’s Souls Band . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 Show Me the Money! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198 Sie Weiss Alles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 Silent Witness, A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218 Simply Blue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 Singumgub’ Engxow’ Enye . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 Sinsation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 Sitting Around the Fire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 Siyavaya . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 Siyavuma Makhosi Traditional Dance . . . . . . . . 141 Skin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218 Sky Like Sky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198 Skyn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 So You Think You Can Write . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199 Soldier and her Angel, A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 South African New Plays Writing Programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199 Spirit and Bones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 Spiritfest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Spring Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 Staff Room . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 States of Being . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218 Staude Landscapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218 Steeldrums & Bass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 Stef’s Hypnotherapy Sessions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198 Stranger Things Have Happened . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 Stuperstition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 sub- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 Sukumani Makhosikazi Traditional Dance . . . . 141 Swansong of Norrie Da Silva, The . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

Take Three . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218 Take your Suitcase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 Tapestry & Beyond the Footlights . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 Tellin’ Tales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198 The Awakening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198 The Castaway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 The Eastern Star Gallery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 The Most Amazing Show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 The Ogreling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 The Soil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 The Suit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 The Three . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 This Church . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 Three is a Crowd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 T-Junctions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 To Be Like This Rock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 Tore the Chain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 Torn Apart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

UJU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 uMaphelo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 Umhlanga – The Reed Dance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 Umngqungqo Ensemble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 Umtshotsho Ensemble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 Unbelievable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 Unontombi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 Uqongqothwane (The Beetle) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 Urban and Rural Landscape in South African Literature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218 uThembalethu – Tshepang . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 U-Turn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 Uyise ka Mjwentru . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

View from the Tower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218 Visions du Mouvement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Warders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 Washonaphi? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 Watercolors Live Music Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 Wayne Mckay is ‘Mainou de Bruinou’ . . . . . . . . . 175 We shall Sing for our Father Land . . . . . . . . . . . 157 Weekend Nightmare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 Wet Paint! Rhodes Fine Art MFA Exhibition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218 What’s in a Name? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 Who is he? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 Widor du Toit – Piano Recital . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 Wild Arts and Crafts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218 Wiles Gallery Paintings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218 Woemen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 Women & Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 Wordfest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 Wordsuntame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 Writing Programmes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199 Written in Wrinkes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218

Yakima . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218 Yes! Today I am a Man . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 You Sit, I’ll Stand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

Zabalaza Band . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 Zolly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

12 Standard Bank Young Artist Award Winners

Standard Bank

Young Artist Award Winners

“I used my body as the instrument to react to all forms of sound, whether it be playing, crying, or watching all sorts of things that one can imagine happened in Gugulethu in the 80’s.” Mamela Nyamza

Mamela Nyamza

Mamela Nyamza – Dance

ward-winning dancer, choreographer, dance teacher and development activist Mamela Nyamza says this Standard Bank Young Artist Award will make it possible for her to “travel the world with confidence, and carry the flag with me everywhere I go.”

Neil Coppen

Nyamza graduated from Fezeka High School in Gugulethu, Cape Town and also studied at the Zama Dance School. She obtained her National Diploma in Ballet at the Pretoria Technikon (now the Tshwane University of Technology), performing works by South African choreographers like Vincent Mantsoe, Moeketsi Koena, Boyzie Cekwane, Robyn Orlin, David Matamela, Debbie Rakusin, and others.

Ben Schoeman

Mamela did ballet training with Martin Schonberg in 1997 and, in 1998, a fellowship at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Centre in New York City. She participated in choreographic workshops at the Vienna International Dance Festival and dance-directing classes at London’s Sadler’s Wells Theatre. She has been a member of the State Theatre Dance Company and resident choreographer, teacher and vice principal at the Zama Dance School. Over the years, she has taught dance at TUT, the Dance Factory and the Jazzart Dance Theatre. Currently Nyamza is project coordinator for the University of Stellenbosch’s Project Move 1524, using dance to address issues like HIV/AIDS, domestic violence and drug abuse. Her commitment for social upliftment and youth empowerment shows clearly from the many community outreach and dance training projects she has worked with over her career.

Bokani Dyer

In addition to her many teaching and development activities, Nyamza also got a taste of the commercial dance world, taking part in big musicals like The Lion King in the Netherlands and We Will Rock You, in South Africa. In 2008 she performed for World AIDS Day, in collaboration with the Free Flight Dance Company and Dance For All.

Nandipha Mntambo

More recently, Nyamza choreographed and performed her own piece, Hatch, at On Broadway, the Out The Box Festival and the Baxter Dance Festival, and then toured the piece to the Netherlands, Brazil, Italy and Mexico (for Foro Performatica). Back home she performed for numerous schools and at the South African Domestic Violence conference in Johannesburg. Nyamza sums up what is still a youthful creative career, by saying, “I worked hard to be where I am today. As a mother and as an artist, I am so proud of all my achievements in the industry and I will continue doing the work I’ve been doing.”

Standard Bank Young Artist Award Winners 13 “Seeing Singing in the Rain, I was totally enthralled when it started to pour with rain on stage. I suppose it made me realise that anything was possible. This was the beginning of a very long and involved love affair.” Neil Coppen

“I started with violin lessons at the age of four and music played a very important role during my childhood. My mother is an organist and I always had the music of JS Bach in my ears.” Ben Schoeman

Neil Coppen – Drama

fter finishing high school in Durban, Neil Coppen joined Robert MacKee’s Story Workshop in London in 2004, completed a course at the South African Script Writing Institute in 2007, and recently earned a UNISA Creative Writing Degree. Coppen says his education “has been formed over the decades by watching and learning from the greats... I was exposed to a wide range of performing arts styles including children’s theatre, opera, pantomime, contemporary and classical dance, William Shakespeare, Athol Fugard and the Mbongeni Ngema musicals.” His acting career has included roles in Twelfth Night, Oedipus Rex, Dangerous Liaisons, King Lear and Wit and he won lead actor awards for his roles in Hamlet, Proof and Dracula. Coppen has been artistic director at Think Theatre Productions since 2005 where he has devised educational and children’s theatre programmes, including the popular Marvellous Mixtures. Coppen has also performed in dance projects by leading avant garde choreographers such as Robin Orlin, and in feature films, including the historical action drama, Stander. Coppen’s first adult play, Suicidal Pigeons, premiered at the Red Eye Art exhibition in 2005. By 2007 he had completed seasons of two acclaimed new works, Two ...The Beginning of the End (co-authored by, and performed with, Clare Mortimer), and the multi-award winning Tin Bucket Drum. Coppen’s collaborations include works with visual artists, writers, community groups, sound designers, filmmakers, authors, animators, choreographers and musicians. He explains he admires “artists and visionaries who have refused to compromise and have sustained careers by constantly challenging themselves and their audiences.” His most recent work, Tree Boy, came from a three-year creative process with actors, animators, editors and musicians to alter the boundaries between live performance, film conventions and video projections. Tree Boy won a Durban Theatre Award for best new South African Script. He is now developing several new plays and screenplay ideas while collaborating with Umlazi’s Umsindo Community Group as a script writer on the group’s Twist Development project. Coppen now works in Durban as a writer/director and designer, as well freelance journalist for the Sunday Times Lifestyle, Mail & Guardian, Sunday Independent and City Press. In his busy creative life, Coppen is also preparing a collaboration with visual artist Vaughn Sadie for a Dundee-based residency entitled: Two Thousand and Ten Reasons to Live in a Small Town (Reimagining Space-Place-Process). In explaining the impact of this Young Artist Award for him, Coppen says it “offers a significant moment to stop and take a deep breath. It’s a welcome point to reflect on the past decade, a chance to look back over my work and prepare myself for a future of exciting new challenges.”

Ben Schoeman – Music Ben Schoeman was the first South African to win a first grand prize in the UNISA Vodacom International Piano Competition and he says that winning a Standard Bank Young Artist Award will give him both the important international exposure and, at the same time, will bind him more closely to South Africa. Schoeman grew up surrounded by music and, while he started with the violin, it was the sound of the piano that captured his imagination as he listened to recordings by Arthur Rubinstein, Sviatoslav Richter and Emil Gilels. As an adult musician, Schoeman says András Schiff has been his inspiration. After earning a Master’s Degree in Performing Arts (cum laude) from the University of Pretoria, he went to Italy for a Master’s Diploma from the Accademia Pianistica ‘Incontri col Maestro’ in Imola. Schoeman is now working on his Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the City University of London and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Over the years, Schoeman has studied with such artists as Joseph Stanford, Michel Dalberto, Louis Lortie, Boris Petrushansky and Ronan O’Hora. Schoeman has already established an impressive concert career, performing in Wigmore Hall and Queen Elizabeth Hall in London; the Grande Auditorio of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon; the Teatro del Giglio in Lucca, Italy; the Paleis Het Loo in the Netherlands; Schloss Moritzburg in Dresden and the Konzerthaus in Berlin. He has also given critically-acclaimed recitals at international festivals such as the Chester and King’s Lynn festivals in the UK; the Festival da Bach a Bartók and the Festival Pianistico “Mario Ghislandi” in Italy; and Switzerland’s Crans-Montana Semaines Musicales. He received the prestigious Laureate Award from the University of Pretoria Alumni Association in 2008 for his contributions to music in South Africa, and in 2009 won the gold medal and first prize in London’s Royal Over-Seas League Music Competition. Salon Music and UNISA have now issued DVD recordings of Schoeman’s performances of Mozart and Tchaikovsky piano concertos. Schoeman performs regularly with this country’s leading orchestras in Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban in addition to solo and chamber music recitals throughout South Africa. Schoeman says “Music is something that brings me great joy, but I also want to share this with a large public. I feel that we can never work hard enough to emphasise the important role of music and art in basic education. I feel really inspired when I see someone being moved by a great work of art.” Schoeman says he looks forward to performing with singers from South Africa’s growing cadre of great young classical voices and introducing the music of South African composers to audiences in this country – as well as around the world.

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“I was introduced to jazz by my father, Steve Dyer, who used to play jazz music in the car and at home often. Jazz is a beautiful art form which allows for deep exploration through spontaneous creativity.” Bokani Dyer.

“My intention is to explore the physical and tactile properties of hide and aspects of control that allow or prevent me from manipulating this material in the context of the female body and contemporary art.” Nandipha Mntambo

Nandipha Mntambo – Visual Art Bokani Dyer – Jazz

okani Dyer graduated from the South African College of Music at the University of Cape Town, with a Bachelor of Music (Hons) in 2008. While still an undergraduate, he was selected for the Standard Band National Youth Jazz Band, performed in the Johannesburg and Cape Town International Jazz festivals, and also toured Sweden. Dyer also played in the University of Cape Town Big Band, as well as Johannesburg’s Arts Alive Festival concerts with Steve Dyer, Dorothy Masuku, Thandiswa Mazwai and Siya Makhuzeni. While still at university, Dyer played with Shannon Mowday’s jazz ensemble and Afro-jazz guitarist Jimmy Dludlu’s band. He traveled to Sweden with his own trio for the Swedish Jazz celebration in Lulea and performances at Fasching. And in 2007 he also formed Plan Be with vocalist Sakhile Moleshe. After graduating, Dyer’s own trio became a fixture at Cape Town’s internationally famous Green Dolphin jazz club and restaurant. This ensemble became the backing band for renowned jazz artists like Jonas Gwangwa and Judith Sephuma. Dyer later joined the Moreira Project tour, led by Mozambique saxophonist Moreira Chonguica, for the launch of Chonguica’s second album in Namibia, Mozambique and Cape Town. In 2009, Dyer performed with Judith Sephuma at the annual Jazzathon at Cape Town’s V & A Waterfront and traveled with Jimmy Dludlu to Davos, Switzerland to play at the World Economic Forum. Reuniting with Chonguica, they played at Zanzibar’s Sauti za Busara music festival as well. A highlight of his still-young career was to perform in Botswana, his birth country, in concert with Oliver Mtukudzi and Steve Dyer. Alan Webster, head of the Grahamstown Standard Bank Jazz Festival, has high praise for Bokani and says, “He is technically skilled beyond his years and artistically creative in a wide array of jazz genres.” For his part, for his musical influences, Dyer points to musicians like Bheki Mseleku, Moses Molelekwa, Andile Yenana, Winston ‘Mankunku’ Ngozi, Robert Glasper, Herbie Hancock, and Bobo Stenson. Dyer adds, “Inspiration is a weird thing. It doesn’t always come from likely places, like a conversation or the weather or spending time with children. The energy behind the music is what inspires me.”

or 28-year old Nandipha Mntambo, cowhide has become the primary canvas she uses as a medium to express her passion for challenging societal and cultural norms. Mntambo says, “Winning the Standard Bank Young Artist Award is wonderful. At this stage of my career it is a great affirmation of my achievements within my art practice.” She graduated from the Michaelis School of Fine Art at the University of Cape Town in 2007 with a Masters of Fine Art (with distinction), and is now studying in Cleveland, Ohio, in the United States. Already in her short career, Mntambo has become internationally regarded for using materials like cowhide as the basic canvas for her artistic expressions and explorations. “Nandipha Mntambo is one of South Africa’s most remarkable young sculptors,” said Brenton Maart, National Arts Festival committee member for Visual Art. “Her mastery of an incredibly difficult medium allows her to shape morphing structures that are part human and part animal, part alive and part dead, part grotesquely revolting and part sensually enticing. It is this ambivalence, this sense of unease, that elevates Mntambo’s work above the level of the commonplace into the ranks of the astonishing.” Her thought-provoking solo exhibitions have included Umphatsi Wemphi at the Brodie/Stevenson Gallery in Johannesburg (2009); The Encounter (2009) and Ingabisa (2007) at Michael Stevenson in Cape Town; and Locating me in order to see you, which was her Master’s exhibition, at the Michaelis Gallery in Cape Town in 2007. Her work has also been part of numerous group and solo exhibitions around the world in Australia, Senegal, Britain, Denmark, Germany, France, Italy, the United States, Mali, Norway, Spain, and the Canary Islands. In 2010, Mntambo received the Wits/BHP Billiton Fellowship for a residency at the Wits School of the Arts. Earlier in her career, she was a finalist in the MTN New Contemporaries Award, had received the Brett Kebble Curatorial Fellowship, and gained a Mellon Meyers Fellowship for her studies at the Michaelis School of Fine Art at the University of Cape Town. Looking forward to the future possibilities of her work, Mntambo says “I’m inspired by my everyday environment, the past and the present. I’ve also been experimenting with photography, video and performance. It’s great to be able to diversify.”

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2011 National Arts Festival Main Programme planner. Your Easi-Guide to what’s on when! Production

Genre

Venue

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Thu 30 June

Fri 1 July

Sat 2 July

The Table

Theatre

Victoria Theatre

Desert Crossing

Dance

Alec Mullins

Quartet for the End of Time

Music

Abnormal Load

Theatre

Rhodes Chapel

Rhodes Theatre

Meri Kenaz & the Appropriate Eastern Cape Context Showcase - Music

Cuervo Music Room

Last Pro in Yeoville

Theatre

Gymnasium

KZNPO Symphony Concert

Music

Guy Butler Theatre

Iris Brunette

Theatre

Rhodes Box

Purgatorio

Theatre

Graeme College

Ben Schoeman Piano Recital

Music

Beethoven Room

A Fairies Tale

Public Art

Botanical Gardens

Rhythms of the Eastern Cape

Eastern Cape Showcase - Dance

ILAM Amphitheatre

Grahamstown Sextet

Eastern Cape Showcase - Music

Beethoven Room

Goldberg Trio

Music

Rhodes Chapel

Lloyd Webber & Friends

Music

Great Hall

Swan Lake

Dance

Guy Butler Theatre

Mark Banks Live

Comedy

Great Hall / Guy Butler Theatre

Wreckage

Eastern Cape PJ’s Showcase - Theatre

Beethoven Tango

Music

Beethoven Room

KZNPO Gala Concert

Music

Guy Butler Theatre

Tshini Kwedini

Public Art

Drostdy Arch

Batsumi

Dance

Alec Mullins

Angel Heart / Fourteen

Dance

Guy Butler Theatre

Diamond Ensemble

Music

Rhodes Chapel

Benchmarks

Theatre

Graeme College

Lovaffair

Dance

Rhodes Theatre

The History Boys

Theatre

Victoria Theatre

‘night Mother

Theatre

Rajasthan

Sun 3 July

Mon 4 July

Wed 6 July

Thu 7 July

Fri 8 July

Sat 9 July

Sun 10 July

x x

Tue 5 July

x x

Rhodes Box

Dance

Great Hall

Madam Silk

Dance

Guy Butler Theatre

Two Women Two Worlds

Eastern Cape The Hangar Showcase - Theatre

Westhuizen Duo

Music

Beethoven Room

Somewhere on the Border

Theatre

Victoria Theatre

Boo!

Music

Guy Butler Theatre

Isingqala & Amafongkong

Dance

Alec Mullins

Shakespeare’s R&J

Theatre

Ladysmith Black Mambazo

Music

Auriol Hays: Behind Closed Doors

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x x

Graeme College

Guy Butler Theatre

Music

Great Hall

Sadako

Theatre

Rhodes Box

The Lectures of Professor Glaçon / Telegrams from the Nose

Music

Great Hall

Machitún

Public Art

Death of a Colonialist

Theatre

Luca Ciarla Quartet

VG Hockey Fields

Rhodes Theatre

Music

Guy Butler Theatre

Move Your Mind

Public Art

Nombulelo Hall / Drostdy Arch

Think!Fest

Lecture series

Eden Grove

104

Film Festival

Film

Olive Schreiner

Standard Bank Jazz Festival & National Youth Jazz

Jazz

DSG Hall & DSG Auditorium

The Arena

Various disciplines

Various venues

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Student Theatre Festival

Various disciplines

Various venues

128

Art exhibitions are open daily from 09:00

Visual Art

Various galleries

dance 17 THE NATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL presents

The 2011 Standard Bank Young Artist for Dance

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Isingqala is a solo work primarily investigating the ‘performer’ as absolutely inseparable to any role she chooses to portray. This ‘role’ comes like a kind of dream which might remind her of an event or time in her childhood, a particular person in her family or a member of the community who she encountered as a child. It is all consuming and overpowering. As closely as one experiences this huge ‘personality’ so this person remains somewhat of a mystery, perhaps due to the naivety of the child. It is only in later life that one begins to investigate who this person may have really been. Will I understand you by ‘becoming’ you? This creates the starting point for a very personal story which is at the same time layered to access the collective. Dancer Choreographer/Director Assistant director Costume Stage Manager Filming

Miranda Nyamza Mamela Nyamza Hannah Loewenthal Thozama Dyantyi Kabelo Chalatsane Sylvie Cachin

Alec Mullins

Amafongkong “We co-created a raw structure of both classes and improvisation time… time moved too quickly, though bodies reminded us of the time it takes for anything to be recognised. What one might call ‘real time’. It became evident that new work was emerging …. Sometimes this cannot be avoided, process becomes pictures, pictures become stories, stories lie hidden under skin and behind voices.” Mamela Nyamza

ddis Ababa, Ethiopia is home to the Adugna Dance Company. This company of mixed ability performers was the first contemporary dance company to be founded in Ethiopia. Adugna grew out of a project initiated by Royston Maldoom in the 1990’s, with over 100 street children in Addis Ababa. Two of its first company members, Junaid Jemal Sendi and Adissu are now the artistic directors of the Adugna Dance Company. In creating Amafongkong, Mamela says that her intention was to hold an open space to explore the notion of ‘collaboration’ in all its complexities, to see how and where similar and different bodies could meet in movement.

Duration:

1 hour 15 minutes (No interval)

Possibly the most exciting part of this particular project has been the somewhat clichéd yet true experience that something extremely rich can rise out of very little – by simply allowing the company to be in the space and work together with minimal support. This begs the question: what are the ‘right’ conditions for creating work? Perhaps we need to slowly let go of the notion that we never have enough in Africa… or that the many challenges we face hinder our ability to create something of value.

Age Restriction:

12 years +

Created by

Isingqala & Amafongkong are on the same bill Friday 8 July 16:00 Saturday 9 July 14:00 & 18:30 Sunday 10 July 12:00 & 16:00

Tickets: R48 (Full); R46 (Discounted); R32 (Student/Scholar)

With special thanks to Art Moves Africa (AMA) for making a space available for this creative process

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Mamela Nyamza in collaboration with Hannah Loewenthal and Adugna Dance Company Junaid Jemal Sendi & Addissu Demissie Kifle

Dancers Junaid Jemal Sendi Asrat Mamo Beyene Andualem Kebede Ferensay Terefwork Negussie

Addisu Demissie Kifle Elizabeth Urga Begna Abraham Tamene

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Swan Lake

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CAPE TOWN CITY BALLET in association with ARTSCAPE and the NATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL presents

he greatest of all classical ballets ever choreographed, Swan Lake embodies mystery and romance portrayed in sublime, ethereal movement. Tchaikovsky’s score transports the viewer and inspires the dancers in their portrayal of this tale of love’s triumph over evil. The Cape Town City Ballet brings this timeless classic to the National Arts Festival in a production which showcases the art of classical ballet at its best and epitomises the seamless integration of the beauty and grace of classical ballet with the athleticism required of today’s dancer. This version of Swan Lake is based on that of Vladimir Bourmeister and was first taught to the CAPAB Ballet Company, now the Cape Town City Ballet, by Frenchman, Attilio Labis, in 1971. Labis had danced as a guest in Russia in several different productions and it was from these that he chose the elements to make it one of the most eclectic in the world. This is the seventeenth time that this production has been mounted by this company.

Production Music Lighting Original set and costumes Set for this production co-ordinated by Production Manager Stage Manager

Elizabeth Triegaardt Pyotr Tchaikovsky Shamiel Abrahams Peter Cazalet Charles Petersen Charles Petersen Tim Harding

Accompanied by the Kwa Zulu Natal Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by

Naum Rousine

Synopsis Act 1: The Queen Mother celebrates the coming-of-age of her son, Prince Siegfried, by presenting him with a jewelled bow. Siegfried decides to go hunting alone, rejecting the offer of the company of both his Tutor and the Court Jester. Act 2: Prince Siegfried encounters a swan beside the lake and witnesses her transformation into a beautiful maiden, Odette. He falls in love with her, but she is forced to return to the lake by the evil sorcerer, Von Rothbart. Interval of approximately 20 minutes Act 3: At a ball held in his honour, Prince Siegfried is introduced to Odile, Von Rothbart’s daughter, who seduces him. He swears to marry her, but her deception is revealed when Odette appears as a vision. Act 4: Distraught, Prince Siegfried returns to the lake to search for Odette. His confrontation with Von Rothbart breaks the spell over Odette and they are united in love.

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Photos: Pat Bromilow-Downing

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Cast Odette / Odile Prince Siegfried Von Rothbart Courtiers, swans and guests

Megan Swart / Laura Bosenberg Xola Putye / Thomas Thorne Mervyn Williams / Johnny Bovang Artists of the Cape Town City Ballet

Artists of the Cape Town City Ballet Ivan Boonzaaier Laura Bosenberg Johnny Bovang Jane Fidler Celeste George Angela Hansford Kirstel Jensen Alrico Lieman Izelle Lourens Warren May Joy Millar Elizabeth Nienaber Craig Pedro

Xola Putye Mariette Opperman Lauren Rogers Melanie Seeger Claire Spector Megan Swart Tusile Tenza Thomas Thorne Bradley Van Heerden Robin van Wyk Kim Vieira Alexander Vivian-Riding Mervyn Williams

Dancers in the Graduate Programme Nicole Ballentine Sinethemba Bukhulu Luthando Jeje

Benjamin Klein Sheara Murphy Phumlisa Ndindwa

Guy Butler Theatre, Monument Friday 1 July Saturday 2 July

19:00 11:00 & 19:00

Duration

2 hours 10 minutes (Incl. interval)

Age Restriction

None

Tickets (19:00 performances) R76; R66; R56 (Full) R74; R64; R54 (Discounted) R66; R56; R46 (Student/Scholar) Matinee (2 July at 11:00) R70; R60; R50 (Full) R68; R58; R48 (Discounted) R60; R50; R40 (Student/Scholar)

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MOVING INTO DANCE MOPHATONG in association with the NATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL presents

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Batsumi “Rapoo’s choreography uses the whole space to great effect and the men stalk and hunt the prey, animal-sounds emanating from off-stage. There are glimpses of Maqoma’s influence in the jerks that happen between the graceful, lithe, long movements. Music is an intensely important player in Rapoo’s works; it almost becomes another performer. He is an accomplished drummer and percussionist as a result of a chance meeting with musician Tlokwe Sehume in 1998 who became his mentor”. Tammy Ballantyne, FNB Dance Umbrella 2010 Photo: John Hogg

Thabo Rapoo Veronica Sham Themba Nkabinde and Thabo Rapoo Themba Nkabinde

rom dancing in the inner city of Johannesburg, Thabo Rapoo (the 2009 Standard Bank Young Artist for Dance) has, through sheer perseverance and an undeniable talent, danced his way into the hearts of national and international audiences.

Choreographer Costume Lighting design

Batsumi is Rapoo’s lyrical new work that, according to Nondumiso Msimanga, a student journalist at the 2010 FNB Dance Umbrella, evokes the senses on a journey to experience a community of people. Seamless song and dance celebrates the age-old traditions of the hunter-gatherers and weaves a story of the hopes, joys and struggles of a hunter-gatherer community.

Faith Maseko, Sonia Radebe,Thandi Tshabalala, Thembi Setiabi, Muzi Shili, Fana Tshabalala & Sunnyboy Mandla Motau

Batsumi is a multi-disciplinary work that integrates song, dance, acting and live music: it talks about men being the hunters and women the gatherers; it enacts the stages of trance that men go through before and after hunting; and highlights the challenges they must face in order to provide for their families. It is said that, for as long as the history of hunters is written and told by the hunters themselves, their stories will favour those hunters for generations to come.

Company Manager Performers

Musicians Isaac Molelekoa (keyboard) Neo Thekiso (violin) Bethuel Rametsi (violin) Bongane Kunene (cello) Thabo Rapoo (percussion)

Alec Mullins Monday 4 July 14:00 Tuesday 5 July 14:00 & 18:30 Wednesday 6 July 14:00 & 18:30 Duration:

1 hour (No interval)

Age Restriction:

None

Tickets: R48 (Full) R46 (Discounted) R32 (Student / Scholar)

Moving into Dance Mophatong would like to thank FNB Dance Umbrella for commissioning the work and the following funders for their support: Rand Merchant Bank, Anglo American, NLDTF and the National Arts Council

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Lovaffair

Presented by The Baxter theatre centre in association with ual’s youngblood and the National arts festival

By the Remix dance company

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“That spirit of experimentation without ever compromising artistic integrity and utter professionalism makes this company an ideal match for the Baxter and its newly appointed artistic director and renowned theatre-maker Lara Foot. Judging by its track record and the transcendental sorcery of Lovaffair, this dance company isn’t only levelling the proverbial social playground, rife with prejudice, they are totally transforming it.” Adrienne Sichel

emix Dance Company’s Lovaffair had its world première at the Baxter Theatre Centre in 2010 with two hugely successful seasons. With this production the award-winning and leading South African contemporary integrated dance initiative, now company-inresidence at the Baxter Theatre Centre, celebrated their new home and 10 years of innovative and groundbreaking work. It combines differently-abled dancers as well as actors and gives further meaning and expression to the term ‘integrated dance’. Die Burger described Lovaffair as a celebration of bodies and love. “Remix entertains and educates. They turn perceptions of gender and disability on its head. They are fearless and in your face. They grab the imagination.” Capetheatre.co.za said “Lovaffair presents a compelling combination of dance and theatrical styles. Adhering to the demands of contemporary dance, the performance expresses the energy and emotion of the individual. In a fluid, yet striking use of the body, the dancers personify an aspect of the human condition – our ability to love.” The company was founded in 2000 with the aim of bringing together more and more differently-abled performers onto South African stages and to develop integrated dance locally. In 2002 they won the prestigious Arts and Culture Trust Award for the Cultural Development Project of the Year in recognition of their work in education and performance and, in 2006, they received the Western Cape Cultural Commission Award for Outstanding Contribution to Disability and the Arts.

Director Choreographer: Musical Direction and Composition Production Design Lighting Design Artistic Director Production Manager Stage Manager Remix Company Manager Aerial Flying Design Aerial Flying operators Sound Engineer

Ina Wichterich-Mogane Ina Wichterich-Mogane and the cast Neo Muyanga Craig Leo Patrick Curtis Malcolm Black Patrick Curtis Henco Lötter Batya Blankers Charles Standing and Ian Manson, Action Safety Richard Kearns and Brian September Philip Botes

Cast Malcolm Black Bongile Mantsai Chuma Sopotela

Owen Manamela Nadine Mckenzie Andile Vellem

Rhodes Theatre Monday 4 July Tuesday 5 July Wednesday 6 July

18:30 12:00 & 18:30 12:00 & 18:30

Duration:

1 hour (No interval)

Age Restriction:

12 years +

Tickets:

R48 (Full) R46 (Discounted) R32 (Student / Scholar)

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The NATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL with support from the INDIAN CULTURAL CENTRE (CONSULATE GENERAL OF INDIA) presents

Rajasthan – a melodical journey in folk dance, song and music Programme Chari (Dance) Ghoomar (Dance) Bhavai (Dance) Tehra Taali (Musical interlude) Rajasthani Folk Song Kalbeliya (Dance) Algoja Solo (Musical interlude) Morchang & Ghatam (Percussion) Kachi Godi (Musical Interlude) Musicians and performers Stringed musical instruments Mehruddin Langa Sarangi Habib Khan Sarangi (the Sarangi is a short bow-necked instrument) Percussions Yar Mohammed Kasam Khan Taj Mohammed Hasam Khan Dhene Khan Wind instruments Liyakat Khan Singers Bheke Khan Dancers Rekha Indira

Khartal (made from a pair of wooden blocks with jingles) Dholak (double-headed hand-drum) Ghatam (an earthenware pot that the musician strikes) Dhol (a drum that dates back to the 15th century) Morchang Ghatam (an earthenware pot that the musician strikes) Algoza (a woodwind instrument) Iliyas Khan Kisna Geeta

ajasthan, the desert state of India, is the largest of the Indian provinces. It is celebrated for its architectural splendour and famous for its vibrant and colourful costumes. The music from this region evokes the haunting beauty of the desert. Stringed instruments, such as the Kamayacha and the Morchang, combined with the pulsating rhythms of the Rajasthani percussions, beaten against the many sized and multi-shaped Nagaras, Dhols and Damrus, can be heard resonating throughout the province. In the Chari womenfolk dance with vessels of fire on their heads in a dedication to the Mother Goddess; in Ghoomar, the marriage celebration dance, women make circles and semi-circles in tune with the rhythms of traditional music. Seven brass vessels balance on the dancer’s head while she moves to the beat in the Bhavai. This dance is performed on broken pieces of glass and illustrates the acrobatic finesse and incredible body posture and balance of the dancer. In the traditional Snake Charmer’s dance, the Kalbeliya, the elaborate and colourful costume of the dancer writhes and sways with the movements of a snake.

Great Hall Wednesday 6 July Thursday 7 July

17:00 18:30

Duration:

1 hour 20 minutes (No interval)

Age Restriction:

None

Tickets: R48 (Full) R46 (Discounted) R32 (Student / Scholar)

dance 23 FIDGET FEET in association with the NATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL presents the South African première

Madam Silk Fidget Feet’s mission is to invoke the imagination, provoke the senses and evoke the emotions of our audience. reland’s foremost aerial dance theatre company, Fidget Feet, presents a visually stunning show featuring spectacular aerialists, beautiful choreography and multimedia magic that draws you irresistibly into the fascinating world of Madam Silk.

The show opens in an empty house where the memories of Madam Silk lie forgotton under sheets of fabric. The winds of time blow through the window and awaken her and each scene represents a different century and has been influnced by different writers.

Graceful aerialists Lindsey Butcher, Chantal McCormick and Jennifer Patterson dance, sweep and spin across the stage and through the air in a universe of veils and drapes, using dance and circus skills on fabric and hoops. Exquisite costumes by the award-winning designer Paul Shriek combine with moving music and visually arresting projections by Jym Daly to make this a thrilling theatrical celebration.

Act Two is influenced by the era of French cabaret when singers like Edith Piaf and films such as La Mome were the rage

Madam Silk is inspired by writers such as Anaïs Nin and Gustave Flaubert from the romanticism period. The show evoles within a journey of time with each of the three performers representing some extradinary woman from history. The piece rises and spirals through the past, the present and the future.

Act One works significantly with aerial fabric and film, and has been influenced by the romanticism period and writers like Gustaf Ro

Act Three was created and influenced by stories from Marie Antoinette and films such as the evocative Les Liaisons Dangereuses Act Four starts with a secret gift to the past and opens a window into the future ‘Madam Silk style’, the film projections spiral and flow into a futureistic ending... or is it a beginning? Fidget Feet has become renowned internationally for creating spectacular indoor and outdoor work including contemporary circus and aerial spectacle suspending performers from cranes, trees and buildings. Their indoor work specialises in aerial dance, creating shows for small to large theatres and festivals.

The company is deeply grateful for the support and funding received from The Arts Council, Culture Ireland & Donegal County Council Choreographer Music and film Performers Lighting design Costumes: Original aerial design and creation of Hoop trousers Creation of Hoop dress: Aerial rigging & lighting and stage management

Fred Deb Jym Daly Chantal McCormick, Jennifer Patterson, Lindsey Butcher Jacques Bertrand Paul Shriek Fred Deb Jonothon Campbell Sean Phillips

Madam Silk would not be possible without the kind support from Alley Theatre, Balor Theatre, the Firkin Crane’s Blank Canvas, Shawbook and the Backstage Theatre, Longford. The National Arts Festival acknowledges the kind sponsorship of Culture Ireland to present Madam Silk in South Africa.

Guy Butler Theatre, Monument Wednesday 6 July 19:00 Duration:

1 hour & 10 minutes (No interval)

Age Restriction:

None

Tickets: R72 / R62 / R52 (Full) R70 / R60 / R50 (Discounted) R60 / R50 / R40 (Student / Scholar)

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STATE OF EMERGENCY and GREGORY MAQOMA of Vuyani Dance Theatre in association with the NATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL presents the South African première

Desert Crossings D

esert Crossings takes us on a journey of discovery, building bridges between two continents, tracing shared memories and the earth’s history, revealing timeless stories, universal hopes and dreams of a better world. This cross-cultural performance is a collaboration between UK-based producers, State of Emergency and South African choreographer Gregory Maqoma of Vuyani Dance Theatre, performed to Steve Marshall’s original score by a company of five dancers from diverse cultural backgrounds. Inspired by the similarities between the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site on England’s south coast and the Skeleton Coast of Namibia, this new work is an exploration and reflection on two very different places, united through a shared history of the rocks on which they stand. Once a single continent with a desert environment called Pangaea, our world was gradually torn apart through 250 million years of history. “The choreography resonates with ancient traditions, belief systems and mythologies emanating from mosques, churches and ancient caves from the origins of mankind to Timbuktu, and beyond the Jurassic Coast… The memory of time is broken by individual outbursts and muscular vocabulary which turns human flesh into tumbleweeds or fossils of primordial memory, creating a journey across vast deserts, seas and mountains. Desert Crossings is a landscape where the physical and the metaphysical, the corporeal and the spiritual, the celestial and terrestrial all merge.” Gregory Maqoma

The project is part of Creative Coast, the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site’s Arts Programme, and through this has the backing of UNESCO. Desert Crossings received the Inspire endorsement by London 2012 and the International Olympic Committee. Deborah Baddoo, Artistic Director of State of Emergency Productions was made an MBE in the 2010 Queen’s Birthday Honours List for Contribution to British Dance.

Artistic Director: Choreographer: Composer: Set and lighting design: Production Manager: Costume design: Rehearsal director: Photographer & film artist:

Deborah Baddoo Gregory Maqoma Steve Marshall Declan Randall Anthony Osborne Abigail Hammond Bawren Tavaziva / Sade Alleyne Barry Lewis

Dancers: Sade Alleyne Keisha Grant Carl Harrison Lerato Lipere Gerrard Martin

Singers: Steve arshall Tempo O’Neill Elroy “Spoonface” Powell

Photo: Irven Lewis

Alec Mullins Thursday 30 June Friday 1 July Saturday 2 July

14:00 14:00 & 18:30 14:00 & 18:30

Duration:

55 minutes (No interval)

Age Restriction:

8 years +

Tickets: R48 (Full) R46 (Discounted) R32 (Student / Scholar)

The season at the National Arts Festival is made possible through support from Arts Council England and Jurassic Coast, Dorset and East Devon. www.stateofemergencyltd.com

dance 25 The National Arts Festival with support from the Embassy of Spain presents

A double bill created and performed by Fura

ilar Cervera prefers to be called Fura. After studying dance and theatre in Spain and France, Fura started her career as a trapeze artiste in Paris in 1993 before moving to Canada to be trained in the swinging trapeze technique by Andrè Simard, trainer of the aerial shows in the Cirque du Soleil. She has performed at most leading festivals across Europe, USA and Asia. Her performance at the National Arts Festival marks her première on the African continent. Suspended in the air from ropes and silk fabrics, Fura is able to move with such beautiful grace and an evocative sensuality that one is left wondering why this combination of circus arts, acrobatics and dance was not merely called ‘aerial ballet’. Twirling, twisting and arching her body up and around ropes, Fura is able to glide through the air to hypnotic music. At the Singapore Arts Festival, a reviewer described her work as “a fairytale dance in the sky”. Fura will perform two of her choreographed pieces at the National Arts Festival. Angel Heart is danced on a fixed trapeze while her piece Fourteen, inspired by the story of Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges’ The House of Asterion, is a choreographed work on vertical cloths. The latter piece is inspired by a monologue by Asterion in which he describes his house in detail, comparing it to the infinitude of the universe: it has no locked doors; it has many corridors and rooms, pools and courtyards. Fura’s work was awarded best show in Cognac, France in 1998 and, in 2002, she won the the Aplaudiments Sebastià Gasch prize in Barcelona.

Guy Butler Theatre, Monument Monday 4 July

14:00

Duration:

45 minutes (Incl. interval)

Age Restriction:

None

Tickets: R30 (Full) R25 (Discounted) R20 (Student / Scholars)

Photos : Oriol Alleu Fura’s première in Africa is supported by the Embassy of Spain in South Africa.

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THINK THEATRE PRODUCTIONS in association with the NATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL presents the première of

Abnormal Load

2011 Standard Bank Young Artist for Drama

tandard Bank Young Artist, Neil Coppen’s latest offering is set in Bashfield, a fictional battle-field town nestled in the once war ravaged valleys of Northern KwaZulu Natal. With a narrative that whisks audiences through two centuries of South African history, Coppen’s innovative new production features a large cast comprising of some of KwaZulu-Natal’s finest talents and sees him collaborating across disciplines. Movement, sound, music, multi-media and shadows combine to create a breathtakingly original theatrical experience. Part period epic, part tragi-comedy, part unconventional love story, Abnormal Load takes an honest and humorous look at the many complexities and contradictions of life in small town South Africa. Abnormal Load is a theatrical universe where the past runs in tandem with the present and events shift seamlessly from the grandeur of a battle-field in 1879 to the intimacy of the bedroom in 2011. “I’m intrigued,” says Coppen (creator of Tin Bucket Drum and Tree Boy), “at how events or decisions occurring centuries ago continue to have repercussions in our daily lives. I’m also interested in examining how we all tend to lug about emotional baggage handed down to us by previous generations. I suppose the question the play poses is whether it is possible to be free of these burdens, or break the repetitive cycles of history."

Written, designed & directed by Lighting Design Stage Management

Neil Coppen Tina le Roux Nosipho Bophela

Rhodes Theatre Thursday 30 June Friday 1 July Saturday 2 July

16:00 14:00 & 18:30 16:00 & 20:00

Duration:

1 hour 30 minutes (No interval)

Age Restriction:

14 years +

Tickets: R48 (Full) R46 (Discounted) R32 (Student / Scholar)

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The NATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL and MARKET THEATRE, supported by the AARDKLOP FESTIVAL, presents the premiĂ¨re of THE FORTUNE COOKIE THEATRE COMPANYâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S

Funny and deeply moving, this is a journey into the very heart of a family redefined by the South African existence.

Concept and direction Dramaturge Devised by Design and Decor Music Lighting Design Costume Design Stage Manager

Sylvaine Strike Craig Higginson Sylvaine Strike and the full company Chen Nakar and Sasha Ehlers Sam Sklair and the company Nomvula Molepo Brian Webber and Sylvaine Strike Thunyelwa Rachwene

With special thanks to Malcolm Purkey and Craig Higginson for their insight and support

Photo: Ruphin Coudyzer

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Daniel Browde Annabel Linder Karin van de Laag

Janet Hampton Carpede Khabonina Qubeka Brian Webber

Victoria Theatre Thursday 30 June Friday 1 July Saturday 2 July

14:00 12:00 & 20:00 12:00 & 18:30

Duration:

1 hour 45 minutes (No interval)

Age Restriction:

12 years +

Tickets: R48 (Full) R46 (Discounted) R32 (Student / Scholar)

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utting-edge theatre creator Sylvaine Strike collaborates with an electrifying cast and the highly acclaimed writer / dramaturge Craig Higginson to present an enticing slice of a family dinner. Four children reunite with their mother over a Friday night meal where a world of love, sibling rivalry, confused genetics, domesticity, tradition and of course, food... is unveiled.

The Table

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THE MARKET THEATRE in association with the NATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL presents

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Death of a Colonialist

“It’s riveting theatre. It’s the kind of story that makes you question, think, argue, debate and ultimately decide that there are no answers.” Arja Salafranca, Sunday Independent

reg latter, writer of the films Forgiveness and Goodbye Bafana, returns to his theatrical roots with this powerhouse drama about a disintegrating white academic family in Grahamstown. Death of a Colonialist tells the story of Harold Smith, an aging, eccentric, unpredictable but extremely passionate history teacher at a high school in Grahamstown. His passion is South African history, most specifically the history of the amaXhosa. Harold is at the end of his powers and his increasingly erratic teaching techniques are making the school’s hierarchy look for some new blood in the history department. He is aware of the moves against him but believes his passionate teaching will always win the day. What Harold is not aware of is that his wife has terminal cancer and has decided not to tell him. His two children, who have moved overseas, decide to come home for an unconventional family reunion. Some hard truths await Harold, who is so wrapped up in his passion for history that he is unaware of the personal tragedy unfolding in his own life. Dealing with questions of identity, history and terminal illness, this is a funny, sad, profound and passionate play that weaves between the tragedy of our past and the challenges of our present. Ultimately, Latter’s play reinforces what it means to be South African. Written by Directed by Set Designer Costume Designer Lighting Designer Sound Designer Stage Manager

Greg Latter Craig Freimond Nadya Cohen Noluthando Lobese Wesley France Kanif Sebright Thulani Mngomezulu

Cast:

Jamie Bartlett Shirley Johnston Ashleigh Harvey Carl Beukes

Character: Harold Smith Margaret Smith Susan Smith Jonathan Smith

Rhodes Theatre Friday 8 July Saturday 9 July Sunday 10 July

12:00 & 18:30 12:00 & 18:30 12:00

Duration:

2 hours (Incl. interval)

Age Restriction:

7 years +

Tickets: R48 (Full) R46 (Discounted) R32 (Student / Scholar)

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HEARTS & EYES THEATRE COLLECTIVE in association with the NATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL presents the première

Sadako

Photo: Christine Nachmann

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adako is a visual theatre production that combines video projection, puppets and live actors to tell the story of Sadako Sasaki and the legend of one thousand paper cranes. Sadako was two years old on the 6th of August 1945 when the atom bomb was dropped on her hometown, the port city of Hiroshima. She survived one of modern history’s most devastating events only to die ten years later from what then was known colloquially as “the atom bomb disease”, leukaemia. During her illness she began folding origami paper cranes, evoking the Japanese legend that states if you fold one thousand cranes, you will be granted a wish. After her death Sadako was remembered by her class mates; her life celebrated, her letters published and her story told. A statue of Sadako stands in the Hiroshima Peace Park. At the base of the statue are inscribed the words that are resonated in the play: “This is our cry, this is our prayer: Peace in the World.” Moving beyond words, Sadako plays with notions of innocence and childhood and has that quality that makes the best children’s literature classic: it treats childhood as an aspect of adulthood. The work is about the life of a child, but is not intended to be exclusively for a children’s audience. Hearts & Eyes Theatre Collective have created a play based on the true story of a remarkable child whose courage, hope and determination fires the imagination and uplifts adults and children alike.

Over the years visual theatre and puppetry has grown and South African audiences have been exposed to sophisticated national and international puppetry productions. Audiences have come to associate serious theatre explored in experimental and challenging ways with the ancient medium of puppetry. In Sadako Jaqueline Dommisse and Peter Hayes return to this medium with exquisite puppetry and elegant storytelling by a cast of fine actors and puppeteers. Hearts & Eyes Theatre Collective are excited to be presenting a Japanese story in South Africa, creating an opportunity to see our own humanity reflected in an unfamiliar story; to discover a new lens for understanding our own culture by experiencing universal themes expressed in another cultural context. Writer Director Puppet design Set Design costume design (puppets’ & actors’) Lighting Design Sound Design Photography

Rhodes Box Theatre Friday 8 July Saturday 9 July Sunday 10 July

16:00 & 20:00 16:00 & 20:00 10:00

Duration:

1 hour 30 minutes (No interval)

Age Restriction:

8 years +

Tickets: R48 (Full) R46 (Discounted) R32 (Student / Scholar)

Peter Hayes Jaqueline Dommisse Janni Younge Illka Louw Hillette Stapelberg Paul Abrams Uebu Jemasu Christine Nachmann

Actor Puppeteers: Roshina Ratnam Lee-Ann van Rooi Mbulelo Grootboom Lesoko Seabe Pascale Neuschafer

Hearts & Eyes Theatre Collective are grateful to Vivi Cohen for the generous funding support

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The BAXTER THEATRE CENTRE in association with the NATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL presents the South African première of Ariel Dorfman’s

Purgatorio

“I had been wondering for a long time about the terrible things we humans do to one another, and how – indeed if – there can be some sort of reparation. I particularly loved the challenge of writing a piece that transpires in the landscape of the mutual mind, meaning that what we are seeing is the place where two souls meet and fight and discover they will always be lonely and, simultaneously, that they will always have the other close by, waiting, twinned for eternity.” Ariel Dorfman

Clare Stopford

riel Dorfman’s riveting play Purgatorio deals with a Man and a Woman in purgatory – a stark and soulless waiting room. Their identities are fluid and as the drama unfolds it emerges that they are each other’s interrogators, searching for clemency and contrition. Their fates are bound together by a horrific past, and freedom depends on their willingness to sacrifice themselves, each for the other. Trapped in the resonance of their actions and with the roles reversed, the inquisition and the healing begins as each of the characters search for understanding, forgiveness and redemption.

Arial Dorfman

Last year Dorfman attended a performed reading of Purgatorio at the Baxter Theatre Centre as part of his address at the Eighth Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture. Time Magazine has named him a “literary grandmaster” and Newsweek called him “one of the greatest living Latin American novelists”. A Chilean citizen who was forced into exile in the USA after the 1973 coup that overthrew Allende, he is an acclaimed novelist, playwright, poet, essayist, journalist and political commentator. Well-known for plays such as Death and the Maiden and Reader and Widows, he is currently a professor at Duke University in North Carolina. This contemporary and eternal treatment of Dorfman’s two-hander was inspired by the ancient Greek myth of Jason and Medea. Written by Directed by Lighting Design & Production Management Stage Management

Dawid Minnaar

Ariel Dorfman Clare Stopford Patrick Curtis Anri Schoeman

Cast: A Man A Woman

Dawid Minnaar Terry Norton

Terry Norton

Graeme College Thursday 30 June Friday 1 July Saturday 2 July

20:00 16:00 & 20:00 16:00 & 20:00

Duration:

1 hour 20 minutes (No interval)

Age Restriction:

11 years +

Tickets: R48 (Full) R46 (Discounted) R32 (Student / Scholar)

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ABRAHAMSE MEYER PRODUCTIONS in association with the NATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL presents the South African première of Joe Carlaco’s adaptation of

Shakespeare’s R&J et in an exclusive boarding school, four pupils discover an illicit copy of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet and start acting it out. Perceptions and understandings are turned upside down. As the fun of play-acting turns serious and the words and meanings begin to hit home, universal truths emerge. Told entirely through Shakespeare’s language, Shakespeare’s R&J is both the story of Romeo and Juliet and the journey of four young men who, during the course of one thrilling night, discover the power of theatre and the new worlds it can open up.

Cast Rory Acton-Burnell Marcel Meyer Alistair Moulton Black James MacGregor Direction, Set & Lighting Design: Costume Design:

Fred Abrahamse Marcel Meyer

Highly energetic, physical and packed with the energy of youth this really is Shakespeare at his most accessible and daring. Shakespeare’s R&J holds the distinction of being the longest running version of Romeo & Juliet in New York having run for over a year. It has also been staged with great success across the globe in the UK, the USA, Australia, the Netherlands and Japan.

“This is one of the most electrifying adaptations of Shakespeare I have ever seen. When it comes to originality, sexiness and daring, it is right up there with West Side Story... astonishing... rapt, intimate and dreamlike... breathtakingly imaginative.” London Daily Telegraph “SHAKESPEARE’S R&J, a vibrant, hot-blooded new adaptation of Romeo and Juliet… pulsates with an adolescent abandon and electricity of which Romeo himself might approve.” New York Times

Graeme College Theatre Friday 8 July Saturday 9 July Sunday 10 July

18:30 14:00 & 18:30 16:00

Duration:

2 hours 30 minutes (Incl. interval)

Age Restriction:

PG 12 years +

Tickets: R48 (Full) R46 (Discounted) R32 (Student / Scholar)

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THEATRE BAZAAR in association with the NATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL presents

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wo women. A Saturday night. Ninety minutes marked by the clock on the kitchen wall. Through the seemingly banal action and chat of everyday, Marsha Norman’s extraordinary play unflinchingly reveals a mother and daughter in crisis. With the majestic tone of a Greek tragedy and playing with our sensibilities like a psychological thriller, ‘night, Mother is filled with dark humour and great tenderness.

Sandra Prinsloo

This production is a celebration of the talents of three remarkable women: much-loved actress Sandra Prinsloo, the upcoming Antoinette Louw, and highly acclaimed director, Lara Bye. Together with Marsha Norman’s Pulitzer Prize-winning script, they have created a theatre event that is beautiful and haunting, a broken love story, so simply and masterfully told, that it might just break your heart. ‘night, Mother is Marsha Norman’s best known work and following on the heels of its success on Broadway, the star-powered film version of the play brought Norman a great deal of recognition. The play won the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Drama as well as the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, the Hull-Warriner, and the Drama Desk Award. She will be honoured at the 2011 William Inge Festival for Distinguished Achievement in the American Theatre.

Antoinette Louw

“If there is such a thing as benign explosion, this play is it: it detonates with startling quietness, showering us with truth, compassion and uncompromising honesty...” Jack Kroll, Newsweek

Lara Bye

Rhodes Box Theatre Monday 4 July Tuesday 5 July Wednesday 6 July

20:00 16:00 & 20:00 16:00 & 20:00

Duration:

1 hours 30 minutes (No interval)

Age Restriction:

PG 15 years +

Tickets: R48 (Full) R46 (Discounted) R32 (Student / Scholar)

Cast: Sandra Prinsloo Antoinette Louw

Written by: Directed by: Set, Props, Costume Design: Lighting Design by: Company Management: Original Music by:

Marsha Norman Lara Bye Craig Leo Faheem Bardien Sarah Hill Gideon Lombard

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Last Pro in Yeoville W

hen Camellia, an ageing white prostitute, loses her sex appeal in an upmarket brothel in Rosebank, Johannesburg, and causes her clients to run for cover, she is forced to migrate to the less illustrious streets of Yeoville to retire ungracefully. There, she plies her trade in Pope Street and immediately becomes a hit with the black clients who think they are scoring big with a white pro. Overlooking the spot where Camellia solicits for business is a flat occupied by two men (a celebrated short story writer and his incorrigible flatmate) who are down on their luck. They keep themselves busy by watching Camellia from their balcony and making wild assumptions about her. One thing they agree on is that she is a real “Pro” However, danger lurks uncomfortably and luck comes knocking unexpectedly: what is revealed is a twenty-six year-old mystery in the form of a coloured boy’s picture which elicits conflicting truths about paths that have crossed dramatically in the past. Last Pro in Yeoville is humorous and fast paced, and is written with wit and compassion.

Cast: Seputla Sebogodi (Billy) Onida Cowan (Camellia) Lunga John Radebe (Poiho)

Written and directed by Martin Koboekae Music by Lunga John Radebe Lighting Design by Kenny Boloko Set Design by Sasha Ehlers

Gymnasium Thursday 30 June Friday 1 July Saturday 2 July

19:00 12:00 & 16:00 14:00 & 19:00

Duration:

1 hours 10 minutes (No interval)

Age Restriction:

17 years +

Tickets: R48 (Full) R46 (Discounted) R32 (Student / Scholar)

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WINDYBROW THEATRE in association with the NATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL presents the première of

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ANTHONY AKERMAN in association with the NATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL presents

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Somewhere on the Border 25 years on a revival of a South African Anti-war Classic

hen South Africa started exorcising its political past at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, one chapter in our recent history was given short shrift. That was the way young white men had been subjected to compulsory military service for several decades in a defence force that became politicised to a point where it was simply the brutal enforcer of apartheid. Those who supported apartheid were, more often than not, enthusiastic conscripts, but there were many who only served because other options didn’t seem available to them. Some of them committed, or witnessed, atrocities and there is still a generation living among us whose lives – and the lives of their loved ones – have been scarred by (often undiagnosed) post-traumatic stress disorder. While their cause was ignoble, why do none of the names of those fallen appear on the walls in Freedom Park? It could certainly be argued that many of them were unwilling combatants and might justifiably be classified as victims of apartheid. Or is this simply the old story of history being written by the victors? During the 1970s and 1980s our military incursions into neighbouring states were shrouded in secrecy. Most parents didn’t know how to speak to their sons about the military. After two decades of silence, the role of the military during those years has found its way back into public discourse. Many conscripts who went through those harrowing experiences as teenagers are looking back as adults and trying to make sense of it. It’s clear that they feel the need to speak about what happened to them. Somewhere on the Border participates in that conversation. “Somewhere on the Border is like a report from hell. It is an impassioned, horror-struck revolt against the brutalisation of militarism… which is not to say it is not also at times extremely funny, shrewd and even sometimes tender and compassionate ...One of the great strengths of the play is that it avoids presenting its characters simplistically. Humphrey Tyler, Sunday Tribune

Written by: Directed by: Stage managed:

Anthony Akerman André Odendaal Jo Borton

André Odendaal

AJ van der Merwe & Martin le Maitre in the original 1986 production staged at the National Arts Festival.

Victoria Theatre Thursday 7 July Friday 8 July Saturday 9 July

18:30 12:00 & 16:00 12:00 & 16:00

Duration:

2 hours (Incl. interval)

Age Restriction:

Adults only

Tickets: R48 (Full) R46 (Discounted) R32 (Student / Scholar)

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a conspiracy of clowns, in association with FTH:K and the NATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL presents the première of

Benchmarks A small story of great hope and rebirth

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timid middle-aged clerk. A reclusive widow. A young Zimbabwean refugee. In the Mother City, three desperate and lonely individuals get drawn into an unlikely relationship that will lead them on a journey of discovery, companionship, tragedy, and reconciliation – one that will ultimately transform their lives forever. Set against a backdrop of the frailties and complications of human relationships; the violence and hardships of life in South Africa; and the dreams and desires for a better life; Benchmarks is a poetic celebration of the human spirit told by three performers in full character mask. Created by the award-winning and multiple-nominated crew that birthed Pictures of You, Womb Tide, QUACK!, and GUMBO, and featuring a stellar conspiracy of collaborators, this is visual theatre at its best.

Cast:

Graeme College Theatre

Liezl de Kock Daniel Robinson

Devised by: Directed by: Set and Props by: Mask design & construction: Sound design by: Costume design by: Lighting design by:

The cast, from a story by Rob Murray Rob Murray Craig Leo Cristina Salvoldi James Webb Jayne Batzofin Rob Murray

Monday 4 July Tuesday 5 July Wednesday 6 July

16:00 16:00 & 20:00 16:00 & 20:00

Duration:

1 hour 5 minutes (No interval)

Age Restriction:

PG 16 years + (V)

Tickets: R48 (Full) R46 (Discounted) R32 (Student / Scholar)

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PIETER TOERIEN in association with the NATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL presents the South African première of Alan Bennett’s

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The History Boys P

ieter Toerien has earned his stripes for being one of South Africa’s leading theatre impresarios so it comes as no surprise that he has scooped the rights for the South African production of Alan Bennett’s finest play, The History Boys, to première at the National Arts Festival. Set in a northern England high school in the 1980s, and directed by multi awardwinning director Alan Swerdlow, Bennett’s internationally acclaimed drama chronicles the final school year of eight clever young British students in pursuit of sex, sport, and admission into Oxford or Cambridge. Two teachers become rivals for the hearts and minds of the boys in this hilarious and provocative play that explores the anarchy of adolescence and the politics of education. Packed with superb one-liners, the group of mostly working class boys prepare for the entrance exams that will determine whether or not they will gain entrance to the elite world of Oxford and Cambridge. They lack a certain urban, middle-to-upper-class sophistication, and their school is trying to erase these inequalities as they vie for entrance to the schools that will change their lives. Arguments about interpretations of history, about the role of social class and politics, and about the true meaning of education, the play homes in on staffroom rivalry and the anarchy of adolescence to provoke insistent questions about history and how you teach it, about education and its purpose. Alan Bennett is a master craftsman of language. The History Boys is uproariously funny but it also possesses a tone of gentle seriousness that is cleverly packed with the cultural and literary allusions which define Bennett’s genius. Although set in the 1980s, The History Boys is really a quasiautobiographical look at his own Yorkshire roots, his struggle with homosexuality, and his school years in the 1950s. The son of a butcher, Bennett earned his degree in history at Oxford, taught medieval history at the school for several years, and then got carried away by show business.

Director: Design & Lighting:

Alan Swerdlow Jannie Swanepoel

CAST Graham Hopkins Louise Saint-Clare Clyde Berning Matthew Lotter Asher Stoltz Jeremy Richard

Michael Richard Theo Landey David Schlachter Gopala Chetty Roberto Pambo Marcelle Richards

Victoria Theatre Monday 4 July Tuesday 5 July Wednesday 6 July

18:30 14:00 & 18:30 12:00 & 16:00

Duration:

2 hours 45 minutes (Incl. interval)

Age Restriction:

12 years +

Tickets: R48 (Full) R46 (Discounted) R32 (Student / Scholar)

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MELANIE WILSON and FUEL in association with the NATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL presents the South African première of

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Iris Brunette

Iris Brunette is presented at the National Arts Festival with kind support from the British Council

sortie into a curious cityscape of the future past, featuring Iris Brunette: part traveling refugee, part compassionate voyeur.

Using starkly elegant imagery, tender camaraderie and a dense and elegiac sound score, Iris delicately uncoils the remembrance of a friendship destroyed by the outbreak of war and the unfathomable demise of lost kinship and love. A warmly mournful and disarmingly engaging piece inspired by Chris Marker’s film La Jetée. Melanie Wilson’s Iris Brunette is the 2009 winner of the Absolut Dublin Fringe Best Production. “Wilson’s tools are not just the word or the physical, but also her own intensity, light and dark, and an extraordinary soundscape that transports us into a dislocating otherness.” The Guardian

Rhodes Box Theatre Thursday 30 June Friday 1 July Saturday 2 July

20:00 & 22:00 16:00 & 18:30 16:00

Duration:

50 minutes (No interval)

Age Restriction:

14 years +

Tickets: R48 (Full) R46 (Discounted) R32 (Student / Scholar)

Written, directed and performed by: Designer: Lighting Designer: Production Manager:

Melanie Wilson Peter Arnold Ben Pacey Rachel Bowen

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Mark Banks Live Mark Banks is one of the most recognised and respected comedians of his time. In over 25 years of comedy, Mark boasts at least one new one-man show each year, of which he writes and performs all the material himself. Since his acclaimed inception to comedy, Mark has continuously played to packed houses nationwide. Widely recognised for his political satire and commonplace poke at the rich and famous, nothing and no one is sacred to Mark’s blatant humour.   He says that the reason behind the silliness is that “it’s easier to look at the other side of things that don’t have another side, and if they don’t have one, invent one.” Notoriously un-PC, Mark claims to have started performing at the age of 11 when he was “able to balance an entire Zulu rondavel and its contents on his chin while singing ‘I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing’ by the then New Seekers.” His constant banter and uncontained one-liners have often lent him undeniable praise as MC for award ceremonies, corporate functions, banquets and conferences whereby he casually digs in to all and sundry with his potent brand of Banks humour. Mark represented South Africa at the 1996 ‘Just For Laughs Comedy Festival’ in Montreal, but modestly says he was not awarded anything partly due to there being no prizes at the event. “It’s just not that kind of ‘do’,” he says. Mark, whose interests range from “writing an A to Z compilation book of the lemurs of Madagascar for visitors to Cape Town” and “training a coelacanth to leap through a hoop of crusty bread rolls”, to “completing a volume of works on Chinchilla Respiratory Tract Infections” in time for Christmas, also has time to “run an organic cocktail cucumber farm just outside Swellendam which is the biggest organic hydroponic cocktail cucumber farm in the southern hemisphere under asbestos and grown without water. It’s grown only on prayer.” He also does “a lot of missionary work among the unlaughing.” His first one-man show ‘Stars of South Africa’ received critical reviews, as well as the utterly memorable ‘We’re Not on Top… We’re Inside’ which, he claims, won the prestigious Epol Late Entry Award at the Gilooly’s Farm Dog Show. Other one-man shows include the brilliantly titled content-based ‘Ek’s ‘n Doos from South Africa’ (pronounced exodus). Loosely translated, it pokes fun at locals living abroad, and is a raucous laugh a minute as is ‘Laughing all the way to the Banks…’ and many others. Critics have both praised and slated him for his content over the years, but Mark’s feeling of indifference to such inanity has merely pushed and influenced his repertoire. Convincingly described as ‘the Grand Dowager uncle of the South African comedy underground’, Mark Banks’ glittering career as the only IMAX-size joke maker in the country has served as a beacon for comedy in the 21st Century.

Great Hall Friday 1 July Saturday 2 July

20:00 20:00

Guy Butler Theatre, Monument Sunday 3 July

20:00

Duration:

1 hour 20 minutes (No interval)

Age Restriction:

PG 13 years + (L)

Tickets: R65 (Full) R62 (Discounted) R60 (Student / Scholar)

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STEVENSON in association with NATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL presents

Faena

An exhibition by the 2011 Standard Bank Young Artist for Visual Art, Nandipha Mntambo

he faena is the most beautiful and skilful section of a bullfight. It refers to a dance with death, where the matador must prove his courage and artistry. The work that I will present is an extension of my interest in the sport of bullfighting. Using the media of painting, drawing, video and sculpture, I wish to create an experience/encounter that interrogates the viewer’s sense of sight, hearing, smell and touch. The body of work begins with a focus on the solemn ritual of dressing for a fight. The traje de luces (suit of lights) is the matador’s uniform. Heavy with shimmering sequins, brocade and silk, this uniform forms the centre of the private preparations that precede the public display. My investigations into bullfighting have also led me to the Paso Doble, a theatrical dance modelled on the drama of a bullfight. The music used in this dance is typically played during the bullfighters’

entrance to the ring or during the faena just before the kill. Traditionally, the male dancer is characterised as the matador and the woman as his cape. Related to Flamenco dancing, the Paso Doble is both arrogant and passionate. Working with a classical composer and two dancers, I use the forms of the dance to extend my explorations of the relationship between the bull and bullfighter within the arena.

Monument Gallery Open Daily:

09:00 to 18:00

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N. G. Kerk (from Brixton series). Body colour, charcoal, pencil, watercolour, 1990

JOHANNESBURG ART GALLERY in association with the NATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL present

Alan Crump: A Fearless Vision

A retrospective exhibition celebrating the life and work of Professor Alan Crump (1949-2009) Curated by Professor Federico Freschi (Wits School of Arts)

hen Alan Crump passed away on 1 May 2009 he left behind an extraordinary legacy of committed engagement with, and passionate involvement in, the South African art world. As a teacher, curator, writer, judge, arts administrator and – not least – artist of extraordinary subtlety and skill, Crump was driven throughout his distinguished career by a fearless vision of excellence. This vision informed his role as Professor of Fine Arts at the University of the Witwatersrand, where, as one of the youngest professors ever appointed (he was thirty years old when he took up the position), his commitment to professionalism and to pushing the boundaries of creative practice informed every aspect of the Fine Arts Department, and had a profound influence

on every generation of students that he taught. Extending this vision beyond the walls of the academy, Crump was an important and powerful figure in the South African art world. He was actively involved in the influential Cape Town Triennial and Johannesburg Biennales; served as director and advisor to the Wits University Art Galleries, the Standard Bank Collection of African Art at the University of the Witwatersrand, the Standard Bank Art Gallery and Corporate Collection, the Johannesburg Art Gallery’s Acquisitions Committee, and also served on advisory boards of many of the country’s national museums. In addition he was widely published and was involved in curating innumerable exhibitions. He joined the

Committee of the National Arts Festival in 1984 and was chair between 1990 and 1999. Towards the end of his life he was instrumental, as Scientific Curator and Consultant for some of the Standard Bank International Exhibitions, in bringing comprehensive exhibitions of the important European modern masters, Chagall and Miró, to South Africa for the first time. The considerable scope of these activities – which he performed with characteristic aplomb, grace and legendary charm – in no way detracted from his ongoing practice as an artist. This memorial exhibition celebrates the extraordinary depth and integrity of his artistic vision by bringing together for the first time a comprehensive

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Above: The Execution (from Brixton series). Body colour, charcoal, pencil, watercolour, 1990 Right: Cottesloe Ridge (from Brixton series) Body colour, charcoal, pencil, watercolour, 1990

retrospective of his work. From the austerity of early conceptual work, influenced but in no way constrained by the conceptualism he encountered as a Fulbright student in Los Angeles and New York City in the 1970s (where he worked as a studio assistant to Vito Acconci and Richard Serra); via the boldly monumental watercolours that engaged the landscape ravaged by mining and industry; to the profoundly subtle and elegiac abstract watercolours of his last solo exhibition in 2001, Crump’s work is a testimony to his unwavering vision and consummate skill as an artist. Curated by Federico Freschi, Associate Professor of History of Art and Deputy Head of School, Wits School of Arts, the exhibition will comprise of works from major South African national and corporate collections, including the Iziko National Gallery in Cape Town, the Durban Art Gallery, the Johannesburg Art Gallery, and the Tatham Gallery, as well as featuring both littleknown works from private collections and previously un-exhibited work. A full-colour catalogue accompanies the exhibition, featuring essays by Federico Freschi, Karel Nel, Christopher Till and others.

Speaking at the opening of the Bonnie Ntshalinshali Museum in 2003 Crump famously remarked that ‘when someone dies, it is what they leave behind that counts, the objects and the residue of their thoughts’ (Brooks Spector, 2009). In a compelling exhibition of the finely-wrought objects he made, Alan Crump: A Fearless Vision celebrates the residue of the thoughts of an extraordinary man and a brilliant artist, whose legacy is the professionalism and bold fearlessness that characterises the contemporary South African art world that he helped to shape.

Standard Bank Gallery: Albany History Museum Open Daily

09:30 to 17:00

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CAVERSHAM CENTRE in association with the NATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL presents

People, prints and process Twenty-five years at Caversham

wenty-five is a number with a history and a future. It invites us to review two and a half decades, interpret the past, examine the present and plan a future. The Caversham Press founded in 1985 by Malcolm Christian in KwaZulu-Natal has a memorable history. People, Prints and Process – Twenty-Five years at Caversham features over a 100 works by more than 70 artists. It tells a remarkable story of faith in creative people and the processes of human interaction and empowerment generated through collaborative work underpinned by exacting design and printing processes (etching, lithography, screenprint and linocut). The Caversham Press found a home near Lidgetton in KwaZulu-Natal when master printer, Malcolm Christian, bought a former Methodist chapel surrounded by a graveyard. The chapel became a studio but retained the peaceful aura of its original spiritual structure. The gravestones are now incorporated into the garden and many newer buildings contribute to Caversham’s community identity and provide accommodation for residencies and visiting artists. There are no distractions to inhibit dedication to the processes of thinking in visual form and producing handmade, limited edition artists’ prints. Caversham prints occupy an important space in South Africa’s art, culture and political evolution and in the history of South African prints. The Press is now part of a cluster of related art and educational initiatives including the Caversham Centre for Artists and Writers and the Caversham Education Institute. The journey undertaken by Malcolm Christian was guided by his belief in human creativity, and summed up in the word masabelaneni (let us share). Christian has shared his technical expertise and inventiveness with the artists who visited Caversham over the past 25 years. In 1985 most of the visiting artists were formally trained white artists; now they are largely black artists and students from KwaZulu-Natal who experience the joy of learning new visual communication skills from a dedicated teacher in the tranquil studios of rural Caversham. The National Arts Festival exhibition features works from the major portfolios printed by the Caversham Press, including many produced for and shown at previous Festivals such as the Decade of Young Artists. Ten Years of Standard Bank Young Artist Awards (1991) and the ground-breaking Spirit of Our Stories (1994) which brought the narratives of black artists to prominence in South Africa’s year of dramatic political change. Featuring well-known artists such as William Kentridge, Magkabo Helen Sebidi and the late Robert Hodgins and Gabisile Nkosi, the exhibition presents a comprehensive

history of personal visual concepts and observations mediated by experiencing life in pre- and post-apartheid South Africa. Caversham is a story of collaboration in a country characterised historically by division, fragmentation, hostility and injustice. After two and a half decades, Caversham’s contribution to the story of South African printmaking reveals a complex dialogue of many voices and the evidence of many visions embedded in a rich diversity of imagery. This exhibition is presented at the National Arts Festival following its successful opening at the Standard Bank Gallery in 2010 to mark the 25th anniversary of the Caversham Centre

Grahamstown Gallery: Albany History Museum Open Daily

09:00 to 17:00

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CENTRE FOR COMIC, ILLUSTRATIVE & BOOK ARTS (University of Stellenbosch) in association with the NATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL presents

CO/MIX: Comic Art / Mixed Media 2011 C

O/MIX 2011 is an innovative group exhibition featuring 26 South Africans and four international artists, each involved in some aspect of comic art and sculpture. CO/MIX is concerned with comic art as an aesthetic form and a narrative platform. It leapfrogs over the barricades that once defended fine art from pop culture, bringing cartoon images onto canvas and fine art works onto usable, wearable surfaces. Drawing inspiration from the Beautiful Losers DIY street art movement, CO/MIX conjoins expressionist comic art with political and underground cartooning and the contemporary visual subcultures of skate, surf, street, hip hop, indie craft and graffiti, overlaying it all with a passionate concern for aesthetic integrity in the creation of unique art objects. Curated by Andy Mason (CCIBA) Pete Woodbridge (Woo-men Plush Toys) Elaine Woodbridge (Woo-men Plush Toys) Co-ordinated by Lieve Vanleeuw (Words & Images)

Thomas Pringle Hall: Monument Open Daily

09:00 to 18:00

CO/MIX 2011 features works by South African artists: Anton Kannemeyer Elaine Woodbridge Jeff Rankin Jesse Breytenbach Joe Daly Masha Du Toit ND Mazin Rayaan Cassiem Roberto Millan Su Opperman Wesley van Eden Zapiro

Colleen Brand Jason Bronkhorst Jesca Marisa Joanne Bloch Kelly Gough Mogorosi Motshumi Pete Woo Rico Stephanie van Vuuren Trantraal Brothers Willem Samuel

Work from the following international artists is also featured: Jacques de Loustal (France) Ephameron (Belgium) Erik Kriek (Netherlands) JP Kalonji (Switzerland) CO/MIX 2011 includes a number of related events, including workshops, seminars at the Ntsikana Gallery, and an outdoor visual art performance event (please see page 47 for full details). A gallery shop selling merchandise by the artists such as prints, t-shirts and toys will be part of the exhibition.

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… and walk in my shoes By artist Serge Alain Nitegeka “...and walk in my shoes” is an experiential installation that blurs the distinction between the roles of viewer and performer. As Nitegeka explains it: “I think of the installation as a kind of performance sculpture; one that requires a performer, audience and space. As an installation, the sculpture is incomplete without viewer interaction. It gets completed by the viewer’s experience. By being in the installation space, the viewer assumes the roles of both the performer and the audience. The act of walking through, the physical interaction, completes the artist’s intent; that of ‘walking in my shoes’.” Serge Alain Nitegeka was born in Burundi in 1983 and lives and works in Johannesburg. He completed his undergraduate studies in 2009 and is currently finishing his Master’s degree at

the University of the Witwatersrand. He won the Robert Hodgins Prize at Wits University in 2008, was selected for the 20th edition of the Biennale Dak’Art 2010, and was awarded a Foundation Jean Paul Blachère prize. Group exhibitions include Time’s Arrow at the Johannesburg Art Gallery (2010) and Beyond the Line at the Goethe Institute in Johannesburg (2008).

Gallery in the Round: Monument Open Daily:

09:00 to 18:00

Photo: Tiffany Mentoor

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STEVENSON in association with the NATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL presents

Serge Alain Nitegeka. Cargo, 2009. Charcoal on wood

All images appear courtesy of Stevenson

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The INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF AFRICAN MUSIC in association with the NATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL presents

he exhibition, “For Future Generations” – Hugh Tracey and the International Library of African Music is a showcase of Hugh Tracey’s legacy to African music and how his work is carried on by the International Library of African Music. This research centre and archive that he founded at Rhodes University is now a national treasure.

year cataloguing and digitising project (2008-09) and it displays a selection of African musical instruments from the Tracey instrument collection and numerous features on Tracey’s field research, publications, films and audio recordings. Video stations offer footage of South African mine dancing, Chopi xylophone orchestras, Shona music and story-telling, and on ILAM’s history and current projects.

The International Library of African Music (ILAM) houses a rare and important collection of the musical heritage of sub-Saharan Africa – the Hugh Tracey Collection of sound recordings and photographs of the sub-continent, captured from 1928 through the early 1970s during 19 field excursions that took him as far north as the then Belgian Congo.

A highlight of the exhibition is a 1939 Tracey film from a recording excursion in Zululand, projected on big screen. Six audio stations offer a vast array of music from Tracey’s field recordings to listen to, plus the Radio Broadcasting station gives the opportunity to listen to a Hugh Tracey radio show. Throughout the exhibit, stunning photos from Tracey’s field excursions bring his work to life and display the vibrancy of African music and culture. The exhibit is accompanied by a richly illustrated catalogue containing a collection of articles and a CD with examples of music from Tracey’s field recordings for each of the 20 instruments featured in the exhibit. The exhibition, as its title implies, aims to educate and disseminate the rich heritage of African music that it was Hugh Tracey’s mission to preserve ‘for future generations’.

Founded in 1954, the centre remains a library, research center and repository for his field collections and commercially published recordings. In his years as Director of ILAM he established an ethos of respect for the music and culture of sub-Saharan Africa, preserving and documenting it with scientific precision, using the best available recording methods of the time. ILAM continues to publish African Music, the academic journal founded by Tracey, which remains the only journal devoted to research on African music in the world. ILAM has been successful in making its collections accessible over the past five years by conducting cataloguing and digitising projects that have made possible an on-line search capacity for audio and photograph collections via the ILAM website: www.ilam.ru.ac.za This exhibition, comprised of instruments, images, publications and recordings, is funded by the Rand Merchant Bank “Expressions Fund”. The exhibition is the outreach and education component of a two

“For Future Generations” is presented at the National Arts Festival with support from the South African Post Office

Transformation Gallery, Albany History Museum Open Daily:

09:30 to 17:00

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rt enthusiasts can attend a series of Art Walkabouts in the company of visual art specialists. Those looking for a more interactive experience can participate in a series of practical workshops facilitated by the artists participating in the Co/Mix Pavilion.

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Walkabout schedule Duration of walkabouts:

50 minutes

Meeting point for Walkabouts: Venue for each exhibition Tickets:

R20

Faena Nandipha Mntambo: 2011 Standard Bank Young Artist Award-winner Monument Gallery Friday 1 July Saturday 2 July Wednesday 6 July Thursday 7 July

14:00 10:00 10:00 14:00

“… and walk in my shoes” Gallery in the Round, Monument Monday 4 July Tuesday 5 July Thursday 8 July Friday 9 July

10:00 14:00 14:00 10:00

Alan Crump: A Fearless Vision

“For Future Generations”

Standard Bank Gallery, Albany History Museum

Transformation Gallery, Albany History Museum

Friday 1 July Saturday 2 July Wednesday 6 July Thursday 7 July

Sunday 3 July Sunday 10 July

12:00 12:00 12:00 12:00

14:00 10:00

People, Prints & Process: 25 years at Caversham

A Century of Fallen Eastern Cape Visual Artists

Grahamstown Gallery, Albany History Museum

Albany History Museum Foyer & Military Gallery

Friday 1 July Sunday 3 July Wednesday 6 July Thursday 7 July

Saturday 2 July Monday 4 July Tuesday 5 July Saturday 9 July

10:00 14:00 14:00 10:00

14:00 14:00 10:00 14:00

exhibitions Workshops, Seminars, Demonstrations & Master Classes The innovative Comic Art/Mixed Media group exhibition offers a range of seminars and workshops on various aspects of comic and character art. Co/Mix features 26 South African and four international artists, each involved in some aspect of comic art, whether 2D or 3D, and incorporating the contemporary visual subcultures of skate, surf, street, hip hop, indie craft and graffiti. The venue for each of these events is the Ntsikana Gallery at the Monument unless otherwise specified.

A panel discussion between renowned international comic artists Jacques de Loustal (France), Ephameron (Belgium) and South African comic artists, facilitated by Andy Mason. Loustal is famous for his richly illustrated travel journals, while Ephameron has created a series of drawings which construct a comparative visual iconography of everyday life in Belgium and South Africa. Friday 1 July Duration: Tickets: Free

15:00 1 hour 30 minutes

Panel Session: Cannibal ogres, mock Europeans, Faux Tintins and the Hovering Showerhead An illustrated lecture by Andy Mason, author of What’s So Funny? Under the Skin of South African Cartooning. Hee examines the visual stereotypes, symbols and icons that populate the history of South African cartooning and satirical art, from the colonial period to the present, culminating in the epic confrontation between Zapiro and Jacob Zuma. Thursday 8 July Duration:

14:00 1 hour

Bring some examples of your own work for a crit and create your own comic under the watchful eyes of renowned local and international comic artists. Drawing materials provided or bring your own favourite pens and brushes. Master Class 1 is with Ephameron (Belgium) and South African Co/Mix artists. Master Class 2 is with Erik Kriek (Netherlands), JP Kalonji (Switzerland) and South African Co/Mix artists. Sunday 3 July Saturday 9 July Duration: Recommended Age: Tickets: R50

14:00 14:00 3 hours 13 years +

Blank Toy Workshops Participants get to customise their own plush toys at these fun, hands-on workshops, facilitated by Pete and Elaine Woodbridge, designers of the funky Woo-men Plush Toys. Each participant will be given a blank plush toy to customise during the workshop, creating their own unique plush character. All materials and tools are provided but participants may also bring their own materials. The workshops are limited to 12 participants. These workshops will appeal to crafters, artists, designers, free thinkers, and anybody who loves to get their hands dirty. No prior experience required. Toys created on Saturday 2 July will become part of the exhibition. Participants keep their toy afterwards. Saturday 2 July Tuesday 5 July Thursday 7 July Sunday 10 July Duration: Recommended Age: Tickets: R75 (includes all materials)

09:30 09:30 09:30 09:30 3 hours 13 years +

‘Velocity’ Launch

ToonLab Cartoon Laboratories Create your own cartoons at this interactive immersion into the world of comic art, facilitated by local and international artists. The best participants will be selected to proceed to the more advanced Co/Mix Master Classes (see below). In ToonLab 1, participants get to draw with Ephameron (Belgium) and South African Co/Mix artists. In ToonLab 2, participants get to draw with Erik Kriek (Netherlands), JP Kalonji (Switzerland) and South African Co/Mix artists. ToonLab 1: Sunday 3 July ToonLab 2: Saturday 9 July Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes Tickets: R40 includes all drawing materials

10:30 10:30

Co/Mix Walkabouts Take a stroll around this stimulating and unusual exhibition with Jaques de Loustal (France), Ephameron (Belgium) and SA Co/Mix artists. Thomas Pringle Hall Friday 1 July Duration: Recommended Age: Tickets: Free

Masterclass on Cartooning and the Graphic Novel

11:30 1 hour 13 years +

Guerilla publisher Moray Rhoda and his cartooning cohorts launch their innovative ‘steam-punk’ comic book, a collaboration between South African and Australian comic artists. Saturday 2 July Tickets: Free

16:00

Visual Art Performance Event (VAPE) A legendary crew of young Durban graffiti bandits joins forces with top comic artists to create a legal graffiti wall at an outdoor venue in Grahamstown. Rethink your preconceptions about the aesthetic value of graffiti and discover the tools and techniques behind the art-form that upstanding citizens love to hate. All are welcome to participate in this free event. Work begins on the CO/MIX GRAFFITI WALL on Saturday 2 July at 10:00 and continues daily until completion of the wall. Location of the wall to be announced in the Festival newspaper, Cue.

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Panel Session: Comics across the oceans

SPORT, RECREATION, ARTS & CULTURE

DEPARTMENT OF SPORT, RECREATION, ARTS AND CULTURE Private Bag/Ingxowa Eyodwa/Privaatsak X0020, BHISHO 5605

The Department

The Department of Sport, Recreation, Arts and Culture gives due regard to provincial priorities by ensuring that its mission caters sufficiently for youth, women, the disadvantaged and the disabled. The guiding principles for programme development are based on the 10year Provincial Growth and Development Plan.

Our Vision

A united, active, and winning province through sport, recreation, arts and culture

Our Mission

To develop and promote Sport, Recreation, Arts and Culture for spiritual, intellectual, physical and material upliftment of the people of the Eastern Cape

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Unity of purpose Respect for self and others Commitment to service delivery Loyalty to the organisation and the people we serve Work ethics Honesty Communication Equity

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The programmes of the Department are designed to render services in the following areas: ;; Sport and Recreation ;; Arts and Culture ;; Libraries and Information Services ;; Museums and Heritage

Contact details:

MEC Mrs Xoliswa Tom Member of the Executive Council: Sport, Recreation, Arts and Culture Tel: 043 – 604 4101 Fax: 043 – 604 4093

Mr Mzolisi Matatu

Head of Department: Sport, Recreation, Arts and Culture Tel: 043 – 604 4019/20 Fax: 043 – 642 5309

Mr G V Mona

Director: Arts and Culture Tel. 043 – 604 4013 Fax. 043 – 642 5386

Sisonke Sinakho

east cape showcase EASTERN CAPE DEPARTMENT OF SPORTS, RECREATION, ARTS & CULTURE in association with the NATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL presents

SPORT, RECREATION, ARTS & CULTURE

isual artists play a vital role in social commentary. Their sensitivity to the world around them in both nature and human behaviour make artists highly alert to the ills facing humankind. A Century of Fallen Eastern Cape Artists pays tribute to those who fearlessly used their creative skills in speaking out against the ills of oppression. Their heroic roles in resisting socio-political atrocities contributed to the downfall of the apartheid ideology. The exhibition further highlights the Department of Sport, Recreation, Arts and Cultureâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s commitment to social cohesion and nation building through the visual arts.

The landscape of artistic resistance has changed from political to economic emancipation. Talented young artists express themselves highlighting the elusive economic freedom so desperately needed in a developing country.

Foyer: Albany History Museum Open Daily:

09:00 to 17:00

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EASTERN CAPE DEPARTMENT OF SPORTS, RECREATION, ARTS & CULTURE in association with the NATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL presents

East Cape Provincial Craft Exhibition

n a world of extreme commercialism, artificial raw materials and mass production, the Department of Sport, Recreation, Arts and Culture, as the custodian of culture in the Eastern Cape, presents a showcase of authentic craft art from a province unique in style, design and production techniques. The finest crafts have been sourced from urban areas and the most rural villages in the province to create an all-inclusive array of diverse products. Visitors to the Craft Exhibition are guaranteed to have access to craft art that have already made their mark on the global market. Festival visitors will also have an opportunity to interact with crafters who will demonstrate their skills, highlighting the production process from conceptualisation to design, production and finished product. The story behind craft product is fascinating yet also saddening when one considers the economic benefit each product has on family members who are reliant on the crafterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s skills.

Village Green Open daily:

09:00 to 18:00

east cape showcase ISISEKO SENKONJANE in association with the EASTERN CAPE DEPARTMENT OF SPORTS, RECREATION, ARTS & CULTURE and the NATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL presents

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Conceived, written and performed by Nomhle Nkonyeni and Val McLane This blanket once rainbow knitted by loving female fingers knotted by domestic duty rent in two in 1967 woven together with gossamer thread by four girl-child hands ten years later now faded and frayed at the edges covers my fragile bones waiting to be unravelled.

Val McLane

wo Women, Two Worlds is a dynamic performance, devised by the two participants, Val McLane, senior UK actress from the North East of England, and Nomhle Nkonyeni, premier South African actress from the Eastern Cape, comparing and contrasting their lives in different countries on two different continents. Together they tell each other and the audience about their customs and their rituals from the choosing of a name to their chosen career paths. In the course of these stories they question each other and the audience; sometimes arguing over their lack of understanding of each otherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s culture. They tell stories of determination and resourcefulness from their own family backgrounds, interspersed with songs, poems and dramatic episodes. Gradually, by dramatising events in their lives, they discover a common bond and become more aware of their similarities rather than their differences. The Hangar Wednesday 6 July Friday 8 July Sunday 10 July

11:00 & 18:30 11:00 12:00

Duration:

1 hour (No interval)

Age Restriction:

None

Tickets: R48 (Full) R46 (Discounted) R32 (Student / Scholar)

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The Eastern Cape Department of Sport, Recreation Art & Culture in association with the National Arts Festival presents

Three award-winning Eastern Cape productions A collaboration between Rhodes University’s First Physical Theatre Company & Ubom! Eastern Cape Drama Company

his is the first time that these extraordinary award-winning companies will meet one another on stage in a range of physical performance styles. Visual and movement languages collide and converse as the story-telling catapults through the irreverent humour of slapstick, to the visceral energy of physical theatre, to the cool

wit of contemporary dance. Wreckage is a meeting of worlds that unsettles, stuns, and delights by combining the creative energies of Andrew Buckland, Juanita Finestone-Praeg, Brink Scholtz and Athina Vahla. The place is unique. The stories are extraordinary. The history is ours. The theatre will be breathtaking. PJ’s Saturday 2 July Sunday 3 July Monday 4 July Wednesday 6 July Thursday 7 July

11:30 14:30 18:00 17:00 14:00

Duration:

1 hour 10 minutes (No interval)

Age Restriction:

12 years +

Tickets:

R50

Meri Kenaz & the Appropriate Context

ast year Meri Kenaz walked away from the Festival as a joint winner of the Silver Standard Bank Ovation Award. This year she’s back with two good friends skimmed from the cream of South African musical talent providing a backdrop for her unique blend of soul-folk, jazz, and Eastern moods. She has been called a “blindingly fascinating singer songwriter” (Tonight.co.za) and the 2010 CUE remarked that “[her] voice comes close to capturing the passion and intensity of human nature”. Meri Kenaz, on vocals and guitar is joined by Martin Wolfaardt (Offshore) on keys and percussion, and Ben Badenhorst (Wendy Oldfield Band) on fretless guitar and bass guitar. Meri’s powerful lyrics, melodies and percussive guitar playing, together with Martin’s background in experimental jazz and Ben’s eclectic guitar virtuosity make for a diverse and dynamic soundscape.

Cuervo Music Room Thursday 30 June Friday 1 July Saturday 2 July Monday 4 July

17:00 19:00 21:30 19:30

Duration:

1 hour (No interval)

Age Restriction:

None

Tickets:

R50

The Grahamstown Sextet Works for woodwinds and piano

he Grahamstown Sextet showcases a taste of the musical talent and energy that can be found in Grahamstown all year round. The woodwind sextet offers a unique variety of timbres, textures and styles that are sure to delight and surprise music lovers and connoisseurs alike. We present works for woodwind quintet, sextet and smaller combinations of these instruments by Handel, Milhaud, Malcolm Arnold and Francis Poulenc, for the pleasure of the audiences. The Sextet consists of

a core of Grahamstownian musicians: Catherine Foxcroft, pianist and pedagogue from Rhodes University, and Jenny Brand (clarinet), Hilary Paterson (oboe) and Boris Mohr (horn), all of whom teach music at Kingswood College. The group is completed by the addition of two of South Africa’s most sought after wind players: Penny Fraser, who plays principal bassoon in the Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra; and Liesl Stoltz, who enjoys a reputation as one of the country’s best flute players and teachers.

Beethoven Room Friday 1 July Saturday 2 July Sunday 3 July

15:00 20:30 13:00 & 20:30

Duration:

1 hour (No interval)

Age Restriction:

None

Tickets:

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east cape showcase A project of the EASTERN CAPE DEPARTMENT, SPORTS, RECREATION, ARTS & CULTURE in association with cueTV

uring the Festival, filmmakers from across the Eastern Cape will receive dynamic training and mentoring in a video production project. The training will culminate with the production of documentary and arts journalism inserts on the participants and productions on the Eastern Cape Showcase at this year’s Festival. Participant filmmakers will be trained to shoot, script and edit arts journalism stories and contribute to a documentary about the Eastern Cape’s profile at the Festival. The output will contribute to a DVD to highlight the work being done in the Eastern Cape within arts and culture as well as feature in cueTV’s online and broadcast media. The project is a collaboration between the National Arts Festival, the Provincial Department and cueTV, a broadcast project by television students of the School of Journalism & Media Studies at Rhodes University. The Eastern Cape Film Project showcases the Provincial Government’s commitment to offer emerging filmmakers with a platform to be mentored and trained throughout the process by experienced filmmakers and trainers from the Eastern Cape working with professional video equipment and editing facilities. So, if any one of the Eastern Cape filmmakers walks up to you with a camera… SMILE! YOU MIGHT JUST BE ON cueTV!

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EASTERN CAPE DEPARTMENT OF SPORTS, RECREATION, ARTS & CULTURE in association with the NATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL present

Rhythms of the Eastern Cape A showcase of Eastern Cape indigenous music and dance

hythms of the Eastern Cape highlights the vibrancy of the subtribes of the Eastern Cape – amaBhaca, abaThembu, amaKhoisan, abeSuthu and amaMpondo. The groups are drawn from the various districts of the province by the Eastern Cape Department of Sports, Recreation, Arts & Culture, who act as a custodian of preserving and promoting indigenous knowledge systems and indigenous culture.

The AbeSuthu clan of dancers are presented at the Festival by the Department’s Ukhahlamba District. The AbeSuthu originate from Lesotho where the men and women wrap themselves with a seSotho blanket and adorn themselves with colourful beads and attire. When doing their “umtyityimbo” dances, the dancers carry sticks in their hands and their body shaking becomes increasingly pronounced.

Rhythms of the Eastern Cape, a fascinating display of the province’s rich music and dance heritage, is a potpourri of traditional dance and music ranging from the vibrant foot-stomping of the amaBhaca dances to the delicately refined animal movement of the Khoisan.

Originating from two distinct cultural groups, “Khoikhoi” and “San”, the AmaKhoisan were nomadic herders. Water and livestock, particularly cattle, played a central role in their culture. Imitation of animal movements becomes vivid when they execute their dance movements. The AmaKhoisan are presented at the Festival by the Department’s Cacadu District.

In an extravaganza of five lunchtime concerts, audiences will be introduced to the sub-tribes or clans who will mesmerise with their indigenous music and dance. Artists will also be drawn from the newly-formed Indigenous Music Orchestra and Eastern Cape Cultural Ensemble. Originating from the Qaukeni and Mngazi River area and presented by the Department’s O.R. Tambo District, the AmaMphondo are the descendants of one of Sibiside’s twins, Mpondo, who are known for their rhythmic dance styles which are executed with great vigour.

Originating from the small towns of the former Transkei homeland, Mount Frere and Umzimkhulu, and surrounding areas, the AmaBhaca could probably have drawn their clan name based on the word “ukubhaca” which means to flee or possibly on the ritual scarring “ukuchaza” which they do on their faces. Their culture is beautifully portrayed in their foot-stomping dances with feet thrown into the air with great vigour. The AmaBhaca are presented at the Festival by the Department’s Alfred Nzo District.

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Thembus originally come from the present KwaZulu Natal area to Dedesi in the present day Eastern Cape. This ethnic group is widely known for its harmonious traditional songs coupled with their gracious spiritual dance movements. The AbaThembu are presented at the Festival by the Departmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Chris Hani District.

Rhythms of the Eastern Cape is produced by the Department of Sports, Recreation, Arts & Culture and technically supported at the Festival by the South African Post Office.

Ilam Amphitheatre, Rhodes University Friday 1 July Sunday 3 July Tuesday 5 July Thursday 7 July Saturday 9 July

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AmaMphondo AbeSuthu AmaKhoisan AmaBhaca AbaThembu

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2011 Standard Bank Young Artist for Music

Piano Recital 2011 is an important year for classical music: we are celebrating the bicentenary of the Hungarian composer Franz Liszt’s birthday in 1811, and remembering Australian pianist and composer, Percy Grainger, who died fifty years ago. Ben Schoeman performs a variety of Liszt’s and Grainger’s compositions in his Festival concerts.

en Schoeman is regarded as one of this country’s foremost pianists. He has won major prizes, including the coveted gold medal in the Royal Over-Seas League Music Competition in London (2009) and the first grand prize in the UNISA Vodacom International Piano Competition (2008). He obtained a master’s degree (cum laude) at the University of Pretoria and a Master Concert Diploma at the Accademia Pianistica

‘Incontri col Maestro’ in Imola, Italy. He currently lives in London, where he is pursuing doctoral studies at City University and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. He has studied with world-renowned musicians, including Joseph Stanford, Michel Dalberto, Louis Lortie, Boris Petrushansky and Ronan O’Hora. A regular performer on the main stages of South Africa, he also has a lively international concert career. He has

played in prestigious concert halls such as the Wigmore Hall and Queen Elizabeth Hall in London, the Konzerthaus in Berlin, the Gulbenkian Auditorium in Lisbon, the Teatro Vittoria in Turin and the Romanian Athenaeum in Bucharest. His solo album with piano music of Franz Liszt was released under the TwoPianists label in April this year, sponsored by Standard Bank.

music 57 Programme 1 Grové, Grieg and Grainger: The Emotional Power of Folklore in Music Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Toccata in C minor, BWV 911 Stefans Grové (1922-) Nonyana, the Ceremonial Dancer – Fantasy for Piano (1994)

Interval Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) Sonata in E minor, Op. 7 Percy Grainger (1882-1961) Seven Piano Pieces: English Country Gardens The Man I Love (arranged from Gershwin’s song) Shepherd’s Hey To a Nordic Princess Sailor’s Song Irish Tune from County Derry Handel in the Strand

Programme 2 Franz Liszt (1811-1886) A Citizen of Europe Variations on a theme from JS Bach’s Cantata no. 12, Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen, S.180 (1862) Les Jeux d’eaux à la Villa d’Este, from Années de Pèlerinage, Troisième Année, S. 163 (1867-1877) Venezia e Napoli, S. 162 (1860) Gondoliera Canzone Tarantella Vallée d’Obermann, from Années de Pèlerinage, Première Année, Suisse, S. 160 (1848-1855) Hungarian Rhapsody no. 12 in C sharp minor, S. 244/12 (1846-1886)

In the first half of the programme the emphasis falls on one of South Africa’s greatest composers Stefans Grové. In 1984 the composer heard an indigenous work song being sung by a street labourer in Pretoria. He described this as his ‘Road to Damascus’ experience. He became convinced that his music should henceforth reflect his African origins. Nonyana – Fantasy for Piano (1994) is an important work in Grové’s Music from Africa oeuvre. This virtuosic essay for piano is inspired by the mysterious and colourful music of the Domba ceremony, the initiation process of young Venda girls. Grové has been an active church musician during most of his career and his Nonyana will be accompanied in this recital by the music of two organists Johann Sebastian Bach and César Franck. Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) hails from Norway and his Piano Sonata in E minor, Op. 7 depicts the dramatic Norwegian landscapes. This is an early work, consisting of four movements. The composer makes use of classical structures and the first and fourth movements are written in strict sonata form. The sonata clearly shows influences of the German tradition of Beethoven and

The composer, piano virtuoso and pedagogue Franz Liszt was born two hundred years ago in Doborján, Hungary. As a child he studied with Carl Czerny and Antonio Salieri in Vienna. He spent many years in Paris, before moving to Weimar in Germany. As the most outstanding pianist of his day he gave concert tours throughout Europe, and became one of the greatest cultural celebrities of the 19th century. During his later years he regularly travelled between Weimar, Budapest and Rome. From 1850 onwards, Liszt’s companion, Princess Carolyne zu Sayn-Wittgenstein, encouraged him to give up his career as a performing artist and to focus mainly on composition. Liszt’s piano works make up the largest and best-known part of his compositional output. In this recital the pianist brings tribute to the spiritual, poetic, programmatic as well as the virtuosic aspects of Liszt’s music. The works illustrate both the composer’s nationalistic side in the exciting Hungarian Rhapsody no. 12, as well as his extensive European travels: his connection to Bach and Germany in Variations on a theme from the Cantata ”Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen”; his colourful descriptions of Italy in Les jeux d’eaux à la Villa d’Este (The Fountains of the Villa d’Este) and Venezia e Napoli; the majestic alpine landscapes of Switzerland in Vallée d’Obermann.

Schumann. During his studies in Leipzig, Grieg came into contact with the Danish composer Niels Gade (to whom the Piano Sonata is dedicated). Grieg and Gade can be regarded as the most important Scandinavian composers of the Romantic Era and they both make use of the strong rhythmic impulses and colourful harmonies in Norwegian and Danish folk music. Another friend of Grieg was the Australian piano virtuoso Percy Grainger (1882-1961). They met in London during the last years of Grieg’s life. It is not surprising that Grainger started to collect and research the folk music of the British Isles shortly after meeting the Norwegian master. The highly energetic Grainger would often travel from town to town, recording folk songs on Edison wax cylinder phonographs. This recital programme includes some of Grainger’s highly pianistic and effective arrangements of folk songs such as Shepherd’s Hey, Sailor’s Song and Londonderry Air. The arrangement of Gershwin’s song The Man I Love refers to New York, where the composer spent most of his creative career. The longer work To a Nordic Princess is dedicated to Grainger’s wife and was performed on the occasion of their wedding ceremony at the Hollywood Bowl in 1928. Finally, the witty Handel in the Strand demonstrates Grainger’s appreciation of Baroque music, particularly the works of George Frideric Handel.

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César Franck (1822-1890) Prélude, Choral et Fugue, M. 21

Edvard Grieg, Percy Grainger and Stefans Grové are three composers that have gained an international reputation with their unique way of combining the structural principles of Western Art Music with folkloric elements.

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Kwazulu-Natal Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted by Tibor Bogányi Soloist: Jérôme Pernoo Programme Otto Nicolai (1810-1849)

The Merry Wives of Windsor: Overture

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 classic of German comic opera, eliciting the characters and mood of the play with lighthearted grace. Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880)

Concerto for cello in G Major “Concerto Militaire” Allegro Maestoso Andante Rondo Andante Prelude Lento; Allegro maestoso Intermezzo Andantion con moto Introduction Andante; Rondo Allegro vivace

Jacques Offenbach was the seventh child of a Cologne synagogue cantor. The whole family was musical and often played chamber music together. Offenbach trained at the Paris Conservatoire and later became a cellist in the orchestra of the Opéra-Comique. This was followed by a successful early career as a virtuoso on the instrument, for which he wrote a number of works, the huge Concerto Militaire being by far the most substantial and important. He continued a successful career devoted largely to operetta and opera comiques until his death in 1880. Of nearly a hundred lighter pieces Offenbach composed for the stage, Orphée aux enfers (Orpheus of the Underworld) is best known, in particular for its famous can-can.

Interval Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

Symphony No. 2 in D Major Op. 73 Allegro no troppo Adagio non troppo Allegretto grazioso (quasi andantino) Allegro con spirito

Brahms’s D major symphony has no title but surely its nature and vernal loveliness is like that of Spring. The opening, with the four notes of the cellos and basses and the reply of the dusky horn, is the emotional as well as the musical key of the composition. The melodies that stream and intermingle in the orchestra, the lusty power of certain contrasting passages, and the coda, in which the magical horn is heard again, haunting forever the memory – all this is Spring herself, her dreaming eyes, her wayward glance. The second movement, grave and poetic, is Brahms in a brown study. Here he thinks aloud fearlessly in self-expression. The third movement, with its delicious modulations and capricious changes of rhythms, is all built on the pastoral melody that the oboe sings over the strings pizzicato. The finale begins with a kind of theme that is a hallmark of Brahms’ style motive played in unison by many instruments, which creeps mysteriously through the low registers of the orchestra before its brilliant proclamation by the full orchestra. Later the violins take up a new song, having for its bass a motive from the opening theme of the movement, which later, flung out by the trumpets, brings the glorious conclusion.

ibor Bogányi has established himself as one of the most interesting and skilled conductors and cellists of his generation. At the age of 28 this gifted Hungarian-born artist was appointed Chief Conductor of the Turku Philharmonic Orchestra, holding this position between 2003 and 2006. In Finland he has conducted all the leading professional orchestras; he has also conducted several Finnish youth orchestras, and was the Artistic Director of VIVO Youth Symphony Orchestra for three years. Bongányi has also appeared internationally with orchestras such as the Staats Philharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra, the Mexico State Symphony Orchestra, Macao Symphonic Orhestra, the St. Petersburg National Symphony Orchestra and many others. His repertoire extends from symphonic music through large-scale choral works to opera and ballet. He has conducted successful performances of Stravinsky’s ballet Le Sacre du Printemps, Bizet’s Carmen, Puccini’s Tosca, Mozart’s Cosi fan tutte and Don Giovanni and Verdi’s La Traviata. Bogányi planned and conducted a unique series of Bela Bartók’s music which included, among other works, Bluebeard’s Castle, The Miraculous Mandarin, The Wooden Prince, Concerto for Orchestra, Dance Suite, Violin Concerto and Rhapsodies Nos. 1 and 2. After completing his diploma in cello performance, Bogányi went on to study with Professor Jorma Panula and Professor Leif Segerstam at the Sibelius Academy. His diploma examination in conducting was the world première of the ballet Hobbit by Aulis Sallinen at the Finnish National Opera. Bogányi has also studied with Professor Janos Fürst at the Paris Conservatoire. He has further developed his conducting skills with Sir Colin Davies and Yuri Simonov. Tibor Bogányi won second place in Professor Jorma Panula’s International Conducting Contest in 1999. As a cellist he won the Leo Weiner Competition in 1996 and the Kuhmo International Trio Competition in 1999.

orn in Nantes, Jérôme Pernoo studied with Germaine Fleury before moving to the Conservatoire National de Musique de Paris where he studied under Xavier Gagnepain and Philippe Muller. In 1994 he was a prizewinner at the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow as well as at the Rostropovitch Competition in Paris, and in 1996 he won the Unisa Strings Competition in Pretoria. Jérôme Pernoo has performed with most of the major French symphony orchestras as well as with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Wiener Symphoniker, Bavarian State Orchestra in Munich, the Orchestra of the Zurich Opera House, Symphony Orchestra of the Teatro Regio in Torino, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra in Stockholm and the National Orchestra of Spain in Madrid to name but a few. He appears in recital with the pianist Jérôme Ducros on some of the world’s most renowned stages: the Wigmore Hall in London, the Florence Gould Hall in New York, the Théâtre des

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Champs Elysées, the Théâtre du Châtelet and the Cité de la Musique in Paris. An open-minded and eclectic musician who plays both the modern and baroque cello, Jérôme Pernoo is also sensitive to the diversity of artistic inventiveness and participates in less traditional projects. For instance, he has collaborated with the choreographer Régine Chopinot in a staged production of Bach’s Suites for Solo Cello, which toured worldwide. In the 2008/09 season a highlight was the world première of the cello concerto composer Guillaume Connesson dedicated to him which he performed with the Orchestre of the Rouen Opera, in Rouen and Paris. In 2011 he will perform this masterwork in France and at the Enescu Festival in Rumania. Further plans include Schumann’s cello concerto with the Ensemble Matheus and Jean-Christophe Spinosi as well as the world première of a cello concerto by Jérémie Rhorer. Jérôme Pernoo is founder and artistic director of the music festival Les vacances de Monsieru Haydn held in La Roche Posay, which first took place in 2005. He plays a baroque cello and a piccolo cello. Both instruments are Italian and were built in the 18th century by the Milanese School. He also plays a modern cello made for him by Franck Ravatin. A virtuoso beyond comparison and a magician of colour and expression, Jérôme enchants his public by inviting them to share his passion for music. His devotion, high standards and his deep respect for the art form can be sensed over and over again. Kwazulu-Natal Philharmonic Orchestra Chief Executive and Artistic Director: Bongani Tembe The KZN Philharmonic Orchestra is a professional orchestra of 70 musicians from around the world. The orchestra enjoys a reputation for excellence and innovation among South African orchestras, resulting in a loyal support base from the local community, regular concert subscribers and visitors to the province. The orchestra was founded in 1983 as part of the Natal Performing Arts Council (later Playhouse Company). In April 1998 the KZN Philharmonic was restructured as an independent viable entity according to the new South African Arts and Culture dispensation policy. The orchestra is primarily funded by grants from eThekwini Municipality, the KZN Government and the National Government.

The remainder of its income is derived from sponsorships, donations and box office income. The World Symphony Series (WSS), which features world-renowned artists, such as Renée Fleming and Zuben Mehta, as well as top South African musicians, forms an integral part of the orchestra’s annual programme. The KZN Philharmonic’s dynamic approach to its responsibilities in Education and Development (E&D) has resulted in the growth of vibrant community-centred programmes. KZN Philharmonic Orchestra First Violin Hristo Kardjiev *** Violeta Osorhean ** Beatris Lauenburg * Elena Kerimova Naum Rousine Geza Kayser Mihail Mihaylov Refiloe Olifant Lidia Sanacori Juergen Schwietering + Second Violin Petya Koleva * Thomas Steinhausen Naomi Warr Patrick Motsa Jane Baillie ^ Dineo Moloebatsi ^ Thandeka Benbooi ^ Marina Levine + Viola David Snaith * Todor Hadgiev Nassi Gueorguieva Jabulani Dlamini Ingrid Snaith Annamaria D’Andrea Moeketsi Khang ^ Tshegofatso Mokobe ^ Double Bass Simon Milliken * Yuri Litvinenko Andreas Kappen Jonalene Taylor ^

Cello Boris Kerimov* Jennifer Cox Kolio Kolev Nina Watson Cecilia Di Cecco Fiona Grayer Marguerite Spies Ralitsa Pechoux

Trumpet Michel Schneuwly * Cathy Peacock Nathan Lawrence ^

Flute Sabine Baird* Lisa Thom Kim Watson Petra Conrads^

Bass Trombone Christof Spies *

Oboe Alison Lowell* Stella Martin Margrit Deppe

Timpani Stephane Pechoux *

Clarinet Ian Holloway* David Cohen Kirsten Sayers Bassoon Vessela Minkova* Lubomir Minkov Anele Mnguni French Horn Sorin Osorhean* Tzanko Tzankov Alice Thomson Marina van Duyker Andre Valentine^

Trombone Anthony Boorer * Duncan Wooldridge Goodman Nxongo ^

Tuba George Foster

Percussion Anne Briset Nick Stone Nidhi Gangan ^ Thando Nkangana ^ Harp Linor Steinhausen *

*** Concert Master ** Assoc. Concert Master * Principal ^ Cadet + Extra Player

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Soloists: Ben Schoeman Piano Magdalene Minnaar Soprano

The Gala Concert O

ver the past number of years at the Gala Concert, the National Arts Festival has celebrated the anniversaries of many composers and 2011 is no exception. Franz Liszt, the great Hungarian composer and one of the finest “pop stars” of the classical music world, born 200 years ago, is remembered through two of his best known compositions. Ambroise Thomas, also born in 1811, is featured in the overture and two arias which demonstrate his brilliant operatic skills and which give us the chance to hear again these forgotten and ignored masterpieces. Percy Grainger, the eccentric Australian composer died 50 years ago. Grainger’s music is featured in one of Ben Schoeman’s solo recitals, and now we hear some of those same pieces again as orchestral versions, a rare opportunity to hear these gems in such close proximity. The remainder of the programme, which will be introduced by Richard Cock, is made up of fascinating and charming works by a wide range of composers. This will provide a ‘gala’ afternoon of entertainment with classy music making, ending with the embodiment of the Hapsburg Empire and a symbol of Viennese glitz and glamour, the famous Kaizer Walzer or Emperor Waltz. Ben Schoeman is one of South Africa’s foremost pianists and the winner of the 2011 Standard Bank Young Artist Award for Music. In 2008 he became the first South African in history to win the first grand prize

in the 11th UNISA Vodacom International Piano Competition in Pretoria. In 2009 he also won the coveted gold medal and first prize in the Royal Over-Seas League Music Competition in London. He obtained a Masters in Performing Arts (cum laude) from the University of Pretoria, as well as a Master Diploma from the Accademia Pianistica ‘Incontri col Maestro’ in Imola, Italy. In 2008 he received the prestigious Laureate Award from the University of Pretoria Alumni Association. He is currently undertaking a Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the City University of London and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Magdalene Minnaar is currently a freelance musician based in Cape Town, where she received her Honours degree in music (voice) with distinction in 2005. In 2007 she was chosen to become a member of the Cape Town Opera Studio where she learnt and performed 15 roles including Zerlina (Don Giovanni), Queen of the Night and Papagena (Der Zauberflöte), Pousette (Manon), and Gilda (Rigoletto). Since completing her two years in the Studio she has also featured as the lead, Giulia, in Lara Bye’s production of La Scala di Seta by Rossini for the Wagner Society, and featured as soloist at the prestigious opening of the Cape Town Soccer Stadium with the Cape Philharmonic Orchestra. In 2005 she represented Africa at the Schlern International Music Festival and Competition in Italy and earlier this year attended the New York Opera Studio. Magdalene is a passionate artist who has collaborated widely with contemporary and electronic musicians, composers and theatre makers.

Programme Ambroise Thomas (1811-1896)

Mignon Overture

Edward MacDowell (1860-1908)

To a Wild Rose

Ambroise Thomas (1811-1896)

Je suis, Titania

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

Hungarian Dance No 5

Franz Liszt (1811-1886)

Piano Concerto No 1

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Hungarian March

Percy Grainger Irish tune from County Derry (1882-1961) Ambroise Thomas Mad scene from Hamlet (1811-1896) Dimitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) Percy Grainger (1882-1961) Johann Strauss II (1825-1899)

Tahiti Trot Country Gardens Emperor Waltz

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The Diamond Ensemble Programme Franz Schubert (1797-1828)

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Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

String Quintet In C Major, D. 956 Allegro ma non troppo Adagio Scherzo. Presto-Trio. Andante sostenuto Allegretto String Sextet In D Minor “Souvenir de Florence” Op.70 Allegro con spirito Adagio cantabile e con moto Allegro corto moderato Allegro con brio a vivace

amson Diamond, winner of the 2010 Standard Bank Young Artist Award for Music, has chosen these two contrasting works “for their innate nature to dazzle ones spirit by expressing the dichotomy of beauty; its embrace and its rebuff. Beautiful music that makes us feel sombre and yet elevated. The fact that they are both the last chamber works of the two composers is completely incidental.” Franz Schubert’s String Quintet in C Major, universally acknowledged as one of the finest creations in the chamber music canon, was written two months before he died in 1828. The work was first performed in 1850, twenty-two years after his death. The quintet is deeply sublime, with moments of unique transcendental beauty. Its great musical richness suffuses a golden glow with exquisite sensitivity that binds together the ambiguities of nature and fate, both seductive and cruel. Some of this is due to its unusual sonority: the additional cello brings weight to the instrumental texture and allows one cello to become a full partner in the thematic material. A freedom Schubert fully exploits with the instrumentation of two violins, one viola and two violoncellos, a new form compared to his predecessors.

Souvenir de Florence is Tchaikovsky’s last work for a chamber ensemble. The composition is scored for two violins, two violas and two cellos. It was written in 1890, shortly after Tchaikovsky returned from Florence, where he had been working on his opera The Queen of Spades. Tchaikovsky loved Italy and especially Florence, where he spent extended periods of time on several occasions. No doubt, his ‘souvenirs’ from that beautiful city were not necessarily all musical ones! It was there that he became highly infatuated with a young bel canto singer. It is worth noting that the main theme of the second movement is written in a bel canto style and is a beguiling love duet between the first violin and first cello. The first movement is in sonata form and erupts with an aggressive melody that seizes the audience without warning or preparation. The second movement opens in a similarly dramatic fashion, with a sequence of heart-crunching chords, morphing into a love duet with some emotional outbursts of triple fortissimo. By the third movement, any residual Mediterranean sun has dissipated and the music is unmistakably Slavic in tone and trait. The final movement is also overtly Russian in style. The scoring is orchestral and grandioso in style and although the dense sonorities of the early movements are no longer evident, the wild energy is still with us, gathering relentless pace and powering the work to a furious close. Rhodes Chapel Monday 4 July Wednesday 6 July

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Quatuor pour la fin du temps Composed by Olivier Messiaen Programme The work is in eight movements. (Quotations are translated from Messiaen’s preface to the score.) 1. Liturgie de cristal

(“Liturgy of crystal”, for the full quartet)

2. Vocalise, pour l’Ange qui annonce la fin du Temps (“Vocalise, for the Angel who announces the end of time”, for the full quartet) 3. Abîme des oiseaux 4. Intermède

(“Abyss of birds”, for solo clarinet) (“Interlude”, for violin, cello, and clarinet)

5. Louange à l’Éternité de Jésus (“Praise to the eternity of Jesus”, for cello and piano) 6. Danse de la fureur, pour les sept trompettes (“Dance of fury, for the seven trumpets”, for the full quartet) 7. Fouillis d’arcs-en-ciel, pour l’Ange qui annonce la fin du Temps (“Tangle of rainbows, for the Angel who announces the end of time”, for the full quartet) 8. Louange à l’Immortalité de Jésus (“Praise to the immortality of Jesus”, for violin and piano)

n his preface to the score of Quatuor pour la fin du temps, Messiaen cites several verses from chapter 10 of the book of the Revelation of John as the “subject” of the work and its direct inspiration. “I saw a mighty angel descending from heaven, clothed in a cloud, having a rainbow on his head. His face was as the sun, his feet as columns of fire. He placed his right foot on the sea, his left foot on the earth, and, supporting himself on the sea and on the earth, he raised his hand towards Heaven and swore by Him who lives forever and ever, saying: There will be no more Time; but on the day of the trumpet of the seventh angel, the mystery of God will be completed.” (Revelation 10:1-2, 5-7; Oxford Annot)

The visionary language of the Apocalypse (Greek apokalyptein, “to uncover”) is evoked in the movement titles of Quatuor pour la fin du temps which is one of the most remarkable works to have come out of World War II, composed by a musician whose religious faith was a constant inspiration, even in the most arduous circumstances. In 1940 the German army entered France and Messiaen, together with thousands of other French soldiers, was captured. During the course of his captivity, Messiaen met three fellow prisoners who were also accomplished musicians: Etienne Pasquier, a world-class cellist, Jean Le Boulaire, a violinist and Henri Akoka, a clarinettist. Messiaen wrote a short trio for them, which developed into the Quatuor with himself at the piano. The quartet was premièred in Stalag VIII-A in Görlitz, Germany (currently Zgorzelec, Poland) on January 15, 1941, to an audience of about four hundred fellow prisoners of war and prison guards. Messiaen later recalled of the occasion, “Never was I listened to with such rapt attention and comprehension.” Samson Diamond studied in Manchester, obtaining a Master of Music Performance degree (with distinction) in 2007 from the Royal

Samson Diamond Allan Thompson Anna Wilshire Jones Wessel Beukes

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Northern College of Music. In 2010 he was the recipient of the Standard Bank Young Artist Award for Music. He is presently a violin tutor at St John’s College, St Andrews School and Wits University. Anna Wilshire Jones completed her BMus (performance) through Wits University and is currently undertaking her Teacher’s Licentiate through Unisa. She has given solo performances over the last few years and her concert repertoire includes works by Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, Debussy and the South African Peter Klatzow. Allan Thompson completed BMus (performance) at Wits University before obtaining MMus (musicology) under the supervision of the late Professor Mary Rorich. This was followed by studies in Literature and Cultural Theory, culminating in a PhD in English. He is currently the principal clarinettist of the Johannesburg Festival Orchestra, and Head of Woodwind at St John’s College. Apart from regular orchestral and theatre performance on clarinet and saxophone, he is also active as a soloist and chamber musician. Wessel Beukes studied cello with Betty Pack and Marion Lewin before completing his Masters degree at the University of Cincinnati (USA). He is a founding member of the Pro Musica Orchestra and has served as principal cellist of the Cape Town Symphony Orchestra, the South African Chamber Orchestra and the National Youth Orchestra. He is presently a member of the Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra. Rhodes Chapel Thursday 30 June Saturday 2 July

15:00 19:00

Duration:

1 hour (No interval)

Age Restriction:

12 years +

Tickets: R48 (Full) R46 (Discounted) R32 (Students/Scholars)

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THE NATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL presents

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performing Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Divertimento in E flat, K. 563 Zanta Hofmeyr Morkel Combrink Wessel Beukes

violin viola cello

Programme Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Divertimento in E flat, K, 563 Allegro Adagio Minuet Andante Minuet Allegro

mong the greatest works ever penned in the realm of chamber music Mozart composed his sublime and masterful Divertimento in E flat, K. 563 in 1788. He wrote the work for a Masonic Lodge brother from whom he was borrowing money at the time. Saddened by the premature death of his young daughter Theresia on June 29, Mozart produced a string of astounding works including his three final symphonies during this period, regardless of the adversity of his personal circumstances. As Alfred Einstein wrote, “It is a true chamber-music work, and grew to such large proportions only because it was intended to offer…something special in the way of art, invention, and good spirits. …Each instrument is primus inter pares, every note is significant, every note is a contribution to spiritual and sensuous fulfilment in sound… one of Mozart’s noblest works.” This string trio observes the classic divertimento format (six movements), but it has nothing else in common with the lighter ‘entertainment music’. Mozart wrote no other chamber music of such dimensions for strings alone.

Zanta Hofmeyr graduated from the Juilliard School of Music where she was a student of Dorothy Delay and Hyo Kang. After her New York début in Carnegie Recital Hall (now Weil Recital Hall), she returned to South Africa in 1985. A recipient of numerous awards and scholarships Zanta has regular appearances as soloist with the Cape Town Philharmonic and Johannesburg Philharmonic orchestras. She is also very active as a chamber musician and recitalist. From her extensive recital repertoire her performances, with pianist Malcolm Nay, of the ten Beethoven violin sonatas and recently the Grieg sonatas, stand out as highlights. Zanta is also a committed teacher and she currently teaches at the Universities of Pretoria and the Witwatersrand. Wessel Beukes studied cello with Betty Pack and Marion Lewin before completing his Masters degree at the University of Cincinnati with Peter Wylie. While in America he worked with Lynne Harrell and Danny Rothmuller at the Los Angeles Institute, and studied chamber music with the Tokyo and La Salle Quartets. He is a founding member of the Pro Musica Orchestra; he was also the principal cellist of the Cape Town Symphony Orchestra, the South African Chamber Orchestra, and the National Youth Orchestra. He is currently a member of the Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra. Morkel Combrink studied music at the University of the Free State where he graduated with viola as a practical major subject together with his Honours degree in Soil Science. He passed his Professional Audition in his first year at university and was a player in the Performing Arts Council of the Free State Symphony and Opera Orchestras, where he distinguished himself as a leader of the viola section. He is presently a member of the Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra and he also leads the viola section in the University of Pretoria Symphony Orchestra.

Rhodes Chapel Friday 1 July Sunday 3 July

15:00 19:00

Duration:

1 hour (No interval)

Age Restriction:

None

Tickets: R48 (Full) R46 (Discounted) R32 (Students/Scholars)

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Beethoven Tango Zanta Hofmeyr (violin) & Charl du Plessis (piano)

The Ingredients!

Tango To Go Adiós Noniño Oblivion Libertango

Ludwig van Beethoven

Astor Piazzolla

Jazz Favourites Misty Blue Bossa The Man I Love Sting Suite for Violin and Piano Fields of Gold Englishman in New York Fragile Encores Beethoven’s Blues Tango für Elise

Erroll Garner Kenny Dorham George Gershwin

Sting

Charl du Plessis

The Recipe! 1.

Take one portion of Beethoven’s Kreutzer Sonata for piano and violin. Sauté thoroughly and add four delicious tangos by Astor Piazzolla. Season to taste.

Now add five well-known swing melodies and mix briskly until the consistency is almost that of jazz. Music that you can taste!

This musical menu boasts the most attractive classical sounds, smouldering Argentinean Tango, a soupçon of swing, and is rounded off by some gentle jazz to soothe the palate.

Zanta Hofmeyr needs no introduction as she has already established herself as one of South Africa’s finest violinists. She makes regular appearances with symphony orchestras around the country and has recorded three CDs. Charl du Plessis has recently shot to stardom as Piano Man with his versatile interpretations of classical and popular genres on CD and DVD being on the top 20 of ClassicFM for more than 72 weeks. Du Plessis is responsible for all the musical arrangements for the Beethoven Tango programme and to date has been the youngest South African ever to be named a Steinway Artist.

Beethoven Rooom Saturday 2 July Monday 4 July

15:00 19:00

Duration:

1 hour 15 minutes (Incl. Interval)

Age Restriction:

12 years +

Tickets: R48 (Full) R46 (Discounted) R32 (Students/Scholars)

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Kreutzer Sonata for piano and violin Adagio sostenuto Andante con variazione Finale: Presto

wo master musicians serve all this up. No wonder this production was the first classical production to sell out even before the opening of the 2009 Klein Karoo National Arts Festival, Volksbladkunstefees in Bloemfontein and the Aardklop Arts Festival in Potchefstroom. At last the National Arts Festival audience will be able to savour all of this tasty musical fare in Grahamstown.

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The National Arts Festival presents

Westhuizen Duo Pierre van der Westhuizen (Piano)

Sophié van der Westhuizen (Piano)

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Programme Robert Schumann (1810-1856) Arr. Claude Debussy (1862-1918)

Six Canonic Etudes, Op. 56 i. Pas trop vite ii. Avec beaucoup d’expression iii. Andantino – Un peu plus anime iv. Espressivo v. Pas trop vite vi. Adagio

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)

Suite no. 2, Op. 17, for Two Pianos i. Introduction ii. Waltz iii. Romance iv. Tarantella

Interval Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)

Capriccio

Francis Poulenc

Elegie

Francis Poulenc

L’Embarquement pour Cytheré

Jeanne Zaidel-Rudolph World première

It Takes Two to Tango

Evan Mack South African première

American Groove, for Two Pianos i. Jammin’ ii. Broad iii. Poco piu mosso

he Westhuizen Duo present a duo-piano recital, which includes the staple of the duo-piano repertoire: Rachmaninoff’s monumental Suite No. 2, Op. 17 for Two Pianos. Composed in 1901 in Italy, this work, along with the 2nd Piano Concerto, signalled a return of Rachmaninoff’s creative powers and is every bit as stunning, spectacular, and thrilling as his piano concertos. It Takes Two to Tango by South African composer Jeanne ZaidelRudolph, written for the Westhuizen Duo, will have its world première at the 2011 National Arts Festival. Another exciting work on the programme is the South African première of American Groove for Two Pianos, by Evan Mack (USA). This piece was written for the Westhuizen Duo, and won the national American selection for the Society of Composer’s conference in North Carolina. It was given its US première by the duo, at the same conference. The work draws on pop and rock musical elements (with references to guitar strumming), and explores some unconventional “inside the piano” techniques, foot stomping, and hand clapping, that is bound to get an audience to their feet! Evan Mack is fast establishing himself as one of the most exciting young American composers, with his first opera, Angel of the Amazon being produced in New York City, Boston, and San Francisco. Pierre and Sophié, both graduates of the University of the North West (Potchefstroom), completed their studies at the CollegeConservatory of Music in Cincinnati. Here they studied with renowned professor Frank Weinstock, as well as the legendary piano duo Eugene and Elizabeth Pridonoff. They were the first pianoduo to be accepted into the prestigious PianoTexas International

The Westhuizen Duo’s performances have been described as “…musicmaking that rewards you seventy times seven.” They have been hailed by audiences and critics alike for their “… excellent sensitivity for each other..,” combined with playing that is “… charming, lyrical, and brilliant…” Volksblad

Academy and Festival (formerly known as the TCU/Cliburn Institute). In 2007 they were the first piano-duo to be featured as Shouse Artists at the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival in Michigan. Most recently, they were featured artists in residence at the prestigious Cleveland Institute of Music (USA), for a concert and master classes. Other upcoming appearances include a live broadcast on the Live! From FM91 (Toledo) concert series. Their interest in new music has led them to première works by numerous composers. Pierre and Sophié both serve on the faculty of Heidelberg University as Assistant Professors of Piano and Co-coordinators of the Keyboard Division. The duo’s latest CD release, on AMP Recordings, features the complete works for two pianos by Francis Poulenc (available on amazon.com, itunes, or amp-recordings.com). Beethoven Room Thursday 7 July Saturday 9 July

15:00 19:00

Duration:

1 hour 40 minutes (Incl. Interval)

Age Restriction: Tickets: R48 (Full) R46 (Discounted) R32 (Students/Scholars)

12 years +

music 67 Electromode Agency and G Management in association with The National Arts Festival present

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Auriol Hays Behind Closed Doors

apetonian songstress, Auriol Hays performs a repertoire that is a collection of mature, classy, alternative pop fused with some jazzy soul wedged between some darker powerful ballads. She has the vocal prowess likened to Amy Winehouse and Nina Simone with the infectious beats of Sophie Ellis Baxter. Auriol Hays was born in the Western Cape and raised everywhere from Mitchells Plain to Eerste River. She grew up listening to classical music and jazz in a family of musicians. She was a quiet child hiding beneath what would later be revealed as an extraordinary musical talent. As a teenager, she spread her small vocal wings a little, albeit to an audience of one – herself! And, despite coming from a musical family where her mother played the piano and her brothers played guitar, Auriol kept her vocal talent and song writing very much disguised. It would be four years of marriage before her husband, Shane, stumbled upon her talent by chance when he heard her singing their newborn daughter to sleep. A chance meeting with songwriter / producer extraordinaire, André Scheepers brought the collaboration to fruition. Auriol needed a keyboard player. André needed a new talent to mould. The result would be a top ten hit on 5FM’s Top 40 with the single, Take It Slow. Take It Slow quickly ended up on radio play lists across the country and the team was soon approached by Electromode. Auriol was flown up to Johannesburg, twice in three days, to do a photo shoot, a music video shoot, two gigs, a live television performance in front of nine million viewers and, of course, to sign a record deal. André’s and Auriol’s differing writing styles and influences would seem conflicting in any other circumstances. But for some reason, it works. Auriol is influenced by acts as varied as Radiohead and System of a Down, Nina Simone and Ella Fitzgerald. Auriol writes about darker emotions and admits that she never writes happy love songs: that she leaves all to André. Bass player to the stars, one Brendon Ou-Tim accompanies the pair on bass and double bass to complete the sexy alternative pop style of Auriol Hays and her band.

Auriol Hays Aidan Starr Coetzee André Remesses Scheepers Brendon Ou-Tim Sean Darroll

Vocals Drums Keyboard Bass Guitar

Aside from singing at numerous corporate and private venues, Auriol has performed at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland, opened with the Gauteng Big Band for the Standard Bank Joy of Jazz, sung at the Zoo Lake Music Festival and wowed crowds at the 94.7 Christmas Wish Concert. Auriol’s concert at the Festival will feature the hit tracks Take it Slow and Turn Up the Volume, both of which have received massive commercial radio success. Her concert will, at one moment, have you dancing on the tables, and in the next, holding your heart heavily in its musical hands.

Great Hall Friday 8 July Duration: Age Restriction:

19:00

1 hour 10 minutes (No interval)

None

Tickets: R48 (Full) R46 (Discounted) R32 (Students/Scholars)

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The National Arts Festival presents

Lloyd Webber and Friends Veramarie Meyer & Nicholas Nicolaidis with members of theKwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Richard Cock

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Programme Entry of the Gladiators Love Changes Everything Blue Tango The Rose Una furtiva Music of the Night O sole mio Liebeslied A Whole New World

Julius Fucik Andrew Lloyd Webber arr Stirling Leroy Anderson Amanda McBroom arr S Cock Gaetano Donizetti Andrew Lloyd Webber Eduardo di Capua Fritz Kreisler Alan Menken

Interval St Louis Blues Habanera Perhaps Love Memory La vie en Rose Plink, Plank, Plunk I’ll Walk with God The Wind Beneath my Wings All I Ask of You

W C Handy Georges Bizet John Denver Andrew Lloyd Webber Edith Piaf Leroy Anderson Nicholas Brodszky Larry Henley Andrew Lloyd Webber

Great Hall Friday 1 July Saturday 2 July

16:00 16:00

Duration:

2 hours (Incl. interval)

Age Restriction:

None

Veramarie Meyer studied with Tippi de Kock during her school years and with Lorraine Havemann at the Technikon Pretoria where she was awarded the Pretorium Trust and SAMRO Bursaries, the Morrison Trophy and Bursary as well as the prestigious Chancellor’s Medal. In 1998 she was invited by the San Francisco Conservatory of Music to sing the role of Cherubinio in Le Nozze di Figaro at their Summer Workshop. A year later she was chosen to sing in Mimi Coertse’s Debut with Mimi and became a member of The Black Tie Ensemble with whom she travelled to numerous parts of the country and the world. Veramarie then studied at the University of Cape Town under Sarita Stern, where she sang many wonderful roles to much acclaim, including the title role of the world première of Amarantha by Thomas Rajna. She has also appeared as soloist in a number of oratorios such as Mozart’s Requiem, Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater and the Rachmaninov Vespers as well as numerous recitals and concerts. Nicholas Nicolaidis began his musical career as a chorister with the world famous Drakensberg Boys’ Choir in 1988. Since then he has continued his singing career both as a member of the Chanticleer Singers and as a distinguished soloist, whilst expanding his musical disciplines to include conducting and recently, specialised teaching. He was the recipient of the SAMRO International Overseas Scholarship, which he won in 2003, and spent time in London where he furthered his vocal training. Recently he was a prizewinner in the first Len van Zyl Conductor’s Competition. Nicholas’s repertoire covers a wide range of musical genres from oratorio to chamber music and opera to jazz. His performances have included Mozart’s Requiem with the Chamber Orchestra of South Africa, and Pirates of Penzance and the Nelson Mass with the Johannesburg Festival Orchestra. He regularly sings the evangelist in St John Passion, as well as showing his versatility in lighter concerts such as Flights of Fantasy with Richard Cock

Tickets: R48 (Full) R46 (Discounted) R32 (Students/Scholars)

Richard Cock

Veramarie Meyer

Nicholas Nicolaidis

music 69 The National Arts Festival and Violipiano Arts supported by The Italian Institute Of Culture present

Luca Ciarla Quartet Music by L. Ciarla, D. Gillespie, J.S. Bach, T. Monk, Traditional

Violin Accordion Double bass Percussion

Guy Butler Theatre, Monument Sunday 10 July

15:00

Duration:

1 hour 10 minutes (No interval)

Age Restriction:

None

Tickets R48 (Full) R46 (Discounted) R32 (Students/Scholars)

Photo: Luciano Di Lello

“…one of the most original artists of his generation” – L’Italieaparis.net

ver since their début, the Luca Ciarla Quartet has wowed audiences and critics worldwide with their highly original tunes and arrangements, in which classical, contemporary jazz and ethnic music happily blend together, creating an irresistible Mediterranean jazz sound.

Ciarla is also the artistic director of prestigious international events. In 2003 he went back to Italy, where he founded Music, Wines & Molise, an international music festival. In 2004 he organised the festival Due Sponde un Mare, focusing on the idea of ‘Adriatic’ culture and the festival Beauty from the Heart of Italy, held in Hong Kong.

Luca Ciarla is one of the most creative and interesting violinists currently performing on the music circuit. His music is often described as eclectic and technically marvellous creating a fascinating balance of written compositions, jazz improvisation and knowledge of folk and classical traditions, giving life to an intriguing new acoustic sound.

Luca Ciarla presents master classes and workshops focusing on the study of jazz and improvisation for violinists and string players. The experience gained over many years of teaching in American colleges, in Hong Kong and at the Saint Louis Music College of Rome, the leading jazz school in Italy, has brought him to develop an approach which allows classically trained violinists and string players to jump into the fascinating world of improvisation and jazz.

A native of Termoli, Italy, Ciarla began playing violin and piano at the age of eight. By twelve he was studying at the conservatory and already exploring jazz and improvisation. He received the Diploma di Violino in 1993 and then studied at the Fiesole School of Music and the European Union Music School of Saluzzo. In 1996 he moved to the United States to pursue a master’s at the Indiana University and to study jazz with David Baker. Subsequently he completed a Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the University of Arizona where he has taught violin and improvisation for several years. He is the winner of several competitions in Italy and abroad, and in 1999 he and South African pianist Sean Schulze, with whom he formed Duo Medici, received an award from the New York-based Chamber Music America. Ciarla has recorded with several record labels (Egea, Alfamusic, Felmay, Camjazz, Incipit) working with classical, jazz, folk and even rock musicians such as Greg Cohen, Daniele Sepe, Joshua Bell, Edgar Mayer, Daniele Scannapieco, Danilo Rea and many more. Founder of Violipiano Arts, an art production house born in Hong Kong in 2001,

Vince Abbracciante was born in Ostuni (Italy) into a family of accordion players. He studied with his father and then with Richard Galliano, Franco D’Andrea and Roberto Gatto and it wasn’t long before he established himself in the Italian jazz arena. Known in the music arena for his refined touch, double bass player Nicola Di Camillo studied with Massimo Moriconi, Marco Siniscalco and Massimo Fedeli. He has performed in Hungary, Russia, Germany, Poland, Latvia, Czech Republic and Slovakia. He has recently been playing with the “Cuarteto del Angel” which will soon be recording a new CD to be released by Phoenix Classics. Francesco Savoretti is an extremely versatile percussionist. His continuous research on new sounds and musical ideas has brought him to work in theatre and film production and to perform in some of the best international festivals including the prestigious Tamburi Mundi – International Frame Drum Festival and the Festival Musicultura in Recanati (Italy).

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Luca Ciarla Vincent Abbracciante Nicola Di Camillo Francesco Savorette

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n 1997 in the backstreets of Brixton, Johannesburg, Ampie Omo, Chris Chameleon and Leon Retief conspired to make music that would go against most of the conventional wisdom of the time. Boo! was born and became not only one of South Africa’s favourite bands of all time, but also one of the country’s proudest musical exports to Europe and North America. In seven years Boo! acquired an enormous cult following worldwide by performing 800 gigs in 17 countries, including 14 states in the USA and countries such as Hungary and Croatia. Brandishing their self-styled genre of “monkipunk”, Boo! performed at various European and American festivals with the likes of the White Stripes, Limp Bizkit, Slipknot, Franz Ferdinand, Smashing Pumpkins, Cypress Hill, and Coldplay amongst others. The band also received a South African Music Award (SAMA) in 2002 for Best Pop Album. The band’s sound consisted of bass, drums, brass, keyboards and percussion, notably lacking guitar. The band described their music as “Monkipunk”, because it broke away from the usual combination of bass, drums and guitar, and substituted the guitar with brass and keyboard sounds. But this anarchy was not born out of anger, it was born out of a self-asserted freedom to express and expose different and conflicting human emotions. The message was one of rejoicing in the deep multiplicity of human nature. In spite of this unusual orchestration, Boo! hit the number one position on the 5FM Top 40 with Stagefright and a number two position with OOAA – testimony to frontman, bassist and resident drag queen, Chris Chameleon’s exceptional song writing abilities. In September 2004, Ampie Omo and Leon Retief announced their resignation from Boo! and performed their final show with the band on 14 December 2004. Leon Retief continued his career behind the scenes in South African music and Ampie Omo continued his career as a member of ska-outfit Fuzigish and was the invited guest trombonist for the Violent Femmes when they played in South Africa in 2005 and 2007. Chris Chameleon surprised his punk pundits and cohorts by becoming one of the best-selling and critically most acclaimed artists in the Afrikaans music landscape, notching up a total of 20 national awards in five years including two South African Music Awards and a Medal of Honour from the South African Academy of Science and Arts. 2010 saw Boo! emerge again with a change in wardrobe and drummers with Riaan van Rensburg picking up the sticks on drums. The band set up camp in Amsterdam to record a new album The Three of Us. On their return, a limited edition run of albums was

The national arts festival in association with monkipunk present

Boo!

Chris Chameleon Riaan van Rensburg Ampie Omo

Vocals, bass Drums Trumpet, trombone, keyboards, percussion

released for sale at gigs only. The album has since been completely remixed by Neal Snyman with audio approval of awardwinning producer Theo Crous (Parlotones, Prime Circle, etc.) and re-mastered by Jonathan Crossley. Boo! won Suckfree Radio’s “Greatest Unsigned Band in the World” competition in September 2010 just before signing to Seed, a division of Sheer Sound. The remixed and re-mastered The Three of Us album was released by Seed in South Africa in early October 2010. The album has already spawned a hit single The Three of Us, which climbed the charts across South African radio and the current single To Do Today is doing the same. 2011 is set to be the Year of the Boo!

(See the Contemporary Music section of the Fringe programme for details of solo performances by Chris Chameleon) Guy Butler Theatre, Monument Thursday 7 July

19:00

Duration:

1 hour 15 minutes (No interval)

Age Restriction:

None

Tickets: R75 (Full); R70 (Discounted) R60 (Student / Scholar)

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Eastern cape jazz promotions in association with the national arts festival present

Ladysmith Black Mambazo

outh Africaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top-selling musical group, Ladysmith Black Mambazo have released more than 65 albums since their 1970 recording debut. They have been nominated for Grammy awards a phenomenal thirteen times, winning three Grammys for Best Traditional World Album, and they have spent decades presenting their version of indigenous South African music around the world. Ladysmith Black Mambazo was formed in 1960 by Joseph Shabalala and combines isicathamiya with traditional Zulu dance. Their success offers a powerful message about the importance of honouring oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s culture. Their collaboration with Paul Simon on his Graceland album in 1985 launched them onto the global stage and they have collaborated with a fascinating mix of musicians since, including Dolly Parton, Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Miriam Makeba, Joe McBride and Thandiswa Mazwai. Joseph Shabalala, now a visiting Professor at the University of Natal, celebrates his 70th birthday and the 50th anniversary of his founding of Ladysmith Black Mambazo with a major international tour that includes performances at the National Arts Festival for the first time.

Featuring: Msizi Innocent Shabalala Russel Mdoda Mthembu Abednego Mphindela Mazibuko Bekizizwe Joseph Shabalala Mfanafuthi Dlamini

Albert Mdletshe Mazibuko Thulani Frederick Shabalala Sibongiseni Lucas Shabalala Thamsanqa Shabalala

Guy Butler Theatre, Monument Friday 8 July Saturday 9 July

19:00 15:00

Duration:

1 hour 10 minutes (No interval)

Age Restriction:

None

Tickets: R120 (Full)

R118 (Discounted

R110 (Student/Scholar)

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The Lectures of Professor Glaçon and Telegrams from the Nose featuring

François Sarhan

Photo: John Hodgkiss

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THE NATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL with support from the FRENCH INSTITUTE OF SOUTH AFRICA, the EMBASSY OF FRANCE SOUTH AFRICA and L’Institut Français presents a double bill

The Lectures of Professor Glaçon The Automatic Guitar And Other Fascinating Yet Forgotten Episodes Of Music History

Lecturer: François Sarhan With: Mathieu Metzger (saxophone), Gerrit Nulens (percussion) and a musician from crWth Original idea, text, music scores and images: François Sarhan Under the high patronage of: Professor Henry Jacques Glaçon

rench composer François Sarhan introduced Professor Henry Jacques Glaçon to the South African public in April 2009 at Arts on Main’s first public event in Johannesburg. With his hilarious lecture, the Professor had his audience in stitches and promised himself that he would come back. This year, François Sarhan will lead the way into the creative world of the eccentric Professor Henry Jacques Glaçon: a wacky and absurd universe filled with stories, videos, collages and musical works. Besides the conception of the Encyclopaedia, a collection of universal knowledge designed by François Sarhan and written by a team of experts directed by Henry Jacques Glaçon, several concerts, shows and installations came to light of which The Lectures of Professor Glaçon is one. These lectures are intended to bring knowledge to a wide audience, far from the closed clubs of educated societies and academic circles! It is high time for the world to know the truth about the famous and

mysterious Automatic Guitar, Paul-Emile Descatiaux and HoloMusic. In order to win this challenge, Professor Glaçon gives a series of lectures accompanied by musical and visual illustrations, which will shed light on his words. As such, the subjects of the Encyclopaedia will be explored without fear of confronting the highest peaks of complexity, depicting controversial personalities, or of taking out the last certainties from dumbfounded spectators. ABOUT crWth crWth was the name of a Welsh folk string instrument which had an awful sound. Actually its name was impossible to pronounce for non-Welsh speakers and it disappeared at the turn of the 20th century. Founded in 2000 by François Sarhan, the new crWth is a collective of European artists that present concerts, musical theatre and multimedia performances. crWth plays amplified instruments; performs by heart; mixes written and improvised music. This music project is also a performing group including artists in the field of dance and visual art. It stems from a strong will to refresh live contemporary music. François Sarhan writes and rewrites the music for the circumstances of specific projects: he changes, stretches, transforms and blends sounds in musical programmes with revivals from composers off the contemporary mainstream such as Frank Zappa and Robert Wyatt.

music 73 François Sarhan

William Kentridge

The work of William Kentridge meshes the personal and the political in an innovative use of charcoal drawing, animation, film and theatre. Since his participation in Dokumenta X in Kassel in 1997, solo shows of Kentridge’s work have been shown in museums and galleries around the world. 2009 saw a new large touring exhibition, beginning in San Francisco, travelling to museums in Texas, Florida, to MoMA in New York, before continuing to Jeu de Paume in Paris, the Albertina Museum in Vienna, with Jerusalem, Melbourne and Vancouver to follow. In the same year a major exhibition opened in Kyoto, travelling to Tokyo and Hiroshima. The shadow oratorio Confessions of Zeno was commissioned for Documenta XI in 2002. The installation 7 Fragments for Georges Méliès, Day for Night and Journey to the Moon was presented at the 2005 Venice Biennale. 2005 saw the première of a production of Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) at the Théâtre de La Monnaie in Brussels, with William Kentridge directing, touring to cities including New York, Naples, and most recently to La Scala in Milan. William Kentridge has received honorary doctorates from a number of universities and art institutions internationally. He received the Carnegie Medal 1999/2000; the Goslar Kaisserring in 2003; the Oskar Kokoschka Award (2008); and in 2010 received the Kyoto Prize for Lifetime Achievement in Arts and Philosophy.

Telegrams From The Nose By William Kentridge and François Sarhan

Great Hall Saturday 9 July Sunday 10 July

19:00 15:00

Duration

1 hour 45 minutes (Incl. interval)

Age Restriction

14 years +

Tickets: R48 (Full) R46 (Discounted) R32 (Students/Scholars)

Conductor: Alex Fokkens Piano: Jill Richards Violin: Waldo Alexander Cello: Maren du Plessis Guitar: Jonathan Crossley Video: Catherine Meyburgh and François Sarhan himself, of course, as performer as well as composer

omewhere between a musical, video and installation, this medium-format show is the fruit of a collaboration between South African artist William Kentridge and French composer François Sarhan created in 2008. It is a mixture of Russian futurism, poems by Daniil Harms and records of Stalinist trials. The graphical material comes from preparatory studies for the production of Le Nez, by Shostakovich, which Kentridge was preparing for the Metropolitan Opera (2010). The backdrop is a large canvas painted by Kentridge to resemble a collage of newspapers depicting the progress of science. The canvas serves as a screen for the projection of the video Telegrams from the Nose, a video consisting of a stylish combination of anamorphic human shadows, small black animated silhouettes in cut-out paper, geometrical shapes evoking Russian constructivism, letters in movement, and text. The composer starts the performance with exaggerated acting with his shadow on the video. The acoustic guitar and synthesiser are slightly amplified. The violin and cello are actually Stroh instruments, an ordinary violin and cello

whose sound is amplified and projected by a sort of gramophone horn. This shrill, artificial sound finds a response in the voice of the narrator, amplified by a handmade megaphone on the left of the screen. The musical score runs throughout the film. In phase with Kentridge’s images, the music of “Telegrams” scrolls through a series of hurried, scratched out and dislocated “Shostakovian vignettes”. It is a work of memory and allusion, without any direct quotations. As always with Sarhan, it is the text (the spoken voice) that carries him away: here the composer pursues his quest for a modern melodrama. An a-lyrical narration, like a voice sample imported direct from everyday life (or an archive or old film), is used as the guiding thread, attaching a rich harvest of instrumental events to itself like glue. “The show is based around the central character of Fyodor Bukharin, a close ally of Stalin who was tried and executed by firing squad on Stalin’s orders in 1938. The texts are the records of Bukharin’s trial, to which are added a few short pieces of a desperate absurdity by Daniil Harms, another Russian author who died under Stalin. Soviet Russia at the end of the 1920s saw an explosion of futurism and constructivism (Mayakovsky), but also the start of the trials that would end in the purges. It was a mix of the hopes of artists and intellectuals who wanted to take part in the Revolution but who were soon brought to heel by the regime.” François Sarhan

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Since 1995 when he created his first piece (for the French composer Pierre Boulez’ 70th birthday), François Sarhan has never stopped enriching and diversifying his art: music for orchestra, chamber music, opera, electronic music… Regular with creative residencies (Asernal de Metz-France, Royal School of Music-Manchester…), Sarhan doesn’t only compose music but also “stages” them through a theatrical structure he created and named crWth (Sarhan augments artistic collaborations with dance and theatre). His unique views on music are available in Introduction à l’histoire de la musique (Introduction to Music History), published in 2004 (Flammarion editions), and also in his Encyclopaedia (written by the Professor Glaçon, Sarhan’s imaginary alter ego). François Sarhan is difficult to classify: skilled classical cello player whose work also includes other mediums he constantly creates, with no boundaries, a strong sense of modernity and hints of the charm of “old-fashioned” chamber music. Sarhan is no stranger to a South African audience, having visited several times, returning in 2009 for a creative residency to prepare an experimental music tour which took place in May the same year. During the tour, he inaugurated Arts on Main with his The Lectures of Professor Glaçon. www.fsarhan.net

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FIDGET FEET AERIAL DANCE in association with the NATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL presents

A Fairies Tale “This is a wonderful performance and it is sure to capture the imagination of children and anyone who is still young at heart.” Helen Moore, Arts Development Manager, Blyth Valley Arts & Leisure

Fairies Tale is a promenade theatrical performance piece. Open your minds and your hearts and join in on this Fidget Feet adventure and find out who or what is hiding out in some of the best-known children’s stories of all time.

Created and devised by Director/choreographer Music and script written by

Fidget Feet Chantal McCormick Jym Daly

This isn’t a ‘once upon a time’ story, this is a happening right now story. When children’s imaginations are taken up with computer games and techno thingies, fairies have really got to wiggle their tails. Or is it tales?”

Makana Botanical Gardens Friday 1 July Saturday 2 July Sunday 3 July

12:00 12:00 12:00

This is a story about ‘Buglite’ the only fairy left who hasn’t become a character in a computer game. Will Ninja Big Boot succeed in capturing her?

Duration:

1 hour 20 minutes (No interval)

Age Restriction:

None

This very special production set in the idyllic Makana Botanical Gardens is suitable for families and children of all ages. This show depends on the walk and the audience follows the characters through the garden dancing, running and walking.

Tickets: Free

Wear comfortable clothing and good walking shoes.

A Fairies Tale was commissioned by North Tyneside Council, Customs House South Sheilds, Creative Partnership in South Tyneside, Blyth Council, Alnwick Gardens and Red Car Cleveland UK, and managed by Sandra Chapman. It is presented at the National Arts Festival with support from Culture Ireland.

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The JOHANNESBURG ARTS ALIVE INTERNATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL in association with the NATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL presents

Tomorrow’s Joy The Bottle Top Mosaic

his spectacular eco-conscious artwork is made up of over 90 000 discarded plastic bottle tops. The work took 10 weeks to produce. At its peak there were 8 community centres, 140 children, 30 disabled adults, 31 crafters and the Such Initiative management team actively cleaning and weaving the bottle tops into a cohesive artwork. The artwork depicts an image of children running in an open green space; representations of celebration, hope, simplicity and joy. Plastic bottle tops and a few other plastic lids are woven together with fishing gut by following a colour by number embroidery pattern of 92 400 pixels. The collaboration is unique in the way that it amalgamates art, community and ecoconsciousness resulting in a memorable artwork, which the public can enjoy. This is a dynamic testimony to the success which Commissioned by the Johannesburg Arts Alive International Festival, this 7m x 14m public artwork was conceptualised by Hannelie Coetzee and Usha Seejarim of Such Initiative. Exhibition Village Green Daily Viewing

09:00 to 18:00

The National Arts Festival expresses its appreciation to Brenda Devar Management for securing the artwork for the National Arts Festival.

participatory public art is able to achieve. Hannelie Coetzee is a Johannesburg-based visual artist and professional photographer. She combines land art, social documentary photography and collaborative art projects through Such Initiative. Photographing social development projects keeps her close to the pulse of the South African heartbeat. This inspires her to create her land art/sculpture but also to return to the communities to invest in them. Usha Seejarim is a practicing artist having had five solo exhibitions and participated in numerous group shows nationally and internationally including Paris, Minneapolis, Tokyo, Havanna and Belguim. She was nominated for the prestigious MercedesBenz Award for Public Art in 2008 and a finalist in the Sasol Wax Commission in 2007.

Her light-art installation ‘The Why Men’ for the Sandton Central Arts Programme in 2007/08 won the client a Business DayBusiness and Arts South Africa Award for the Best Use of New Commissioned Art. In 2008, she completed ten sculptures illustrating the Freedom Charter for the Walter Sisulu Square in Kliptown. She has also produced commissioned public artwork installations for MTN, Eskom and the South African Embassy in Ethiopia. In 2002 Seejarim was nominated for South Africa’s 2002 FNB Vita Art Prize, and in 2001 she was the joint winner of the inaugural MTN New Contemporaries exhibition. Hannelie Coetzee and Usha Seejarim have come together to create Such Initiative, whose mission is to change people’s perceptions through eco-conscious public art. www.suchinitiative.org

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PROYECTO 34°S in association with the NATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL and MNet present

Machitún M

achitún…. an outdoor spectacle for the whole family with flying bouncing acrobats, ethereal dance, dream-like live electronic music, the beat of many drums and the soaring harmonies of feminine voices set against a dramatic backdrop of shadow and light, rain and fire. With direction by Argentine Javier Drucaroff, creator of the shows Doble Banda and Ritual, choreography and performance by selected Cirque du Soleil acrobat Pablo Descoubes, musical direction and score by the renowned contemporary progressive electronic composer and performer Ernesto Romeo, and talent drawn from among South African artists, Machitún will close the 2011 National Arts Festival in truly spectacular fashion and with more than a few surprises! Machitún tells the story of the beautiful Ngenechén, who, happy in her world of warm light, laughter and growth, swings gloriously through the air, with kisses from the wind and the blessings of the ancestor-gods. The jealous Wekufe, from the cold stark darkness on the other side of the moon, wants her for himself and, when he captures her, forces her into alien ways and customs that she cannot understand and that nearly destroy her spirit. The ancestor-gods are not pleased and they call on the audience to help Ngenechén to call on her powerful inner strength and to also find the beauty and good in Wekufe if they are ever to live in peace. Machitún has been created for the National Arts Festival by Proyecto 34°S, with a team of professional artists from Argentina and South Africa working with the Oddbody Theatre Collaborative, Sakhuluntu Cultural Group, Art Factory and the Makana Arts Festival Forum. The production is presented with support from the Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship and the Argentine Embassy in South Africa. Special thanks to Ambassador Carlos Sersale di Cerisano.

Producer Director Musical Director & live electronic music performer Choreographer, Acrobat/Aerialist

Nikki Froneman Javier Drucaroff Ernesto Romeo Pablo Descoubes

Victoria School Grounds Saturday 9 July Sunday 10 July Duration:

19:00 19:00 55 minutes

Age Restriction:

None

Tickets: Free

Proyecto 34°S is an independent organization that produces festivals and events with a focus on contemporary performing arts and active artistic exchange and contact between the diverse peoples and cultures of Africa and Latin America. www.proyecto34s.com

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Director:

Richard Antrobus Assistant Director:

Tristan Jacobs

ODDBODY THEATRE COLLABORATIVE in association with the NATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL presents

Tshini Kwedini “It’s Ma Kana Show, Ek Sê!” Created in collaboration with

Monday 4 July Tuesday 5 July Wednesday 6 July Thursday 7 July Friday 8 July

13:00 13:00 13:00 13:00 13:00

Duration:

45 minutes

Age Restriction:

None

music, stilts, juggling, acrobatics, and other circus tricks, this family event has something in it for everyone.

Tickets:

Free

Tshini Kwedini! is a local development initiative of the National Arts Festival and OddBody Theatre. It draws its performers from various Grahamstown (iRhini) drama, dance and cultural groups. Rather than competing for the stage, the Phezulu Project, Via Kasi, Sakhuluntu, Bionic Breakers and other local artists and groups team up in a uniquely ‘Makana’ collaborative ensemble to entertain Festinos and show off local talent in this tall tale of truth.

This OddBody Theatre and Makana CircusArts Development Initiative is supported by the National Arts Festival and the Rhodes University Drama Department.

Phezulu Project Via Kasi (Township Movers) Bionic Breakers Sakhuluntu Cultural Group Masidlale Productions and also featuring a number of guest performers and musicians

oosely adapted from the Antoine De Saint Exupéry’s The Little Prince, Tshini Kwedini! takes the audience on a journey of a local herds boy who, tired of living in his tiny village and wanting to make a difference in the world, sets out on an adventure to faraway places in search of his destiny. The young boy’s whirlwind quest leads him through strange, exciting and mystical lands of giants, fire, rhythm, infestation and other oddities and curious folk that range from the sublime to the weird to the ridiculous, before reaching his final destination and finding his true purpose. With song, dance, clowning,

Drostdy Arch

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The NATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL presents

Move your mind Celebrate the arts in the spirit of a street parade. If you have a modicum of enthusiasm and a keen sense of frivolity then join the throng of giant puppets, stilt-walkers, street acrobats and youth theatre companies to parade down the streets of Grahamstown.

he annual End of Festival Street Parade is a creative, fun and entertaining event for the artists, audiences and citizens of Grahamstown to celebrate yet another milestone in the 37 year history of the National Arts Festival. Enjoy the spectacle of an enthusiastic family of giant puppets who grew out of a community development initiative and have now become household names at most South African arts events. Stand tall alongside the Phezulu Stilt walkers. Dance to the rhythm of the drumbeats of the Sakhaluntu dancers and drummers. March along with the flag waving Upstart Youth Club. Paint your face and merge in with the children from the Art Factory. Somersault or cartwheel down the streets with the physically trained and acrobatic artists from the Oddbody Collective. Sing along with the artists from the Remix Laboratory. Beginning with the sounds of an African drum and ending with a theatrical surprise, Move Your Mind is an open-themed street

parade where visitors to Grahamstown and the community-based artists of Grahamstown cavort as costumed revellers down the street in a truly magnificent way to celebrate the powerful impetus that the National Arts Festival has on the development and growth of the city’s economy. In this year’s parade, the community-based groups of Grahamstown will pay tribute to all those artists who come to this city to touch our hearts with their talents; to the sponsors who recognise how the arts grows communities; and to the festival visitors who give Grahamstown its unique festival city status. You too can join in the fun! This year’s street parade will be a riot of colour and sound. Dress up in a costume, wear a fancy hat, put on some make-up – anything from frivolous to dramatic to ghoulish – and join the throng of artists as they affirm how the arts can not only touch your heart but also Move Your Mind!

Photo: CUEPIX/Sian Cohen

Street Parade Saturday 9 July 10:00 Meet at Nombulelo Hall and end at Miki Yili Stadium Sunday 10 July 15:00 Meet at Drostdy Arch and end at Victoria School Ground Duration: Tickets: Free

1 hour 30 minutes

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The NATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL, in association with PPC Cement, presents

Getting Concrete About Art P

The project is a build-up to the prestigious annual PPC Cement Young Concrete Sculpture Awards. This is South Africa’s only national sculpture competition in this unique medium.

Mellon Focus Area Research Centre, 17a Somerset Street Rhodes University Daily

PPC Cement won the 2005 Business Day/ BASA Long term Development of the Arts Award for its sponsorship of the annual PPC Cement Young Concrete Sculptor Awards competition. Cement, and ultimately concrete, is

an affordable and viable medium with which one can create quality works of art. Emerging artists at the Festival will work alongside a professional artist and / or a previous winner of the competition to create an artwork that will be endowed to the city of Grahamstown. The artists will be working at the Mellon Focus Area Research Centre at Rhodes University. Student and professional artists of the Mellon Focus Area research team will also display some of their own artwork. During the National Arts Festival the Centre will be open to the public to participate in small, relaxed conversations about art with various artists and art enthusiasts while watching emerging artists create a new and unique concrete artwork for the city of Grahamstown.

14:00 to 17:00

The NATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL, in association with THE SOUTH AFRICAN POST OFFICE, presents

African Rhythms

Special Sundowner Concert S

outh Africa is home to many African cultures, ethnic groups and tribes. History and culture is passed on from one generation to the next through music, song, dance and other forms of oral traditions. African music is about expressing life in all its forms.

In association with the South African Post Office, the National Arts Festival will present a Special Sundowner Concert to celebrate the rhythms, beats and multitudinous sounds that come from Indigenous African musical instruments.

Photo: Suzy Bernstein

Audiences can expect an exciting cacophony of sounds from rattles, bells, stamping tubes, the mbira and the xylophone. Wind instruments made of bamboo, millet, reed or the tips of animal horns might even surprisingly be accompanied by the vuvuzela. Stringed instruments such as the musical bow will also resonate amongst the other instruments. Added to this excitement will be the natural body percussion such as handclapping and foot stamping that comes so naturally in the orchestration of African indigenous orchestras.

This special Sundowner Concert will coincide with the launch of a special series of postage stamps by the South African Post Office to share South Africa’s rich indigenous culture and heritage. The National Arts Festival is proud to be associated with the South African Post Office in celebrating our nation’s rich cultural legacy. Monument Fountain Foyer Sunday 3 July

17:00

Tickets:

Free

SPORT, RECREATION, ARTS & CULTURE

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PC Cement, in conjunction with the Association of Arts Pretoria, will give gives emerging artists at the National Arts Festival the opportunity to express their talents through the challenging but rewarding medium of concrete.

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Film Festival Grahamstown 2011

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Festival Guest: Richard Stanley

South africa’s itinerant cult filmmaker in a long black coat comes home with a whole lot of arcane wisdom.

Programme Curator: Programme Co-ordinator: Head Projectionist/Technical Advisor:

Trevor Steele Taylor Nicole Schafer Janadien Cupido

Oliver Schreiner Hall, Monument Tickets: R20 Screening dates, times, durations and age restrictions appear in the summary for each film. Abbrevations: A = all ages; PG = parental guidance N = nudity; S = sex; V = violence; L = language

ichard Stanley was born in Fish Hoek in 1966. His mother, Penny Miller was an eminent anthropologist and painter and her book, Myths and Legends of Southern Africa (TV Bulpin - 1979) which included remarkable paintings, is a prized collector’s item. Richard attended the Cape Town Film School where he had legendary disagreements with his supervisors over the cutting of his graduation film Rites of Passage. This experience of interference from producers bothered him for the rest of his career. He went to London where he made rock videos for the groups Fields of the Nephilim, Marillion and Public Image Ltd before shooting his first film Hardware in sets built in London’s Roundhouse. The film was a box-office success which gave him the kudos to get funding for his remarkable Dust Devil shot in Namibia on the brink of independence. His next feature film was the ill-fated The Island of Dr Moreau, a big budget film, plagued by bad weather and producer interference. Despite having the support of the film’s star, Marlon Brando, Richard was replaced by Hollywood veteran John Frankenheimer. In a story as strange as some of his plots, Richard returned to the set as an extra in an animal mask and nobody noticed he was there. A long-term interest of Richard’s has been the search for the Holy Grail and the Cathar genocide which took place in the Languedoc. He now lives in Montsegur, at the foot of the holy mountain on which stands the Cathar fortress of Montsegur itself. He has just published a book called The Shadow of the Grail – Magic and Mystery at Montsegur (see http://itunes.apple.com/us/book/ shadow-grail-enhanced-version/id414450252?mt=11).

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Richard Stanley Feature Films

“Nothing in my imagination could ever come close to the pure terror of the waking world.” Richard Stanley

All films in this series will be introduced by Richard Stanley

Hardware (UK 1990)

Double Bill: Voice of the Moon & The White Darkness

Director: Richard Stanley Cast: Dylan McDermott, Stacey Travis, John Lynch, Iggy Pop

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Richard Stanley Documentaries

“Since film school I have been running into skirmishes with the types who decide what movies should be like.” Richard Stanley

In a radioactive wasteland, a mysterious zone tripper discovers the remains of a cyborg Mark 13; a highly advanced killing machine. He sells it to Mo, a scrap merchant and wanderer of the wasteland, who presents the find to his seductive girlfriend Jill. Suddenly things go wild when Mark 13 begins to reconstruct himself, utilising household appliances, and goes on a bloody rampage. Trapped in her apartment with Mark 13, Jill is hard-pressed to keep the pile of rabid junk away from her – especially when it appears to be indestructible. Music by Iggy Pop, Motorhead and Public Image Ltd. Friday 1 July Monday 4 July Duration: Age Restriction:

20:00 22:00 90 minutes 15 years + (SNLV)

Dust Devil (UK/South Africa/Namibia 1992)

Director: Richard Stanley Cast: Robert Burke, Chelsea Field, Marianne Sagebracht, Zakes Mokae, John Matshikiza, William Hootkins In the vast Namib wastes a stranger in a long black coat hitches lifts along the endless road. Soon the wasteland is littered with corpses and the last policeman (Zakes Mokae) in the small town of Bethany is faced with a mystery which threatens his mortal soul. A young woman on the run from a broken marriage in Johannesburg picks up the hitchhiker and becomes part of a dance of death with a Soultaker. The policeman, assisted by his former superior (William Hootkins), an Afrikaner now leaving the police force, and an ex-drive-in projectionist and sangoma (John Matshikiza) struggle to come to terms with a threat that is beyond human. Saturday 2 July Tuesday 5 July Duration: Age restriction:

20:00 20:00 105 minutes 15 years + (SNLV)

Voice of the Moon (UK 1990) Director: Richard Stanley

Recorded in Afghanistan in the late 80’s, with some Mujaheddin rebels (and also the late war journalist Carlos Mavroleon, who worked as producer), the film follows peoples’ daily attempts to survive in a country being torn to pieces by the Russian invasion. During the shooting, Richard also encountered the Taliban. Originally made for UNICEF, the sound design is a mixture of Sufi poem and the incandescent music of Simon Boswell. The White Darkness (UK 2001) Director: Richard Stanley Richard was commissioned by the BBC to film a Haitian segment for their documentary series Last of the Medicine Men, focusing on Voodoo practices. Wandering around the countryside and recording their observations, the crew witnessed at first hand that Voodoo, usually coined as re-animating the dead, is mostly about interacting with and being possessed by other world spirits, a tradition which has lived through the occupation and missionary eras and has just recently been acknowledged as a certified religion amongst others. Sunday 3 July Duration: Age Restriction:

20:00 82 minutes A

The Secret Glory (UK 2001)

Aka: The Secret Glory of SS Obersturmfuhrer Otto Rahn Director: Richard Stanley Combining rare archival footage, old letters and photographs to tell the story of Otto Rahn (1904 – 1939), who worked in the occult division of the Nazi hierarchy. Rahn was convinced that he knew where to find the Holy Grail and, after being nominated as an SS officer, he finally had the resources to pursue his quest. What he discovered remains as mysterious as his untimely demise in 1939. “Stanley manages to conjure up the vision of a grand quest, which began in the 13th century and hasn’t lost its alluring power” Oldenburg Film Festival website. Saturday 2 July Tuesday 5 July Duration: Age Restriction:

14:30 12:30 100 minutes A

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Richard Stanley As An Actor

“Nothing is true. Everything is permitted. Never, never surrender.” Richard Stanley

“At the end of the day, I really just did it all for kicks. Why else would anyone bother?” Richard Stanley

Four short films will be screened as one event, which will be introduced by Richard Stanley. To book tickets for this event, ask for the Richard Stanley Short Film Series

That Deadwood Feeling (UK 2009)

Sunday 3 July Total duration: Age Restriction:

Director: Richard Stanley Cast: Maggie Moor, Richard Stanley

When three friends meet in a restaurant and dream up a movie, they believe they can become big players in the game of life. Fate steps in when a reclusive stranger (Stanley) presents them with a script which is his life story. They see dollar signs but when they try to make alterations and the stranger gets upset he ends up getting killed. What to do now? AND then the corpse keeps coming back. A very black look at the opportunism of the film industry. The film will be introduced by Richard Stanley

With something of a nod to the films of Nicolas Roeg – Performance and Don’t Look Now – this is the first werewolf movie not to use special effects during the transition from human to werewolf.

Saturday 2 July Duration: Age Restriction:

Black Tulips (UK 2004)

22:00 99 minutes 13 years + (LV)

Children of the Kingdom (UK/Germany 2002) Director: Richard Stanley

Created as part of the series initiated by the Oldenburg Film Festival called Europe – 99euro Films. Filmmakers were given 99euros to make a short film; Richard made his in the London underworld.

Richard Stanley Live

The Sea of Perdition (UK 2006) Director: Richard Stanley Cast: Maggie Moor

A female cosmonaut investigating Mars goes into a cave and discovers a pool out of which comes a naked girl who looks like her. The girl kisses the cosmonaut’s helmet, sucking out her life essence and absorbing her dreams and memories, bringing strange hallucinations.

The Mother of Toads (USA/France 2011)

The Shadow of the Grail - Magic and Mystery of Montsegur

A young American anthropology student and his girlfriend encounter a genuine old world witch while holidaying in the South of France. Their rational, essentially secular 21st century worldview leaves them utterly unprepared for dealing with the reality of the supernatural evil that enthrals and seduces them with bizarre, terrifying and ultimately tragic consequences. The film was designed as homage to the EC and Warren horror comics of the past and forms the opening segment of the upcoming anthology film Theatre Bizarre that will showcase the work of outsider directors – Karim Hussein, Doug Buck, Buddy Giovanazzo and Tom Savini.

Sunday 3 July Venue: Duration: Age Restriction:

Director: Richard Stanley Cast: Catriona McColl

Richard will speak about his years of research and his newly published book.

10:00 Seminar Room, Eden Grove 1 hour A

The Secret Glory of Moviemaking

Richard will speak about his career in conversation with Trevor Steele Taylor. They will be joined by other South African filmmakers. Monday 4 July Venue: Duration: Age Restriction:

10:00 Seminar Room, Eden Grove 1 hour A

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22:00 56 minutes 13 years + (NV)

Director: Simon Ubsdell Cast: Richard Stanley, Dexter Fletcher, David Soul, Angus Dayton

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On the Creative Power of Women

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 February this year.

Janine (USA 2010)

Courtesy of the Labia Theatre Director: Peter Cohen Cast: Janine Jansen, Julian Rahlin, Maxim Rysanov

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Double Bill Woman As a Flower (France 1975)

Le Femme Fleur Director: Jan Lenica Narration: Andre Pierre de Mandiargues A meditation on, and celebration of, the beauty of women by France’s celebrated novelist (Andre Pierre de Mandiargues) and Poland’s great animator (Jan Lenica).

AND Right Out of History: The Making of Judy Chicago’s Dinner Party (USA 1980) Director: Johanna Demetrakas

The creation of an important art work – a feminist art work certainly, but a work of such dignity and beauty, that it takes the breath away. The focus of the art work is the vulva and, artist Judy Chicago and her team of 400 helpers were committed to re-inhabiting their genitals in a society where ‘down there’ was not a subject for polite conversation. The Dinner Party, as the art installation is named, is a triangular table with 39 place settings, each of these for a woman important historically, artistically or spiritually. Each place setting has an intricately designed plate, sculptured to emulate the woman’s essence in the shape of her vulva. Over a period of five years the dinner table is meticulously laid. Monday 4 July Total Duration: Age Restriction:

15:00 86 minutes PG

Plaster Caster (USA 2001)

Director: Jessica Villines Cast: Cyntha Plaster Caster, Camille Paglia, Pamela des Barres Like Judy Chicago, Cynthia Plaster Caster is an artist who venerated the genitals – in her case those belonging to rock stars. In her gallery of famous erections – which she calls her ‘babies’ – she numbers both Jimi Hendrix and Frank Zappa. In real life, she is a sweet, slightly scatty woman, who never made any real money out of her art form but instead has laboured away as a typist since the halcyon days of groupiedom. The film follows Cynthia as she prepares for her first ever exhibition at a gallery in New York. Feminist philosopher Camille Paglia is on hand to analyse Cynthia’s ebullient spontaneity within a context of neo-pagan feminist theory. Tuesday 5 July Duration: Age Restriction:

15:00 90 minutes 15 years + (N)

A spectacularly beautiful documentary in which violist Janine Jansen is followed around for a year. We see the recording of a new CD of Bach, the making of a magazine called Janine which only ran to one edition, concert fragments, travels to Dubrovnik and time spent with her then boyfriend Julian Rachlin. It all shows what a virtuoso musician she is, but it also leads to a breakdown and she does not perform again for a long time. No information is provided about her private life. The question of a new lover is not answered. The film is primarily concerned about her creative relationship to her music. Sunday 3 July Duration: Age Restriction:

12:30 89 Minutes A

I Am Curious Yellow (Sweden 1967) Jag ar nyfiken – en film I gult

Director: Vilgot Sjoman Cast: Lena Nyman, Borje Ahlstedt, Vilgot Sjoman The esteemed Swedish actress Lena Nyman passed away on 4 February 2011 at the age of 66. In 1967 she burst onto the international consciousness when she appeared, naked and unashamed in this groundbreaking movie by Vilgot Sjoman. Seized by US customs and subsequently the subject of a heated court debate, the film became the highest grossing foreign film to play in the USA for 25 years. This success was echoed in the UK. Strange – for a film that is essentially a very serious critique of conservative political attitudes – the sex seems to have shocked the status quo to the very foundations of its shaky morality. Lena Nyman pursued a prestigious career in Sweden. She will be sadly missed. Friday 8 July Duration: Age Restriction:

13:00 121 minutes 15 years + (SN)

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Director: Jacques Rivette Cast: Maria Schneider, Joe Dellasandro, Danielle Gegauff, John Surman

Maya Deren: The High Priestess of American cinema

Short Film Quartet Meshes of the Afternoon (USA 1943) Director: Maya Deren Cast: Maya Deren, Alexander Hammid

A very rare film starring Maria Schneider, who sprang to fame for her role in Bertolucci’s Last Tango in Paris. This brave actress lived thereafter under the prurient surveillance of a press more interested in notoriety than in the extraordinary significance of both her role and her position as a role model for uninhibited young women of the seventies. In 2010 she was made a Chevalier, Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Minister of Culture and Communication, Frederic Mitterand, who was her fellow actor in Merry Go Round. She passed away at the age of 58 on February 3rd 2011. Probably the most difficult of Rivette’s films to track down, this screening – for any serious film buff – is a must. A French girl, Leo (Schneider) and an American (Dellasandro) are led through a labyrinthine mystery by Leo’s sister Elizabeth. The great jazz musicians John Surman and Barre Phillips appear now and again to provide musical codas to the action. Friday 8 July Duration: Age Restriction:

10:00 160 minutes PG

Edna The Inebriate Woman (UK 1971)

Director: Ted Kotcheff Cast: Patricia Hayes, Barbara Jefford, Geraldine Sherman This film was made for the BBC and written by Jeremy Sandford, a writer of great social concern whose Cathy Come Home (directed by Ken Loach) raised questions regarding homelessness in the house of commons. Sandford was also a great agitator for the rights of the travelling people and here, with Edna, his concern with itinerant lifestyles is in full, angry flight. Edna, wonderfully played by Patricia Hayes has a drinking problem and she is also homeless. The film follows her from retreat to retreat, a chattel in the hands of bureaucracy. Her cry of rage against the system – I am the vagrant – falls on ears deafened by subservience to rules and regulations. As with all the best of Sandford’s work, the dividing line between documentary and fiction is blurred. Although acted, the films are shot in real locations using very few actors. Their reality and their appeal for the attention of the audience is urgent and designed to create dialogue. Wednesday 6 July Duration: Age Restriction:

12:00 90 minutes PG

At Land (USA 1944)

Director: Maya Deren Cast: Maya Deren, John Cage, Alexander Hammid

Ritual In Transfigured Time (USA 1946)

Director: Maya Deren Cast: Maya Deren, Anais Nin, Rita Christiani A ritual of dance, dislocation and fantasy.

The Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti (Usa 1958) Director: Maya Deren

An extraordinary examination of the Voudoun of Haiti, in which Maya Deren perfectly transformed herself from surrealist to anthropologist and then studied to become a Voudoun Priestess. Wednesday 6 July 22:00 Total Duration: 96 minutes Age Restriction: A To reserve tickets, please ask for the series title, Maya Deren: The High Priestess of American Cinema

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selection of ten new films to amaze even those who believe that “they don’t make movies anymore”.

Black Swan (USA 2010)

Courtesy of Nu-Metro Director: Darren Aronofsky Cast: Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, Vincent Cassel The fifth film from the ever intelligent Darren Aronofsky is a sensuous psychological thriller set in the world of the New York City Ballet: it plays like a shape-shifting amalgam of Rosemary’s Baby and The Red Shoes. Natalie Portman plays Nina, a driven but troubled young woman who lusts after the lead role in Swan Lake. The French artistic director of a new production decides to replace the prima ballerina, looking for someone who can combine the innocence of the White Swan with the deception and eroticism of the Black Swan. Nina is his first choice, but to succeed in the role she has to shed her inhibitions

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A solitary flower on a long driveway, a key falling, a door unlocked, a knife in a loaf of bread, a phone falling off the hook – discordant images a woman sees when she comes home.

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Courtesy of Crystal Brook Director: Spencer Susser Cast: Natalie Portman, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Devin Brochu Hesher / Rebel is the deeply moving story of a 13-year-old boy T.J who, having lost his mother in a car accident, is now living with his depressed father and gentle grandmother. He is trying to deal with the violent bullying by a school retard called Moron when he meets Hesher, not an angel in shining white, but a complex twenty-year-old itinerant with one ball missing and tattoos from head to foot. Hesher both assists T.J and belittles him by his own violent character. He also moves uninvited into the family house and strikes up a cordial relationship with Grandma. Then there is the sad checkout girl from the local supermarket – beautifully played by Natalie Portman – who becomes an important figure both for T.J and Hesher. Prepare to be shocked but also prepare to be moved. and reveal her darker, wilder side. To do this she has to convince him that she is a better choice than her rival Lily, who oozes sexuality through every pore of her tutu. As with his Mickey Rourke epiphany The Wrestler, Aronofsky is at home with obsession which shimmers through the veil of sanity and normality. Friday 1 July Sunday 10 July Duration: Age Restriction:

10:00 10:00 105 Minutes 15 Years + (SN)

The Concert (France/Italy/Romania/Belgium/Russia 2009) Le Concert Courtesy of Video Vision Director: Radu Mihaileanu Cast: Aleksey Guskov, Melanie Laurent, Dmitri Nazarov

Thirty years ago the renowned conductor of the Bolshoi orchestra was fired for hiring Jewish musicians. Now a mere cleaning man at the Bolshoi, he intercepts an official invitation from the prestigious Theatre du Chatelet that is meant for the orchestra. He decides to gather together his former musicians, now ageing alcoholics, and perform in Paris in place of the current Bolshoi, completing the Tchaikovsky concerto that was interrupted three decades earlier. Beautifully constructed The Concert is a wickedly absurd satire and a poignant commentary on life under Soviet rule. Sunday 3 July Wednesday 6 July Duration: Age Restriction:

17:30 17:30 119 Minutes PG

Ghost Dance (France 2010)

Directors: Dionysos Andronis and CA CA CA The avant-garde filmmaking duo of Dionysos Andronis (who was a Festival guest in 2007) and CA CA CA have already contributed two fine profiles to the Festival programme – By Any Old Light (on the meeting of Peter Whitehead and Aryan Kaganof) and The Pandrogeny Manifesto (Genesis P Orridge). Here they profile artist and Satanist Stephen Leyba, a complex individual if ever there was one and a philosopher of somewhat confusing and confused rhetoric. Thursday 7 July 22:00 Duration: 55 Minutes Age Restriction: 15 years + (VL) (Ghost Dance will be screened in a double bill with Metropolis. See South African films for the summary of Metropolis)

Tuesday 5 July Saturday 9 July Duration: Age Restriction:

22:00 14:30 100 Minutes 15 years + (NLVS)

The Insatiable Moon (New Zealand 2010)

Courtesy of the Producer Director: Rosemary Riddell Cast: Rawiri Paratene, Ian Mune, Sara Wiseman The story of psychiatric patients in a boarding house that doesn’t fit in a suburb in Auckland with pretensions, may not sound promising but this film really draws one in. The characters are revealed as very real people by an excellent script and stunning performances from all the leads – stand-outs being Rawiri Paratene (from Whale Rider) as the messianic Arthur, and Ian Mune as Norm, the crusty boarding house owner. To say it is moving, witty and funny doesn’t do it justice. That it took eight years to produce, and after funding was withdrawn was produced on a very low budget may in hindsight have helped. One senses that it is the work of people who believed in it passionately, and put their hearts and genius into it. It shows. Monday 4 July Saturday 9 July Duration: Age Restriction:

20:00 20:00 100 minutes PG

The White Ribbon (Germany/Austria/France/Italy 2009) Das Weisse Band Courtesy of Video Vision Director: Michael Haneke Cast: Christian Friedel, Leonie Benesch, Ulrich Tukur

This latest film from the modern master of ennui, Michael Haneke details the strange and disturbing events which take place in a small parish village in the north of Germany during the years just before World War 1. As a handful of good people are suffocated by the encroaching forces of evil, The White Ribbon takes us through a chasm of anxiety and mystery. Both another disturbing account of human behaviour from Haneke and a depiction of the emergence of fascism, national socialism and ultimately nazism, this is possibly the director’s finest work. Thursday 30 June Sunday 10 July Duration: Age Restriction:

10:00 12:30 145 minutes 15 years + (V)

film 89 Wild Grass (France/Italy 2009) Les Herbes Folles

Courtesy of Video Vision Director: Alain Resnais Cast: Andre Dussollier, Sabine Azema, Emmanuelle Devos

Thursday 30 June Thursday 7 July Duration: Age Restriction:

20:00 14:30 104 minutes PG

Thursday 30 June Saturday 9 July Duration: Age Restriction:

22:00 12:30 95 minutes PG

Zeitgeist: Moving Forward (USA 2011)

Director: Peter Joseph Cast: Adrian Bowyer, Colin Campbell, Max Keiser The groundbreaking two previous Zeitgeist films have gone a long way to awakening viewers from apathy. Ground down by lies, politicians, banks and the establishments of church, state and the military, the world is endangered by compliance. Zeitgeist 3 presents a case for a needed transition out of the current socioeconomic monetary paradigm. Dealing with such taken-for-granted items as ownership and planned obsolescence, the interest in viewers to take part in the larger debate is borne out by the fact that the first Zeitgeist reached a million views on YouTube in a year. With the new Zeitgeist it has taken 5 days. Sunday 3 July Monday 4 July Duration: Age Restriction:

14:30 17:00 129 minutes A

Winter’s Bone (USA 2009)

Director: Debra Granik Cast: Jennifer Lawrence, John Hawkes, Garret Dillahunt 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 up for his bail bond and then disappeared. If Ree fails to find him, her family will be evicted and homeless. Using the Ozark Mountains as a back-drop, director Debra Granik provides a portrait of a woman, who is forced through her own unconditional love, to sacrifice her future on the altar of family. Monday 4 July Sunday 10 July Duration: Age Restriction:

10:00 18:15 100 minutes 15 years + (LV)

A Woman, a Gun & a Noodle Shop (China 2009) San Qiang pai an Jing Qi Courtesy of Video Vision Director: Zhang Yimou Cast: Dahong Ni, Ni Yan, Xiao Shen-Yang

In this arch remake of the Coen Brothers’ Blood Simple by the Chinese master of romance and action (Raise the Red Lantern, House of Flying Daggers) Zhang Yimou, the original film’s dark, dead-pan humour becomes a Chinese thriller/ farce and the Texan bar is replaced by a solitary noodle joint in the Chinese desert, run by Wang and his wife. For the past few months, the wife has been canoodling with the cook and when the local sheriff tells Wang about her infidelity, he hires him to assassinate the two lovers.

A Cross Cultural Equation COCO & IGOR (France/Japan/Switzerland 2010)

Courtesy of Video Vision Director: Jan Kounen Cast: Anna Mouglalis, Mads Mikkelsen, Elena Morozova

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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 the 1996 novel L’Incident by Christian Gailley, the film tells the story of how a stolen wallet leads to an unlikely love affair. With dazzling cinematography and superb performances, Resnais connects the destinies of several complex adults into an intriguing web of emotions and personal digressions. Although Wild Grass is more light-hearted than most of the director’s earlier films, Resnais talents are as formidable as ever.

The global collision of some of contemporary cinema’s most revered talents is a high-energy delight.

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Strange subject matter for the Dutch-born French filmmaker Jan Kounen whose shamanic western Blueberry is spoken of in hushed tones and compared to Jodorowsky’s El Topo. In this examination of the affair between Coco Chanel and Russian composer Igor Stravinsky, Kounen takes a clear decision to avoid grand melodrama. The film begins with the famous performance of The Rite of Spring in Paris 1913 when the audience went ballistic and the gendarmes had to be called to stem the riot. Chanel attended the performance and remained obsessed by Stravinsky from then on, but it was only seven years later when he is impoverished and in exile with a consumptive wife, four children and a menagerie of birds that she, immensely fêted in the fashion world, takes in the entire family, birds included. Thursday 30 June Thursday 7 July Duration: Age Restriction:

12:30 20:00 119 minutes 15 years + (SN)

Eyes Wide Open (Israel/France/Germany 2009) Einaym Pkuhot Courtesy of Video Vision Director: Haim Tabakman Cast: Ran Dankar, Zohar Strauss, Tinkerbel

An extremely controversial Israeli film on a homosexual relationship in an Orthodox Jewish household, the film was screened in Un Certain Regard at the Cannes Film Festival. Aaron, a respected butcher and a family man in an ultra-Orthodox Jewish neighbourhood in Jerusalem, leads a conservative life of community devotion and spiritual dedication. Aaron’s life undergoes a series of emotional changes following the arrival of a young apprentice to his shop. Consumed with lust, the handsome Yeshiva student irreversibly transforms the intricate beliefs in the once-devoted butcher’s life – leading Aaron to question his relationship with his wife, children, community and God. Thursday 30 June Sunday 10 July Duration: Age Restriction:

15:00 15:00 90 minutes 13 years + (S)

Four Lions (UK 2010)

Courtesy of Video Vision Director: Christopher Morris Cast: Will Adamsdale, Raz Ahmed, Adeel Akhtar This entertaining, and controversial, satire tells the story of four would-be jihadists who live in Sheffield and who collectively decide to become suicide bombers. Omaj and Waj attend a terrorist training camp in Pakistan while Barry and Faisal take a different approach and attempt to train crows as bombers. The film culminates in the four ideologically confused men trying to blow themselves up at the London Marathon. With great acting and superb writing, the film pulls off the difficult balancing act of constructing a comedy about terrorism without undermining the serious nature of its subject matter. Saturday 2 July Friday 8 July Duration: Age Restriction:

10:00 20:00 101 minutes 15 years + (LV)

Of Gods and Men (France 2010) Des Hommes et des Dieux

Courtesy of Video Vision Director: Xavier Beauvois Cast: Lambert Wilson, Michael Lonsdale A sombre, humane and provocative drama that is based on a true incident in a Cistercian monastery in North Africa in the 1990s, where eight French monks live in cordial harmony with the local population. The monastery’s abbot, Brother Christian, is as much versed in the Koran as he is in the Bible, giving him a special insight into, and respect for, the nation he has chosen to work in. But the country is increasingly in the grip of fundamentalist violence, and the brothers must decide whether to stay or leave. A compassionate plea for understanding between cultures, the film muses on the meaning of religious vocation in a violent world, and tackles its subject with authoritative, non-sensationalist forcefulness. Superbly photographed, the film is directed with mature mastery. Friday 1 July Wednesday 6 July Duration: Age Restriction:

14:30 20:00 120 minutes PG

Quick Gun Murugun (India 2009)

Courtesy of Video Vision Director: Shashanka Ghosh Cast: Gaurav Kapoor, Anu Menon, Sandhya Mridul A western spoof with attitude! Featuring outlandish songs, outrageous melodrama and crazy action sequences including a classic duel in a traffic jam! QGM is a South Indian Karmic cowboy whose duty is to protect cows. When faced with a world-conquering arch-villain restaurant owner who wants to create the ultimate McDosa chain using beef, QGM enters into an epic battle as the champion of vegetarianism, that spans time and space, from a small South Indian village to a highly coloured Indian heaven and finally to a cosmopolitan Mumbai. Absolutely ridiculous and hilarious, this is the most irreverent comedy possible delivered in a design of saturated colours. Sight gags are galore too, and with every re-watch there is something new to laugh at from the dreaded signage in the corner to the wonderfully healthy doses of Inglish. Saturday 2 July Saturday 9 July Duration: Age restriction:

12:30 10:00 97 minutes A

That Swedish Hacker

tig Larsson’s phenomenally successful Millennium Trilogy (10 million sales worldwide) seems remarkable. Larsson, who sadly passed away in 2004, was an expert on the rise of the new right wing in Sweden and his criticisms led to countless death threats. His books, far above being average thrillers, are deep-rooted social and political critiques, fuelled by a hatred of fascist ideologies. At the age of 15 he witnessed a rape and was helpless to stop it. The event haunted him for the rest of his life. The girl who was raped was called Lisbeth.

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Sweden/Denmark/Germany/ Norway 2009) Man som hatar kvinnor Courtesy of Nu-Metro Director: Niels Arden Oplev Cast: Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace, Sven-Bertil Taub

When Harriet Vanger disappeared from a family gathering 40 years ago, her body was never found. Her uncle remains convinced that

film 91 it is murder and that the killer is a member of his own dysfunctional family. He employs disgraced financial journalist Mikael Blomkvist and the tattooed computer hacker Lisbeth Salander to investigate. When the pair link Harriet’s disappearance to a number of grotesque murders they begin to unravel a dark and appalling family history. The film achieves a shadowy, sinister tone in its unflinching exploration of brutality. Noomi Rapace is a magnificent Lisbeth Salander, deeply-wounded by life and carrying an illustrated body and an incredible capacity for hacking into the dark secrets of others. 17:00 22:00 152 minutes 15 years + (NLSV)

The Girl Who Played with Fire (Sweden/Denmark/Germany/ Norway 2009) Flickan som lekte med elden Courtesy of Nu Metro Director: Daniel Alfredson Cast: Noomi Rapace, Michael Nyqvist, Lena Andre

The final film in the Millennium Trilogy. We learn more about Lisbeth, hidden organisations and how everything is linked. Lisbeth is recovering in a hospital from head wounds and is awaiting trial for three murders when she is released. Blomkvist must prove her innocence and Lisbeth must be willing to share the details of her sordid experiences with the court. Saturday 2 July Sunday 10 July Duration: Age Restriction:

17:00 20:00 147 minutes 15 years + (SNVL)

South Africa A pick of new South African cinema The Bull on the Roof (South Africa/Austria 2010)

Le Boeuf sur le Toit Director: Jyoti Mistry Cast: William Kentridge, David Goldblatt, Mandla Langa, Suketu Mehta Another stylistically audacious work from Wits academic, Jyoti Mistry, sailing across disparate narratives and international locations – Johannesburg, Helsinki, Vienna and New York. The result is a kaleidoscopic snapshot of urban spaces and sexual variations – walking through cities, taking ferries, riding trains, going on a picnic and fornicating within and without, but always informed by place – site specific. The geographic disorientation is heightened by voiceovers in multiple languages but held together by the similarity of the small details of peoples’ lives, whatever country they may be in. Wednesday 6 July Duration: Age Restriction:

14:00 85 minutes 15 years + (SN)

Jakhalsdans (South Africa 2009)

Courtesy of Indigenous Film Distribution Director: Darrell James Roodt Cast: Theuns Jordaan, Elizma Theron, Christina Storm, Neil Sandilands

Here our favourite hacker, Lisbeth, comes back to journalist Blomjvist with a meticulously researched thesis about sex trafficking in Sweden and those in high office who abuse underage girls. Blomkvist throws himself into the investigation. Riveting and seething with the same anger as the first film with revelations into Lisbeth’s past which bear witness to the injuries sustained to her sensitivity that she hides behind her cold exterior. Friday 1 July Saturday 9 July Duration: Age Restriction:

17:00 22:00 129 minutes 15 years + (SVLN)

Written by phenomenally (and internationally) popular Afrikaans thriller author Deon Meyer, this heart-warming film is set in the small Karoo town of Loxton. A young mother arrives there for peace and quiet, and is shocked to discover that the local school will shortly be closing unless they can raise a million Rand. She decides to hold a music concert to raise the money and sets about recruiting artists to help. However her reclusive neighbour turns out to have a few surprises … which may or may not help her greatly. Friday 1 July Sunday 3 July Duration: Age Restriction:

12:30 10:00 90 minutes A

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The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest (Sweden/Denmark/ Germany/Norway 2009) Luftslotten som sprangdes Courtesy of Nu Metro Director: Daniel Alfredson Cast: Noomi Rapace, Michael Nyqvist, Lena Endre

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Life, Above All (South Africa/Germany 2010)

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Courtesy of Nu-Metro Director: Oliver Schmitz Cast: Khomotso Manyaka, Lerato Mvelase, Harriet Manamela Oliver Schmitz (South African director of Mapantsula and Highjack Stories) has been living in Germany for some time, carving a very prolific niche there. With Life, Above All he returns to South Africa with a touching and heart-wrenching story of the relationship between a mother and daughter. Based on Allan Stratton’s bestselling novel Chanda’s Secret, this is a drama about a bright, hardworking young girl (Manyaka) who fights the fear and prejudice that is poisoning her community. With a great performance from Manyaka and perfectly controlled direction from Schmitz, the film received a 20-minute standing ovation at its première at the Cannes Film Festival. Tuesday 5 July Thursday 7 July Duration: Age Restriction:

10:00 18:15 108 minutes PG13

Metropolis (South Africa 2011) Director: West

A reconstruction of the classic film Metropolis that will be screened as a double bill with Ghost Dance – see description under the 10 Amazing section. Thursday 7 July Duration: Age Restriction:

22:00 18 minutes PG

Mud In The Fridge (South Africa 2010) Director: Anton Kotze

The latest psychedelic safari into the stranger areas of the African experience by Anton Kotze. Using remarkable footage, shot in 1996 of South Africa’s seminal avant garde music group The Mud Ensemble, which featured actor Marcel van Heerden and singer Juliana Venter, Kotze’s film provides a wonderful and intimate look at a brief moment of Johannesburg’s late night scene. He has used a wonderful amalgam of material, incorporating poems by William Blake, Sylvia Plath and Wopsko Jensma, and around fashioned a unique and mystical tribute to those way-out experimentalists in a time of turmoil and change. Friday 8 July Duration: Age Restriction:

15:15 85 Minutes A

Palace of Bone (South Africa 2010)

Director: Claire Angelique Cast: Ingrid Bethiah Diener, Christopher Hurst, Joe Guy, Skyf Umlungu 2010 Standard Bank Young Artist Award-winner for Film, Claire Angelique, returns with her independently produced Palace of Bone. To quote Claire: In 2008 I met Faith and her group of friends who lived and hung around in downtown Durban. She seemed like a lot of fun. She was ….so were her friends. Lush was in a band. Katapilla was a dealer. Kat’s half brother and Faith’s boyfriend Deon played a bit of guitar and smoked a lot of wanga. Tito drank beer and argued politics with Jackie the Chan. The less said about him the better; and me, well I just filmed it all including the murders…. Faith goes on a murder spree, killing off all of her friends, who are essentially her abusers. The invisible camera person, Po, impassively films the events on her cell phone. This film is

a euphemism for the back streets, backrooms and backdoors of the City of Durban. By the end of Faith’s journey, there are six corpses in Durban harbour. The film will be introduced by Claire Angelique. Friday 1 July Monday 4 July Duration: Age Restriction:

22:00 12:30 90 minutes 15 years + (SNLV)

Paradise Stop (South Africa 2010)

Courtesy of Indigenous Film Distribution Director: Jann Turner Cast: Rapulana Seiphemo, Kenneth Nkosi, Vusi Kunene, Nick Boraine Following on from the box office smash hit White Wedding, Jann Turner returns with Paradise Stop. Near the freeway outside a sleepy town is Ben Khumalo’s Truck Stop complete with bar, restaurant and ladies of the night. Ben’s friend, Potso is a good cop in a rotten system. This is the tale of two big men in a small town – the best of friends but working on opposite sides of the law. A madcap comedy of errors, the film has a captivating humour and is an acute but loving look into the vibrant ups and downs of life in South Africa. Tuesday 5 July Thursday 7 July Duration: Age Restriction:

17:30 10:00 90 minutes PG

Sons of the Sand – The Strini Moodley Interview (South Africa 2010) Director: Savo Tufegdzic

“As long as I am regarded as a non-white, then I can never be a full human being in the context of my everyday existence”. Soon after he made this statement, Strini Moodley, co-founder of the Black Consciousness Movement was banned and arrested. Tried under Section 6 of the notorious Terrorism Act he was sent to Robben Island in 1976. This film is built around Moodley’s last known filmed interview and intercut with recollections of his family friends and comrades. It is a riveting testament to a hero who fought for liberation and a democratic country. Thursday 7 July Duration: Age Restriction:

12:15 88 minutes A

Spud (South Africa 2010)

Courtesy of Nu Metro Director: Donovan Marsh Cast: Troye Sivan, John Cleese, Tanit Phoenix, Jason Cope 1990 – and two major events are about to happen – the release of Nelson Mandela and, more importantly, Spud Milton’s first year at an elite boys only private boarding school. John Milton is a boy from an ordinary background who wins an exclusive scholarship to a private school in Kwazulu-Natal. Surrounded by boys with nicknames like Gecko, Rambo, Rain Man and Mad Dog, Spud has his hands full trying to adapt to his new home. Along the way Spud takes his first tentative steps along the road to manhood. John Cleese plays the headmaster. Based on the bestselling novel by John van de Ruit. Wednesday 6 July Friday 8 July Duration: Age Restriction:

10:00 18:15 96 minutes PG

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Festival Director Production Sound Engineer NYJF Teaching co-ordinator

Alan Webster Donné Dowlman Les van der Veen Brian Thusi

Thursday 30 June Excess Luggage & Buddy Wells and Mark Fransman

17.00 DSG Hall Tickets: R70 (Full) R68 (Discounted) R65 (Student/Scholar) Excess Luggage

We open this year’s Festival with a suitably powerful collaboration between an unorthodox Norwegian trio and two of South Africa’s jazz stars. Excess Luggage showcases the uncommon line-up of Hammond B3 organ, piano and drums and combines the groovy feel of an organ trio with the harmonic and melodic style of the piano trio. On piano is Vigleik Storaas, one of the most important piano players in Norway who has received two Norwegian Grammys for his releases with his own trio. Steinar Nickelsen on organ, now based in China, was voted ‘Young Norwegian Jazz Musician of the Year’ in 2002 and has toured extensively with musicians like Pat Metheny. Drummer Håkon Mjåset Johansen is one of Europe’s most exciting young musical talents with a string of awards to his name and has played with the likes of Chick Corea and Michael Brecker. He is no stranger to Grahamstown, having played here three times. Joining them, fresh from a new collaborative recording, is the powerhouse Cape Town sax duo of Buddy Wells and Mark Fransman.

The Clearing

19.30 DSG Hall Tickets: R100 (Full) R98 (Discounted) R95 (Student/Scholar) The Clearing Mark Fransman

Grahamstown 2011 (Incorporating the Standard Bank National Youth Jazz Festival)

Guitarist David Ledbetter made his first mark on the Jazz Festival in Grahamstown nearly two decades ago as leader of the very funky young group of UCT Jazz School graduates The Truly Fully Hey Shoo Wow Band, who stole the show here with their vibey compositions and hip stage presence. The band members – including the horn

jazz 95 section of Marcus Wyatt, Buddy Wells and Graham Beyer – have gone on to become central members of South Africa’s jazz industry while Ledbetter has toured overseas extensively while maintaining a local professional presence as a guitarist, pianist and singer in all styles of music. His latest project, The Clearing – which he styles Folk Jazz, moving seamlessly between jazz, African, country, funk, groove and world music – brings together some of the strongest players on the Cape Town scene in Buddy Wells (sax), Lee Thomson (trumpet), Andrew Lilley (piano), Shane Cooper (bass) and Kesivan Naidoo (drums) and is already a band with a substantial following.

institution in the world and is ideally placed to introduce audiences to “this thing called Jazz”. Today’s gig is aimed specifically at children – or anyone who shares a child’s fascination with how things work – and is an introduction to the basics of jazz. Assisting her are four well-qualified academics: Mark Ginsburg (sax) from Sydney, Brian Thusi (trumpet) from Durban, Professor Marc Duby (bass) and Lloyd Martin, drum lecturer at NMMU.

Wonderbrazz

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Deborah Tanguy Sings

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Deborah Tanguy

Vocalist Deborah Tanguy, based in Paris, is a leading young jazz and improvising music artist in contemporary France. She is an accomplished and award-winning performer in a variety of musical styles, including mainstream and contemporary jazz, funk, big band and popular music and has performed extensively in Europe and South Africa. She has regularly collaborated over the past decade with saxophonist Shannon Mowday, 2007 Standard Bank Young Artist for Jazz now studying in Norway, and tonight they rekindle their musical relationship. Supporting them is the phenomenal rhythm section of multiple award-winning French pianist Carine Bonnefoy (piano), Swiss maestro Bänz Oester (bass) and South Africa’s master jazz drummer, Kevin Gibson. Wonderbrazz

Jazz Jam

23.30 DSG Auditorium Tickets: R30 (Full) R28 (Discounted)

R25 (Student/Scholar)

The nightly NYJF jam session includes professionals from the Main Jazz Stage in spontaneous collaboration, musicians attending the NYJF or locals eager to play.

Jazz Package – Thursday 30 June – DSG Hall For all Jazz shows at DSG Hall on 30 June

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School/Youth Bands I

Friday 1 July

19.00 DSG Auditorium Tickets: R40 (Full) R38 (Discounted)

Children’s Intro to Jazz

12.00 DSG Auditorium Tickets: R70 (Full) R68 (Discounted)

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 all over Europe and their original compositions were a hit at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. Their speciality is giving people a good time, so bring some extra cash to the gig – we guarantee you will want to buy their CDs afterwards! Wonderbrazz features Stig Naur (sax), Peter Kehl (trumpet), Ola Akermann (trombone), Henrik Kjelin (Hammond B3 organ) Martin Seidelin (drums) and Esben Duus (drums).

R65 (Student/Scholar)

American jazz pianist and vocalist Carolyn Wilkins has been active in the Boston music scene for over 20 years as a performer, educator and composer. She has released four critically acclaimed CD’s of her original compositions and is an experienced educator. She is currently a Professor of ensemble at Berklee College, the leading jazz

R35 (Student/Scholar)

Top young jazz players from around the country flock to Grahamstown each year to try their luck for the national bands, and attend the Festival sometime as established ensembles. First up tonight is the St. John’s College jazz band from Johannesburg, making their first appearance in Grahamstown. Making their sixth appearance is the acclaimed Cape Flats youth development band founded by Ezra Ngcukana and George Werner – Little Giants – and concluding the programme is a taste of the vocal and Big Band repertoire of Stellenbosch University.

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Standard Bank Young Artist 2011 – Bokani Dyer

19.30 DSG Hall Tickets: R100 (Full) R98 (Discounted) R95 (Student/Scholar)

by two equally creative musicians – from Cape Town Mark Fransman (sax, piano) and from Paris Deborah Tanguy (vocals).

The Ploctones

22.00 DSG Hall Tickets: R70 (Full) R68 (Discounted) R65 (Student/Scholar)

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The Ploctones

Bokani Dyer

Pianist Bokani Dyer, Standard Bank Young Artist for Jazz 2011, is a very impressive young musician, technically skilled beyond his years and artistically creative in a wide array of jazz genres. He grew up in Botswana, went to school in Johannesburg, studied jazz formally at UCT and has played with diverse musicians and bands, from the Afro-Jazz of Jimmy Dludlu to Mozambican Moreira Chonguica’s eclectic world music to a host of mainstream and modern jazz groups. Despite his age, he has rapidly moved from being a sideman to being a composer and leader of his own group, producing jazz that covers the spectrum from groove to post-bop. He pays obvious respect to the African jazz greats he is following, but is clearly also on a new path. Tonight he harnesses the vibrant talents of his youthful contemporaries – Angelo Syster (guitar) Shane Cooper (bass), Ayanda Sikade (drums) – and adds the watchful eye of experience in Buddy Wells (sax) and Marcus Wyatt (trumpet).

Spontaneous Swiss Acrobatics

21.00 DSG Auditorium Tickets: R70 (Full) R68 (Discounted)

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The Ploctones is the vehicle for Anton Goudsmit, a highly innovative Dutch guitarist whose playing spans all conceivable guitar styles and whose infectious stage presence will stay with you long after the gig. In the past year he won the Boy Elgar Prize (the most important jazz prize in Holland) as well as the prize for best Dutch pop guitarist, and The Ploctones represent everything that jazz is about. Goudsmit has harnessed the diverse talents of three equally independent musicians – Efraïm Trujillo (sax), Jeroen Vierdag (bass) and Kristijan Krajncan (drums) – and they express a feeling of liberation on stage as their music swings, howls, vibrates, bangs and whacks like nothing else. If you try to put a label on the Ploctones, they will deliberately break the barriers. All styles flow through their music – jazz, rock, blues, funk, latin, kaseko, punk, pop, R&B, country, bluegrass.

Jazz Jam

23.30 DSG Auditorium Tickets: R30 (Full) R28 (Discounted)

R25 (Student/Scholar)

The nightly NYJF jam session includes professionals from the Main Jazz Stage in spontaneous collaboration, musicians attending the NYJF or locals eager to play.

Jazz Package – Friday 1 July – DSG Hall For all jazz shows at DSG Hall on 1 July

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Andreas Schaerer and Bänz Oester

The singer, vocal acrobat and composer Andreas Schaerer is one of the busiest Swiss vocalists and he impresses not only with his expressive voicebut also employs a seemingly infinite variety of vocal sounds. He tours regularly with various groups and has worked with, amongst many others, Bobby McFerrin in a duo. Bänz Oester is an extremely perceptive and profound bassist whose boisterous style one can’t but love and he has worked with jazz greats such as Dewey Redman, Joe Lovano, Vienna Art Orchestra, Michael Brecker, Chris Potter and Erik Trufazz, to name a few. Schaerer and Oester tour as a duo, extracting a seemingly limitless range of jazz references and styles and their speciality is composition on the instant, with fascinating, refreshing results. Thus, fittingly, tonight they are joined

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Saturday 2 July Charlie Sayers Plays Standards

12.00 DSG Auditorium Tickets: R70 (Full) R68 (Discounted)

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For sixty years Johannesburg–based Charlie Sayers has been playing jazz trumpet and, listening to him with your eyes closed, you’d swear that Chet Baker had been reincarnated! His speciality is jazz standards and today’s rhythm section – Andrew Lilley (piano), Marc Duby (bass), Lloyd Martin (drums) – is the perfect foil to his lyrical improvisation and dulcet tone. Enjoy a lunch-time gig that celebrates the melody and dexterity that has made jazz standards the heart of this beautiful musical form.

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17.00 DSG Hall Tickets: R70 (Full) R68 (Discounted) R65 (Student/Scholar)

Soweto Kinch & Bokani Dyer

19.30 DSG Hall Tickets: R100 (Full) R98 (Discounted) R95 (Student/Scholar)

Tutu Puoane

Vocalist Tutu Puoane has a long history in Grahamstown: as a UCT Jazz student she was selected for the National Youth Big Band in 1999 that toured to New York, and she returned to the Festival in 2004 as the impressive winner of the Standard Bank Young Artist Award for Jazz. Her mesmerising voice has brought her acclaim and a widening international audience and she appears again in Grahamstown with her top-class Belgian quartet of Ewout Pierreux (piano), Nicolas Thys (bass) and Lieven Venken (drums). Joining the quartet are trumpeter Marcus Wyatt and Mozambican percussionist Tony Paco, with whom the group recently completed a successful European tour and recording as a sestet.

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Excess Luggage

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Vigleik Storaas (piano), Steinar Nickelsen (Hammond B3 organ) and Håkon Mjåset Johansen (drums) perform their original material as a trio. For more information on the band members, see Thursday 30 June, 17.00. Håkon Mjåset Johansen

British saxophonist and MC/rapper Soweto Kinch is one of the most exciting and versatile young musicians to hit the British music scene in recent years and he is one of only a few artists whose appeal traverses underground and mainstream audiences, and who is equally respected in Jazz and Hip Hop circles. He has garnered a slew of top awards in the British music industry including Best Saxophonist in the 2007 British Jazz Awards and amongst his mentors have been Courtney Pine and Wynton Marsalis, both of whom have showered praise on him. In collaboration with him tonight is a potent international array of musicians well-versed in conflating musical styles – Standard Bank Young Artist for Jazz 2011 Bokani Dyer (piano); Anton Goudsmit (guitar), winner of Dutch awards for Best Jazz Guitarist and Best Pop Guitarist; Dutch bassist Jeroen Vierdag; South Africa’s most energetic young drummer, Kesivan Naidoo; and the vocally-dexterous Andreas Schaerer from Switzerland.

21.00 DSG Auditorium Tickets: R70 (Full) R68 (Discounted)

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Repeat performance. See Friday 1 July 17.00.

Cape Guitar Summit

22.00 DSG Hall Tickets: R70 (Full) R68 (Discounted) R65 (Student/Scholar) David Ledbetter

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For the first time we hear two of Cape Town’s premier guitarists – Alvin Dyers and David Ledbetter – in concert together. Alvin Dyers makes a welcome return to Grahamstown after an absence of nearly a decade, bringing his fluid style and unmistakeable Cape influences; and David Ledbetter, also raised in Cape Town, offers his more cosmopolitan influences gleaned in two decades of international touring. Guitar lovers can’t miss this one! They are supported in their explorations by the rock-solid Cape Town rhythm section of Shaun Johannes (bass) and Kevin Gibson (drums).

Young Guns

23.30 DSG Auditorium Tickets: R70 (Full) R68 (Discounted)

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Chris Engel

Sunday 3 July Quattro Fusion

12.00 DSG Auditorium Tickets: R70 (Full) R68 (Discounted)

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Standard Bank Young Artist for Jazz 2010, vocalist Melanie Scholtz, teams up with violinist Samson Diamond, Standard Bank Young Artist for Music 2010, in an exploration of light classical and jazz repertoire. Both musicians have excelled in their formal Classical educations and both are equally comfortable in a jazz setting, with Samson active in Buskaid and Melanie one of the leading jazz singers in the country. They are joined by the rhythmically sensitive duo of Melvin Peters (piano) Hein van de Geyn (bass) and Godfrey Mgcina (percussion). Quattro Fusion undertook a tour to Ghana, Nigeria and Kenya late last year, courtesy of Alliance Française and Standard Bank, and there was a very enthusiastic response in each of those countries.

Carine Bonnefoy

17.00 DSG Hall Tickets: R70 (Full) R68 (Discounted) R65 (Student/Scholar)

We finish a packed Saturday of jazz with four young musicians who represent the future of South African jazz. All are – in jazz-speak – “seriously burning”! Chris Engel (sax) first attended the Standard Bank National Youth Jazz Festival as a 15-year-old schoolboy a decade ago, and was selected five times for National Jazz Bands at school and youth level. He has studied at UCT and is now completing his Masters in Jazz in Oslo, Norway. Afrika Mkhize (piano) needs little introduction, performing regularly in both jazz and hip-hop genres with most of the country’s leading musicians. Shane Cooper (bass) played for the National Schools Band nearly a decade ago and is now a highly sought-after bassist, and Ayanda Sikade (drums), twice a member of the National Youth Band and winner of the SAMRO overseas scholarship, is notching up serious performance credentials.

Jazz Package – Saturday 2 July – DSG Hall For all jazz shows at DSG Hall on 2 July

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Carine Bonnefoy

Acclaimed Parisian pianist Carine Bonnefoy makes her first South African appearance with a stellar collection of musicians. While Bonnefoy’s ancestry lies in Tahiti, she embraces a range of musical trends and has worked with African, European and Caribbean musicians. It is for her composition and arrangement that she is best known and her stunning recordings with the Dutch Metropole Orchestra under Vince Mendoza and the German WDR Big Band have received significant critical attention. Norwegian trombonist Helge Sunde is an equally successful composer who has composed predominantly with Scandinavian Big Bands and worked eclectically as a professional trombonist, and their first opportunity to work together should produce an evening of beauty. Joining them are Marcus Wyatt (trumpet), Norwegian Steinar Nickelsen (Hammond B3 organ) and young Slovenian drummer Kristijan Krajncan, who is making a big impact on the Dutch jazz scene.

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19.00 DSG Auditorium Tickets: R40 (Full) R38 (Discounted)

Soweto Kinch & Tumi R35 (Student/Scholar)

Tumi Molekane

Gavin Minter with Big Band and Sestet

19.30 DSG Hall Tickets: R100 (Full) R98 (Discounted) R95 (Student/Scholar) Prominent hip hop MC Tumi Molekane (without The Volume this time) pairs up with Britain’s most cutting-edge MC and saxophonist Soweto Kinch for a collaboration spanning the frontiers of jazz and street music. They have worked together in Birmingham in the UK, and tonight we put them in front of a killer line-up of serious South African jazz players – Bokani Dyer (piano), David Ledbetter (guitar), Shane Cooper (bass) and Kesivan Naidoo (drums) – for a unique performance. Kinch’s performances feature the latest technology and his five South African counterparts have proven themselves equally adept as leaders in musical innovation.

The World Sounds of Jazz

23.30 DSG Auditorium Tickets: R70 (Full) R68 (Discounted) Gavin Minter

R65 (Student/Scholar) Per Thornberg

Gavin Minter has been performing professionally for nearly three decades and his warm voice has graced the nation’s airwaves regularly during that time, singing all types of music. His first big break came with the pop band Wired to the Floor that worked with Mark-Alex in the 1990s and he has performed with the likes of Eric Clapton, Joan Armatrading and Jonathan Butler. He has worked – as performer or producer – with many of the leading jazz players in the country and has toured and recorded as special guest with the Stockholm Jazz Orchestra. Tonight he sings the beautiful arrangements written specifically for him by Swedish arranger Goran Strandberg, beginning his show with an intimate sestet of Buddy Wells (sax), Shannon Mowday (sax), Fredrik Norén (trumpet), Andrew Lilley (piano), Shaun Johannes (bass) and Kevin Gibson (drums). The second half of the gig expands into a Big Band with the addition of a powerful combination of top South African and Scandinavian brass players.

Afrika’s Europeans

21.00 DSG Auditorium Tickets: R70 (Full) R68 (Discounted)

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Afrika Mkhize (piano) is one of the hip new generation of South African Jazz musicians, combining clear South African roots with excellent technique and the world’s music influences. He was pianist and musical director for Miriam Makeba and has played with many South African musicians of her stature, as well as branching out into the production of recordings by musicians such as Themba Mkhize, Kabelo from TKZ and Nokukhanya Dlamini. Tonight he shares the stage with some heavyweight European jazz musos – Geir Lysne (sax), is regarded as one of Norway’s foremost composers; Swiss bassist Bänz Oester has recorded with leading European and American musicians; and Norwegian drummer Håkon Mjåset Johansen’s international pedigree is impeccable.

Efraïm Trujillo (sax) is based in Amsterdam and has specialised in the vibrant rhythms of the Caribbean, touring as diversely as Cuba, Tunisia, Jamaica and Senegal. Per Thornberg (sax) comes from Halmstad, Sweden, and when he performed in Grahamstown in 2008 he captivated the audience with his melodic improvisation, rooted in the songs of northern Scandinavia. Norwegian Vigleik Storaas (piano) has toured to Estonia, China, Indonesia, India and Israel, aside from most of Europe, and has sublime technique and a means of pulling together diverse styles. To this is added the local rhythm section of Marc Duby (bass) and Lloyd Martin (drums) for a gig that reflects the diversity of musicians on show at this year’s Festival, and the way in which Jazz has drawn from the sounds of the world’s music.

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The UCT Vocal Group, led by vocal lecturer and pianist Amanda Tiffin, harnesses the excellent young voices of the next generation of singers studying jazz at university. Sharing the bill is Útvarp, featuring Karl Nyberg (sax), Karl-Magnus Andersson (piano), Josefin Runsteen (drums/vocals) and Samuel von BahrJemth (bass). This Swedish youth band won the Swedish Jazz Federation “Young Jazz Comets” competition in late 2010 and they all attend Skurup Folkhögskola, one of the leading precursors to conservatory level in Sweden. The band plays its own music with intensity and creativity and is Swedish youth jazz at its best.

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Standard Bank National Schools’ Big Band – Fredrik Norén

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Monday 4 July Mark Ginsburg Quintet

12.00 DSG Auditorium Tickets: R70 (Full) R68 (Discounted)

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17.00 DSG Hall Tickets: R40 (Full) R38 (Discounted) R35 (Student/Scholar) The Standard Bank National Schools’ Big Band will show you the strides being made in the jazz education programmes in high schools around South Africa. The band brings together the best young school players in the country under the guidance of Fredrik Norén, who is the conductor and lead trumpet of the Stockholm Jazz Orchestra. He is one of Europe’s leading jazz musicians and a jazz consultant for the Swedish Jazz Federation, but is also a conductor of a very successful high school Big Band and has extensive experience with young players. The irrepressible big band sound is the most popular genre in jazz and a wonderful vehicle for educating young players.

International Youth Jazz Band

19.00 DSG Auditorium Tickets: R40 (Full) R38 (Discounted)

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Hein van de Geyn

Mark Ginsburg emerged as a saxophonist of note in Cape Town in the 1970s in his collaborations with Merton Barrow, Nol Klinkhamer and Mike Campbell amongst others. Since migrating to Australia in 1982, Mark has performed and collaborated extensively and the influences that drive his musical explorations range from singing in a synagogue choir as a young boy, listening to the singing of the hazzan (Jewish cantor), hearing strains of Cannonball Adderley and John Coltrane, as well as the contemporary jazz emanating from the highly creative music scene in Australia. His music is thus a representation of his Jewish heritage, ancient folk songs and the influences of current jazz trends. Joining Mark Ginsburg are David Ledbetter (guitar/piano), Shane Cooper (bass), Kevin Gibson (drums) and Ronan Skillen (percussion). Standard Bank National Youth Jazz Festival Each year the Standard Bank National Youth Jazz Festival sets the stage for a national search for the finest young jazz talent in the country. Hopefuls between 13 and 26 years get the chance to play their hearts out for a prestigious place in one of two national bands – one at school level, and one representing the best players under the age of 26. See these newly-selected bands comprising the country’s top young jazz players performing together for the first time at 17.00 and 22.00. Tonight we dedicate an entire evening to our country’s young jazz musicians, with five performances featuring the cream of our jazz future.

We try something new this year, extending our youth ensemble programme into the global arena and offering a small international youth jazz band drawn from different parts of the world, including students from South Africa, Europe and Israel. The band is co-ordinated and conducted by master Dutch bassist Hein van de Geyn, now resident in Cape Town after a period as artistic manager of the Rotterdam Jazz Academy. He established himself as one of the most sought-after bass players in Europe and was awarded numerous prizes, including the prestigious Prins Bernhard Fonds Music Prize for his role in the development of European Jazz as well as for his stimulating role as mentor and producer of many young musicians in Holland and abroad. His “Comprehensive Bass Method” is rapidly becoming the standard teaching work for the double bass worldwide.

North Sea Big Band

19.30 DSG Hall Tickets: R100 (Full) R98 (Discounted) R95 (Student/Scholar) For decades there has been musical interaction between South Africa and Norway and trumpeter Arne Hiorth’s North Sea Big Band – an innovative combination of professionals and students from both countries, drawing on compositions and arrangements from the respective music traditions – is a fine example. The band has performed in Oslo – notably in October 2009 at the invitation of Ambassador Sisulu at the soccer match between Bafana Bafana and Norway at Ullevål Soccer Stadium – and Cape Town and performed

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Youth Jazz Choir + Vocal soloists

21.00 DSG Auditorium Tickets: R40 (Full) R38 (Discounted)

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The Standard Bank National Youth Jazz Band is this year led by one of South Africa’s leading jazz musicians and educators – McCoy Mrubata – who will put a small elite combo of the nation’s very best young players under the age of 26 through their paces. Mrubata has had a significant career in the music industry as a performer and composer locally and internationally and has been involved in youth development projects in Gauteng with the intention of keeping South African jazz vibrant. After Grahamstown, the Standard Bank National Youth Jazz Band performs in leading jazz festivals around the country and has performed at the North Sea Jazz Festival in The Netherlands and twice in Sweden. We are proud of the fact that a number of past members of this band are featured on the Main Jazz Stage of the National Arts Festival this year, having made the step up from being talented students to seasoned performers in a demanding industry. Grab a glimpse of the future of South Africa’s jazz.

Final Jazz Jam

23.30 DSG Auditorium Tickets: R30 (Full) R28 (Discounted)

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The nightly NYJF jam session concludes the Standard Bank National Youth Jazz Festival 2011.

Jazz Package – Monday 4 July – DSG Hall For all jazz shows at DSG Hall on 4 July South Africa’s musical strength lies in our voices – our nation is blessed with a wealth of vocal talent. Unfortunately, much of it lies undiscovered or unpolished. The Standard Bank National Youth Jazz Festival offers young singers the opportunity to meet their peers and to work with some of the best professional vocalists around, and we first feature a selection of the top young vocalists attending the NYJF and then showcase a festival jazz choir, under the guidance of vocal teacher and performer Amanda Tiffin. Most of these young singers are well-versed in performance and receive vocal tuition at home; for some this will be a first-time, life-changing experience. Come and see what gems are to be unearthed tonight.

Standard Bank National Youth Jazz Band – McCoy Mrubata

22.00 DSG Hall Tickets: R40 (Full) R38 (Discounted) R35 (Student/Scholar)

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Tuesday 5 July Quattro Fusion

17.00 DSG Hall Tickets: R70 (Full) R68 (Discounted) R65 (Student/Scholar) Repeat performance. See Sunday 3 July 12.00.

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Tutu Puoane Quartet

19.30 DSG Hall Tickets: R100 (Full) R98 (Discounted) R95 (Student/Scholar) The Standard Bank Young Artist for Jazz 2004 – vocalist Tutu Puoane – now based in Belgium, performs with her Belgian rhythm section, featuring her husband Ewout Pierreux (piano), Nicolas Thys (bass) and Lieven Venken (drums). For more information, see Saturday 2 July 17.00.

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in Grahamstown for the past two years, though each time with different personnel. A standard Big Band format is used, drawing on a core of top professional musicians with 8 of the best students from Scandinavia and South Africa added. This is a Big Band with power and beauty, as well as the intensity of youth. Professionals from South Africa are Shannon Mowday (sax), Chris Engel (sax), Melvin Peters (piano), James Bassingthwaighte (trombone) and Shaun Johannes (bass); from Norway Frank Brodahl (trumpet), Arne Hiorth (trumpet), Geir Lysne (sax) and Helge Sunde (trombone).

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17.00 DSG Hall Tickets: R70 (Full) R68 (Discounted) R65 (Student/Scholar)

his fifth CD, Lapeng Laka, which again captures the musical depth of his Pedi heritage in the Limpopo province in a mesmerizing Afro-Jazz setting. In the past decade he has shared the stage with Jonathan Butler, Bob James, Kirk Whalum, Richard Bona, Ronny Jordan, Cesaria Evora and Ismael Lo, and has literally toured the world, proving that humble beginnings won’t stop real talent. Performing with him tonight are Darlington Okofu (keys), Amaeshi Ikechi Okwarachukwu (bass) and Sipho Malinga (drums).

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Brian Thusi

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The piano trio is the quintessential vehicle for expression in jazz and pianist Bokani Dyer, Standard Bank Young Artist for Jazz 2011, is a master in this format. The simplicity of the ensemble allows him the space to show his consummate technique and breadth of musical ideas. His rhythm section tonight is world-class, with Dutch bassist Hein van de Geyn, who has toured and recorded extensively with Dee Dee Bridgewater, Chet Baker, Lee Konitz and Toots Tielemans amongst hundreds of others, and has performed on most of the world’s great jazz stages and festivals; and on drums Kesivan Naidoo, renowned for his performance passion, but with a sensitivity that has led him to play with most of South Africa’s top jazz musicians.

Selaelo Selota

19.30 DSG Hall Tickets: R100 (Full) R98 (Discounted) R95 (Student/Scholar) Selaelo Selota

Brian Thusi (trumpet, flugel horn, harmonica, voice) from Umlazi, outside Durban, has a doctorate in Music from the University of Zululand and has been a stalwart in South African jazz for decades. He is known for his poignant performances in places as far afield as Japan and Haiti, with regular tours around Africa, and has performed with an equally diverse range of musicians – the Natal Philharmonic Orchestra, Frank Foster and Kenny Baron to name a few. He has released two CDs of original compositions and received a SAMA nomination, and his Durban-based band is in high demand around the country. His band features the very experienced Jerry Kunene (sax), with a collection of talented young players in Linda Sikhakhane (sax), Noluthando Madondo (trombone, voice), Vincent Mtetwa (piano), Ntuthuko Sibisi (keys), Godfrey Seleso (guitar), Philani Ngidi (bass), Blessing Zondi (drums) and Angel Zondo (voice).

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Thursday 7 July Brian Thusi – Tribute to SA Jazz

17.00 DSG Hall Tickets: R70 (Full) R68 (Discounted) R65 (Student/Scholar) Trumpeter Brian Thusi has played with most of the greats in South African jazz, including the African Jazz Pioneers, Sipho Gumede, Winston Mankunku Ngozi, Darius Brubeck and Caiphas Semenya, and he is thus perfectly placed to present a tribute to our jazz heritage. Join him and his band (see Wednesday 6 July, 22.00) as he celebrates our South African jazz standards.

Selaelo Selota and Ngwako Manamela (A conversation of Vibes & Guitar)

19.30 DSG Hall Tickets: R100 (Full) R98 (Discounted) R95 (Student/Scholar) Guitarist, composer and producer Selaelo Selota grew up in a rural village near Polokwane, and in 1997 he graduated from UCT with a Jazz Degree, majoring in Jazz Composition and Improvisation. In 2001 he collected two South African Music Awards (SAMA’s) for Best Newcomer and Best Contemporary Jazz Album, and recently released

Selaelo Selota (guitar) returns, featuring one of South Africa’s leading vibraphone and marimba players – Ngwako Manamela – who boasts a career of over three decades of performance and recordings with musicians including Hugh Masekela, Miriam Makeba, Zim Ngqawana and Vusi Mahlasela. The rhythm section remains

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Ladysmith Black Mambazo

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Khaya Mahlangu

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Khaya Mahlangu

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 toured southern Africa extensively. After time with Johnny Mekoa’s Jazz Ministers and Duke Makasi’s Spirits Rejoice he formed the very successful Sakhile with Sipho Gumede that toured Europe and brought international acclaim to jazz-based African music. In the past three decades he has played and recorded with many of South Africa’s most successful musicians – Jonas Gwangwa, Hugh Masekela, Miriam Makeba, Hotstix Mabuse, Sibongile Khumalo – and has become an award-winning producer of musicians like Busi Mhlongo and Tsepo Tsola. He now spends increasing time in Belgium in collaboration with European musicians while preserving the legacy of South African jazz as Director of the Gauteng Jazz Orchestra. He performs tonight with Mongezi Conjwa (piano), Prince Bulo (bass), Bernice Boikanyo (drums), and Sifiso Bogale (percussion).

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Friday 8 July Don Laka

17.00 DSG Hall Tickets: R100 (Full) R98 (Discounted) R95 (Student/Scholar) Don Laka (piano) needs no introduction to South African audiences, and he has been a performer, composer and producer for nearly four decades, in that time building the Kwaai-Jazz brand – an eclectic musical fusion of classical, traditional, modern and jazz. He has, as he says, “taken the ‘scary’ out of jazz and made it accessible to everyone”. He has six award-winning albums under his belt, with most of them achieving gold or platinum sales status. He was a member of Sakhile and Sankomota and an arranger for Sibongile Khumalo and Hugh Masekela, and has collaborated with musicians from across the jazz and Afro-Pop spectrum, creating a strong following throughout South Africa and Europe. His band features Sidney Mnisi (sax), Adam Howard (trumpet), Bez Roberts (trombone), Oupa Makhubela (guitar), Patrick Mokoka (bass), Walter Kotu (drums) and Julias Nkuna (percussion).

Ladysmith Black Mambazo is South Africa’s top-selling musical group, having released more than 65 albums since their 1970 recording debut. They have been nominated for Grammy awards a phenomenal thirteen times, winning three Grammys for Best Traditional World Album, and they have spent decades presenting their version of indigenous South African music around the world. Ladysmith Black Mambazo was formed in 1960 by Joseph Shabalala and combines isicathamiya with traditional Zulu dance and their success offers a powerful message about the importance of honouring one’s culture. Their collaboration with Paul Simon on his Graceland album in 1985 launched them onto the global stage and they have collaborated with a fascinating mix of musicians since, including Dolly Parton, Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Miriam Makeba, Joe McBride and Thandiswa Mazwai. Joseph Shabalala, now a visiting Professor at the University of Natal, celebrates his 70th birthday and the 50th anniversary of his founding of LBM with a major international tour that includes a performance at the National Arts Festival for the first time. Ladysmith Black Mambazo consists of Msizi Innocent Shabalala, Albert Mdletshe Mazibuko, Russel Mdoda Mthembu, Thulani Frederick Shabalala, Abednego Mphindela Mazibuko, Sibongiseni Lucas Shabalala, Bekizizwe Joseph Shabalala, Thamsanqa Shabalala, Mfanafuthi Dlamini.

Khaya Mahlangu

21.00 DSG Hall Tickets: R70 (Full) R68 (Discounted) R65 (Student/Scholar) Repeat performance. See Thursday 7 July 22.00.

Saturday 9 July Ladysmith Black Mambazo

15.00 Guy Butler Theatre, Monument Tickets: R120 (Full) R118 (Discounted) R110 (Student/Scholar) Repeat performance. See Friday 8 July 19.00.

Don Laka

19.30 DSG Hall Tickets: R100 (Full) R98 (Discounted) R95 (Student/Scholar) Repeat performance. See Friday 8 July 17.00. For more information on the Standard Bank National Youth Jazz Festival and the performers visit www.youthjazz.co.za. This jazz festival is produced by Eastern Cape Jazz Promotions.

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Free-Thinking Speakers Challenging questions

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Justice Albie Sachs

Judge Sachs has elected not to divulge his topic in advance of the Festival – it may be commentary on education, freedom of the media, constitutional rights, it may relate to recent skirmishes in the broadsheets, the courts, or at the election polls. Whatever he decides, we can guarantee that it’ll be topical, insightful and intriguing. Justice Sachs’ career in human rights activism started at the age of seventeen, when, as a second-year law student at the University of Cape Town, he took part in the Defiance of Unjust Laws Campaign. He started practice as an advocate at the Cape Bar aged 21. In 1966 he went into exile in the UK and later Mozambique, where he lost an arm and the sight of an eye when he was blown up by a car bomb set by South African security agents. After the first democratic election in 1994 he was appointed by President Nelson Mandela to serve on the newly established Constitutional Court. Saturday 2 July 12:00

Muammar, Hosni, Laurent and the end of democracy as we know it Denis Beckett

Consider the possibility that the world has outgrown its operating system. When modern democracy got going it was a huge improvement on what had gone before. But for 200 years its basics have stayed the same. Time to move up, to where the people really rule. Denis Beckett, advocate, journalist, TV personality, and more, thinks out loud about democracy, its definition and reality. Beckett was an advocate to start with, but rapidly defected to journalism, assuming “less money but more fun”, and was the owner and editor of Frontline magazine from 1979 to 1990, validating both assumptions. In 1994 he re-defected to TV with Beckett’s Trek, until in 2000 the SABC found better uses for its airwaves. With nowhere left to defect to, he wrote several books and now earns his almost-daily bread as mediator and corporate gadfly: holding up mirrors, exploring tensions, banging heads, and stinging rumps. Saturday 2 July 14:00

VY Mudimbe

Thinking Africa: 50 years on

Think!Fest Convenor:

Anthea Garman

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Blue Lecture Theatre, Eden Grove (unless otherwise stated)

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All talks are 1 hour; panel discussions and debates are 1 hour 30 minutes

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All events: R20

The keynote lecture for the colloquium Thinking Africa: 50 years on being held at Rhodes University concurrently with Think!Fest is delivered by VY Mudimbe, Professor of Literature at Duke University. To meditate on Frantz Fanon’s commitment to freedom and human dignity is to extol a passion for the letter. This meditation intends to interrogate two main paths. On the one hand, to revisit the paradox of injunctions on the interaction between the end and the means; and, on the other hand, to recognise the singularity of a solitude between the demands of the political and the sovereignty of reason. VY Mudimbe is an influential and much respected postcolonial intellectual who has taught at universities in Africa, Europe and North America. Among his publications are three collections of poetry, four novels, and books in applied linguistics, philosophy, and social science. His most recent include: The Invention of Africa (1988), Parables and Fables (1991), The Idea of Africa (1994), and Tales of Faith (1997). He is editor of The Surreptitious Speech (1992), Nations, Identities, Cultures (1997), Diaspora and Immigration (1999), and editor of a forthcoming encyclopaedia of African religions and philosophy. Wednesday 6 July 17:00

think!fest 105 Creative Conundrums From criticism, to critique, to criticality:

Developing performatory and participatory forms of criticism

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 in the UK).

Access/no access: dance, disability and audiences a discussion chaired by Adrienne Sichel

What does it mean to cultivate an audience in different contexts for dance that incorporates disability? Beyond including people with disabilities who are able to get into the space and access the work, what are the challenges of cultivating an informed audience, including critics, who are able to genuinely engage the artistic work rather than getting stuck in the hands-off “victim art” stance? How does the work offer new challenges about how we view disability? These, and other questions are considered by this formidable panel of experts: Adrienne Sichel, theatre journalist and critic; Catherine Cole, a professor in the Department of Theatre, Dance and Performance Studies at the University of California, Berkeley; Victoria Marks,

THINK!FEST daily programme Friday 1 July

Wednesday 6 July

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Dr Trudy Meehan – View from the Tower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Nöeline de Goede – Epilepsy: The misunderstood condition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Dr Alison Bentley – How important is a good night’s sleep? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Craig Higginson – Landscape Painter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Victoria Marks – Challenging conventional notions of disability – Film presentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Saturday 2 July 10:00 12:00 14:00 16:00

Richard Cock – Conduct unbecoming: An apology is too late! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Justice Albie Sachs – Challenging questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Denis Beckett – Muammar, Hosni, Laurent and the end of democracy as we know it . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Dr Luke Krige – Obstructive Sleep Apnoea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Sunday 3 July 10:00 12:00 14:00 18:00 19:30

Richard Stanley – The secret order of movie making (Seminar Room 3) . . . . . . . . 110 Helena Barnard – How do creative industries differ from other industries? . . . . . . 106 Funding the Arts – The Helen Suzman Foundation roundtable discussion . . . . . . 106 The Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) – Reigniting the humanities in South Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Dr Christopher Smith – The Naked Scientist (Red Lecture Theatre) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Monday 4 July 09:30 10:00 12:00 12:00 14:00 16:30

South African Arts Writers and Critics Association (SAAWCA) discussion . . . . . 105 World Café discussion – Poles apart (Seminar Room 1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Dr Christopher Smith – The Naked Scientist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Richard Stanley – The Shadow of the Grail (Seminar Room 3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Legal Resource Centre – Land reform and rural land development . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Access/No Access: Dance, disability and audiences – a panel discussion . . . . . . 105

Tuesday 5 July 10:00 12:00 14:00 16:00 18:30

Thursday 7 July 10:00 12:00 14:00 16:00 17:30

Angel Jones – Human beings and human doings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Barbara Holtmann – Choosing safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Pierre van der Spuy – Happiness, humanity and the brain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 What women can do in the world today – a discussion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Fanon Film Series: Frantz Fanon: His life, his struggle, his work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Friday 8 July 10:00 12:00 16:00 17:30

Anthony Akerman – An outsider’s perspective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Gwen Ansell – Building studios or building networks? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Pierre van der Spuy – Development of the human brain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Fanon Film Series: Black skin, white masks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Saturday 9 July 10:00 12:00 14:00 17:30

Gerard Boyce – South African youth: attitudes and identities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Ross McCreath – Sport as a tool of community empowerment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Palesa Shongwe – The Power of film . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Fanon Film Series: The Battle of Algiers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Sunday 10 July 10:00 12:00 14:00 17:30

Clem Sunter – A sustainable future . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Steuart Pennington – Sustainable competitiveness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Les Aupiais – Sustainable media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Sustainability: Critical conversations – a debate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Victoria Marks – Challenging conventional notions of disability – Film presentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Venue: Blue Lecture Theatre, Eden Grove, Rhodes University (unless otherwise stated)

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Elinor Sisulu – Bridging the literacy and digital divide: the experience of the Puku initiative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Sisonke Msimang – Citizenship and South Africa’s political trajectory . . . . . . . . . . 107 Kate Muller – Leopards of the Cape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Valentin Yves Mudimbe – Frantz Fanon: Thinking Africa: 50 Years On . . . . . . . . . . 104

Bonolo Cebe – Youth capacity building in Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Mashadi Kekana – Young women claiming their seats at the table . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Issues affecting South African youth in the 21st Century – a debate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Fanon Film Series: Driving with Fanon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

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Duration: All talks are 1 hour; Panel discussions and debates are 1 hour 30 minutes

Tickets for all events: R20

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In line with its mandate to discover new forms of criticism, the recently-established South African Arts Writers & Critics Association (SAAWCA) will present a panel discussion to review traditional forms of criticism to identify ways in which it can fulfil a more participatory role in the art-making process. In this way critics would be positioned as collaborators and criticism would become an extension of artistic expression. Arts critic and writer Mary Corrigall and Sean O’Toole, a culture journalist, arts critic and writer, among others from the association will discuss developing new forms and business models for criticism so as to renew and renegotiate this discipline’s relevance within the fluctuating world of journalism and the arts. Monday 4 July 09:30

Given the global challenges of the 21st century, it has become clear that packing knowledge into fiercely-guarded boxes does not help solve the real problems facing humanity. Fiercely competitive proponents of either the scientific method or the fuzzy logic of the liberal humanists, need to come together to explore a multitude of truths. Melanie Kiley returns to Think!Fest to facilitate meaningful conversation around the academic and social fragmentation between science and the rest of culture as represented by the humanities. Kiley is an international World Café Facilitator. The World Café is designed to stimulate collective innovation and new patterns of thinking in response to the challenges we face. Monday 4 July 10:00 – Seminar Room 1

106 think!fest Professor of Choreography in the Department of World Arts and Cultures at UCLA; Malcolm Black, Artistic Director of the Remix Dance Company; Andile Vellem, Remix Dance Company dancer and choreographer; and Gerard Samuel, Director of the School of Dance at University of Cape Town. Monday 4 July 16:30

Richard Cock

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Conduct unbecoming: an apology is too late! Cock takes an amusing look at the world of conductors: their foibles, eccentricities, dictatorial powers and bad language. He delves into the intricacies of what it is that the conductor does and how he or she does it. He traces the history of conducting and the many interesting characters which have made conducting into one of the most crucial positions in music today. Richard Cock has been instrumental in the growth of classical music audiences in South Africa. His passion for the arts is tangible, and audiences love his witty comments as he strives to make classical music accessible to all. He has worked with all the major orchestras in South Africa as well as with numerous choirs and has spent a great deal of his career teaching classical music in disadvantaged communities. Saturday 2 July 10:00

Anthony Akerman

An outsider’s perspective Anthony Akerman will discuss how he came to write Somewhere on the Border while living in exile in Amsterdam and how an outsider’s perspective influenced his writing. Based on his own experiences in the army and the experiences of other young South Africans who had applied for political asylum in Europe after serving on the border, this play was banned in South Africa for being “prejudicial to the safety of the State” before it was first performed by South African actors living in exile. The play was performed at the National Arts Festival in 1986 and was controversial enough to attract the attention of the notorious CCB who tried to stop the production by assaulting two of the actors. He will also reflect on the resurgence of interest in the border war and why he feels the time is right for this production’s revival. Somewhere on the Border will be performed on 7, 8 & 9 July. Friday 8 July 10:00

Craig Higginson

Landscape Painter Craig Higginson, dramaturge and author, introduces his recently published novel, Landscape Painter, a double tale of obsession, betrayed trust and irrepressible hope. It is described as a spectacular historical novel packed with wit and insight, crafted in lyrical and sinuous but surgical prose. “The landscape of this novel is boldly both that of the time and the different parts of the world where the lives followed in it are lived… captured in a synthesis that is surely life itself – our personal landscape of entangled relationships, work, the power of sexuality and the external power of circumstance…” – Nadine Gordimer. Higginson scripted the Main Festival production, The Table which will be presented by the Market Theatre on 30 June and 1 and 2 July. Friday 1 July 16:00

Economics of the Arts The Helen Suzman Foundation presents

Funding the Arts

Given the importance of the arts in uniting, enlightening, and developing a rich and vibrant South African society, this discussion will explore how funding of the arts can become more streamlined,

co-ordinated and effective to enhance the sustainability of the sector. Panellists will address a number of issues relating to the funding terrain in South Africa, and will review the current state of funding, funding structures, duplication, costs and sustainable strategies for funding the arts in the future. The idea for this roundtable emerged out of ongoing discussions held with the Oppenheimer Memorial Trust (OMT) and with Business and Arts South Africa (BASA). The discussion is hosted by the Helen Suzman Foundation in association with the Open Society Foundation for South Africa. Speakers will include the Minister of Arts and Culture, Mr Paul Mashatile, the CEO of Business Arts South Africa, Michelle Constant, Head of the Drama Department at UCT and co-artistic director of the Magnet Theatre, Professor Mark Fleishman and musicologist Dr Chats Devroop. Sunday 3 July 14:00

Helena Barnard

How do creative industries differ from other industries, and what does that imply for how creative industries evolve? Helena Barnard looks at how firms manage the dual mandate of an economic return and some form of creative expression by comparing and contrasting the South African film industry – where the audience is more sophisticated and capabilities greater – with the less sophisticated but highly successful Nigerian industry. Prof Barnard works at the Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS), the Johannesburg-based business school of the University of Pretoria. Her comparison of the South African and Nigerian (“Nollywood”) film industries has been published in Industry and Innovation, and she is currently working on a case study of Nollywood for the Oxford Handbook of Creative Industries. Sunday 3 July 12:00

Gwen Ansell

Building studios or building networks? Supporting innovation in the South African music industry South Africa’s unique creative industries currently face challenges from global players, new technologies, and the limited resources of the domestic market, but there is very limited understanding among policy-makers about how to strengthen the sector. Innovation is definitional within the music industry. However, because of the industry’s volatility, innovation tactics are spontaneous rather than strategic. Research reveals that, in South Africa, government is experienced as a drag on innovation, while higher education is not communicating effectively the resources it could offer. Gwen Ansell is a music writer and researcher as well as a media researcher and consultant. Her work on South African jazz is internationally acknowledged. Friday 8 July 12:00

Women Who Walk the Talk Elinor Sisulu

Bridging the literacy and digital divide: The experience of the Puku initiative The vast majority of children in South Africa, and indeed throughout Africa, lack quality resources for both education and recreation. Those who do have the means and access are mostly exposed to imported materials. African literary, educational and cultural content, even when available, is seldom promoted and therefore undervalued and ignored. Elinor Sisulu will talk about initiatives to bridge this literacy and digital divide by creating an open resource to support education and local cultural content, focusing on the work of the Puku Children’s Literature Foundation. Elinor Sisulu is a writer, human rights activist and political analyst. She is a board member of the Open Society Initiative of Southern Africa, the National Arts Festival, the Independent Media Trust of Zimbabwe, and also serves on the Anthony Sampson board. Wednesday 6 July 10:00

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Leadership, citizenship and South Africa’s political trajectory

Angel Jones

Human beings and human doings Angel Jones, founder and chairperson of the Homecoming Revolution, a morrisjones&co initiative that encourages and assists South Africans living abroad to return home, considers what it means to be South African. She is the co-founder and executive director of the advertising agency, morrisjones&co, which was ranked 33rd in the 2010 Fast Growth Top 100 survey and has won numerous industry awards. With a database of over 20 000 and a global presence in more than 70 countries Homecoming Revolution is the primary space where international South Africans connect with their attachment to home and is the thought leader on skills repatriation. Her travel experiences include motor-biking through Vietnam, surviving amoebic dysentery in Nepal, camping in the Amazon jungle and rugby-tackling a purse thief in downtown LA. Thursday 7 July 10:00

Barbara Holtmann Choosing safety

English is one of the few languages that distinguishes security from safety. Security is protection against a known or perceived risk or threat, whereas safety is freedom from threat and risk; when we are safe we don’t need security. Although we want safety, we tend to spend much more on security than we invest in safety. Safety is not beyond our grasp, despite the overwhelming nature of crime and violence and the sense of disempowerment they cause. Holtmann spent 10 years at the CSIR researching crime and violence prevention and developing a model for Safe Communities of Opportunity. She left to take a hands-on approach to implementation of the model, operating under license to the CSIR. She is Vice-President of the International Centre for Prevention of Crime. Thursday 7 July 12:00

Ross McCreath

Sport as a tool of community empowerment Ross McCreath is a matric pupil at St Andrew’s College in Grahamstown and a Gold Award participant in the President’s Awards. In 2007, at the age of 14, Ross founded the Tiger Titans development cricket club amongst the youth of the impoverished Nolukhanyo Township in Bathurst. The club has grown to 90 boys between the ages of nine and nineteen. The Tiger Titans have been recognised locally and internationally, and have been featured on Carte Blanche, SABC News, and several other publications. Ross was invited by HRH Prince Phillip to be the main speaker at a World Fellowship gala dinner at Lords Cricket Ground and, in 2010, he was recognised by the Peter Cruddas Foundation as one of ten International Social Innovators. On the 28 October 2010, it was announced that the Tiger Titans were the 2010 M&R Jack Cheetham Award winners. Saturday 9 July 12:00

Palesa Shongwe The power of film

Palesa Shongwe argues that using film as a tool for communication and education is especially important in Africa, where literacy levels are low, access to education is inadequate and employment opportunities – especially for women – are too often unavailable. She has produced award-winning documentaries that focus on human rights, social development and xenophobia in South Africa. In 2009, she directed and edited Our Broken Dreams, a short documentary about the plight of unaccompanied migrant children in Southern Africa. She also helps organise the Tri-Continental Film Festival, based in South Africa, and has received numerous accolades for her work on television documentaries. In recognition of her contributions, Shongwe was invited to attend the United States President’s Forum with young African leaders in August 2010. Saturday 9 July 14:00

Bonolo Cebe

Youth capacity building in Africa

Youth Leadership Series

There are people who do not believe that Africa’s scarred visage can be changed, but there are more people who believe it is possible – and want to be the reconstructive surgeons for Africa. At the African Youth Forum in Uganda, Cebe met the future African heads of state who will perform this reconstructive surgery, the change-makers of today. Cebe is interested in how South Africa as a nation can build the capacity of young people, especially those who do not hold seats in government structures, equip them with the tools and information so as to make this change possible – from the inside, out. Bonolo Cebe matriculated at Collegiate Girls High School in Port Elizabeth last year and is now studying at Wits University. Sunday 10 July 10:00

Gerard Boyce

Mashadi Kekana

Using data from the Human Sciences Research Council’s nationallyrepresentative SASAS survey (2005), this talk investigates young people’s attitudes to governance and societal institutions, satisfaction with democracy, feelings of South African identity and perceptions of life satisfaction. A second part of the analysis focuses on their

Women in Africa share many common aspirations yet they are faced with varying challenges depending on the socio-economic and legislative statuses of their countries. These women aspire to attain true equality with their male counterparts. Without education, the chances of women progressing and rising to professional roles in

What women can do in the world today A discussion on the role and power of women in today’s modern society featuring panellists Elinor Sisulu, Angel Jones, Barbara Holtmann and Sisonke Msimang. Thursday 7 July 16:00

South African youth: Attitudes and identities

Young women claiming their seats at the table

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Sisonke Msimang explores where South Africa is headed in this thought-provoking talk. Msimang’s expertise is in promoting civil society participation in human rights, gender, and HIV and Aids policy and law. She has seventeen years’ experience as a researcher, facilitator and programme advisor and is the Executive Director of the Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA), a regional advocacy and grant-making human rights organisation operating in 10 Southern African countries. She has worked for UNICEF, UNFPA, and UNIFEM, as well as for various international and local NGOs. Msimang is also the chair of Sonke Gender Justice and Health-e News. Wednesday 6 July 12:00

socio-economic circumstances and the potential for them to take advantage of opportunities. Gerard Boyce shares some of the results of the survey and explores the futures possible for young South Africans. Gerard Boyce is a PhD candidate in the School of Economics and Finance at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. He has a strong academic interest in the socioeconomic circumstances of young people and is keen on understanding how they engage in decision making. Saturday 9 July 10:00

108 think!fest society are very limited. Mashadi Kekana is a matric learner at the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls in Henley-on-Klip, Meyerton. An ardent reader of African literature, Mashadi lists Kopano Matlwa, Chinua Achebe, Petina Gappah, Ngũgĩ wa Thiongo and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie among her favourite authors. Steve Biko is one of her main role models. Sunday 10 July 12:00

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Issues affecting South African youth in the 21st century A debate with panellists Bonolo Cebe, Palesa Shongwe, Gerard Boyce, Ross McCreath and Mashadi Kekana. Saturday 10 July 14:00

The Human Brain Dr Trudy Meehan

View from the Tower Dr Trudy Meehan questions traditional, everyday notions of identity and their impact on those designated as ‘mad’ in our society by using the Mark Hipper-Tower Hospital Art Project, a weekly art group/ research project run with in-patient mental health service users, as an illustration. This art project was designed to expand the possibilities of identity in mental illness by offering rehabilitative opportunities for service users, and generating dialogue and momentum for change within the mental health services. The project was conceptualised and initiated by the late Mark Hipper, artist and senior lecturer in the Rhodes University Department of Fine Art. Meehan and Dotun Makun, a masters student in fine art, and with the support of the fine art department, continued the project to its planned culmination in the exhibition, which is on show in the Eden Grove building. Meehan worked as a senior clinical psychologist in Ireland before joining the Department of Psychology at Rhodes University in 2010. Friday 1 July 10:00

Noëline de Goede

Epilepsy: The misunderstood condition In South Africa as many as one in 100 people are diagnosed with epilepsy. The biggest problem that people with epilepsy face is not the medical treatment of their condition, but stigma and misconceptions associated with the condition that lead to discrimination. This talk will cover causes and effects, triggers, tests and treatments and more, to educate people and eradicate misconceptions. Noëline de Goede, joined Epilepsy South Africa in 2001 and was appointed national director in 2005. She serves as trustee or member of the management committee of the Disability Empowerment Concerns Trust, Epilepsy SA Educational Trust, International Bureau for Epilepsy, National Coalition of Social Service Organisations and Inclusion South Africa. Friday 1 July 12:00

Dr Pierre van der Spuy

Two talks on pathways to a healthy brain

Happiness, humanity and the brain Research clearly shows that the happiest among us are also the most humane. Neuroscience gives us the reason. People who daily engage in activities that strengthen the Real Self, a part of our human brain that enables us to adhere to our human legacy, experience the emotion happiness. A brain filled with thousands of happy memories serves as a filter that helps happy people cope with the good, bad and ugly of life and to enjoy the moment. Those who place success above their humanity enjoy pleasure and admiration, rewards from our animal brain, but will lack happiness and meaning. Thursday 7 July 14:00

Development of the human brain In essence, humans have two births. After nine months of pregnancy, a mother gives birth to a child’s physical self. But over a period of three years and through three distinct phases, primary caregivers give birth to a child’s Real Self and her humanity. Since we are our brains, we need to make sure we give our children the optimal chance for a happy life. If not, we leave them with addictions to success, sex, substances, sports, and sorrow. Friday 8 July 16:00 Dr Pierre van der Spuy, practised medicine in South Africa, Canada and London before doing his MBA at Yale University. Before he found his passion as a writer, actor and director, Van der Spuy worked as a strategic management consultant, executive recruiter and coach in New York. Today, he lectures at a performing arts school for the previously disadvantaged, gives talks on his books, writes, acts and directs. He has published two books on the brain and happiness: When Success Betrays Happiness and A Happy Human Brain.

Dr Luke Krige

Obstructive Sleep Apnoea Obstructive sleep apnoea is a sleep disorder characterised by pauses in breathing during sleep. The most serious consequence of obstructive sleep apnoea is to the heart. In severe and prolonged cases, there are increases in pulmonary pressures that are transmitted to the right side of the heart. This can result in a severe form of congestive heart failure. Luke Krige will outline the symptoms of this disorder and expand on some of the treatments and lifestyle changes that can alleviate it. Krige is a pulmonologist who opened the Port Elizabeth Sleep Clinic when he realised the urgent need for one in the Eastern Cape. Saturday 2 July 16:00

Dr Alison Bentley

How important is a good night’s sleep? We are getting busier and busier during the day. Work creeps into our evening time and weekends. When we get short of time we tend to sleep less, thinking that will give us more day time to complete our work. However, reducing the amount of sleep we get compromises us during the day – we perform badly, accidents happen. Over the long term too little sleep increases our risk of medical diseases. This talk will cover the effects of good and bad sleep and persuade you that having a good night’s sleep is the best preparation you can have for any day ahead. Alison Bentley was the founding chairperson of the Sleep Society of South Africa and is a member of the governing council of the World Association of Sleep Medicine. Friday 1 July 14:00

Talkradio 702 and 567 Capetalk present

Dr Christopher Smith: The Naked Scientist

Listeners to Talkradio 702 and 567 Cape Talk will know Chris Smith as the “Naked Scientist” through his energetic and fascinating weekly on air chats with Redi Tlhabi. When he’s not on the radio, Smith is a doctor and a clinical lecturer in virology at Cambridge University. His radio work brings him into the homes of listeners in South Africa, Australia and the UK – and the National Arts Festival is proud to present him live and in the flesh for a fascinating series of talks and answers to all the questions you can think of. With a knack for making complex concepts simple, clear and entertaining, Smith also fronts the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Chemistry World podcast, and founded the Nature Podcast for the journal Nature. In 2006 he published his first book, Naked Science, and also produced his first child. Sunday 3 July 19:30 – Red Lecture Theatre Monday 4 July 12:00 – Blue Lecture Theatre

think!fest 109 The Landmark Foundation presents

Leopards of the Cape by Kate Muller

The Legal Resource Centre presents

Land Reform and Rural Land Development a debate chaired by Judge Dennis Davis “In South Africa, land is not only one of the most defining political and development issues, but also perhaps the most intractable. The continuing racial mal-distribution of land will either be resolved through a fundamental restructuring of the government’s land reform programme, or it will be confronted by a fundamental restructuring of property relations by the people themselves. Which direction the country follows depends to a large degree on the urgent and immediate responsiveness of the government to the needs and demands of the country’s 19 million mostly poor, black and landless rural people.” (Wellington Thwala, National Land Committee). Judge Dennis Davis is Judge of the High Court of South Africa and Judge President of the Competition Appeal Court. Gugile Nkwinti is the Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform and a founder member of the Eastern Cape Education Crisis Committee. Stone Sizani is a member of the National Assembly and serves as the Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Rural Development and Land Reform. Mercia Andrews is the Director of the Trust for Community Outreach and Education, President of the South African National NGO Coalition and a founder member of the Conference for the Democratic Left. The Legal Resources Centre (LRC) aspires to contribute towards the achievement of a fully-democratic society from which poverty is eradicated. The LRC promotes justice using the Constitution, builds respect for the rule of law and contributes to socio-economic transformation within South Africa and beyond. Monday 4 July 14:00

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Rhodes Business School presents

Leadership for Sustainability Clem Sunter

A sustainable future Clem Sunter (mindofafox.com) is recognised as being South Africa’s leading exponent on scenario planning. Former Chairman and CEO of Anglo American’s Gold and Uranium Division and until recently Chairman of the Anglo America Chairman’s Fund, Sunter was instrumental in establishing a scenario-planning function in Anglo in the 1980s. As a consequence of this, two scenaria were offered for South Africa, a ‘High Road’ and a ‘Low Road’, with South Africa adopting the ‘High Road’. In 1986, he made a presentation to former President FW de Klerk and his cabinet and he also visited Nelson Mandela just prior to his release from prison. He has co-authored 14 books, some of which have been bestsellers. He was recently awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Cape Town. Tuesday 5 July 10:00

Steuart Pennington

Sustainable competitiveness Steuart Pennington is co-editor and publisher of nine books on South Africa and Africa, starting with of South Africa – The Good News in 2002 and most recently the Promise of Leadership in 2009, published for the Nelson Mandela Foundation. In 2007 Pennington was awarded the Public Service Entrepreneur of the Year Award from the African Heritage Society and in 2008 he was one of the nine finalists for the Johnnie Walker Striding Man Award for exceptional entrepreneurship. Tuesday 5 July 12:00

Les Aupiais

Sustainable media Les Aupiais is a guest presenter and director on South Africa’s most influential investigative news programme, Carte Blanche. A former bureau chief of Cosmopolitan magazine, editor of award-winning Sunday Life, quarterly magazine Icon and currently editor of awardwinning magazine Private Edition. Aupiais is one of South Africa’s most versatile, experienced and creative media figures, having been in front and behind the camera, desk and microphone. In her spare time she also is a feature writer, columnist and author, MC and a key note speaker on topics such as micro-trends in South Africa. Tuesday 5 July 14:00

South Africa presents

Reigniting the Humanities in South Africa

Sustainability

Everywhere, the humanities is judged by many to be in “crisis”. The reasons for this, in South Africa, include government emphasis on science and technology; the political emphasis on the economicallygrounded idea of “developmentalism”; the shift of values among youth (and their parents) towards practical employment and financial gain; and the argument that the challenges faced by our society are so urgent and immediate that the reflective and critical modes of thinking favoured in the humanities seem to be unaffordable luxuries. This session will debate feasible ways of re-igniting the humanities, how to reinstate the humanities into government policies and how this can be structured in such a way that it influences the

A panel discussion with Steuart Pennington, Les Aupiais and Cedric Tyler chaired by Owen Skae, Director Rhodes Business School Cedric Tyler sits on the board of US-based BusinessGenetics Inc and a number of other companies. He invented and developed the (eXtended) Business Modelling Language®, a rule-based method for describing and improving business operations. His book, Business Genetics: Understanding 21st Century Corporations challenges mainstream thinking, and introduces a unique approach to how we describe, improve, simplify, manage and automate business. Tuesday 5 July 17:00

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Landmark Foundation has rescued 40 leopards since 2004 and GPScollared 22. This project, based in the Eastern and Western Cape, has become one of the largest studies of leopards in the world. In this talk, education and awareness facilitator Kate Muller will present the foundation’s work and how public involvement is key to the survival of the species and their ecosystems. Muller will introduce the last remaining cats that survive in our mountains and forests. The fight for their conservation is the fight for all biodiversity affected by current indiscriminate and lethal predator controls. The foundation works with progressive farmers in switching to wildlife-friendly farming and the creation of vast habitat corridors for leopards. A series of photographs and children’s artworks will be on display in the foyer of the Eden Grove throughout the Festival. Wednesday 6 July 14:00

upcoming generation. The session will draw on the findings of the ASSAf consensus study into “The state of the humanities in South Africa: status, prospects and strategies”, funded by Ford Foundation, Oppenheimer Memorial Trust and the Department of Higher Education and Training led by Professor Jonathan Jansen (University of the Free State) and Professor Peter Vale (University of Johannesburg). Sunday 3 July 18:00

110 think!fest Think!Fest Exhibitions View from the Tower

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the Mark Hipper-Tower Hospital Art Project This is an exhibition of paintings and drawings from Tower Hospital mental health service users’ art group. The group was initiated and continues to be inspired by the late Mark Hipper. The unique and vibrant art works juxtapose intense emotional expression and quotation, in response to Western historical art. Curator Trudy Meehan will be presenting a talk on Friday 1 July at 10:00 on the background to this exhibition.

Landmarks

The Leopards of the Cape An exhibition of photographs and children’s artwork of wild leopards in the Cape as well as documentary photos looking at the history, culture and politics deeply affecting their conservation and fight for survival. Images courtesy of local conservation NGO, Landmark Foundation. Kate Muller will present a talk on work the Landmark Foundaion does on 6 July at 14:00

Art Walkabouts Art enthusiasts can attend a series of Art Walkabouts in the company of visual art specialists at the following exhibitions: • Faena – Nandipha Mntambo: 2011 Standard Bank Young Artist Award-winner – Monument Gallery • Alan Crump: A fearless vision – Standard Bank Gallery, Albany History Museum • “… and walk in my shoes” – Gallery in the Round, Monument • A Century of fallen Eastern Cape visual artists – Albany History Museum Foyer and Military Gallery • “For future generations” – Transformation Gallery, Albany History Museum Please refer to page 46 for full details on these walkabouts

Co/mix workshops, seminars, demonstrations and master classes The innovative Comic Art/Mixed Media group exhibition offers a range of seminars, workshops and masterclasses on various aspects of comic and character art. Co/Mix features most aspects of comic art, whether 2D or 3D, and incorporating the contemporary visual subcultures of skate, surf, street, hip hop, indie craft and graffiti. The venue for these events is the Ntsikana Gallery at the Monument. Please refer to page 47 for full details on the events on offer.

Think!Fest Films and Related Talks Richard Stanley The secret order of movie making Stanley will speak about his years of research and his newly published book. Sunday 3 July 10:00 (Seminar Room 3) Richard Stanley The Shadow of the Grail Stanley will speak about his career in conversation with Trevor Steele Taylor. They will be joined by other South African filmmakers. Monday 4 July 12:00 (Seminar Room 3)

A series of Frantz Fanon films Each film will be preceded by a brief introduction from a participant in the colloquium ‘Fanon: 50 Years Later’ being hosted by the ‘Thinking Africa’ programme of the Department of Political and International Studies at Rhodes University. The keynote lecture for the colloquium will be presented by VY Mudimbe on 6 July at 17:00 in the Blue Lecture Theatre, Eden Grove. Frantz Fanon: His life, his struggle, his work/Sa vie son combat, son travail (France/Algeria 1998) Director: Cheikh Djemai Frantz Fanon, a psychiatrist and activist originally from Martinique, became a spokesperson for the Algerian revolution against French colonialism. This film brings together testimonies of Fanon’s friends, family and colleagues to provide a snapshot of the short and intense life of one of the greatest thinkers of the 20th century. Thursday 7 July 17:30 (52 minutes; all ages) Black skin, white masks (UK 1996) Director: Isaac Julien Isaac Julien, the celebrated black British director, integrates the facts of Fanon’s brief but remarkably eventful life with his long and tortuous inner journey. Julien elegantly weaves together interviews with family members and friends, documentary footage, readings from Fanon’s work and dramatisations of crucial moments in his life. Friday 8 July 17:30 (69 minutes; all ages) The Battle of Algiers/La battaglia di algeri (Italy/Algeria 1965) Director: Gillo Pontecorvo This award-winning film provides a cinematic recreation of the Algerian struggle for independence from France (1954-1962). It is a provocative and powerful depiction of this conflict which combines revolutionary fervour with careful, cool analysis. It is considered an important and influential commentary on urban guerrilla warfare. Saturday 9 July 17:30 (135 minutes; PG) Driving with Fanon (South Africa 2009) Director: Steve Kwena Mokwena This film, which has attracted both critical and complimentary attention, is a meditation on violence, memory and the human condition in post-colonial Africa. Film-maker Kwena Mokwena uses the ideas of Frantz Fanon to think about the contemporary situation in Freetown, Sierra Leone. In addition to the use of Fanon, Mokwena also uses hip hop and jazz music in this experimental documentary. Saturday 10 July 17:30 (52 minutes; all ages)

Victoria Marks

Challenging conventional notions of disability: Since 1993, Victoria Marks has been creating work for the stage and film that challenges conventional notions of disability. Her work has included choreo-portraits of dancers and non-dancers, individuals with visible and invisible disabilities. She will introduce these films. Outside in Directors: Margaret Williams and Victoria Marks (1994) “Margaret Williams’ endlessly moving cinematic gaze counterpoints Victoria Marks’ intensely focused and precise deployment of six dancers... the differences between dance and non-dance, choreography and cinematography begin to disappear’ The Village Voice. Produced by BBC/Arts Council England Action conversations Directors: Ann Kaneko and Victoria Marks (2008) Four veterans join three civilians to make a performance. In this project, the vets, battling PTSD, confront trauma, re-enact harrowing moments from the trenches and share their ongoing struggle to survive as civilians. Through this process, they overcome paralysing fears, culminating in their performance where they publicly share their personal demons. Friday 1 July 18:00 &Tuesday 5 July 18:30 (1hr; All ages)

music 113 The National Arts Festival in association with the Eastern Cape Department of Sport, Recreation, Arts & Culture presents

SPORT, RECREATION, ARTS & CULTURE

The Grahamstown Sextet Works for Woodwinds and Piano Liesl Stoltz Catherine Foxcroft Hilary Paterson Jenny Brand Penny Fraser Boris Mohr

Flute Piano Oboe Clarinet Bassoon Horn

The Grahamstown Sextet showcases a taste of the musical talent and energy that can be found in Grahamstown all year round. The woodwind sextet offers a unique variety of timbres, textures and styles that are sure to delight and surprise music lovers and connoisseurs alike. Their programme will include works for woodwind quintet, sextet and smaller combinations of these instruments by Handel, Milhaud, Malcolm Arnold and Poulenc.

sought after wind players: Penny Fraser, who plays principal bassoon in the Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra; and Liesl Stoltz, who enjoys a reputation as one of the country’s best flute players and teachers. This programme grew out of a concert for the Grahamstown Music Society in 2010, in which works for winds by Francis Poulenc were showcased. The overwhelming response from the audience and the desire of the musicians to play together again led to the presentation of this programme.

Penny Fraser Boris Mohr

Beethoven Room Friday 1 July Saturday 2 July Sunday 3 July

15:00 20:30 13:00 & 20:00

Duration:

1 hour (No interval)

Age Restriction:

None

Tickets:

R50

Liesl Stoltz Jenny Brand

Hilary Paterson

The National Arts Festival and Old Mutual present

The Clermont Community Choir Winners of the 2010 Old Mutual National Choir Festival Conductor

Wiseman Mkhize

The Clermont Community Choir comes from the Clermont Catholic Church Choir and was founded in 1992. The choir, which specialises in a variety of music styles – choral, opera, classical and African indigenous music, has in the past year collaborated in a number of performances with the Dunamis Gospel Group (with Phelelani Mnomiya). The choir’s objective is to uplift the community through music and contribute in social development, combating crime, diseases and psycho-social disorders through music. Choral music is known for instilling discipline, integrity and honour to the youth; therefore the choir has a great impact within the community of Clermont, the entire City of Durban and its metropolis. The choir was crowned national champions in the Standard Category of the prestigious Old Mutual National Choir Festival in December 2009 and defended their championship status in 2010. It has also excelled in various national and provincial music competitions over the period 2003-2008. The choir has in recent years also staged a number of performances with the KZN Philharmonic Orchestra. These include the Lories International Advertising Awards, Celebrate Durban Concert, Beethoven’s 9th Symphony at the KZNPO’s 25th Anniversary, Sibisi’s Zulu Mass in B flat, Mnomiya’s Zizi Lethu Themba Lethu, and the 2010 FIFA World Cup International media briefing at the Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban.

The choir released a CD in 2005 titled Woza Nkosi Yethu and in 2009 released a second CD and DVD recorded at a 15th Anniversary Celebration concert in 2007. They will be singing a diverse selection of songs – classical, choral, opera, and African indigenous music. Great Hall Sunday 3 July Monday 4 July

11:00 14:00 & 20:00

Duration:

1 hour (No interval)

Age Restriction:

None

Tickets:

R50

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The Grahamstown Sextet consists of a core of Grahamstownian musicians: Catherine Foxcroft, the acclaimed pianist and pedagogue from Rhodes University, and Jenny Brand (clarinet), Hilary Paterson (oboe) and Boris Mohr (horn), all of whom teach music at one Grahamstown’s premier schools, Kingswood College. The group is completed by two of South Africa’s most

Catherine Foxcroft

114 music THE EASTERN CAPE DEPARTMENT of Sport, Recreation Art & Culture in association with NATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL presents

Meri Kenaz & the Appropriate Context

ast year Meri Kenaz walked away from the Festival a joint winner of the Silver Standard Bank Ovation Award. This year she’s back with two good friends skimmed from the cream of South African musical talent providing a backdrop for her unique blend of soul-folk, jazz, and Eastern moods. She has been called a “blindingly fascinating singer songwriter” (Tonight.co.za) and the 2010 CUE remarked that “[her] voice comes close to capturing the passion and intensity of human nature”.

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Meri Kenaz (vocals and guitar) is joined by Martin Wolfaardt (Offshore) on keys and percussion, and Ben Badenhorst (Wendy Oldfield Band) on fretless guitar and bass guitar. This vibrant trio brings together three very different worlds of sound to create a unique musical experience. Meri’s powerful lyrics, melodies and percussive guitar playing, together with Martin’s background in experimental jazz and Ben’s eclectic guitar virtuosity make for a diverse and dynamic soundscape.

SPORT, RECREATION, ARTS & CULTURE

Cuervo Music Room Thursday 30 June Friday 1 July Saturday 2 July Monday 4 July

17:00 19:00 21:30 19:30

Duration:

1 hour (No interval)

Age Restriction:

None

Tickets:

R50

The National Arts Festival presents

Guy Buttery “Buttery’s avant-garde world music is exceptionally beautiful – from composition to technique to atmospherics – and his latest release, “Fox Hill Lane” is one of the most adventurous acoustic recordings in recent memory.” – Guitar Player Magazine, USA

010 was an exceptional year for Guy Buttery. Barely moments after winning Best Instrumental Album at the South African Music Awards and straight off the plane from a European Festival tour, he returned home to South Africa for a run at the National Arts Festival and won the Standard Bank Gold Ovation Award for the Best Music Production of the Festival. Apart from local achievements, Guy’s worldwide scope and recognition rose exponentially after the release of his third and latest album Fox Hill Lane. The response Guy received for what he believes to be his most mature album to date was phenomenal. Apart from the obvious accolades surrounding winning awards, Guy met nothing but glowing reports in 2010 on both the musicality and production of Fox Hill Lane with international press. The most noticeable of these being a 3-page spread in the latest edition of Guitar Player Magazine (the World’s biggest guitar related publication) which subscribes to over 11 million readers worldwide. Be sure to catch this guitar wizard in action before he jets off again and is out of our reach for another stretch of high flying! “… his music has a subtle grace and power all of its own. Though his technical prowess is also bewildering, Buttery immerses himself entirely into the soul of his guitar, coaxing sonic shapes and forms of such startling originality that his instrument acts as a kind of lightning conductor for the sound of another realm.” – Mail & Guardian

Cuervo Music Room Friday 1 July Saturday 2 July Sunday 3 July Monday 4 July

15:30 19:30 17:00 13:00

Rhodes Chapel Wednesday 6 July

17:00

Duration:

1 hour 10 minutes (No interval)

Age Restriction:

None

Tickets:

R50

music 115 The National Arts Festival presents

D-Seven: A Taste of A Cappella Directed by Irit Noble

Cuervo Music Room

-Seven: A Taste of A Capella is a fresh, reworked and polished run of the show previewed at On Broadway in Cape Town late last year. Back with new tunes and new members, time spent with D-Seven is guaranteed to get feet tapping and faces smiling from the word go.

Featuring Francois Swart (Bass) Patrick Craig (Beatbox, Baritone) Graham Hildyard (Baritone) Shiraz Jogee (Tenor) Hannes Otto (Tenor) Jeremy Du Plessis (Tenor) Yati Nkhumalo (Tenor) Nathan Groener (Tenor) Paul Morrissey (Tenor)

17:00 19:00 17:00 & 21:30

Duration:

1 hour 30 minutes (Incl. interval)

Age Restriction:

None

Tickets:

R50

Arena & Student theatre

D-Seven sing, dance and play their way through a set sprinkled throughout with Golden Oldie favourites, a good dose of current popular tunes and mash-ups thrown in in-between. These gentlemen know how to deliver a good tune, and if you find yourself needing a dose of excellent musicianship that’s easy on the ear and easy on the eye, then D-Seven’s A Taste of A Cappella is for you. Join the gentlemen for a journey that’s sure to convince you that a cappella music just got its cool factor back!

Saturday 2 July Sunday 3 July Monday 4 July

The National Arts Festival presents

Nibs van der Spuy

nternationally renowned, guitarist, singer, songwriter Nibs van der Spuy has been touring the world with his brand of insightful acoustic guitar mastery and poignant lyrics over the last 4 years. Journalists from all over the globe and predominantly Europe have cited Nibs as a fresh voice in the ‘Nu folk movement’. With his virtuosic acoustic guitar style and mesmeric voice he has enchanted listeners from small intimate theatres to large festival stages. With the release of his latest offering, ‘A House across the River’, France’s leading newspaper Liberation, wrote a full page article on Nibs and back on the home front, Keith Tamkei from the Sunday Times, praised it with a rare 5 stars. “Pervasive traditional African storytelling craft, carried aloft Nibs’ creative music writing and lively maskanda guitar mixed in with acoustic folk sounds, make this a remarkable album. From the opening harmonica, deep base and tinny riffs of the picturesque title track, to the hymnal Nieu Bethesda and solemn Celtic instrumental Apple Tree Wick, this album propels Nibs as a foremost proponent of the fine weave of cultural sounds that are this country.” – Sunday Times, Aug 2010

Cuervo Music Room Tuesday 5 July Wednesday 6 July Thursday 7 July

14:00 17:00 & 21:00 19:00

Duration:

1 hour 10 minutes (No interval)

Age Restriction:

None

Tickets:

R50

116 dance THE NATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL in association with SIBIKWA THEATRE presents

The Public Oscillation Artistic Director/ Choreographer: Musical Director:

Thabo Rapoo Neo Leleka

Dancers: Tebogo Munyai Thapelo Kotlolo Keaoleboga Seodigeng

Freddie Zwane Gladwell Rakoma

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ociety can be defined as a group that is made up of various individuals held together by societal bonds. Within the collective, individuals are seen to be neutral entities, but actually serve either as positive or negative charges. Like molecules, society comprises of basic units of matter i.e. individuals, which are held together by an ‘electromagnetic force’. This electromagnetism holds electrons and protons together i.e. positive and negative individuals. Society comprises of a different arrangement of people, people are continuously pushed in and out of groups. This work aims at highlighting this phenomenon, emphasising that the interaction of individuals and society

equates to the nature of the interaction between atoms and molecules. The work will be set in an open flat space where the audience are free to move in between the dancers. The dancers will continuously ‘oscillate’ through vibrational and rotational motions resulting in the dancers engaging with the audience. Different forces within the group i.e. performers and audience, will cause different reactions resulting in the dancers moving in and out of the central performance space.

PJ’s Tuesday 5 July 12:00 & 21:00 Wednesday 6 July 14:00 & 21:00 Duration:

40 minutes (No interval)

Age Restriction:

Tickets:

R50

The dance piece will be accompanied by original music composed by Neo Leleka who has developed a rich capability of accompaniment for dance works. Leleka’s specific use of African indigenous instruments creates an interesting musical score which in turn enhances the setting of the work positioned in an open space enabling the audience to interact with the moving in and out of the dancers. Live sound, vocal and instrumental, is integrated with movement formulating an interesting innovative work.

THE NATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL in association with the TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY: Dance and Musical Theatre Programme presents

Chronicles:

Works by Timothy le Roux Produced by Debra Gush

ollowing a successful return to the Festival after 12 years, the Tshwane University of Technology: Dance and Musical Theatre won the 2010 Standard Bank Gold Ovation Award for Dance on the Fringe programme. In 2011, the TUT Performing Arts Division is proud to present the exceptional creativity and talent of choreographer, Timothy le Roux. The company dances eclectic works that speak to a variety of messages – hope, love, sadness and national loyalty, while challenging the performer and the audience to think about circumstances in their daily lives as well as in the global village. In a trilogy of works created over six years with the TUT dance programme, Timothy brings to light the talent of the dancers and creates a performance that leaves one in an unusual, yet light hearted mood.

Wallflower Diaries explores the life of the girl left ‘on the shelf’ while immersed in her perfect romantic interlude. This quirky, selfeffacing piece brings to light the sad, but humorous life of the ‘old maid’. English for Immigrants questions our loyalty as South Africans in the ever challenging life experiences in unending governmental queues and processes. The third piece, le Roux’s newly commissioned work (as yet untitled), looks into the growth and confidence of human beings as they are led away from their childhood dreams and beliefs into the adult world. The TUT performances promise an unexpected lift to the spirits when faced with life challenges!

PJ’s Thursday 30 June 21:00 Friday 1 July 11:30 & 18:00 Saturday 2 July 18:00 Duration:

1 hour (No interval)

Age Restriction:

10 years + (M)

Tickets:

R50

dance 117 The National Arts Festival and iKapa Dance Theatre present

Fuse Dancers: Zandile Constable Chris Nckene

Simone Botha, Mbulelo Ngubombini

Choreographers: Theo Ndindwa Ebrahim Medell

Tanya Arshamian Maxwell Xolani Rani

Producers:

The company’s philosophy of excellence goes beyond performance and is visible in its social responsibility activities of empowerment and job-creation.

Theo Ndindwa & Tanya Arshamian

he highly acclaimed iKapa Dance Theatre presents Fuse, a triple bill that was created and performed in collaboration with New York’s Steps Ensemble in 2010. This production offers three different interpretations on the theme of peace and reconciliation and displays the company’s diversity of dance styles as well as its intense technical and artistic abilities.

I want you, I need you, I love you, but… is a neo classical work choreographed by Ebrahim Medell, which explores peace and reconciliation within personal relationships and showcases the iKapa dancers’ technical excellence and dynamic energy. Finding Peace of Mind explores the process of finding inner peace and reconciling mind, body and soul. Created by Theo Ndindwa and Tanya Arshamian and inspired by a real-life tragedy, the choreography depicts the stages of loss and loneliness, losing one’s way, acceptance and finally, finding the strength to move on.

PJ’s Sunday 3 July Monday 4 July Tuesday 5 July

11:30 & 18:30 15:00 15:00

Duration:

1 hour 10 minutes (Incl. interval)

Age Restriction:

None

Tickets:

R50

The NATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL in associtation with NTSOANA CONTEMPORARY DANCE THEATRE presents

Lime Light on Rites Choreography: Sello Pesa Cast: Sello Pesa Humphrey Maleka

the real mourning comes once reality has set in, once the party is over. Brian Mtembu

ime Light on Rites is a dance work that explores how the media, through marketing and publicity, exploits people’s emotions. Death is big business in this country. There is great social pressure to have big funerals which is compounded through the advertising and marketing strategies that play on the poor and the weak communities, exploiting their grief. Funeral policies are a sombre product to sell: their benefits are endorsed by celebrities or pushed by salespeople – seeming giving the product credibility. The real pain and emotional turmoil lingers long after the policy has been paid out. And

“…Pesa, as performer and choreographer, takes the audience on a bizarre and often unnerving journey fraught with unresolved tension.” – Chris Tobo

Commemoration Church Hall Monday 4 July Tuesday 5 July Wednesday 6 July Thursday 7 July

20:00 20:00 20:00 20:00

Duration:

45 minutes (No interval)

Age Restriction:

PG 14 years + (LV)

Tickets:

R50

Arena & Student theatre

Forgiveness is an African contemporary creation choreographed by Maxwell Xolani Rani and inspired by the works of Katherine Piderman who believes that forgiveness is a decision to let go of resentment and thoughts of revenge. You can forgive the person without excusing the act. Forgiveness brings peace that enables you to go on with life.

118 music theatre THE NATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAl in association with THARI YA ARTS PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS

Bubbly Bosoms CAST: Nakedi Ribane Connie Chiume Faith Kekana Clementine Mosimane Annikie Maswenganya Thandi Mahlangu Zodwa Mabena Sankie Mokotje Lesego Nkonyana Thope Diniso

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ith industry recognition ranging from soapie stars to a ladies jazz band, the female arts collective, Thari Ya Arts Productions launch their debut stage performance Bubbly Bosoms. The cast and directors are a stunning collaborative of South African industry powerhouses. Bubbly Bosoms combines the performance elements of classic South African music, powerful singing voices and gripping storytelling to construct the tale of ten women from different backgrounds brought together by their stokvel membership. Revealing layers of their intimate worlds, the journey unfolds with dignity and humour as each woman explores their place within society and discovers their own strength in the face of obstacles and triumphs. ‘’The quality of artists on this production is a

Great Hall Wednesday 6 July 12:00 & 20:30 Thursday 7 July 13:00 & 21:00 Duration:

1 hour 45 minutes (No interval)

Age Restriction:

PG 12 years + (M)

Tickets:

R50

testament to our mission to develop respect for the contributions of women in the arts” – Nakedi Ribane.

THE NATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL in association with ROLSKA PRODUCTIONS and BIG LEAF PRODUCTIONS present

EDGES

Director: Musical Director/ Pianist: Cast: Roland Perold David Fick

Paul Griffiths Garth Tavares Shannyn Fourie Luella Holland

ho am I? Where am I going? Who am I going to become? These are classic coming-of-age questions where moving forward means embracing an unknown future. But do we want to know? Do we want to see? Sometimes one step requires a giant leap of faith! Edges is not a traditional musical; it is an exciting new show about four bourgeoning adults seeking simple truths in an increasingly complex world.

Written by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (2007 Jonathan Larson Award Recipients) this contemporary song cycle carries an honest voice advocating introspection while maintaining wit and charm. Find out how many other people also spend Friday nights at home on Facebook or what to do when your boyfriend likes theatre and flower arranging a little bit too much! Confronting emotions, escaping expectation and deciphering complicated relationships, the songs cover the universal issues of love, commitment, identity and meaning. Brought to you by the producers of last year’s Standard Bank Ovation Awardwinning, smash hit: I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change.

The Hangar Thursday 7 July Friday 8 July Saturday 9 July

18:30 14:00 & 21:00 11:00 & 18:00

Duration:

1 hour 10 minutes (No interval)

Age Restriction:

PG 13 years+ (L)

Tickets:

R50

theatre 119 THE NATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL and the EASTERN CAPE DEPARTMENT of Arts & Culture in association with RHODES UNIVERSITY presents a collaboration between FIRST PHYSICAL THEATRE COMPANY & UBOM! Eastern Cape Drama Company

Wreckage T

he 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 find themselves on a wild coast. What happens when worlds meet? What conflicts, compromises and discoveries emerge in this encounter? 2011 sees the first time that these extraordinary award-winning companies collaborate, meeting one another on stage in a range of physical performance styles. Visual and movement languages collide and converse as the story-telling catapults through the irreverent humour of slapstick, to the visceral energy of physical theatre, to the cool wit of contemporary dance. Combining the powerful creative energies of artists; Andrew Buckland, Juanita Finestone-Praeg, Brink Scholtz, Athina Vahla, Wreckage is a meeting of worlds that unsettles, stuns, and delights.

SPORT, RECREATION, ARTS & CULTURE

Saturday 2 July Sunday 3 July Monday 4 July Wednesday 6 July Thursday 7 July

11:30 14:30 18:00 17:00 14:00

Duration:

1 hour 10 minutes (No interval)

Age restriction:

12 years +

Tickets:

R50

The National Arts Festival in association with Exclusive MC presents

8 Minuets Featuring: Pamela Ndlovu Sibongile Ngele Directed by: Clive Mthibe

ince South Africa’s new found democracy the role of South African women in society has been re-defined and has changed in various ways. More and more women are seen to be taking on roles previously occupied by men; in the workplace and in the home environment. Today their voice is recognised and acknowledged in politics, corporate and business sectors. 8 Minuets communicates the narratives of the female condition as experienced by South African women coming from various backgrounds. The stories range from a

young girl who, out of necessity, has to become the head of the family, to women entering the corporate world to take on positions previously occupied by men. The term ‘minuets’ refers to a a slow static dance and, in this play, this dance is used as a metaphor to tell the four women’s stories and their slow static dance with the burdens given to them by their dance partners – by life and society.

The Hangar Thursday 30 June 14:00 Friday 1 July 11:00 & 18:00 Saturday 2 July 14:30 & 21:00 Duration:

1 hour 30 minutes (No interval)

Age Restriction:

PG13 (L)

Tickets:

R50

Arena & Student theatre

In the 18th and 19th centuries, the coastline of the Eastern Cape saw a great number of frail vessels shipwrecked and many of their crew and passengers cast ashore. The encounters between these castaways and the indigenous people of the Eastern Cape have spawned unforgettable stories, myths and ‘histories’ and extraordinary feats of survival.

PJ’s

120 theatre The National Arts Festival in association with The Rake presents

Poisson Written by:

Juliet Jenkin

Directed by:

Christiaan Olwagen

Performed by:

Roxanne Blaise and Juliet Jenkin

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n a deserted beach in the Eastern Cape, two estranged sisters re-unite to meet up with their father and settle a few scores before the tide comes in. With a dead goldfish, high style, low living and a lot of water under the bridge, Poisson is a wicked modern fable, with a twist in the tale and the telling of it.

The Hangar

Poisson is a new play by acclaimed playwright Juliet Jenkin (The Boy who fell From the Roof, Deep Freezing). It is directed by the most recent recipient of the Fleur du Cap Best New Director Award, Christiaan Olwagen. The play stars Roxanne Blaise (Sister Breyani, Done London) and Juliet Jenkin.

Thursday 30 June Friday 1 July Saturday 2 July Sunday 3 July

21:00 14:30 & 21:30 18:00 21:30

Duration:

1 hour (No interval)

Age Restriction:

16 years + (L)

Tickets:

R50

The National Arts Festival in association with a conspiracy of clowns presents

Kardiãvale Director:

Emilie Starke

Performers:

Liezl de Kock and Rob Murray

Musical composition:

Brydon Bolton and Shaun Acker

Lyrics, costume and set design & Stage Manager:

Jayne Batzofin

A cabaret clown noir spectacle, as not yet seen on South African stages

ardiāvale 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 the moth-eaten wonders and murky fascinations that he provides. Oskar is in dire need of a break – a miraculous attraction that will put him back in the limelight and re-establish himself as he once was in his glory years. Enter the wandering Onni – the abandoned orphan born with her heart outside her chest, the side show freak looking for full time love. Within this unholy duet, the stage is set for a mighty battle of manipulation and salvation.

The Hanger

It is a universal story of love and abuse underneath the guise of a second rate carny sideshow act. Through the use of live music and cruel clowning this tale unravels itself to show its bare threads. Funny, spooky, macabre, but always deliciously (even devilishly) entertaining, Kardiāvale is a cruel metaphor for how the openhearted can be abused and mistreated. And the choices we make for a want to be loved.

Tickets:

Thursday 7 July Friday 8 July Saturday 9 July

12:00 & 21:30 18:00 14:00 & 21:00

Duration:

1 hour 10 minutes (No interval)

Age Restriction:

16 years + (S) R50

theatre 121 The National Arts Festival in association with Gaëtan Schmid presents

Body Language Written & performed by Gaëtan Schmid

fter touring nationally and internationally over the last 3 years with the highly acclaimed and popular Rumpsteak, Gaëtan Schmid moves from the food that delights us, to the human gestures that unite us. As in The Dog’s Bollocks, Gaëtan, in his very own peculiar and particular way, will ‘edutain’ the audience on a fascinating subject: the secret language of the human body. Fascinating because, even if you don’t want it, your body talks and talks and talks … and it won’t ever shut up! Anthropologically, sociologically, biologically, psychologically, neurologically but not too seriously; Gaëtan will analyse the provenance and the hidden meaning of everyday gestures. Underneath its irreverent and comical narrative, Body Language’s social message is of ever increasing importance: human interaction and communication. Our entire societal system is based on communication. If we can improve the quality of our communication we will improve the quality of our society.

Drill Hall

Duration:

1 hour 15 minutes (No interval)

“... audiences aren’t dumb. They need more than just a winning presence to be won over completely. They need quality, and Schmid has come to deliver that consistently over the years. Audiences have come to associate his name with artful and informative shows that teach you almost as much as it tickles your funny bones.” – THENEXT48hOURS

Age Restriction:

16 years + (LR)

30 June to 9 July daily: 12:00

R60 (Discounted)

The National Arts Festival in association with What Not Entertainment presents

Convincing Carlos A recipient of an inaugural Standard Bank Ovation Award in 2010, Convincing Carlos is a comedic reflection of one man’s obstinate obsession with reinstating one of the world’s most decorated soccer coaches back to Bafana Bafana in time for the world’s biggest sporting event.

Based on the true events surrounding Carlos Alberta Parreira’s rocky tenure with South Africa’s national soccer team, the story is a tragicomedy of the lengths some fans will go in pursuit of their team’s dreams. “…the quality of the piece is impeccable… Osei-Tutu moves between character, accent and facial expression with exquisite timing… (t)he script is cleverly-mastered...” Cue Online “…a good dose of laughter…” Media Update “…hilarious…” Sunday Times “…non-stop comedy…” Daily Sun “…Mpho’s talent and professionalism is undeniable…a must see….” Cue Catch the irrepressible Mpho Osei-Tutu (Laugh Out Loud, MacBeki, For Your Ears Only) in this hilarious one-man romp about the

desperation of fandom, the magnetism of family and the real story behind Parreira’s return; and relive the madness that was 2010! The Hangar Saturday 2 July Sunday 3 July Monday 4 July Tuesday 5 July

11:00 14:30 14:00 11:00 & 16:00

Duration:

1 hour 15 minutes (No interval)

Age Restriction:

13 years + (L)

Tickets:

R50

R60 (Student /Scholar)

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Tickets: R70 (Full)

122 theatre THE NATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL in association with THE PINK COUCH presents

...miskien Story by:

T. Notcutt, A. Pretorius, and G. Lombard

Directed by: Tara Louise Notcutt “…leaves one speechless and hardly daring to breathe” – The Cape Times “…miskien is unpretentious, rewarding theatre” – The Argus (4 stars) Two best friends, dead end jobs, rugby, and some regular guy stuff. Princess Alice Hall

…miskien is a simple story of two guys: best friends who are stuck in similar dead end jobs and nondescript lives, both waiting for Happy Hour at the end of each day to drag them unceremoniously into the next.

30 June to 9 July daily: 18:00

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…miskien is a play about being a little bit of everything. A comedy that takes itself seriously, it’s mostly English, with a bit Afrikaans; full of bravado, and, sometimes, intimate. A story that examines the spaces between people, and what we do, what we don’t do, what we say, and what we keep to ourselves, when we want to fill these gaps.

Duration:

55 minutes (No interval)

Age Restriction:

16 years + (L)

Tickets:

R50 (Full)

R45 (Students / Scholars)

This love story about friendship is directed by the Fleur du Cap winner of the Rosalie van der Gucht Prize for New Directors 2009, Tara Louise Notcutt, and is described as “brave, original, sexy, South African theatre” (meganshead.co.za).

THE NATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL in association with the DARK LAUGH THEATRE COMPANY presents

The Butcher Brothers Directed by: Sylvaine Strike Assistant Director: Daniel Buckland Concept: Producer: Director: Stage Manager: Designer:

Daniel Buckland Mongi Mthombeni Sylvaine Strike Wesley Deintjie Roger Lambert

Cast: Mongi Mthombeni Jacques Da Silva

2010 Standard Bank Ovation Award winner 2011 Naledi ‘Best New Cutting Edge Production’ winner

one of only 25 nominees worldwide for the Rolex Mentor Protégé Arts Initiative this year, and is the recipient of the Standard Bank Young Artist’s Award for Drama 2006. In 2005 she was awarded the Fleur du Cap Best New Director Award. Her riveting and innovative plays have captivated audiences nationally and internationally. The mask-work for two actors was first conceived and brought to the stage by Strike and talented actor Daniel Buckland (The Travellers, Dr. Collinger’s Funeral Service).

et in 1950 South Africa, a tiny family butchery is run by a prematurely retired ballroom dancer and his ever loyal servant, Boy. The ridged routine of their lives is interrupted by the unexpected arrival of a slumberous parcel. Sylvaine Strike directs a deliciously macabre and bloody tale in collaboration with Dark Laugh Theatre Company. Exquisitely performed in mask by Mongi Mthombeni and Jaques de Silva, this one hour epic will delight and intrigue even the most diehard vegetarian. Award-winning theatre director Sylvaine Strike is known for her sell out successes Baobabs Don’t Grow Here, Black and Blue, The Travellers and Coupé, she now directs The Butcher Brothers, a simple heart-felt story that tells how a seemingly small event can turn peoples’ lives upside down. She was

The Hangar Monday 4 July 11:00 & 18:00 Tuesday 5 July 14:00 & 21:30 Wednesday 6 July 21:30 Duration:

1 hour (No interval)

Age Restriction:

15 years +

Tickets:

R50

theatre 123 THE NATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL and the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in association with HET GELUID MAASTRICHT presents

Life is Too Good to Be True L

Winner of the 2010 Amsterdam Fringe Jury Award

ife is too Good to be True explores the role of truth in our present day (pop) culture. Starting as a portrayal of the infamous young American journalist, Stephen Glass, this performance becomes a theatrical exploration that involves some group therapy, some pink ribbons, a bit of lady gaga, a lot of scary dogs and a whole lot of the lies we all tell ourselves today.

Life is too Good to be True is an intriguing image of a current day youngster in a quarter life crisis.” – Tony Lankester, CEO of the National Arts Festival and member of the 2010 Amsterdam Fringe Jury panel. Glennie Festival Centre Friday 1 July Saturday 2 July Sunday 3 July Monday 4 July Tuesday 5 July

12:00 14:00 17:00 20:00 19:00

Duration:

1hour (No interval)

Age Restriction:

None

Tickets:

R50

The National Arts Festival in association with Keep the Dream 144 t/a CATALINA UNLTD presents

Shooting Cast: Written and directed by: Sound Lighting and Set Design: Stage Manager:

Dhaveshan Govender Ashwin Singh Themi Venturas Shika Budhoo

eddings and funerals have always been a time for bittersweet reflection. Jehan Singh, while attending the funeral of his cousin Ishaan, tells the comic and tragic story of his life growing up with his supremely talented football ‘star’ cousin Ishaan. The story of the two boys is, at once hilarious as it regales the audience with tales of interactions with members of their extended Indian family, and tragic as it relates the unfulfilled dreams and aspirations of the young men. The play features many memorable characters which audiences will instantly recognise and identify with, performed by well-loved comedic actor, Dhaveshan Govender, under the direction of playwright

Ashwin Singh. Audiences will remember Govender in the very-funny Kings of Old Trafford and as the cute police sidekick in the popular Catalina whodunnit Sheer Madness. Having received its première at the Catalina Theatre at Wilson’s Wharf, the new play was acclaimed for showing valuable insights into the cultural identity of the people of Durban. This is particularly poignant as the play deals with the untold story of a potential football star from a previously disadvantaged background, who battles for recognition even in post-apartheid South Africa. The work deals with important aspects of South African Indian culture – the challenges, rewards and contradictions of extended families; the community driven battles against the marginalisation of Indians; the crucial role of sport in Indian community life; the strong emotional bond between mothers and sons; and the capacity to overcome socio-political hardships to attain material success and spiritual fulfilment.

B2 Arena Monday 4 July 17:00 Tuesday 5 July 12:00 & 21:00 Wednesday 6 July 15:00 Duration:

121 minutes (Incl. interval)

Age Restriction:

10 years +

Tickets:

R50

Arena & Student theatre

Het Geluid Het Geluid (the noise) is an interdisciplinary theatre company from Maastricht, The Netherlands. Specialising in making work that breaks down boundaries between the performance disciplines, they work with journalists, dancers, actors, philosophers, opera singers and musicians. Het Geluid tries to create a meaningful sound in a complex noisy world in which a lot of expressions flatten the way we perceive the world and each other. Het Geluid has presented work at festivals and in theatres in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Bulgaria, Jerusalem and Prague.

124 theatre THE NATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL in association with LIBRARY THEATRE, Israel and the Embassy of Israel presents

Volunteer Man By: Directed by: Music: Costumes and Set: Lighting:

Dan Clancy Roy Horovitz Daniel Salomon Inga Barba Roni Cohen

Cast: Shimon Mimran, Roy Horovitz, Ora Meirson

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olunteer Man is an exploration into the right of a patient with an incurable illness to choose to end his life. It is also a meditation on the ‘rightness’ of the decision another person makes to aid in the suicide. The story is straightforward: a gentle, introverted gay man volunteers to visit a tough drug dealer who is dying from AIDS in a NYC hospital before the advent of life prolonging drug regimens. They come from different worlds, with different outlooks on what is ‘right’ or ‘wrong’, but over time they find a common cause. Volunteer Man is an Obie Award-winning play, and it also received a G.LA.D.D nomination for Best Play of the Year.

B2 Arena Friday 8 July Saturday 9 July Sunday 10 July

14:00 14:00 & 21:30 12:00

Duration:

1 hour 5 minutes (No interval)

Age Restriction:

16 years +

Tickets:

R50

According to the New York Times, Volunteer Man is a confrontational play that is “filled with laughter but leaves you feeling [like] Mike Tyson has landed one on your chest.” The reviewer from Time Out New York called it “one of the bleakest, most confrontational – and one of the best plays – I have seen in a long time.”

THE NATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL in association with AMEHLO PRODUCTIONS presents

Seriously? Written and Performed by: Directed by:

Iain Ewok Robinson Karen Logan

‘Ewok, I repeat, is a dangerous talent’ Giselle Turner, Daily News

eet a rapper. Not just your average rapper (never busted a cap, never dealt crack, never given a Ho a slap) but a rapper... from eMpangeni. Seriously? Proudly South African – from his multiple accents to his diverse dialects, from his creamy complexion to his heart of darkness, from his squiff peak cap to his self-tan style, Creamy Ewok Baggends (a.k.a Iain Gregory Robinson) is proudly South African... and still trying to figure out exactly what that means. In this autobiographical one-man show, award-winning hip-hop activist and spokenword artist Ewok (Spitfire, 2009) takes us on a multi-disciplinary journey from his smalltown beginnings in eMpangeni in the early 1990s (when being friends with your black neighbour made you a k****r lover) all the way to the present 2011, where he finds

himself one of South Africa’s most eminent white rappers. Ewok is regularly flown to festivals around the world because of the very same loud mouth his teachers tried to rein in, the only man flying business class with phat sneakers and pants low enough to make your mother nervous. From Zululand to New York, this inspiring and hilarious coming-of-age piece offers the audience not just the satisfaction of a local success story but also a unique insight into what makes hip-hop the dominant culture of urban youth today. Fusing comedy, spokenword, video art and rap music, this one-man tour de force is a journey of self-discovery. Directed by Karen Logan (Tin Bucket Drum, Standard Bank Ovation Award 2010) this is poor theatre with a multi-media twist and enough razor-sharp verbal antics to keep you both actively engaged and highly entertained. Fresh from the 21st International Poetry Festival of Medellin, Colombia, Iain Ewok Robinson has also performed his rap-antics in Berlin, Augsberg, Sweden and Zululand itself.

Vicky’s Thursday 7 July Friday 8 July Saturday 9 July

10:00 16:30 19:30

Duration:

1 hour (No interval)

Age Restriction:

PG 13 years +

Tickets:

R50

theatre / music 125 THE NATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL in association with the EMBASSY OF THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS presents

Daddy Day Created & performed by Bert Hana

n the early morning there we are standing at the packed car I borrowed from my parents. Sophie with her sleepy eyes and her pillow under her arm, and me hyped by the caffeine from two strong cups of coffee my neighbour offered me; end destination a care-free holiday at the typically Dutch family camping Zandzicht. Ha! As if!

6 Thompson Street Thursday 30 June 15:00 Friday 1 July 11:00 & 15:00 Saturday 2 July 11:00, 15:00 & 18:00 Sunday 3 July 11:00 & 15:00 Duration:

1 hour

Age Restriction:

12 years +

Tickets:

R50

The NATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL presents

The Syd Kitchen Tribute Concert With Tony Cox Nibs van der Spuy Guy Buttery Ashish Joshi

Steve Newman Greg Geordiades Marc Duby

Guy Butler Theatre Monday 4 July

20:00

Duration:

1 hour 10 minutes (No interval)

Age Restriction:

None

Tickets: R75 (Full) R70 (Discounted) R65 (Student/Scholar

yd Kitchen, musician, poet, nonconformist, and skollie of note, much loved by all who knew him, has passed on to go and play his brilliant music at some unknown, otherworldly location. Let’s hope they’re ready for him... This is a collection of some of the most outrageously talented and inventive musicians this country has ever seen. All will be paying tribute in word and in music to one of their own, now gone but never forgotten.

Proceeds of the evening will go toward a legacy project that will ensure Syd keeps inspiring guitarists for years to come. Details of the project will be announced on the night.

Arena & Student theatre

Be sure to head over to Daddy Day. A confronting and personal slide-show in a homely setting were Bert Hana reports on his summer holiday with his six-yearold daughter. In between the tent pins Bert reflects on single moms, sugar sweet children’s parties and the always perfectly humoured animation team. “Daddy Day is a perfectly pitched, meticulously performed work that stretches

the limits of theatre and leaves one reeling. The rich detail continues to be revealed after leaving the venue and walking down P. Langendijkstraat, shaken by the unsettling possibilities of perfectly realised art.” – Zane Henri, Fringe Review

126 Physical theatre THE NATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL in association with BABA YAGA THEATRE presents

Inua

Winner of the 2010 Standard Bank Silver Ovation Award in Physical Theatre Nominated for a Handspring Puppet Award for “Best Production” at Out the Box Festival 2010 Created and performed by: Artistic advice: Costume, Lighting Design and Set: Stage Managers:

Jori Snell Zsuzsanna Varkonyi & Chris Weare

Texts and poems:

Mary Oliver, H.C. Andersen, Eskimo folktales & Jori Snell Stephen Micus, Aphex Twin, Bach & Scandinavian folk songs

Music by:

Jori Snell Iman Isaacs & Jayne Batzofin Niklas Zimmer

n a timeless mythological space, a woman sets off on a shapeshifting journey meeting arctic creatures, and the untamed forces of Nature. She looks for the ‘Inua’ (essence) of things. In Inuit (Greenlandic) mythology, ‘Inua’ is the force of life, movement and change in all things. Like a dream, one story unfolds itself after the other in a variety of dance, physical theatre, tragi-comical elements, poetry and with the use of visual effects and objects.

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Photo: Niklas Zimmer

The Hangar Sunday 3 July Monday 4 July Tuesday 5 July Wednesday 6 July

11:00 & 18:30 21:00 20:00 14:30

Duration:

1 hour (No interval)

Age Restriction:

None

Tickets:

R50

“Baba Yaga Theatre ranks as something completely different … the experience itself is one of total immersion, invention, and originality”. L Billingham, Prague Festival. “Snell invites you to use your imagination in the surreal Inua. The use of various languages and the theatrical devices employed... is ingenious” – Theresa Smith, The Star “Snell’s physicality is astounding” Atiyyan Khan, Cape Argus

THE NATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL in association with ATHENA MAZARAKIS presents

Flicker Conceived by: Directed by: Performers and co-creators:

Athena Mazarakis Gerard Bester

its literal dissolving and disappearance beneath their feet.

Andrew Buckland, Athena Mazarakis and Craig Morris

Flicker takes the idea that every little thing you do really does make a difference and explodes it, theatrically, to create an impactive and immersive experience for the audience.

licker is created by the same artistic team responsible for the award-winning Attachments nos 1 – 7. Gerard Bester once again directs Craig Morris and Athena Mazarakis who are joined this time by theatre-maestro, Andrew Buckland. This edgy physical theatre work combines innovative digital art with a compelling physical language to tell a surreal tale of great urgency. Time is running out. On the grand scale and on the small scale. A couple desperately clings onto their life together in a world where their smallest actions visibly impact the world around them, accelerating

PJ’s Thursday 30 June 14:30 Friday 1 July 15:30 & 21:00 Saturday 2 July 15:30 & 21:00 Duration:

1 hour (No interval)

Age Restriction:

None

Tickets:

R50

Exhibitions 127 The National Arts Festival in association with the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University presents

RE.SPONSE Works from Cleone Cull Ethna Frankenfeld Mary Duker Mkonto Gwazera Alhyrian Laue

David Jones Vulisango Ndwandwa Graham Jones Bantu Mtshiselwa and others

This is the third reconfiguration of the exhibition, which was shown in its original form at the NMMAM in September 2010, with the works in response appearing alongside the originals to which they refer / defer, and which was then re-curated for the William Humphrey’s Art Gallery in Kimberley in February 2011. The evoked responses and reproductions of the original works are hung together in an exhibition that provides a visual conversation with the past. Atherstone Gallery, Monument Open daily:

09:00 to 18:00

Ethna Frankenfeld. Corrupted (Intaglio) in response to Frederick I’Ons [Xhosa] Women

The National Arts Festival presents

The Arena Exhibition of Exhibitions Y ellowwood Terrace in the Monument will play home to an “exhibition of exhibitions” – a selection of some of the work you’ll be able to see exhibited on the Fringe this year. It’s a great place to start your visual art journey – you’ll be able to see which artists speak to your inner soul before seeking them out in a hidden corner of Grahamstown.

On display will be the unhurried brush strokes and vibrant colours of Sam M Gabula; works from the extraordinary exhibition ‘Skin’ which features 30 artists from Nelson Mandela Bay responding to the theme suggested by the exhibition title; and Nikki Thomson’s moving and suggestive Karoo scenes.

Bent: Xanthe Jackson & Rachel Baasch

Pioneered last year as part of the ‘Arena’ programme, the Exhibition of Exhibitions returns in 2011 in its new home, and helps festival goers make sense of the vast number of artists and artworks that make up our Fringe Visual Art collection. Also featured will be new techniques of embroidery from the ever-popular Keiskamma Art Project, a group which has developed a huge following over the years among Festinos. Tori Stowe returns with an exhibition inspired by a long wait in a Post Office queue called “Written in Wrinkles” and Xanthe Jackson and Rachel Baasch explore the practical and thematic possibilities of metal as a medium using razor wire and metal sheeting in “Bent”. Artist Michael Hayes presents a series of abstract paintings which examine and reveal various aspects of a Christ centred spirituality in “Revelation”, while Zingisa Nkosinkulu uses elements of nature to explore the idea of things in existence, and things working together to create harmony in society. Featuring work from these and dozens of other artists, the Exhibition of Exhibitions is a neat capsule of all that is good on the Fringe Visual Art programme – make sure you put aside an hour or two to browse through it.

Beyond Synergy: Zingisa Nkosinkulu

Yellowwood Terrace, Monument Open daily:

09:00 to 18:00

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n this exhibition, artists with strong connections to the School of Music, Art and Design at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, respond to the idea of RE.SPONSE, as they engage with artworks drawn from the permanent collection at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Art Museum (NMMAM). Artists were invited to select an artwork from a ‘menu’ of works, and to produce a work of their own in response. They were free to use the work to their own advantage, as an inspiration, as a catalyst; to respond to it, to take from it whatever pleased them, whether this involved producing a work that honoured the spirit of the original, or one that challenged

its premises to the core, whether they responded to the work they had selected as a whole, or to a snippet of the composition.

128 student theatre

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Student Theatre

THE NATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL presents RHODES UNIVERSITY’S

Taste Cast: Bianca Binneman, Zano Mthembu, Megan Wright, Edward Pepperell, Dumisa Lengwati, Bryce Woodiwiss, Elisha Mudly Written & directed by:

Debbie Robertson

A secluded weekend away leads to some dark and intriguing discoveries for a gathering of people. As an intruder is brought into their fold, what begins as fun and frivolous starts to simmer into something increasingly malignant. Like any stylish fine dining, the main course is far more succulent than the starter, and for dessert? You never know what might be cooking. It’s thrilling, it’s comic, but most importantly, it’s delicious.

Rehearsal Room Monday 4 July Tuesday 5 July Wednesday 6 July

11:00 21:00 15:00

Duration:

50 minutes (No interval)

Language:

English

Age Restriction:

16 years +

Tickets: R30 (Full)

R28 (Discounted)

R24 (Student/Scholar)

student theatre 129 THE NATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL presents the TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY’S

Cleansed Cast: Mornè Steyn Pieter Jonker Vianney Farmer Sandile Mdludli

Monique du Toit Kifilwe Mohlabane Mpumi Sithole Sarah Kane Gavin Matthys

Written by: Directed by:

Sarah Kane takes away the mechanics of explanatory narrative and presents the audience with a series of poetic images and pared dialogue. The central theme of the play is that of a sister searching for a lost brother. It explores what a lover is truthfully willing to offer or sacrifice for another. The sadistic character, Tinker that serves as a torturer / psychiatrist in an institution drives the characters to the extremes of pain to find out what power love has over them. Under the pressure of the sadistic Tinker the characters’ bodies begin to fall apart.

Skins are removed, limbs are removed, genitals are removed, and identities forcibly changed until the end of the play. By the final scenes of the play each character carries the fragments of someone else’s identity. Unable to love and unable to cease loving, the characters find refuge in mutability, transcending their own limits. Rehearsal Room Thursday 30 June Friday 1 July Saturday 2 July

15:00 18:00 21:00

Duration:

1 hour 30 minutes (No interval)

Age Restriction:

Strictly adults only

Tickets: R30 (Full)

R28 (Discounted)

R24 (Student/Scholar)

Khululekani Emakhaya Directed by:

D’bi Young

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 space? Is it a space of acceptance? Is South Africa ‘home’ to all the displaced people and the Diaspora who come here filled with all kinds of hopes and dreams? The production focuses on different ways of liberating this ‘place called home’. The play invites everybody to share in the imagining and shaping of ‘home’ and questions the interpretation of slogans such as ‘a home for all’ or ‘home away from home’.

Rehearsal Room Thursday 30 June Friday 1 July Sunday 3 July

18:00 21:00 15:00

Duration:

1 hour (No interval)

Language:

English

Age Restriction:

Tickets: R30 (Full)

R28 (Discounted)

R24 (Student/Scholar)

THE NATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL presents the DURBAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY’S

La Conscientia Written & directed by:

Radwinn Paul van Wyk

Rehearsal Room

The earth cries, her children die. ‘Let there be light’ – refracted and broken by the invisible darkness enveloping her epidermis, a primitive future seems fantastical to the natural.

Friday 1 July Sunday 3 July Monday 4 July

11:00 21:00 18:00

We press play and dance to the silence of our pauses and the nothingness of our blackouts. Creating something that joins us beyond the one to five senses. Colours are audible and thoughts can be touched, the inner being of humanity becomes a coliseum and the roar for peace becomes transparent by the breathlessness of our mother earth sweating blood.

Duration:

1 hour (No interval)

Language:

English

Age Restriction:

Her redemption is pending in the cathedral of the chosen.

Tickets: R30 (Full)

R28 (Discounted)

R24 (Student/Scholar)

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THE NATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL presents the UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE’S

130 student theatre THE NATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL presents the UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH’S

Mem-Re Choreographed & directed by:

Dayne Nel

Rehearsal Room

Mem-Re: is a physical theatre production that explores the inner landscape of remembrance and recollection. By going on a unique journey along with the performers, the audience is drawn into their own world of remembrance and will be prompted to reflect on their own experiences.

Thursday 30 June Friday 1 July Saturday 2 July

11:00 15:00 18:00

Duration:

45 minutes (No interval)

Vocabulary for this production was generated through the use of improvisation and the input of the performers themselves that capture and reflect their own personal experiences. Follow the story of five distinctive performers that, through the use of their bodies, will guide you on a journey of remembrance.

Language:

English & Afrikaans

Age Restriction:

All ages

Tickets: R30 (Full)

R28 (Discounted)

R24 (Student/Scholar)

Arena & Student theatre

THE NATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL presents the UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND’S

Red Peters Way Out Directed by:

Phala Ookeditse

Rehearsal Room

Adapted by Phala Ookeditse from Franz Kafka’s A Report to an Academy, Red Peter’s Way Out is focused on the complexities of identity in post-apartheid South Africa. The adaptation presents an opportunity for the audience to reflect on their own layered identities as co-created by society.

Friday 8 July Saturday 9 July Sunday 10 July

11:00 15:00 11:00

Duration:

50 minutes (No interval)

Language:

English

Age Restriction:

All ages

Asked to make a report about his past life as an ape, Red Peter instead decides to make a report about his current life. In his report Red Peter contests that his historical identity cannot be held against him or define him as a being. He largely questions the notion of prejudging one’s identity based on their physical outward appearance. Red Peter’s journey was ignited

Tickets: R30 (Full)

R28 (Discounted)

R24 (Student/Scholar)

by finding a way out of a cage he was confined to after his capture. Has this ‘way out’ un-caged his identity?

THE NATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL presents the UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL PIETERMARITZBURG CAMPUS’

Metamorphosis Cast: Vicky Khumalo Debbie Dottridge Edward Lloyd Written by: Directed by:

Sparky Xulu Kwanele Thusi Stella Dlangalala Adam Steyn (in collaboration with the cast) Adam Steyn

Franz Kafka’s story about a middle class family whose eldest son turns into a beetle has been adapted to represent the milieu and ideology of a rural isiZulu family. The family has to continually deny the existence of the beetle in their midst, while juggling their own fears and the expectations of the outside world. This concept has resonance with our South African realities where family members are transformed by AIDS, and where stigmatisation continues to determine our responses to illness and tragedy.

Rehearsal Room Thursday 7 July Friday 8 July Saturday 9 July

11:00 18:00 18:00

Duration:

1 hour (No interval)

Language:

English & IsiZulu

Age Restriction:

All ages

Tickets: R30 (Full)

R28 (Discounted)

R24 (Student/Scholar)

student theatre 131 THE NATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL presents the UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA’S

Ororo Written & directed by:

Nico Scheepers

Ororo explores female agency and empowerment in the context of race, gender and sexuality. A searing vision of transformation. Of finding your voice. Of owning yourself. Of coming to the edge of sanity and doing more than just dipping your feet…

Rehearsal Room Sunday 3 July Monday 4 July Tuesday 5 July

11:00 21:00 15:00

Duration:

50 minutes (No interval)

Language:

English & Afrikaans

Age Restriction:

Strictly adults only

Tickets: R30 (Full)

R28 (Discounted)

R24 (Student/Scholar)

THE NATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL presents the UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL DURBAN CAMPUS’

Amy Wilson & Donna Steel Designed by: Amy Wilson Written by:

Most teenage girls go on shopping sprees. I went on a killing spree. Imagine gripping the hot plate of a stove; waiting until your fingerprints are melted clean like wax. Delve into the mind of a teenage killer. Do an autopsy on an almost taboo word in society: bullying. It’s where homophobia starts. It’s where sexism starts. It’s where racism starts. It’s where xenophobia starts. It gives birth to all forms of discrimination, and it teaches its children – attack.

Rehearsal Room Tuesday 5 July Wednesday 6 July Thursday 7 July

11:00 18:00 21:00

Duration:

1 hour (No interval)

Language:

English

Age Restriction:

Tickets: R30 (Full)

R28 (Discounted)

R24 (Student/Scholar)

So retaliate. But on someone else instead. That’s how the game works. Unless, of course, you tried to change the rules... works. Unless, of course, you tried to change the rules…

THE NATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL presents the UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE’S

Seven Guitars Written by: Directed by:

August Wilson Prof. Charles Dumas & Karabelo Lekalake

It is the spring of 1948. In the still cool evenings of Pittsburgh’s Hill district, family sounds fill the air. The laughter of friends gathered for a backyard card game rises just above the wail of a mother who has lost her son. And there’s the sound of the blues, played and sung by young men and women with little more than a guitar in their hands and a dream in their heads. August Wilson’s Seven Guitars explores the hope, heartbreak, and heritage of the African-American experience in the twentieth century. The story follows a small group of friends who gather after the death of Floyd “Schoolboy” Barton, a local blues guitarist on the edge of stardom. Together, they reminisce about his short life and discover the unspoken passion and undying spirit that lives within each of them.

Rehearsal Room Thursday 7 July Friday 8 July Saturday 9 July

18:00 15:00 11:00

Duration:

1 hour 30 minutes (No interval)

Language:

English

Age Restriction:

Tickets: R30 (Full)

R28 (Discounted)

R24 (Student/Scholar)

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Splinters

132 student theatre THE NATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL presents CITY VARSITY’S

The Domain Written & directed by:

Francesco Nassimbenni

Milton, David, Stella, Miriam, Harrison and Riley have never met. They live in different cities, attend different colleges, and look out of their windows onto different views. They might not recognise each other on the street. They don’t even know each other’s names. In The Domain, six usernames patrol the border. An alert to their profiles has brought them to the fence. These are the six who discovered The Domain, the last untouched limit, the farthest reach. They’ve shaped it to be whatever they want it to be. An ideal land. A paradise. The possibility of an intruder threatens the architecture of their secret dominion. Who is it who challenges their secrecy? Who is trying to enter The Domain?

Arena & Student theatre

An arresting fusion of dance theatre and gripping narrative, this genre defying fantasy drama explores what it means to ‘just be yourself’ in an increasingly unreal world.

Rehearsal Room Thursday 30 June Saturday 2 July Sunday 3 July

21:00 15:00 18:00

Duration:

1 hour 10 minutes (No interval)

Language:

English

Age Restriction:

All ages

Tickets: R30 (Full) R28 (Discounted)

R24 (Student/Scholar)

“We didn’t know where we were going until we were there. And once we were there, we didn’t remember where we had come from. That’s what I loved so much about The Domain. And this is why I knew I had to protect it”

THE NATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL presents THE UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN’S

Seven / VII Written by: Directed by:

UCT 4th year Theatre & Performance Theatre students Thenjiwe Stemela

Everyday a prominent member of parliament sits on the same old bench, in the same city park, reading the newspaper while getting his shoes shined. At the end of a particularly long, but ordinary day, he returns home and attempts to remove his shoes before retiring to bed. However, for some unfathomable reason, he cannot remove the shoes from his feet. After giving up, he eventually falls asleep with his shoes on and wakes up to discover that things are not quite the same as they were the day before.

Rehearsal Room Wednesday 6 July Thursday 7 July Friday 8 July

11:00 15:00 21:00

Duration:

45 minutes (No interval)

Language:

English

Age Restriction:

16 years +

Tickets: R30 (Full) R28 (Discounted)

R24 (Student/Scholar)

THE NATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL presents THE MARKET THEATRE LABORATORY’S

Touched Directed by: Thato Malebye & Jerry Khauwe We are born clean and unconfused. We touch the world and the world touches us. But as we grow its no longer as easy as “playing house”. Responsibilities and temptations will darken our souls. And before we know it – our lives are over. The ‘youth of today’ are too often pigeon-holed and dismissed. Society tells us we are responsible for the trend of ignorance; that we’re only interested in the quick-fix: that we’re only trying our luck. As if they were never young once. Whether its politics, culture or love – it will be pulled out of the box and made to answer.

Rehearsal Room Saturday 2 July Monday 4 July Tuesday 5 July

11:00 15:00 18:00

Duration:

1 hour 20 minutes (No interval)

Language:

English & other SA languages

Age Restriction:

Tickets: R30 (Full) R28 (Discounted)

R24 (Student/Scholar)

134 Fringe contents

Contemporary Dance 135 Indigenous Dance 140 Physical Theatre 142 Drama 147 Family Theatre 159 The Festival organisers have made every effort to ensure that everything printed in this publication is accurate. However, mistakes and changes do occur, and we do not accept any responsibility for them or for any inaccuracies or misinformation within advertisements. Artists provide images, logos and advertisements and we accept no responsibility for the quality of reproduction in this publication.

Comedy 161 Cabaret 177 Music Theatre 181 Music 186 Words in Action 198 Wordfest 200 Re-Imagining 201 Spiritfest 202

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Dirt

James Cairns

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Ticket prices R80 (Full) / R60 (Students) / R60 (Friends) / R60 (Block Booking)

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“A triumph...”– Another 48 Hours. “...one of the funniest actors in the country”– Sunday Times. “...in ′n klas van sy eie” – Die Burger. “ I thought I was having an asthma attack I was laughing so hard.” – Megan’s Head “... thrilling lines, ringing ironies, hilarious gags ... it changed my life...” – The Argus. Director: Jenine Collocott Writer: Nick Warren Featuring: James Cairns

1h15 13L Pro 16 English Vicky’s: 30 June 16:00; 1 July 15:00; 2 July 10:00; 3 July 19:30; 4 July 12:00; 5 July 12:00 & 22:30; 6 July 16:30; 8 July 21:30; 9 July 17:00 Tickets: R80 / R60 / R60/ R60 Special discount: 30 June 16:00 – only R40

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contemporary dance 135 The Anatomy of Weather The Matchbox Theatre Collective

Haskins and Snyman have joined forces with PJ Sabbagha (The Forgotten Angle Theatre Company) resulting in a work that is beautiful, emotional, unpredictable and innovative. The Anatomy of Weather follows the unpredictability of relationships in a work that is both emotionally and physically charged. Proudly funded by the National Arts Council of South Africa. Choreographer: Nicola Haskins and Bailey Snyman with consulting choreographer PJ Sabbagha. Featuring: Nicola Haskins, Bailey Snyman & Penny Ho Hin

Avalanche

P Bhakti

Orange Farm Primary School & ASD

Avalanche is performed by Orange Farm Primary School learners, from an area of high unemployment but rich in cultural activities. These learners are determined to make a living through participation in arts and culture. Their performance show their lifestyle and culture through movement, emphasizing that God is the creator of everything, be it science, dance etc. Director: Ntsali wa Motete Choreographer: Mthokozisi Somana, Siphiwe Ndlovu and Sentla Radebe Featuring: African Stars Development artists Naledi Mlambo & Zizipho Tilashe.

55m All Pro 11 All St 1 Centenary Hall: 30 June 13:00; 1 July 14:00; 2 July 12:00 & 18:00; 3 July 18:00 & 22:00; 5 July 20:00; 6 July 14:00

IsiZulu with SA languages

Flatfoot Dance Company

“BhaktI”, also the Sanskrit word for devotion, is a dance theatre work that explores the meeting of Eastern mystical philosophy and African contemporary dance rhythms. Spoken word poet Iain Ewok Robinson blends his street-style word rhymes with the ancient wisdom of Rumi’s poetry, and the dancers begin the ancient whirling of the Sufi dervishes as they embark on the process of unlocking ‘the door’ – and so begins “Bhakti”. Choreographer: Lliane Loots Written by: Iain Ewok Robinson Music composed and performed by: Madala Kunene, Mandla Matsha and Vishen Kemraj Featuring: Madala Kunene, Mandla Matsha, Vishen Kemraj and Iain Ewok Robinson

50m PG Pro 1

City Hall: 30 June 14:00; 1 July 16:00 & English 20:00; 2 July 14:00; Great Hall: 3 July 16:00; 5 July 16:00 8 July 12:00 & 21:30; Tickets: R55/ R40 / R50 / R45 Tickets: R20 / R10 /R10 / R5 9 July 12:00 Special discount: Tickets: R85 / R65 / R65 /R60 Special discount: 30 June 13:00 – only R45 30 June 14:00 – only R15 Special discount: 8 July 12:00 – only R70

Artistic Nation Artistic Nation/Creative Minds Director: Siyabonga Yafele Choreographer: Siyabonga Bawuti Music composed by: Sindisile Mpako Featuring: Andiswa Rabeshu & Mlamumli Ncese

FRINGE Programme

55m All CT English Kinetics Hall: 30 June 19:00; 1 July 12:00; 3 July 14:00; 4 July 20:00; 5 July 16:00 Tickets: R20 / – / R15 /R15

Centenary Hall Thursday 7 July Friday 8 July Saturday 9 July

10:30 & 20:30 16:00 12:00 & 22:00

TICKETS: R30 (Discounts: R25)

136 contemporary dance Dance Spectrum

Deadself

The National School of the Arts

Vuyani Arts Development

Dance Spectrum is an ensemble of ballet, contemporary dance, jazz and Spanish flamenco performed by talented learners from the National School of Arts Dance Department. This showcase combines pieces performed at the school’s Festival of Fame in Johannesburg. Director: Manuel Norambuena Choreographer: Lauren Jones and Manuel Normanbuena

P Gauteng Dance Motjeko P

This production refers to social movements and environmental issues relevant to our present time. We create present time gestures, imaginations, memories and movement in a physical dance form with a contemporary style. Our creativity looks at what is happening in our community. Director: Ntombozuko Tinise Choreographer: Vuyani Hoboshe Featuring: Zuks Tinise, Vuyani Hoboshe & Boniwe Tyota

45m CT B2 Arena: 30 June 16:00; 1 July 18:00; 2 July 16:00 & 22:00; 3 July 10:00 & 18:00 Tickets: R20 / – / – / –

55m All St 2 English

FRINGE Programme

Director: Keke Lehana Featuring: Thapelo Mbidli, Patrick Khubeka & Portia Mabalane English

Dead, Up You Go, Dust-Off

The dance piece, according to director Eshdey Diphae, is inspired by his sexuality, and memoirs of his life… In his quest to understand his sexuality and to become comfortable in his own skin, Diphae has developed a carefree attitude and strives to live his life according to his own rules.

The Gauteng Department of Sport, Arts, Culture and Recreation promotes artistic excellence and creative endeavour by affording dance groups a platform to showcase their talent at the National Arts Festival. The Department conducts showcases around the Province to identify talent and take deserving groups through to the Festival. In 2011, Dinganga Theatre Creators, Contemporary, Diligent Legendary Generation & Sebujwa and Thapelo Mbidli Hip-hop will be sharing a stage to showcase their talent.

50m All SPro 7 The Foot Musicians

Centenary Hall: 30 June 19:00; 1 July 10:00 & 22:00; 2 July 14:00; Tap Talk Rhythm 3 July 16:00; 4 July 16:00 Company Tickets: R45 / R35 / R35 / R40 Special discount: 30 June 19:00 – only R40

Big Time Dance Troupe

Gauteng Department of Sport, Arts, Culture and Recreation

Centenary Hall: 4 July 10:00; 5 July 14:00; 7 July 22:00; 8 July 14:00; 9 July 10:00; 10 July 14:00 Tickets: R25/ R20 / R23 / R22 Special discounts: 4 July 10:00 – only R20 10 July 14:00 – only R12

Gumfusion Back in Grahamstown bringing spontaneous combustion to the dance floor, this talented tap team will include all the glitz and glamour that you’ve come to know and love, plus the contemporary tap genre so rife today. Fast, furious and fascinatingly fabulous! Tap dance at its best!! Director: Sandra Rosenberg Choreographer: Sandra & Megan Rosenberg

SAreal Performing Arts and Artistree

Heart-wrenching, ribcracking, seat-clenching, raw power, passion, poetry 45m All SPro 11 and dance. Including a new style of dance: tribal belly English dance fused with gumboot Kingswood Theatre: and physical theatre. The 5 July 14:00; 6 July 16:00; fiery combination of styles, 7 July 20:00; 8 July 12:30; costume and colour is 9 July 18:30; 10 July 12:30 something to behold. Dark Choreographer/director/ Tickets: R50 / R45 / R45 / R45 comedy, gypsy tribal fusion, performer: Eshdey Diphae, with physical theatre, flamenco, Special discounts: Aye (Nigeria) on Dejembe drums giant butterfly wings, 5 July 14:00 – only R40 Writer: Eshdey Diphae, derived gumfusion and poetry. 10 July 12:30 – only R25 from Swan Lake Choreographers: Music: Saint Saens & Nathi Malinga Rushka Johnson & Lindie van Zyl Writer: Natasha Saunders 1h All Pro 5 Featuring: Lindie van Zyl & English Rushka Johnson Dicks: 1h All Pro 1 7 July 11:00; 8 July 13:00 & 22:30; 9 July 18:30; English 10 July 13:00 PJ’s: Tickets: R35 / R20 / R20 / R20 7 July 18:30; 8 July 15:30; 9 July 11:00 & 19:30; Special discounts: 10 July 13:00 7 July 11:00 – only R30 10 July 13:00 – only R18 Tickets: R35 / R30 / R30 / R30 Special discount: 10 July 13:00 – only R18

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FRINGE Programme

138 contemporary dance Hip Pantsula Revolution

Life Wire PACOFS

P …Paqo – Coming Spring Board P Three is a Crowd of Age P Reverb Dance Company, Kmad Dance Company

Emonti Arts Company

Masutsa Dance Theatre

England

Inspired by the traditional Sotho game/dance Mopaqo; the piece explores the journey into womanhood experienced by Sotho girls: the joys and challenges, the pain, the ritualistic experiences and the intense spiritual connection. This is beautifully captured in song Participants in the Tsoho and a fusion of traditional REVERB returns to the Community Dance Festival Life in the townships is a and contemporary dance National Arts Festival to contest for territorial power were chosen, after four with dramatic imaging. take you on a theatrical days of workshops and between subcultures. performances, to form part Choreographer: Tshepiso Phetlhu rollercoaster of emotions. Pantsulas, bhujwas and Springboard is a programme of this exciting showcase of niggers complete for dance. The Life Wire dance 50m All Pro 1 of three new works territorial domination. Hip choreographed by Sharon production incorporates Pantsula Revolution is the Sesotho with English Sepala and Sian Billinge a visually stunning array battlefield of these ghetto featuring Underground Centenary Hall: of diverse dance styles, subcultures. We take you Rebellion: a menacing and 6 July 10:00 & 22:00; including pantsula, hip on a nostalgic journey, dark explosion of athleticism 7 July 12:30; 8 July 20:00; hop, contemporary and showcasing old-school around an inhospitable krumping. The dancers come 9 July 18:00; 10 July 16:00 pantsula, breakdance and from four Free State districts, Tickets: R45 / R35 / R38 / R20 environment. Not to be kwasakwasa, through well missed! Thabo Mofutsanyana, rehearsed dance routines. Lejweleputswa, Motheo and Special discounts: Writer/director: Sharon Sepala Writer/Director: Bongani Linda 6 July 10:00 – only R38 Fezile Dabi. Don’t miss this Choreographers: Choreographer: Jabulani Dube & 10 July 16:00 – only R23 exciting showcase of dance Sharon Sepala and Sian Billinge Buyile Geza styles – the best of the best Featuring: Hollie Bishop, Featuring: Khanyisa Menemene, from the Free State. Sam Flowerdew & Emma Johnson Masibulele Kondile & Sam Tonisi Choreographer/director: 30m All SPro 1h 13+L Pro 4 Sfiso Mhlambi Sinsation P Centenary Hall: English with Tsotsi Taal 1h 13+ SPro 3 Green Door Productions 7 July 10:30 & 20:30; City Hall: 8 July 16:00; Kinetics Hall: 3 July 10:00; 4 July 22:00; 9 July 12:00 & 22:00 30 June 21:00; 2 July 14:00; 5 July 12:00; 6 July 14:00; 3 July 12:00; 4 July 22:00; Tickets: R30 / R25 / R25 / R25 7 July 16:00; 8 July 13:00 8 July 16:00; 9 July 10:00; Special discount Tickets: R50 / R40 / R50 /R40 10 July 12:00 7 July 10:30 – only R25 Tickets: R35 / R25 /R35 / R25 Special discounts: The Language We 30 June 21:00 – only R30 10 July 12:00 – only R18

Cry In

FRINGE Programme

Ubom! Eastern Cape Drama Company, Rhodes University & Kingswood College

Exhilarating and downright sexy! Dance just grew an attitude! With intense high Lost Souls P levels of energy and pulsepounding choreography, Fuba School of Dramatic Sinsation is a must to watch. & Visual Arts The raw spirit, sizzling costumes and charismatic cast, will leave you having a hard time just staying in your seat. HOT! HOT! HOT! Don’t think twice – just go!!! Director: Tammy Matthews & Elzaan Wiid

A collaboration between the Amaphiko Township Dance Project, choreographed by Sifiso Sikhakhane, and the Kingswood College Concert Band, conducted by Stephen Holder. A family’s memory is pieced together through a song with legendary powers to connect those who sing it with their roots. A perfect blend of live music and contemporary dance tells the moving and thoughtprovoking story of The Language We Cry In. Music: Hans Zimmer, Robert W Smith & Stephen Holder

45m All St 8 English Centenary Hall: 3 July 10:00; 4 July 18:00; 5 July 12:00; 6 July 16:00; 7 July 14:30 Tickets: R45 / R35 / R35 / R35 Special discount: 3 July 10:00 – only R25

50m PG SPro

English It’s easy to help someone find direction. Complications start when somebody is lost from within... the emptiness seems to resemble nakedness. What does become certain is that the only person who can help one search for a lost soul is the one who has lost it. Director/choreographer: Mcebisi Bhayi

35m All CT Kingswood Theatre: 30 June 14:30; 1 July 21:30; 2 July 16:00; 6 July 18:00; 7 July 16:00 Tickets: R30 / R20 / R20 / R18 Special discount: 30 June 14:30 – only R25

Centenary Hall: 2 July 10:00; 3 July 12:00; 4 July 20:00; 5 July 10:00; 7 July 16:30; 8 July 18:00 & 22:00; 9 July 16:00; 10 July 10:00 Tickets: R45 / – / – / R43 Special discounts: 2 July 10:00 – only R40 10 July 10:00 – only R23

Visions Du Mouvement

Northern Dance Project

A theatrical dance explosion of technique, athleticism and artistry. Technically aweinspiring dancers, unfold the intricacies and diversities of choreographic works by some of the proudest South African choreographers. The most outstanding quality of Kmad is their passionate expressiveness in each of these breathtaking duets. Director: Kelsey Middleton Choreographers: Kelsey Middleton, Boyzie Cekwana, Bertus Barkhuizen & Ellington Mazibuku Performers: Stef Bos and Ennio Morricone Featuring: Muzi Buthelezi, Kim McCusker & Laura-Jean de Vries

1h5m All Pro

A contemporary dance programme of various works, celebrating the 5th Anniversary of NDP including an original work choreographed by Kitty Phetle of ex African Dance Theatre, presently of Mzanzi Production, plus a piece by Russell Cummings of Free Flight Dance Company and Cape Town City Ballet. Director: Deborah McFadden Choreographer: Kitty Phetla, Russell Cummings, Kelly Hort & Deborah McFadden Featuring: Sia, Civil Twilight & Howard Shore

1h All SPro 4 English

English (IsiZulu & Afrikaans) Centenary Hall: 30 June 17:00; 1 July 16:00; Glennie Hall: 3 July 20:00; 5 July 22:00; 2 July 10:00; 4 July 19:30; 6 July 18:00; 8 July 10:00; 5 July 18:00; 6 July 21:30; 9 July 14:00 & 20:00 7 July 14:30; 8 July 12:30 Tickets: R45 / R40 / R40 / R35 Tickets: R60 / R55 / R58 / R50 Special discount: Special discount: 30 June 17:00 – only R30 2 July 10:00 – only R55

contemporary dance 139

FRINGE Programme

140 Indigenous dance Angqisha Amahlubikazi

Dancing into the Intlombe Calabash P Isingqi Sakwantu

Cultural – Walter Sisulu University

Isago Theatre Productions A boy is faced with problems because of a brawl between his Khoisan and Zulu spirit. The spirits agree that the boy chooses his path as a Christian. The story is told through dance and narration, lots of energy and This production is a a variety of dances, from showcase of the cultural Zion to Setswana (Khoisan), activities of the Hlubi tribe. and heart throbbing These are performed mostly rhythmic drumming and to grace our occasions like songs. weddings, boys’ initiations; Writer/director: Pitso Molebeledi to bring back our norms Choreographer: Tiisetso Pitiki and values and to restore Composer: Phila Ncikwa our culture so that our Featuring: Phila Ncikwa, youth gets to know and Thabo Moroe Karabo & Maqurela understand their heritage as they grow through the 1h10m All Pro 6 critical stages of life. English (Setswana) Writer/Director: City Hall: Constance N Vundisa Choreographer: Constance T Dlaba 30 June 19:00; 1 July 12:00; 2 July 18:00; 4 July 12:00 & Music: Constance N Vundisa 18:00; 5 July 22:30 Featuring: Constance Dlaba, Nomvuyiselo Mbadu & Tickets: R50 / R40 / R45 / R45 Novumasande Zweni Special discount: 30 June 19:00 – only R45 1h All IsiXhosa with IsiHlubi City Hall: 4 July 10:00 & 20:00; 5 July 14:00; 6 July 12:00 Tickets: R30/ R20 / R30 / R20

Dlala Nathi

When one has gone through the calling (intwaso), Intlombe is performed to celebrate the success of the ancestors’ calling. This is chiefly celebrated through indigenous dance and music. The celebrant is then called a traditional doctor, because they have the ability, with the help of the ancestors, to heal people spiritually and mentally through the use of traditional herbs. Writer/choreographer: Sonwabile Maqokolo, adapting traditional healing rituals Featuring: Kolekile Mbeshu, Nomzwabantu Mehlomakhulu & Nonceba Ngombane

45m All 1 City Hall: 7 July 10:00 & 22:00; 9 July 12:00 & 18:30; 10 July 14:00

IsiZulu

FRINGE Programme

The Simunye Women’s Cultural Club comes from Bubesi Location in Matatiele. It was formed in 1989 Director: Thandi Boyce with the aim of embracing Choreographer: Ntlahla Nyiki their cultural activities and Writer: Babalwa Kona keeping the women busy. The group is involved in 45m All Pro 2 community activities such as weddings and initiation English (IsiXhosa) celebrations. This is a Library Hall: showcase performance of 7 July 10:00; 8 July 12:00 & selected traditional dances. 16:00; 9 July 15:00 & 21:00 Director: Mbisi Khawuleza Tickets: R40 / R30 / R35 / R30 Choreographer: Zanele Ndlela Writer: Makoeli Likeba Special discount: Featuring: Nowesile Nduku, Zanele 7 July 10:00 – only R30 Ndlela & Nomzukhona Dlakavu

Tickets: R20 / R15 / – /–

Masonwabe Traditional Dance

The Maqubuthuli Group

The Maqubuthuli Group is a very vibrant group of dancers, doing a wide variety of multi-mixed dances, such as Indlam Yamabhaca, disco, etc. The group is located in Alfred Nzo District.

The Masonwabe Traditional Dance group

The Masonwabe Traditional Dance group showcases a celebration that is done by women when bringing Xhosa girls into womanhood. This celebration is displayed through traditional dances, colourful costumes and vibrant songs.

Director: Landiwe Latsha

1h All Am

Writer/choreographer: Sonwabile Maqokolo, adapting AbaThembu rituals

IsiXhosa Recreation Centre: 8 July 14:00; 9 July 16:00; 9 July 20:00; 10 July 12:00

45m All 1

Tickets: R20 / R15 / – / – Recreation Centre: 30 June 12:00 & 17:30; Special discount: 1 July 14:00; 2 July 16:00; 10 July – only R10 Tickets: R45 / R25 / R25/ R30 3 July 16:00 Special discount: Tickets: R40 / R35 / R35 /R35 7 July 10:00 – only R35 10 July 14:00 – only R23

IsiXhosa Recreation Centre: 30 June 14:00 & 20:00; 1 July 16:00; 2 July 14:00 Tickets: R45 / R40 / R25 / R30 Special discount: 30 June 14:00 – only R25

Intonjana

Thandi Boyce

Recreation Centre: 4 July 14:00 & 20:00; 5 July 16:00 & 20:00; 6 July 18:00

Director: Muzokhona Makhaye Choreographer: Msitheni Mkhize

45m All SPro

Philakukuzenzela Group

IsiHlubi (SeSotho, IsiXhosa)

P Maqubuthuli Traditional Dance

An exhilarating musical dance show that fuses the dance pieces of the Isigekle and uShamani with live traditional music. It has been performed to enthusiastic response around the province of KwaZulu Natal, in Nkandla, and for King Zwelithini.

IsiXhosa

Beyond the View P

1h All

Kwa-Ngono Rural Women & Youth Development Project

Simunye Traditional Dance

A story that portrays the journey of an African child who grows up in rural South Africa. She becomes a beautiful young woman despite changes over time: though the body she carries has scars, she is defined from the soul.

Isigekle

This show tells the story of the ritual of bringing an IsiXhosa girl into Intonjana through dance, music and indigenous movements. Presented by the AbaThembu women of the OR Tambo District, this is a vibrant, colourful and dynamic display of indigenous dance and music, and is a wonderful opportunity to see, experience and understand the AbaThembu culture. Writer/choreographer: Sonwabile Maqokolo, adapting AbaThembu rituals

45m All IsiXhosa Kinetics Hall: 1 July 16:00; 2 July 18:00; 3 July 16:00; 4 July 12:00; 5 July 22:00 Tickets: R45 / R30 / R30 / R30 Special discount: 1 July 16:00 – only R35

BOTHAKGA UNBELIEVABLE

Director: Professor Matlaopane Choreographer: Modipane Johaness Assistant director: Thebe Segaloe Duration: 60 Mins Dates and times: 7 July 14:00 & 22:00; 8 July 14:30; 9 July 14:30 10 July 16:30 Admission: R30.

Students R20.

Block bookings R25

Indigenous dance 141 Mohobelo Traditional Dance Mahaqasi Cultural Group

Mvanda Traditional Sukumani Dance P Makhosikazi P A unique and electrifying Traditional performance comprising Dance of the songs and dances of our youth: based on the journey of African trends that mingles contemporary, traditional and modern dance, and is accompanied by powerful drumming and poetry lines.

The Mahaqasi Cultural Group was formed in 2000, and performs the SeSotho traditional music and dances known as Mohobelo. Performed on special occasions, at traditional ceremonies, graduation and birthday parties, Mohobelo is very colourful and entertaining with breathtaking charging movements juxtaposed with hauntingly beautiful melodies. Director: Tsukubala Caswell Ramangoele Featuring: Tihokomelo Lipholo, Lebohang Ramangoele & Matanki Sello

1h5m All 3 Sesotho (IsiXhosa & Engish) Recreation Centre: 3 July 14:00; 4 July 18:00; 5 July 18:00; 6 July 20:00 Tickets: R20 / R15 / – /–

IsiXhosa with English Recreation Centre: 6 July 14:00; 7 July 16:00; 8 July 18:00; 9 July 14:00 Tickets: R40 / R30 / R35 /R30

Nampri’s All in One Dancers P This group of robust youth with oodles of energy and enthusiasm offer a showcase of modern, traditional and sarafina dance. “We want people to appreciate the beauty of our cultural diversity and we aspire to transform the lives of the young blood in society through dance”.

Umtshotsho Ensemble

Vukuzenzele Group

Imbabala Cultural Group

Unbelievable

Sukumani Makhosikazi

Director: Babalwa Bashe Writer/choreographer: Sindiswa Binase Music: Babalwa Bashe

40m All Pro 2

Umngqungqo Ensemble

An exciting showcase of IsiHlubi and IsiXhosa cultural traditions and rituals illustrated through beautifully performed dances and music, in full traditional costume. Director: Winnie Mtolo Choreographer: Nosandiso Vundisa Music: Mankosi Dangazele Featuring: Mankosi Dangazele, Nosandiso Vundisa & Mankosi Ralarala

1h All IsiHlubi (IsiXhosa) Recreation Centre: 1 July 18:00; 2 July 20:00; 3 July 18:00; 4 July 16:00 Tickets: R20 / R15 / – / –

A wonderful, colourful display of traditional dance featuring ceremonial dances and highlighting the culture of the IsiXhosa people. Writer/director: Sonwabile Maqokolo

45m All 1 IsiXhosa Kinetics Hall: 30 June 17:00; 1 July 14:00; 1 July 22:00; 2 July 16:00; 2 July 20:00

Umtshotsho is a vibrant and energetic traditional dance done by Amabomvana boys and girls during their celebrations. It consists of a number of different dances and poems, woven together with rhythmic movement and traditional costumes. A thread of poetry and narration make it easy to understand these cultural histories. Writer/director: Sonwabile Maqokolo

Tickets: R45 / R25 / R30 / R35 45m All 1 Special discount: 30 June 17:00 – only R35 IsiXhosa Recreation Centre: 30 June 10:00 & 16:00; 1 July 20:00; 2 July 18:00; 3 July 20:00

Bothakga Art & Culture Township dancers depict the typical township lifestyle with a variety of dance moves of different genre such as pantsula, gumboots, and isibojwa (ekasi-salad). Director: Professor Matlaopane Choreographer: Butiki Modipane Featuring: Lehlogonolo Sethunya, Thabang Peilman, Tshepang Morobane

1h All SPro 4 IsiZulu (English & SeTswana) Kingswood Theatre: 7 July 14:00 & 22:00; 8 July 14:30; 9 July 14:30; 10 July 16:30 Tickets: R30 / R20 / R20 /R25 Special discounts: 7 July 14:00 – only R20 10 July 16:30 – only R15

Tickets: R45 / R25 / R30 / R35 Special discount: 30 June 10:00 – only R35

Director: Nolupumzo Ncapayi Choreographer: Sheryl Jasson

40m All Pro 1 IsiXhosa (English & Setswana)

Multi Mixed Dance Banquet

Kingswood Theatre: 30 June 18:30; 1 July 19:30; 2 July 18:00; 4 July 12:30 & 18:30 Tickets: R30 / R20 / R20 /R20

Siyavuma Makhosi Multi Mixed Dance is a showcase of traditional dances like the ibhasi, Project isiphantsula and isikiza interspersed with modern township jive. In today’s new world and in modern communities, it is important that we do not forget our roots, that we celebrate our heritage. Bongiwe Mdludlu formed this group because she Director: Lubabalo Jojo had a vision to endorse Choreographer: Baxolise Mgele our heritage as a Xhosa nation. This group shows 1h All CT the importance of our IsiXhosa culture and religion through Recreation Centre: indigenous and traditional 7 July 14:00 & 20:00; dance. 8 July 16:00; 9 July 18:00; Director: Ntombohlanga Mdludlu 10 July 10:00 Choreographer: Bongiwe Mdludlu Tickets: R20 / R15 / – / – 1h5m All Am Special discount: 10 July 10:00 – only R10 IsiXhosa Recreation Centre: 5 July 14:00; 6 July 16:00; 7 July 18:00; 8 July 20:00 Tickets: R20 / R15 /– / –

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3 Acts of Love

P As Night Falls

OddBody Theatre

From the creators of the top Festival hit, Stilted, and award-winning show, Die Bannelinge, 3 Acts of Love is fun, sinister and tragic. Using mime, clowning and physical theatre, this comic duo explores the mysteries and dynamics of love in all its absurdities and sure/ realities that drive us crazy and make us human. Director: Bauke Snyman Creators: Bauke Snyman and Richard Antrobus Featuring: Richard Antrobus

1h All Pro 9 English Glennie Hall: 30 June 19:00; 1 July 19:30; 2 July 12:00 & 17:00; 4 July 17:30

P Beelzebub

University of Pretoria

Nicola Haskins choreographs As Night Falls, a dynamic dance theatre production from the University of Pretoria. This work examines the mystical and intriguing time of Helen Martin’s life when she became known as an “Outsider Artist”. Her owl house became an environment that grew into an obsessive urge to express her deepest feelings, her dreams and her desires. Choreographer: Nicola Haskins

50m All Pro 1 Centenary Hall: 30 June 21:00; 1 July 20:00; 2 July 22:00; 3 July 14:00; 4 July 14:00; 5 July 16:00

P Enough?

Ubom! Eastern Cape Drama Company

“Pleased to meet you, hope you guess my name...” An impertinent take on a very old tale, brought to you by some of the most dynamic young theatre makers in South Africa today. With fiery physical performances that spark scalding comedy, this is a journey into temptation not worth missing. Director: Brink Scholtz Choreographer: Levern Botha Writer: Brink Scholtz in collaboration with the cast Featuring: Richard Antrobus

45m All Pro 8

English (IsiXhosa) Tickets: R40 / R30 /R30 / R30 Gymnasium: 3 July 21:00; 4 July 20:30; Special Discount: 5 July 10:00 & 22:00; Tickets: R48 / R40 / R40 / R45 30 June 21:00 – only R35 6 July 19:00; Special discount: 7 July 21:30; 8 July 21:00; 30 June 19:00 – only R35 9 July 15:00; 10 July 13:00

FRINGE Programme

Tickets: R50 / R45 / R45 / R45 Special discounts: 3 July 21:00 – only R25 10 July 12:00 – only R 25

Nina Ristic

P The Feather Collector

Going Back To My P Roots

ZikkaZimba Productions Future Line Arts Academy

Enough? is a ‘one-man’ multimedia production that looks at the aftermath of losing a loved one. Joey lives with the regret and wonders ‘why?’ Director: Nina Ristic Writers: Nina Ristic & Hamish Neill Featuring: Hamish Neill and Simeen Whisgary

1h All Am 1 English Masonic Front: 7 July 10:00; 8 July 16:00; 9 July 12:00 & 16:00; 10 July 12:00

Based on Ovid’s Myth of Narcissus & Echo, this is a tale of reinvention in our world of wasted dreams. Uninspired and socially inept, Neville believes his life complete on receiving an auspicious letter. But instead, he has to reevaluate his life and free himself from a merciless spiral into madness. Director: Pamela Murray Featuring: Tim Redpath, Penny Ho Hin & Jaques Da Silva

1h 13+ Pro 5

Tickets: R40 / R30 / R20 /R20 English Special Discounts: Masonic Front: 7 July 10:00 – only R30 30 June 16:00; 1 July 22:00; 10 July 12:00 – only R20 4 July 16:00; 5 July 14:00; 6 July 18:00; 7 July 12:00 & 16:00; 8 July 18:00; 9 July 10:00; 10 July 16:00 Tickets: R55 / R40 / R45 / R35 Special discounts: 30 June 16:00 – R35 10 July 16:00 – only R28

Going Back to my Roots is a play about a man who is searching for the right belief to belong to. He is caught in the middle of two contrasting beliefs and is indecisive about the choice. In the middle of this a huge conflict with his wife occurs... Director: Abongile Kroza Writer: Thandolwethu Mzembe

50m All CT IsiXhosa & English NG Kerk Hall: 30 June 16:00; 2 July 22:30; 4 July 12:00 & 20:30; 5 July 15:00 Tickets: R30 / R20 / R20 /R15

physical theatre 143 How Can I Show You? Sinokhanyo Dance Theatre The relationship between the hearing and seeing is challenged when two brothers are torn between their ability. A young dancer is faced with the challenge of showing his blind older brother why he is called the best dancer in town. This leads to him wishing that his brother couldn’t also hear, so as to stop his unending complaints. What is consumed through the eye has now to go through the ear. Writer/director: Mcebisi Bhayi Music/performer: Umthwakazi Featuring: Mcebisi Bhayi, Sizwe Mcaka & Sphiwe Phiri

25m All CT IsiXhosa Glennie Festival Centre: 6 July 12:00 & 18:00; 7 July 18:00; 8 July 12:00; 9 July 16:00; 10 July 16:00

inTraceit

Loss and Having

Rhodes University Drama Department

Transmit, transform and transport. Rhodes University final year Master’s students, Gavin Krastin, Jen Schneeberger and Nadine Joseph, present an evocative collection of experimental site-specific work. Journey into a space of striking imagery, enveloping aural landscapes and provocative physicalities. inTranceit, a visceral experience in transit.

Antigone

A deconstruction of a classic text, exploring themes of power and rebellion Tickets: R30 / R20 / R20 / R15 through vocal performance; that challenges conventions Special discounts: and speaks beyond words. 6 July 12:00 - only R25 Choreographer: 10 July 16:00 – only R15 Jenn Schneeberger Writer: J. Anouilh Featuring: Lucy Kruger

Invasion 2.0 Rethabile Mothobi

York Street Extension: 3 July 18:00; 6 July 18:00; 9 July 18:00

dis.clo.sure

Brink Scholtz

Two acclaimed works: How a dead dog explains soccer to Sonja Smit (Nicola Elliott/ Brink Scholtz/Sonja Smit) – Spier Contemporary 2010: “skilled”, with “controlled references to cruelty and horror that weren’t without humour” (Wilkinson). Proximity Loss and Having (Nicola Elliott) – Dance Umbrella 2011 commission: “Delicious! ... a pristinely eloquent spatial idyll about life and language” (Sichel). Directors: Nicola Elliott, Brink Scholtz & Sonja Smit Featuring: Brink Scholtz, Sonja Smit, Neil Luyt & Thando Doni

45m 13+ Pro 7 English Nun’s Chapel: 30 June 21:00; 2 July 18:00; 3 July 11:00 Tickets: R58 / R50 / R50 / R50

P Mafeking Road The Pink Couch

Last seen wearing? Hair? Eyes? Height? Age? Sex? Writer/choreographer/ performer: Nadine Joseph Music: Daniel Lalua

Director: Rethabile Mothobi Music: Nicolas Williams and performed by Cherae Halley Featuring: Ntombifuthi Nkuna, Rahiem Whisgary & Cherae Halley

Christchurch - 4 Grant Street: 2 July 20:00; 5 July 20:00; 8 July 20:00

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Where the water hole is reached only in order to leave it behind; every point existing only as a relay. Writer/choreographer: Gavin Krastin Featuring: Nomcebisi Moyikwa

1h20m 16+LVNSRP St

55m All 3

IsiXhosa & English

St. Andrew’s Hall: 4 July 10:00; 5 July 18:00; 6 July 20:00; 7 July 22:00; 8 July 16:00; 9 July 16:30

Nombulelo Secondary School: 1 July 20:00; 4 July 20:00; 7 July 20:00

Tickets: R40 / R30 / R30 /R20 Tickets: R30 / R20 / R20/ R20 (including return transport from Rhodes University to the venues) Transport will meet patrons outside Rhodes Theatre (Prince Alfred Street) 15 minutes prior to advertised start time. Tickets to all first performances: R20

Herman Charles Bosman for the next generation! Physical theatre and comic book style: this is Bosman as never seen before! Take a wild ride through the Groot Marico, where Oom Schalk Lourens will show you a world of love potions, leopards, and a pretty young girl fresh from finishing school. Director: Tara Louise Notcutt From short stories by: Herman Charles Bosman Featuring: Andrew Laubscher & Mathew Lewis

55m 10+ Pro 1 English (Afrikaans) Princess Alice Hall: Daily at 12:00 Tickets: R60 / R45/ R45 / R45 Special discounts: 30 June 12:00 – only R40 10 July – only R30

FRINGE Programme

Meet Lucy, David, Thando and Richard. They work together in an open office, but how well do they really know each other? Lucy is stuck. David has a problem. Thando has a plan and Richard...is just Richard. Their workplace is their battleground for social interaction.

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Matters of the Heart

Dinganga theatre creation’s This is a thought-provoking dance work, incorporating dance, music and storytelling. It’s a piece about issues and thoughts that most people keep within. Performers are challenged to deal with betrayal, anger, confusion and identity, so that they can find inner peace and comfort. Directors: Thabang Ramaila & Kathleen McReery Choreographer: Thabang Ramaila Writers: Kathleen McReery & Sthembile Shoba

55m 13+LV SPro 1 English City Hall: 2 July 10:00; 3 July 12:00 & 22:00; 4 July 14:00; 6 July 18:00 & 22:00

New Voices 2011 P Propeller First Physical Theatre Company

Thought- provoking, witty and unusual! First Physical Theatre Company’s annual platform for new, innovative and experimental choreography. Under the artistic directorship of Juanita Finestone-Praeg and featuring works by aspiring theatre-makers and the First Physical Youth Company.

Three choreographers, propelled by the same design, offer their visions of what it means to still move and be moved by a propeller.

Director: Juanita Finestone-Praeg

Conceptualised and Designed by: Jenni lee Crewe Choreographers: Alan Parker, Juanita Finestone-Praeg, and Zingi Mkefa

55m PG(LN) SP 18 50m PG(L) Pro 18 English

English

Centenary Hall: 30 June 15:00; 1 July 18:00; 2 July 16:00; 4 July 12:00; 4 July 22:00; 6 July 12:00; Tickets: R40 / R30 / R35 /R35 8 July 12:00; 10 July 12:00 Special discount: Tickets: R55 / R45 / R45/ R48 30 June 11:00 – only R25 Special discount: 30 June 15:00 – only R30

Centenary Hall: 30 June 11:00; 1 July 12:00; Tickets: R40 / R35 / R38 /R30 2 July 20:00; 5 July 18:00; 6 July 20:00; 7 July 18:30

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First Physical Theatre Company

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Revenge Angel

Washonaphi?

Stash the Suitcase Collective

Isotrope Media

Females Arts Projects

A tale of obsession, incest, religious madness, revenge, nightmares and buckets of blood. The classic horror of a man stranded in a small town where the everyday turns strange and he must fight for his life. Set to a blood-chilling live soundtrack by Gertjie Besselsen, Mr Cat and the Jackal.

Washonaphi? is a thoughtprovoking 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 Sboniso aka S.D.

Quarted is an exhilarating mixed-bill comprising of four works presented by young and innovative South African artists. This theatrical fusion includes performance art, physical theatre, contemporary dance, film and music. A symphony for the senses.

Choreographer: Lebeko Nketu Director: Sjaka S. Septembir Featuring: Bhekumbuso Nene & Writers: Floyed de Vaal and Isaac Sithole Sjaka S. Septembir Music composed & performed by: 50m All CT Gertjie Besselsen Vernacular & English 1h10 13+LN Pro 4 Featuring: Floyed de Vaal Glennie Festival Centre: English (IsiZulu, Afrikaans) 1h 13+LVS Pro 4 7 July 12:00; 8 July 14:00; 9 July 12:00 & 18:00; PJs: English (Afrikaans) 10 July 12:00 7 July 11:00; Dicks: 8 July 13:00 & 21:30; Tickets: R30 / R25 / R28 / R20 1 July 20:30; 2 July 22:30; 9 July 15:00 Special discounts: 3 July 18:30; 4 July 20:30; Tickets: R40 / R25 / R30 / R30 5 July 15:00 7 July 12:00 – only R20 10 July12:00 – only R15 Special discount: Tickets: 7 July 11:00 – only R20 R60 / R40 / R35 / R50 Directors: Joni Barnard, Kieron Jina, Roberto Pombo, Mmakgosi Kabi and Kyle de Boer Featuring: Joni Barnard, Kieron Jina & Roberto Pombo

Special discount: 1 July 20:30 – only R45

Red Isotrope Media

This Church Pls Recording Studios

Director: Nkosinathi Gaar Writer: Sjaka S. Septembir Featuring: Sjaka S. Septembir

1h 13+LVP Pro 3 English (Afrikaans) Dicks: 1 July 11:00; 2 July 13:00; 4 July 13:00; 5 July 22:30; 6 July 20:30 Tickets: R60 / R40 / R35 / R50 Special discount 1 July 11:00 – only R45

Director/Writer: Thato Motlhaolwa

1h20m All English (SeTswana) Library Hall: 4 July 10:00; 5 July 12:00; 6 July 14:00; 7 July 22:00; 9 July 10:00 Tickets: R40 / R30 / R30 / R25

FRINGE Programme

In returning to his ouma’s house a man enters the world of little red riding hood and the diamond wolf. As the secrets of his past reveal themselves, this dark humoured story takes a sinister turn. This interactive and disjointed journey leads to a gut-wrenching conclusion.

This Church explores deceit, greed and corruption. A hard-hitting story about some foreign nationals who come to South Africa to seek political and economic asylum. In due course, they prey on believers who submit to anything religious in the quest to find salvation.

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drama 147 African Stories, Band on the Run Aahh! P Applauz Arts Initiative United Culture

Children of the Soil Melisizwe Community Theatre

Children of the Soil is a play highlighting the plight of abandoned children, those who are found dumped in toilets, at taxi ranks, in the veld, and in rubbish bins. They are looked after at a home run by Mrs Phutha, who even finds the means Sex, drugs and Rock ‘n Roll in for them to go to school and the middle of an African War. achieve their goals of being “Stoking the flame of Pan Poets, musicians and young teachers, nurses, artists and Africanism”...Cue 2010. lawyers. lovers, were once asked This piece deals with to swop to instruments of Writer/director: stories facing our African Darlington Michaels continent with tense scenes. war. In a civil war, where two opposing sides vied for Composer: Michael Lubisi Witness the theatrical the loyalty of young South Featuring: Nontobeko Mavundla forces of pantomime, Africans in the mid 80’s, who poetry monologues and survived, 30 years after, to 125m All Pro 12 phenomenal acting abilities tell the story of the Band on English (SeSotho & IsiZulu) of actors from the Eastern the Run? Cape Peddie area. NG Kerk Hall: Director: Nic Fine 1 July 16:00; 3 July 12:00; Writer/director: Writer/ featuring: Kurt Egelhof 4 July 18:00; 5 July 12:30; Thokoza Mercy Mdumiso 7 July 21:00; 8 July 10:00; 1h 13+ Pro 9 50m All CT 1 9 July 16:30 English (Afrikaans, IsiZulu) English with IsiXhosa Tickets: R70 /R65 / R65 / R65 Masonic Back: Masonic Back: Special discount: 30 June 21:30; 1 July 14:00 & 1 July 16:00 – only R65 4 July 10:00; 5 July 16:00; 22:00; 2 July 14:00; 7 July 10:00; 8 July 22:00; 3 July 12:00; 4 July 14:00; 9 July 16:00; 10 July 14:00 5 July 14:00 & 20:00 Tickets: R35 /R30 / R30 / R30 Tickets: R50 /R35 / R35 / R35 Special discounts: Choice Amidst Special discount: 4 July 10:00 – only R28 Waves P 1 July 14:00 – only R35 10 July 14:00 – only R18 Nobesuthu Rayi

After the End

P Bru

Delray Burns

Masidlale Productions

English Vicky’s: 6 July 11:30; 7 July 21:00; 8 July 18:30; 9 July 10:00 & 21:30 Tickets: R45 /R40 /R40 / R35 Special discount: 6 July 11:30 – only R40

40m 13+L SPro 3 English Library Hall: 30 June 12:00; 1 July 22:30; 3 July 16:30; 4 July 17:00; 5 July 21:00; 6 July 19:00; 7 July 16:00; 10 July 10:00 Tickets: R38 /R34 /R34 / R20 Special discount: 30 June 12:00 – only R25

Tickets: R30 /R20 / R20 / R20

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Young Thuli is sick and surely this illness will claim her life. The only man who might cure her, like he cured others before, is an infamous witchdoctor. Her mother This two-hander takes the Louise awakes to a living won’t take her to the jujupursuit of happiness to the nightmare. Mark has carried surreal levels of the extreme. man. She prefers that she her to safety and now they rather dies than consult the Mainstream hedonism is are stuck inside a small man … is she justified? not what the brotherhood nuclear bunker after an is about! Join two Saffas as Director: Nobesuthu Rayi ‘apparent’ terrorist attack. they escape their purgatory Writer: Monde Ngonyama But not all is as it seems of the big city in search of Featuring: Nobesuthu Rayi, with Mark. This is an intense, the freedom of the waves. Anele Penny & Zukiswa Cakucaku thrilling piece that draws the There is always depth audience in. beneath the surface. 50m PG-RP Pro 5 Director: Paul Griffiths Writer/directer: Josh Martin English with IsiXhosa Writer: Dennis Kelly Featuring: Francis Mennigke, Featuring: Delray Burns and Library Hall: Michael Von Bardeleben and Brett Williams 6 July 17:00; 7 July 18:00; Sandi Dlangalala 8 July 10:00 1h25m 16+LVNS 2

148 drama Code Dash – Dash P Lovedale Public FET College

Crush-Hopper

Door

Mandisa Roeleene Haarhoff and Ntokozo Madlala

Ubom! Eastern Cape Drama Company in collaboration with Jori Snell of Baba Yaga Theatre

Dylex, a man in his forties, a charmer and womaniser is paranoid after he is told by a doctor that his prolonged erection has affected his sex life. He becomes aggressive towards his wife and those that dare to challenge his plight, including the doctor. This is a hilarious, yet tragic, piece that involves Crush Hopper is a delightful expressive movement and true tale of a Xhosa girl, splendid music. raised by her coloured great grandfather, dreaming of Directors: marrying a white boy who Andile Bonde and Lindile Diniso owns a farm. This 2011 Choreograper Phelo Gawulana Musho Theatre Festival Featuring: Custadio Poswa, winner enthrals audiences Amandla Vakala, through its subtle weaving Nwabisa Msitshana of poetry, movement and 1h 16+(LV) storytelling. “A brilliant show”– Shika Badoo.

In front of the door stands the Doorkeeper. He guards the passage and holds the key. May I enter..? Multi award-winnings between the collaborators, Ubom! and Jori Snell of Baba Yaga Theatre, ensures an enthralling theatrical experience, so step SPro 9 through the ‘Door’ into a Director: Ntokozo Madlala mesmerising labyrinth of English (IsiXhosa) Writer: Mandisa Roeleene Haarhoff visual feasts. PJ’s: (in workshop with director) Director: Jori Snell in collaboration 4 July 12:00; 4 July 21:30; with Ubom! 55m PG Pro 3 5 July 18:00; 6 July 11:00 Adapted from the parable Before Tickets: R40 / R30 / R35 / R30 English (Afrikaans the Law by: Franz Kafka & IsiXhosa) Music composer: Brendon Bussy Special discount: B2 Arena: 4 July 12:00 – only R35 55m PG Pro 8 4 July 12:00 & 20:00; 5 July 18:00; 6 July 12:00 & English 20:00 Glennie Hall: Tickets: R50 /R40 / R40 / R40 30 June 14:15; 1 July 14:30 & 21:30; 2 July 19:00; Special discount: 3 July 17:15; 4 July 10:00; 4 July 12:00 – only R35 7 July 20:30; 9 July 21:30; 10 July 10:00

FRINGE Programme

Tickets: R60 /R55 / R55 / R55 Special discounts: 30 June 14:15 – only R30 10 July 10:00 – only R30

drama 149 Dinner With Bantu

Dream, P Brother

Izandla Productions

This production is set at Nelson’s dinner table which he has painstakingly prepared for Bantu. But Bantu has the audacity not to pitch, sending expensive food to waste. Hungry children look in, gathered to enjoy the wild berries growing on Nelson’s hedge ... in the inhumane “survival of the fittest” conditions of our township is there a place for Ubuntu?

Iceman Productions

Nicholas and May lead a blissful life on an island paradise, neither quite sure how they got there, until one day a stranger arrives to break the news. A touching, romantic story inspired by the seascape paintings of Jack Vettriano. “An intriguing, clever piece of theatre… beautifully staged” – Cape Times

Director: Tara Louise Notcutt Writer: Duncan Buwalda Writer/director: Xolisa Ngubelanga Featuring: Cintaine Shutte, Featuring: Lonwabo Xatasi, Carel Nel & Wilhelm van der Walt Xabisolethu Zweni and 1h All Pro Xolisa Ngubelanga English

50m All Pro 3 English with IsiXhosa

Masonic Back: 30 June 14:00; 1 July 10:00; 3 July 22:00; 4 July 16:00 & 20:00; 5 July 12:00 Tickets: R40 /R25 /R35 / R25 Special discount: 30 June 14:00 – only R25

Vicky’s: 3 July 10:00; 4 July 14:30; 5 July 20:30; 6 July 19:00; 7 July 17:00; 8 July 12:30; 9 July 13:00; 10 July 14:00

Eclipsed The South African State Theatre This is a story of the Liberian Civil War that arose in defiance of Charles Taylor’s rule and its impact on the female population of the region. The story is told through dark humour with the matter of fact acceptance of the situation. The five women find themselves in, their acceptance of collective situation and yet remain as individuals within the challenges they face.

The Extraordinary Five Men Khotso Loraine Beaton Sethuntsa P Ikhaya Theatre Company This production tells the story of Khotso Sethuntsa, a medicine maker and healer, who people visit in order to get rich – ‘ukuthwala’ . The people who visited Khotso, the Abathwali were, at times, forced to sacrifice their family members. Through this story, the ‘rituals and risks of ‘ukuthwala’ are explored.

English Gymnasium: 3 July 12:00; 4 July 15:00 & 22:30; 5 July 20:00; 6 July 12:00 & 16:30; 7 July 10:00 Tickets: R70 /R40 /R60 /R63

NG Kerk Hall: 30 June 20:00; 2 July 10:00; 4 July 10:00 & 22:30; 7 July 16:30; 10 July 14:00 Tickets: R35 /R20 /R25 / R25 Special discounts: 2 July 10:00 – only R25 10 July 14:00 – only R18

Ikhwezi Players Freedom Blues looks at the issues that haunt postapartheid South Africa. It is a story about disappointment, without taking the freedom that South Africa enjoys today for granted. A story of hope, and triumph of good over evil. A story of how freedom was achieved, and how the bloodbath was averted.

Five men seek love. The real charmer; the shy guy; the dark romantic; the moral man and the vibrant jock all Writer/ director/ performer: ask the same question: To go Ndizimisele Bedesho for the girl or not to go for the girl? 1h15m All Pro

Director: Bongani Diko Featuring: Mzambia Thomas, Director: Warona Seane Sinovuyo Geelbooi & Ayabulela Diko Writer: Danai Gurira Writer/ director: Loraine Beaton Featuring: Ferry Jele, Featuring: Michael Smith, 1h All Pro 5 Koketso Mojela & Ngobile Siphamla Geoffrey Clark & Jurgens Burger English with IsiXhosa

1h10m 13+LV Pro

Freedom Blues

45m PGL SPro English with Afrikaans Glennie Festival Centre: 1 July 17:00; 2 July 17:00; 3 July 22:00; 4 July 17:00; 5 July 21:30; 6 July 14:00; 7 July 14:00

English (Afrikaans & IsiXhosa) NG Kerk Hall: 5 July 10:00 & 17:00; 6 July 12:30; 9 July 21:30; 10 July 10:00 Tickets: R60 /R35 / R35 / R35 Special discounts: 5 July 10:00 – only R40 10 July 10:00 – only R30

Tickets: R45 /R40 Special discount: 1 July 17:00 – only R40

Tickets: R50 / R40 / R40 / R35 Special discounts: 3 July 10:00 – only R40 10 July 14:00 – only R25

FRINGE Programme

150 drama Is it Because I’m Jack?

James the Mad Gardener

MVG Productions

Custadio / Fezzland

Kazi Kungenxa Kabani (Who’s Fault is It?) Performing Arts Centre University of the Western Cape

This play outlines how the division of assets is handled in Xhosa culture. It also reveals the problems that come along with such divisions. It outlines that Xhosa culture is not Four guys. Three single. Our minds are a gift from any different to any other Two dreams. One God. They keep and store culture where inheritance Zimbabwean. What would memory, never to lose it. But is involved and exposes the you do if one of your best over time our minds become real problems inheritances mates stands between you stressed – what more can can cause family members. and happiness? A comedy they carry when a life is well Director: Akhona Baba drama about life, loyalty and lived? Writer: Wiseman Gabavana friendship from the creator Writer/director: Custadio Poswa of Green Man Flashing, 1h10m All St Hostile Takeover, lago’s 35m 13+LN Am 2 IsiXhosa Last Dance and the Bafana English with IsiXhosa Republic Franchise. Library Hall: Director: Yvette Hardie Writer: Mike van Graan Featuring: Clyde Berning, Morne Visser, Anele Matoti & Andrew Laubscher

1h25m 13+LR Pro 11 English Kingswood Theatre: 30 June 20:30; 1 July 16:30; 2 July 21:30; 3 July 16:30 & 21:30; 4 July 20:30

FRINGE Programme

Tickets: R50 /R25 /R35 /R40 Special discount: 30 June 20:30 – only R40

Dicks: 5 July 11:00; 6 July 18:30; 7 July 22:30; 8 July 20:30; 9 July 13:00; 10 July 11:00

Tickets: R40 /R35 /R36 /R30 Special discounts: 5 July 11:00 – only R30 10 July 11:00 – only R20

30 June 16:00; 1 July 20:00; 2 July 16:30 & 22:30; 3 July 20:30; 4 July 13:00

Kgotsong

Lekgolwa

Central University of Technology Drama Society

Eightysixmanka Theatre Company

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 a celebration is held. Director: Bernard Mazivila Writer: Itumeleng Sethuntsa Featuring: Tshehlana King Letona

Tickets: R50 /R35 / R35 / R40 60m All St Special discount: Sesotho (English, 30 June 16:00 – only R45 SeTswana) Kinetics Hall: 2 July 10:00; 3 July 20:00; 5 July 18:00; 8 July 12:00; 9 July 16:00; 9 July 22:00 Tickets: R40 / R20 / R25 /– Special discount: 2 July 10:00 – only R30

P A Long Journey

This is an award-winning play about a Pedi illiterate man who left his family for the city in pursuit of a job (Lekgolwa is a Sepedi word for a person who has left home for an industrial area to work and dwell). A few months later he falls in love with a beautiful Zulu young woman. He stops going home and sending money to his rural wife. Writer/ director: Condry Moruthane Marota Featuring: Timothy Mashilo, Khomotso Matsemela & Cyril Sechabe

Footprints Project This is a true African story that asks pertinent questions: Why are politics not at church? Why is the economy not controlled? Why is the sea coming back to the land? A black angel answers these questions, and gives some clarity. Director: Nkosivelile Qhasha Writer: Minah Ntshobane Featuring: Nkosivelile Qhasha, Masixole Ntshobane and Aphindiwe Ntshobane

1h All English with IsiXhosa

English (IsiZulu, SePedi)

Masonic Front: 8 July 10:00 & 20:00; 9 July 20:00; 10 July 14:00

Dicks: 30 June 15:00; 1 July 18:30; 2 July 20:30; 3 July 11:00; 4 July 18:30; 5 July 13:00

Tickets: R40 /R35 /R38 / R35 Special discount: 8 July 10:00 – only R38 10 July 14:00 – only R20

1h All Pro 2

Tickets: R60 / R50 / R55 /R50 Special discount: 30 June 15:00 – only R55

drama 151 London Road

Lunch

Madness

KBT PRODUCTIONS

Sakhisizwe Productions

New Production Generation

Time always ticks, even though other people are facing disaster. The fear of poverty strikes a young man when he finds out that soon he will be retrenched. Amandla used to be a famous word during the struggle but now it is substituted with ‘no job’. Winner of the 2010 Standard Who’s to blame? Bank Golden Ovation Award Writer/ director: Sizwe Mcaka for Theatre, London Road Choreographer: Mcebisi Bhayi stars the power-house Featuring: Xolani Dlamini & duo, Robyn Scott and Siphiwe Phiri Ntombi Makhutshi in the 45m All 2 CT extraordinarily humane story of two women English with IsiZulu whose lives collide in a Masonic Front: Sea Point cottage. Funny, 30 June 14:00; 1 July 18:00; heartbreaking, inspiring. 2 July 12:00 & 20:00; Director: Lara Bye 3 July 16:00; 4 July 14:00; Writer: Nicholas Spagnoletti 5 July 22:00 Featuring: Robyn Scott and Tickets: R40 / R20 / R30 / R25 Ntombi Makhutshi Special discount: 1h5m PG-LP 30 June 14:00 – only R35

Pro 1 English St. Andrew’s Hall: 30 June 13:30; 1 July 15:30; 2 July 10:00; 3 July 13:30 & 17:30; 4 July 16:30; 5 July 22:00; 8 July 10:00 & 14:00; 9 July 12:30; 10 July 12:00 Tickets: R85/ R70 / R75 / R75 Special discount: 10 July 12:00 – only R43

Master Harold and the Boys

Rother Swain Drama Studio This drama is set in Walmer, a township in Port Elizabeth. Khasta is trapped by his involvement in the bloody raids on foreign nationals taking place in his community. The drama heightens when he falls in love with a foreign girl, and has to hide his foreign friend in his home. Writer/ director: Mzwandile Maqina Choreographer: Mogapi Sebe Featuring: Qaqambile Qona, Jackie Tokwe & Mogapi Sebe

1h10m All CT 3 English (IsiXhosa) Library Hall: 30 June 18:30; 2 July 10:00 & 20:30; 4 July 19:00; 6 July 21:00 Tickets: R40 /– / – / R30

This semi-autobiographical play by Athol Fugard is set in the St. George’s Tea Room, Port Elizabeth, in 1950 and explores the relationship between 17 year old, Hal and the two workers at his mother’s tea room, Sam and Willie. This production has played to critical acclaim in Port Elizabeth and Nieu Bethesda. Director: Sharon Rother Writer: Athol Fugard Featuring: Gift Buqa, Phambili Ngcayisa & Cameron Robertson

1h30m PG-LN SPro 6 English

Master of the Café Society

Missing

Diplomatic Corpse

Durban’s most awarded actors Darren King and Clare Mortimer (From My Point of View) return with a new adaptation of Steven Berkoff’s Master of Café Society. The bitterly funny, desperately lonely tale of Harry, great actor in his own mind and connoisseur of loss, lust and luncheon meat.

A story that follows a young schizophrenic teenager by the name of Khetiwe (the chosen one). Trapped between two seemingly very real worlds she is unsure of what is real. The truth lies in the missing piece of her soul and sanity. You will be the judge of what is real. Writer/ director: Lesego Soke

55m PG English (IsiZulu, SeTswana)

Director: Peter Court Writer: Steven Berkoff Featuring: Clare Mortimer and Darren King

Dicks: 30 June 18:30; 1 July 22:30; 3 July 15:00; 5 July 20:30; 6 July 11:00; 7 July 13:00

50m 16-LVS Pro 10

Tickets: R40 /R35 /– / R25 Special discount: 30 June 18:30 – only R35

English

NG Kerk Hall: 30 June 14:00; 1 July 12:00 & 18:30; 2 July 14:00; 4 July 14:00; 6 July 19:30; 7 July 10:00; 8 July 14:30; Tickets: R40 /R35 / R35 / R35 9 July 12:00 Vicky’s: 1 July 12:00; 2 July 19:00; 3 July 14:30

Tickets: R75 /R50 /R60 / R60 Special discount: 30 June 14:00 – only R65

FRINGE Programme

152 drama Modus Vivendi

Money Maker

Windybrow Theatre in partnership with the National Arts Council

Abangani Theatre Group ZikkaZimba Productions

A successful black businessman decides to become a polygamist when his “A list” actress wife reaches menopause. Lahlemthini pursues his new found tradition with all the financial and political power of his station in life. He neglects his wife, screaming in limbo, and takes both a prostitute’s and his secretary’s hand in marriage. Director: Monaheng Vice Motshabi Writer: Pepi Khambule Featuring: Mncedisi Shabangu, Pamela Ndlovu & Hlengiwe Lushaba

60m 13+L Pro 10

A gripping story that looks at the realities of the socioeconomic consequences of migration. This production takes you through the world of sex-workers and what they go through in their everyday lives. Writer/ director: Jullian Seleke-Mokoto Featuring: Linda Sebezo, Terry Muanza & Dallas Kunene

1h20m 16L 18 English NG Kerk Hall: 1 July 20:30; 2 July 16:00; 3 July 18:30; 6 July 21:30; 8 July 21:00; 9 July 19:00 Tickets: R60 /R40 / – / R50

English B2 Arena: 30 June 14:00; 1 July 14:00; 2 July 12:00 & 20:00; 3 July 16:00 Tickets: R55 / R30 / R30 /–

Mouche

Adapted from Paul Gallico’s Love of Seven Dolls, this is the charming story of love, hate and suicidal puppets. Mouche returns for its final run at the National Arts Festival. The show had great success overseas with Tim Redpath winning Sweet Venue’s Best Actor award at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2009. Directors: Laine Redpath-Cole & Rob van Vuuren Adapted by Laine Redpath-Cole from Paul Gallico’s novella: Love of Seven Dolls Featuring: Tim Redpath

1h 13VP 5 English Masonic Front: 30 June 20:00; 1 July 14:00; 2 July 22:00; 3 July 22:00; 5 July 18:00; 6 July 12:00; 7 July 20:00; 8 July 14:00; 9 July 14:00 & 22:00 Tickets: R55 /R45 /R50 /R40 Special discount: 30 June 20:00 – only R40

FRINGE Programme

Show Me The Money! Look out for Nyebho Swartbooi and HA!Man in Show Me The Money! Time and place: central town, on the streets - anywhere, anytime (or call/sms 0835587380 for a forecast). These actors blurt out all they fear and know and love and do not want to know about money. They play with it, praise it and do ungodly things with it. It is a conversation between have and have-not, between the opportunist and the reflective. Between the believer and the non-believer... Indeed! Does money in fact exist? That is the question! To pay or not to pay!

drama 153 My Name is Blood Nonsiki P Number Six P One Man and a Shed, Invincible Cello Tshwane University of Kamhlaba Productions Children P Technology, eMalahleni Ha!Man Creative United Culture

A physical play that tells the story of a child soldier (Blood Shed) and other victims, taking its audience to real and fictional incidents of war and rebellion in Africa. A tribute to children at war and former child soldiers. Writer/ director: Thokoza Mercy Mdumiso

1hr10 All CT 1 English Masonic Back: 30 June 16:00; 1 July 12:00; 2 July 20:00; 3 July 14:00; 6 July 22:00; 7 July 18:00 Tickets: R35 / R30 / R30 /R30

Campus

Enterprises

This tense and tragic tale follows the life of a girl who was harassed by her aunt, sexually abused by her uncle, and ultimately rescued by her disabled grandfather. A familiar tale of abuse not to be missed. Writer/ director: Sylvester Sikhosana Featuring: Musa Masinga and Zinhle Pinky

40m PG St English (IsiZulu) Dicks: 8 July 11:00; 9 July 15:00 & 20:30; 10 July 15:00

In this harsh reality there’s nothing to hold on to, except the search for something beautiful. You can catch a snowflake, but it will melt away as soon as it touches your skin. Sometimes all the effort goes to waste, but what else can you do but keep on searching?

Tickets: R20 / R20 / R20 / R20 Directors: Irana Jauhiainen and Nadia Onsando Special discount: Writer: Irina Jauhiainen 10 July – only R10 Featuring: Shakira Beecroft, Ingrid Lie, Ximena Buller, Sophia Hoffinger & Zethu Zwane

The HA!Man gets serious with this piece of wood: what does it mean to play the cello? What does the cello mean? Why make music at all? What is art? Why the heck did we ever get civilized? (totally off the cuff theatre, and don’t expect him to play!) Director: Francois le Roux Featuring: The Ha! Man

1h 18+LR Pro

Perfect Human (Ubumntu)

The Petticoat Chronicle

Siyaya Theatre Productions

Meisies on a Stoep

The Khoisan culture still exists, but it is not taken seriously. The Khoisan has an influence on the culture and traditions of the Xhosa speaking people. In this piece, the playwright explores our modern day culture with its Western influences and discovers that we behave in a socially neurotic way ... our culture is psychotherapy. Writer/director: Thandazile Madinda Featuring: Boniwe Tyotha, Nombasa Ngoqo & Lucky Ngcani

1h All CT 3 English (IsiXhosa & Afrikaans) Library Hall: 30 June 14:00; 1 July 16:00; 3 July 10:00; 5 July 17:00; 8 July 14:00 & 22:00

Kaalvoet on a dusty road; striding high-heeled down the streets of Jozi; pacing a stoep on aged feet at twilight: South African women from all walks of life come alive in this fresh and provocative two-hander. Director: Lynne Maree Featuring: Amy Wilson and Buhle Ngaba

55m All English with SA languages

NG Kerk Hall: 30 June 12:00 & 18:00; Library Hall: Tickets: R30 /R20 / R20 / R15 1 July 14:00; 2 July 12:00 & 20:30; 3 July 14:30 7 July 12:00; 8 July 20:00; English Special discount: 9 July 13:00; 10 July 12:00 Tickets: R50 /R42 /R45 / R45 30 June 14:00 – only R20 Vicky’s: 30 June 14:00; 1 July 17:30; Tickets: R40 / R20 / R30 /R40 Special discount: 2 July 22:00; 3 July 17:30 30 June 12:00 – only R40 Special discount: Tickets: R25 /R20 / R20 / R20 10 July 12:00 – only R20 Special discount: 30 June 14:00 – only R15

50m 13L St 5

Afrikaans

FRINGE Programme

154 drama A Plague of Heroes Planet B

Power of Love

Just in Time Productions Well Worn Theatre Company and Fresco Theatre

Kagiso Producutions

It’s a long way from Vusi’s extravagant life style as part of the township gangster elite. Now a paraplegic, he has to find his way in an uncaring and lonely world. Vusi’s fight-back gives new meaning to the notion of heroism. Best Production Award: Ikhwezi Cape Town Festival 2010. Director: Maurice Podbrey Writer: Vusi Mazibuko Featuring: Thami Mbongo

55m 16+S Pro English with IsiZulu Glennie Hall: 5 July 10:00; 6 July 17:00; 7 July 22:30; 8 July 14:30; 9 July 17:30 Tickets: R50 /R45 R45 / R45

Ceri-Ann Blokdyk Power of Love is about Valerie (a Christian) who kicks her brother (Ronald) out after being released on parole. Their mother dies of a broken heart because of his deeds. Valerie refuses to allow Ronald to attend his mother’s funeral and she regards him as a dead person. Ronald gets married and becomes financially Valience is a young girl, stable. Valerie asks for help Sometimes, in war, famine and forgiveness from him... searching for her true inner and radical times of change, soul, asking questions Director: Johannes Mashishi there is someone still tormented by truths, lies, Choreographer: standing. And sometimes, coincidences, finding her Mqondisi Khonziwe they are not alone. Amongst greatest enemy to be her Writer: Mareme Stephens Mokadi the dunes of post-2050 own disbelief in herself. A Featuring: John Surprise Cindi earth a mirage of humanity tragedy most of us suffer glimmers in the heat. This from – an inability to see 45m PG(R) collaboration of awardour potential yet an ability winning artists brings you to allow our tragedy to Pro 2 an exquisitely visual new become us. play of epic proportions. English (IsiZulu & SePedi) Writer/ director: Ceri-Ann Blokdyk B2 Arena: Director: Helen Iskander Featuring: Zinhle Manzini, 5 July 10:00; 6 July 10:00; Writers: Helen Iskander, Kyla Davis Ceri-Ann Blokdyk, Lerato Maoba & 6 July 18:00; 7 July 16:00; & Mongi Mthombeni Masego Seabi 7 July 22:00; 8 July 16:30; Featuring: Kyla Davis and 9 July 12:00; 10 July 14:00 Mongi Mthombeni 55m All

1h PG-N Pro 15 English Glennie Festival Centre: 30 June 20:00; 1 July 21:00; 2 July 19:00; 3 July 20:00; 5 July 11:00; 7 July 20:00; 8 July 16:00 & 20:00; 9 July 14:00 & 20:00 Tickets: R50 /R40 / R40 / R40 Special discount: 30 June 20:00 – only R50

FRINGE Programme

Potential / Tragedy Revenge of a King P Penn State University –

Tickets: R30 / R20 / R20 / R20 English Special discount: Masonic Back: 5 July 10:00 – only R20 5 July 10:00; 6 July 12:00 & 20:00; 7 July 14:00 & 22:00; 8 July 18:00; 9 July 14:00; 10 July 12:00 Tickets: R60 /R40 /R55 /R50 Special discounts: 5 July 10:00 – only R30 10 July 12:00 – only R30

Penn State Centre Stage

“Something is rotten on Denmark Ave.” Shakespeare meets the streets in Revenge of a King, a multicultural hip-hop musical featuring freestyle rhymes, an MC battle, graffiti, Mojah dance, and a live DJ. Hamlet, one of our greatest dramas has been transplanted to innercity America for this electric, raw, theatre experience. Director: Steve Broadnax Choreographer: Kikora Franklin Writer: Herb Newsome

1h30m PG Bowling Club: 30 June 16:00; 1 July 12:00; 1 July 20:00; 3 July 20:00; 4 July 16:00 Tickets: R40 /R30 /R35 / R35 Special discount: 30 June 16:00 – only R30

Rose KBT PRODUCTIONS in association with the RED KETTLE THEATRE CO

The story of a remarkable life. From a tiny Russian village to the Warsaw ghettos to the Exodus, the boardwalks of Atlantic City, the Arizona canyons and the salsa-flavoured nights of Miami Beach. A portrait of a feisty Jewish woman and events that shaped a century. Supported by Culture Ireland Director: Ben Henessey Writer: Martin Sherman Featuring: Fiona York

2h10m PG Pro Highlander: 30 June 20:00; 1 July 14:00; 2 July 10:00; 3 July 12:00; 4 July 16:00; 5 July 10:00; 6 July 18:00; 7 July 20:00; 9 July 14:00; 10 July 16:00 Tickets: R75 / R60 / R65 / R65 Special discount: 30 June 20:00 – only R50 10 July 16:00 – only R38

drama 155 Rubbish Mistakes Over a Mess Eightysixmanka Theatre Company Set in a civilized community in Limpopo, this is the true story of a high school mistress who hired a local drunkard to kill her wealthy husband for money. Her mistake was when she refused to pay the killer, sexually bribed the CID, and lived with an unemployed man. Writer/ director: Condry Moruthane Marota Featuring: Matsemela Thato, Sophie Letageng and Nkadimeng Kabelo

1h10 16+LVNSP Pro 2 English with SePedi Dicks: 30 June 20:30; 1 July 15:00; 2 July 15:00; 3 July 13:00; 4 July 22:30; 5 July 18:30

Sacred Women Windybrow Theatre in partnership with the National Arts Council

uNomalanga is a spiritual leader in a village of traditionalists. This village is in conflict with itself battling to preserve its inheritance in the modern time. The village river is the source of nature that connects the people with those who came before them but the ancient waters have turned against the people, men and women who drink from it become sterile, lives of young children and the aged are threatened.

Tickets: R80 /R65 / R65 / R60 Director: Oscar Motsikoe Choreographer: Portia Mashego Special discount: Writer: Tsholofelo Motsikoe 30 June 20:30 – only R70 Featuring: Lindiwe Xaba, Nkoto Malebye and Nomathamsanqa Ngoma

60m 13L Pro 10 English with IsiZulu B2 Arena: 30 June 18:00 & 22:00; 1 July 20:00; 2 July 14:00; 3 July 12:00

Sie Wiess Alles

James Cairns and Taryn Bennett

Berlin, 1945. An SS officer’s orders are to question a young woman. Who is she? Someone who just wants to stay alive. As the interrogation proceeds, he remembers where he’s seen her before... With James Cairns (Dirt, Sitting Man, Brother Number) and Taryn Bennet (Kaput! Dr. Collinger’s Funeral Service, Frogs). Writer: James Cairns

1h15m 13P Pro 16 English with German Vicky’s: 30 June 20:30; 1 July 19:30; 2 July 14:30; 3 July 12:00; 4 July 16:30; 5 July 16:30; 6 July 21:00; 7 July 14:00; 8 July 10:00; 10 July 16:00 Tickets: R80 / R60 / – / R60 Special discounts: 30 June 20:30 – only R 40 10 July 16:00 – only R 40

Singumgub’ Engxow’ Enye

Sitting Around the Fire

School of Hope

Mopo Productions

The story is set at the Ubuntu Centre where people from different races and cultures live in harmony under the concept of ubuntu characteristics. This culture is lost over the generations, and the characters of this play try to restore the culture among all Africans.

Four streetwise kids had their lives changed, perhaps saved, by a chance meeting with Mablavana, an old man. That was many years ago! His death brings them back together again but they are now men and their stories are transformed with magical effect into an a Capella musical. Standard Bank Ovation Award – 2010 National Arts Festival.

Skyn

Pathos Productions

Skyn is an Afrikaans production that walks the tightrope of one man’s harrowing personal journey of love, family and religion. An experimental production created by Ruan Britz and Nico Scheepers. Director: Nico Scheepers Featuring: Ruan Britz

50m 13+L SPro 1

Director: Sibongiseni Myana Writer: Sibongiseni Myana & Writer/ director: Bheki Mkhwane Yentl Barros Featuring: Aza Mahlathi, Thandeka Featuring: Bheki Kwabela, Bhekani Shabalala & Siduduzo Kawula Deda & Thandiswa Bokwe

Afrikaans

1h10m All Sp

55 16+S Pro 1

Kingswood Theatre: 6 July 22:00; 8 July 16:30 & 20:30; 9 July 12:30 & 20:30

English with songs in isiZulu

Tickets: R50 /R40 /R45 / R45 Special discount: 3 July 10:00 – only R30

Tickets: R40 /R35 /R38 /R36

Masonic Front: 3 July 10:00; 4 July 12:00; 5 July 16:00; 6 July 14:00 & 22:00; 7 July 18:00

Glennie Hall: 6 July 10:00 & 19:30; 7 July 12:30; 8 July 19:30; 9 July 13:00 Tickets: R50 /R45 / R45 / R45

Tickets: R55 /R30 / – / –

FRINGE Programme

156 drama A Soldier and Her Angel Susan Santos

T-Junctions

University of Johannesburg Arts & Culture

To Be Like This Rock

The Suit PACOFS

Umsindo Theatre projects

In the quiet town of Vanderbijlpark, the Khumalo family goes on with their lives like any average working class family. The passing of Mr Khumalo brings up family secrets that threaten to break-up this family. Brother and sister Vicky and Velaphi discover the identity of their biological mother, and find out they have a cousin who is a possible heir to the household.

To Be like This Rock is the harrowing story of five girls who come together working in a quarry breaking rocks. Taken from their homes into human trafficking, their lives feed the sex trade. The story is told through powerful monologues, movements, Philemen is middle-class music and images. and happy. One day, he This is an autobiographical hears that his wife is having Directors/choreographers: piece that gives an account an affair, and he catches Xolani Dlongolo, Bongumusa & of my experience of sexual her in flagrante. Her lover Musawenkosi Shabalala violation as a young girl jumps out of the window Writers: Neil Coppen and Umsindo and teenager. It chronicles but leaves behind his suit. Theatre Projects my traumatic journey Philemon then dreams Director: Zakhele Nkosi and constant struggle up a strange and bizarre 1h All Pro 2 with clinical depression, punishment that serves as a 50m PG-R suicidal feelings and the English with IsiZulu constant reminder to her of consequences these had St 3 her adultery. A remorseful Kinetics Hall: on my own family and Matilda eventually dies of English & SA languages 4 July 10:00; 5 July 14:00; as a wife and mother. humiliation. He regrets his 6 July 12:00 & 18:00; Most importantly it Masonic Front: actions but it is all too late. 7 July 12:00 is a celebration of my 30 June 14:00; 1 July 20:00; commitment to life, to 3 July 20:00; 4 July 10:00 Tickets: R35 / R10 / R10 / R10 Director: Moiloa Wits Lesenyeho Writer: Ken Themba triumph and take ownership & 22:00 Special discount: Featuring: Babes Mphatseng, of my own life. Tickets: R50 /R20 / R20 / R30 4 July 10:00 – only R30 Fana Mokoena & Tinah Mnumzana Director: Jessica Lejowa Special discount: Writer/ featuring: Susan Santos 1h 16+V 3 Pro 30 June 14:00 – only R30 English 55m 16+LVP SPro English with SeSotho, XiTsonga & IsiZulu Masonic Back: 3 July 10:00; 4 July 12:00; 5 July 18:00; 6 July 14:00; 7 July 20:00; 8 July 14:00

Tore the Chain

The Three

Lesedi African Theatre Production

Eytha Trading

Tickets: R35 / R25 /– / R25 Special discount: 30 June 12:00 – only R30

Tickets: R60 /R50 / R50 /R45

Take Your Suitcase P

FRINGE Programme

Siyaya Cultural Organisation

Torn Apart The Three explores what is means to live in an environment where crime and drug addiction are the norm. The play follows three men and the difficult choices they are forced to make as they are catapulted on a journey which will test the meaning of love, friendship and loyalty.

This drama production uses dialogue, mime, acting and humour to tell the story of the social, religious and political conflict of a father who wants his children to live his way, educationally and culturally. He is the only one who makes decisions in this family. Come and enjoy, educate and entertain Director: Lechoga Clement Noka yourself through this drama. Writer: Samantha Bell Featuring: Andiswa Mpintsha, Writer/director: Mfundo Zono & Wandiswa Gogela Khanyiso “Billy” Dakada Choreographer: Thembile Vacu 55m PG16+L Featuring: Khanyiso “Billy” Dakada, Siyabulela Ngewu & Ziyanda Vango SPro 3 English with IsiXhosa

1h All 11 English

Library Hall: 6 July 10:00; 7 July 14:00; 8 July 18:00; 9 July 17:00; 10 July 16:00 Tickets: R60 /R40 /R50 /R45 Special discounts: 6 July 10:00 – only R50 10 July 16:00 – only R30

Masonic Back: 30 June 12:00; 1 July 20:00; 2 July 10:00 & 22:00; 3 July 20:00; 6 July 18:00; 8 July 12:00; 9 July 18:00

NG Kerk Hall: 3 July 10:00 & 16:30; 4 July 16:00; 5 July 21:30; 6 July 15:00; 8 July 12:30; 10 July 12:00 Tickets: R35 /R27 /R30 / R30 Special discounts: 3 July 10:00 – only R26 10 July 12:00 – only R 18

Tore the Chain deals with the struggle and the experiences of black people during apartheid. It tells the story of a young man called Tumelo, who sacrificed his life to the struggle. It also shows how Tumelo’s family felt the betrayed by the TRC. Writer/ director: Ernest Kali Choreographer: Alfred Moaya

1h PG14+LVN English (Afrikaans & IsiXhosa) Kingswood Theatre: 2 July 14:00; 3 July 14:30; 5 July 20:00; 6 July 20:00; 8 July 22:30 Tickets: R50 / R40 / R40 /R40

Melisizwe Community Theatre Torn Apart is a play about conflict within a family. The story revolves around a mother and her two sons from different fathers. She doesn’t give the boys the same love and favours her younger son. The older son is the bread winner of the family, and his mother doesn’t acknowledge the good things he does for the family. Eventually he leaves... Writer/ director: Darlington Michaels Featuring: Xoli Mkhize, Mthuthuzeli Feni and Lebogang Setlhodimela

1h30m All Pro 12 English (IsiZulu & SeSotho) Glennie Hall: 3 July 10:00; 4 July 12:00; 5 July 15:00; 6 July 12:00; 7 July 10:00; 8 July 17:00 Tickets: R70 /R65 / R65 /R65 Special discount: 3 July 10:00 – only R65

drama 157 Uthembalethu – Tshepang

Warders

Bantu Bonke Drama Just in Time Productions Group

Tshepang, possibly the South African play of the decade, now in isiZulu as uThembalethu. Based on an event that shook the conscience not only of this country but the world, it asks of us: “When a community is brutalised by years of neglect and poverty, how does it protect its own children?” “If you see one play this year, Tshepang demands to be the one” – Adrienne Sichel, Sunday Independent Director: Maurice Podbrey Writer: Lara Foot Translated into isiZulu by Bheki Mkhwane Featuring: Bheki Mkhwane & Silindile Ndlovu

1h10 16+S Pro 1 IsiZulu Glennie Hall: 6 July 15:00; 7 July 18:30; 8 July 10:00; 9 July 19:30; 10 July 15:00 Tickets: R50 / R45/ R45 / R45

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.

Weekend Nightmares

We Shall Sing For Our Father Land

Gauteng Theatre Practitioners in association with Department of Sport, Arts, Culture & Recreation

PACOFS

The play is about a 34-yearold 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 after look after their niece a teenager, following the death of the girl’s mother.

Mda confronts the disillusionment of soldiers who have fought in the liberation of a fictional African country. After fighting in their country’s Writers/directors: Thandeka war for independence, two Malaza & Veronica Madikgetla Director: Ayanda Nondlwana Featuring: Mpeli Makeli, Thandeka soldiers return to civilian life, but have neither homes Writer: Asanda Mancam Malaza & Veronica Madikgetla nor jobs. We shall Sing for Our Fatherland, won the first 1h PG-L CT 3 1h All SPro 5 Amstel Playwright of the English & SA languages Masonic Back: Year Award in 1978, a feat it 30 June 20:00; 1 July 18:00; Dicks: repeated the following year. 2 July 12:00 & 16:00; 2 July 11:00; 3 July 20:30; Director: Moiloa Wits Lesenyeho & 3 July 18:00; 5 July 22:00; 6 July 15:00; 7 July 18:30; Itumeleng Motsikoe 6 July 16:00 8 July 15:00; 9 July 11:00 Writer: Zakes Mda Tickets: R35 / R25 / R20 / R30 Tickets: R40 / R30 / R35 /R30 Featuring: Moses Lechuti, Mbuyiselo Nqodi & Angelo Mockie Special discount: Special discount: 30 June 20:00 – only R35 2 July 11:00 – only R30

1h 13+ Pro 3 English

Masonic Back: 30 June 18:00; 1 July 16:00; 2 July 18:00; 3 July 16:00; 4 July 18:00; 7 July 16:00; 8 July 20:00; 9 July 22:00 Tickets: R35 / R25 / – /R25 Special discount: 30 June 18:00 – only R30

Who is He?

Born Talented Projects

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 kidney transplant in order to survive. The last resource is to find his father and ask him to donate a kidney...

Woman & Issues P Sihlangane Sisonke Development Project 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 each other’s success and love life. Writer/ director: Bafana Dladla

1h 13+LR Pro 5 English with SeTswana Dicks: 4 July 11:00; 6 July 22:30; 7 July 15:00 & 20:30; 8 July 18:30 Tickets: R40 / R30 / R35 / –

Writer/ director: Thabo Mashaila

55m All CT

Zolly

English (IsiZulu & SeTswana)

The O Zone Felaz Theatre Organisation

Dicks: 30 June 13:00; 1 July 13:00; 2 July 18:30; 3 July 22:30; 4 July 15:00; 6 July 13:00

Zolly is a play about the lives of street kids, Zolly, Snoopy and Fudge set in Pretoria’s CBD. A conflict arises when Fudge is lured back into his old habits by the leader of a gang.

Tickets: R40 / R15 / R12 / – Special discount: 30 June 13:00 – only R25

Director: Keamogetswe Moeketsane Writer: Nico Luwes Featuring: Onkgopotse Segaloe, Nozipho Themba, Sherldon Marema & Thulani Tshoga

1h 13+L SPro English & SA languages Library Hall: 1 July 12:00; 2 July 18:30; 3 July 14:30; 5 July 15:00; 7 July 20:00; 9 July 19:00; 10 July 14:00 Tickets: R30 /R15 / R15 / R15 Special discounts: 1 July 12:00 – only R20; 10 July 14:00 – only R15

FRINGE Programme

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national Arts festival 2011

Standard Bank Ovation Awards The Standard Bank Ovation Awards were introduced in 2010 to recognise excellence on the National Arts Festival Fringe programme, and to seek out those productions that stand out from the crowd and are innovative, original and creatively outstanding. The Awards are proudly sponsored by Standard Bank. Nominations for the awards come from any of the approximately 400 accredited journalists attending the Festival. When a production receives sufficient nominations, members of a judging panel see the production and decide whether or not it is deserving of a Standard bank Ovation Award. Winners are announced every day in Cue, and the wining productions are given Ovation Award stickers to display on their posters and marketing material for the remainder of the Festival. On the final day of the Festival, the best production in the categories Drama, Music, Comedy, Physical Theatre and Dance, plus one two wild card categories, are awarded Gold and Silver Ovation Award-winners. Gold Award-winners receive R5 000 and the Silver Award-winners receive R1 000. All Standard Bank Ovation Award-winners are invited to submit an application to perform on the Arena Programme at the following year’s Festival.

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Look out for the Ovation stickers on posters and publicity material during the Festival and watch out for the daily announcements in Cue – The Standard Bank Ovation Award-winners represent the ‘pick of the Fringe’ – don’t miss out on a sneak preview of tomorrow’s super stars.

The Standard Bank Ovation Award-winners for 2010 were GOLD AWARDS

FRINGE Programme

KBT Productions (London Road); Dark Laugh Theatre (Butcher Brothers); Tshwane University of Technology: Dance (Graduation Rites); David Newton Productions (Dekaf); Guy Buttery; Vumile Nomanyama (The Soil) and Theatre For Africa (Raiders).

Butcher Brothers

SILVER AWARDS

Baxter Theatre Centre with MOPO Productions (Karoo Moose); The Pink Couch (...Miskien); Ubom! Eastern Cape Drama Company (Breed); Athena Mazarakis (Elev(I)ate2); Baba Yaga Theatre (Inua); Liquid Project Bloodshot and System Dop; Nibs van der Spuy; Meri Kenaz

OVATION AWARDS

First Physical Theatre Company & Frauke, Mamba Productions, Follow Spot Productions, Untouchable Productions, Kickstart Theatre, What Not Entertainment, Juliet Jenkin, D-Seven, Lucy Hind & Dave Toole, Weekend Special Theatre, Big Leaf Productions, Thin Skin, Hearts & Eyes Theatre Collective, Outside the New, Conspiracy of Clowns, Theatre Bazaar, Ntsoana Contemporary Dance Theatre, Zinosa Enterprise, Steve Newman, Ashish Joshi, Greg Georgiades & Marc Duby, Liquid Project, Sibikwa Arts See page 112 for this year’s Arena Programme, which features 17 of the 2010 Standard Bank Ovation Award-winners. Three 2010 Standard Bank Ovation Award-winners are also featured on this year’s Main Programme – Think Theatre Productions (Abnormal Load by Neil Coppen, the 2011 Standard Bank Young Artist for Drama); Hearts & Eyes Theatre (Sadako) and a conspiracy of clowns (Benchmarks) – further validating the significance of these awards for Fringe artists.

Convincing Carlos

family theatre 159 Animal Fantasy Puppet World

Enchanting puppet theatre for children showcasing stunning life-like puppets from the gentle giraffe to the outrageous ostriches. Exciting audience participation, foot tapping music in a production set to enthral young and old alike. Writer/Director: Heather Tomlinson

45 All Pro 1 English Memory Hall 1 July 12:00; 2 July 14:00; 3 July 16:00 Tickets: R40 / R30 /R30 /R30 Special discount: 1 July 12:00 – only R30

Brolloks En Bittergal

Commedia Dell ‘Arte

Dr Pocket’s Ocean Commotion

A Fairy Tale Mystery

Affie-Toneelgroep

Rother Swain Drama Studio

Dr. Pocket

Saint Thomas Aquinas School

Skoonlief se amperbruidegom word deur die nare Brolloks ontvoer. Hy toor hom in ‘n monster genaamd Bittergal en probeer sy nuwe “student” toorkunsies leer – met skreeusnaakse gevolge. Hierdie bekroonde Affie-produksie (beste akteur, aktrise, byspeler en produksie by die Tswane-toneelfees) is ‘n pantomime gebaseer op CJ Langenhoven se volksverhaal en beloof om oud en jonk se lagspiere te prikkel. Direkteur: Ronèl de Beer

Come on an incredible ocean adventure with Bogie and Ned and meet fantastical creatures on the way. Pirates, sharks and sea-monsters all come to life in brilliant ultra-violet colours. Innovative props and staging make this an unforgettable journey for young and old.

A fun-filled lecture demonstration on the age-old art of Commedia, complete with masks, improvisational development and audience participation, culminating in a typical commedia play. All based on a course completed at the Venice Carnival. Fun for youngsters and ideal for subject drama Director: Jacobus van Heerden learners and educators! Writer/Director: Linda-Louise Swain

1h20m PG Am 6 English

45m All Pro 7 English Memory Hall: 30 June 12:00; 1 July 16:30; 2 July 12:00; 3 July 18:30; 6 July 10:00; 7 July 18:30; 8 July 14:00; 9 July 12:00 & 18:30; 10 July 10:00

Isangqa/ Sirkelpad Die Oopkop Koöp

Isangqa/Sirkelpad is ‘n nuwe verhoogstuk The Fairy Godmother raises gebasseer op die verhale van Racheltjie De Beer her fees for ‘happily ever and Klara Majola. Isangqa/ aftercare’ because of the Sirkelpad is tweetalig (10% recession. Suddenly she’s IsiXhosa, 90% Afrikaans) kidnapped. Detectives are en gepas vir 10 jariges – brought in and search for clues. Once clues are found volwassenes. Kom reis deur die landskap van Afrika the detectives have to go from fairy tale to fairy tale to asook ‘n geesteslandskap terwyl maskers, en try and figure out who the skaduwees lewendig kidnapper is. word met poppespel en Director: N3P productions gehoorinteraksie! .

55m All St English Memory Hall: 4 July 10:00; 5 July 16:00; 6 July 14:00; 7 July 14:00; 8 July 12:00

Direkteur: Illka Louw Komponis: Pierre Rommelaire

1h 10+ Pro Afrikaans (IsiXhosa)

Princess Alice Saal: 30 Junie - 9 Julie 16:00 Afrikaans Tickets: R45 / R40/ R40 / R40 daagliks Tickets: R60 / R40 / R50 / R50 Special discount: Memory Hall: Kaartjies: R50/R40/R45/R35 Tickets: R35 / R30 / R30 / R30 Special discount: 4 July 10:00 – only R45 5 July 10:00; 6 July 16:00 Spesiale afslag: Special discount: 10 July 10:00 – only R30 30 June 16:00 – slegs R30 Kaartjies: R40 /R30 /R35/R30 1 July 14:00 – only R30 Spesiale afslag: 5 Julie 10:00 – slegs R30

40m PG St

Memory Hall: 1 July 14:00 & 18:30; 2 July 18:30

FRINGE Programme

160 family theatre The Land Of The Cranes

Monkey Doo!

Ubom! Eastern Cape Drama Company

Monkey Doo is a very naughty monkey who always gets himself into trouble. He always messes around with the villagers, but one day goes too far. He decides to run away and comes across many strange characters, some of whom get him into trouble. Let’s find out if the villagers can save Monkey Doo!

Award-winning Ubom! is back again with a rip-roaring ride of fun and sheer awesomeness! Tat’omkhulutellsa’s magical, intriguing tale of friendship and kindness in a faraway land. Told in an interactive, physical, and visually exciting style, this is superb family theatre not to be missed… join us!

Writer/Director: Benito Carelsen

45m All Am 1 English Memory Hall: 6 July 18:30; 7 July 12:00; 9 July 10:00; 10 July 12:00

English (IsiXhosa & Afrikaans)

FreeVoice Productions

Memory Hall: 30 June 10:00; 1 July 10:00; 2 July 16:00; 3 July 10:00; 4 July 14:00; 5 July 14:00; 7 July 10:00; 8 July 16:00; 9 July 16:00; 10 July 14:00

FRINGE Programme

Director: Yvette Hardie Writer: Suzanne Lebeau Featuring: Thembani Luzipho, Nonceba Constance & Didi Beren Belknap

Writer/Director: Heather Tomlinson

45m Pro 1 English Memory Hall: 3 July 12:00; 4 July 16:00; 5 July 12:00 Tickets: R40 / R30 / R30 / R30 Special discount: 3 July 12:00 – only R30

Mullins Room: Daily at 11:00 Tickets: R45 / R40 / R40 / R40 Special discounts: 30 June 11:00 – only R40 10 July 11:00 – only R22

The Well Worn Theatre Co. presents Craig Morris and Jaques De Silva, two storytelling maestros, as they take you on a highoctane, action-packed, carbon-kicking adventure. From the emerald depths of the Amazon to the frenetic streets of Future Jozi, you’ll meet penguins, frogs and petrol attendants all on a mission to fix the planet and save our species! Suitable for the whole family. Director: Kyla Davis Writer: Kyla Davis and Company Featuring: Jacques Da Silva & Craig Morris

45m All Pro English

Tickets: R45 / R40 / R40 / R40 Special discounts: 30 June 10:00 – only R25 10 July 14:00 – only R22 The six-year-old son of an ogre discovers his nature and decides to escape his destiny. Drawing on Ntsomi storytelling traditions, Leonard The Lion this haunting and magical Cub tale crosses cultures and continents to bring you “an Puppet World audacious and beautiful creation ... that gives us what all we deeply need to live and grow.” (La Savoie, Chambéry).

Puppet World presents a puppet theatre production of the captivating story of a lion cub bending the rules and finding that love really does conquer all. Fun filled participation and enchanting puppets ensure an interlude of sheer delight for young audiences.

Come and join Pierrot Mc Clown, European mime/ clown at its best! Last year’s appearance at the Festival deserves a comeback. Fully loaded with fun and laughter, this family show will appeal to all ages, even parents will enjoy it. No language barriers just comedy at its finest, if you miss it you’ll miss out.

English

The Ogreling

The Pollution Revolution Well Worn Theatre Company

Tickets: R20 / R15 / R15 / R15 Featuring: Pierre-yves Salaun Special discount: 10 July – only R10 60m All Pro 2

Director: Dion van Niekerk

45m PG Pro 8

Pierrot Mc Clown

Bethvale Primary School

1h10m PG Pro Princess Alice Hall: Daily at 10:00 Tickets: R50 / R40 / R40 / R35 Special discounts: 30 June – only R35 10 July – only R25

Memory Hall: 2 July 10:00; 3 July 14:00; 5 July 18:30; 6 July 12:00; 7 July 16:00; 8 July 10:00; 9 July 14:00 Tickets: R40 / R30 / R30 /R20

comedy 161 Africa Clockwise P Big Boys Don’t Dance Mark Sampson

Bridezilla!

Sunshine Coast Studios

Follow Spot Productions

What happens when Mark Sampson simultaneously takes on exploring Africa and climate change (while preparing to take his family round the continent in a 10 ton truck) in the guise of an eco-terrorist game show host in a gamble to save the planet? He doesn’t know either – it’s a brand new show! Come join the hilarious quest to find out! Writer/director & performer: Mark Sampson

1h 10+ Pro 6 English Bowling Club: Daily at 14:00

The boys are back with their sell out show! If you couldn’t get tickets last year this is your chance to catch them in action. “Big Boys Don’t Dance is a South African version of The Hangover meets Flashdance, with all the technical perfection of a Broadway production.” – Cue 2010. At last, a show that is fun for the whole family, and everyone else too! Winner of a 2010 Standard Bank Ovation Award. Director: Vanessa Harris Choreography: Ash Searle Writers: Vanessa Harris and Ash Searle Featuring: Ash & Bradley Searle

Tickets: R65 / R55 / R55 / R55 55m All Pro 2 Special discounts: English 30 June 14:00 – only R40 10 July 14:00– only R 33 Highlander: 30 June 12:00; 1 July 17:00; 2 July 16:00; 3 July 10:00; 4 July 10:00; 5 July 18:00; 10:00; 7 July 10:00; P 68 July July 12:00; 9 July 12:00; Mark Palmer 10 July 10:00

Best Medicine

She’s green, she’s ten foot tall, she breathes fire, she’s every groom’s worst nightmare – she is Bridezilla! A hysterical romp down the aisle, past a host of hilarious characters – fascist priests, obsessive brides, loutish best men, a malicious mother-in-law and loads more. Charge your glasses to the lighter side of matrimonial madness! Director: Colin Ward Writer & featuring: Nicola Barbour

55m PG-L Pro 1 English Masonic Front: 2 July 10:00; 3 July 14:00; 4 July 18:00; 5 July 12:00 & 20:00; 6 July 20:00 Tickets: R45 / R40 / R40 / R35 Special discount: 2 July 10:00 – only R40

Butlers and Blackmail

Tickets: R65 / R55 / R55 / R55 Slick ‘n Sleeve Special discounts: 30 June 12:00 – only R30 10 July 10:00 – only R33

Body Language Gaëtan Schmid

Writer/director & performer: Mark Palmer

1h All Pro English Drill Hall: 30 June 17:30; 1 July 21:30; 2 July 15:00; 3 July 10:00; 4 July 16:30; 5 July 15:00; 6 July 19:00; 7 July 17:30; 8 July 10:00; 9 July 19:00

The secret language of the human body. “Your body talks and talks and talks and just doesn’t shut up! Ever. Unless you’re dead. Hilarious and informative, Gaëtan Schmid (The Dog’s Bollocks and Rumpsteak) will fascinate you with the hidden meanings behind your everyday gestures. Open your eyes … and see. See the Arena programme for more info.

The butler is black, er… back! This hilarious comedy sees our first BEE-compliant butler take to the stage, trying to juggle one of the most insanely chaotic days of his life! Suspicious characters, outrageous antics and twisting plots will take the audience on a rollercoaster ride they’ll never forget! Writer/director: Justin Wilkinson Featuring: Evelyn Brink, Anele Matoti & Justin Wilkinson

1h PG Pro 12 English

Highlander: 1 July 10:00; 2 July 14:00; 4 July 14:00; 5 July 14:00; 6 July 12:00; 7 July 12:00 & Writer/performer: Gaëtan Schmid 18:00; 8 July 16:00 & 20:00; 9 July 10:00 & 20:00 1h15 16+LR

Pro 10

Tickets: R50 / R45 / R45 / R45 English Special discount: Drill Hall: 30 June 17:30 – only R40 30 June – 9 July at 12:00 Tickets: R70 / R60 / R60 / R60 Special discount: 30 June 12:00 – only R35

Tickets: R59 / R45 / R45 / R40 Special discount: 1 July 10:00 – only R45

FRINGE Programme

Described by the press as “Clean, Classy and Clever”– Zane Henry, Argus Tonight, Mark Palmer brings his Best Medicine show to Grahamstown. Great comedy with no vulgarity, no cringing, no embarrassing situations! From the perils of married life, baby-sitting other people’s kids, teenagers, your first car, renting DVD’s, modern technology and general social commentary on life and the world we live in.

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Catch

Follow Spot Productions Shirley Kirchmann

P Comedy With Khanyisa Bunu Bread and Butter Entertainment

Too close for comfort! Cabin Fever is a highly entertaining, thrilling journey at 32 000 feet. Buckle up your belly laughs as this talented two-some keep you glued to the edge of your seat, hurtling you through turbulent, uncomfortable and comical situations. It’s a battle for the armrest, a tussle for the window seat and an unwilling camaraderie. Two blondes, too much hairspray... too little leg room! Calling all passengers, DO NOT miss this flight!

Meet Tallulah she’s 32 and single, all her married friends keep trying to hook her up, not because they care about her – because they don’t like to suffer alone. Join her on this tale of love, dreams, passion and revenge.

The Compleat Wrks Deeply Fried P Defending the Laid of Wllm Shkspr Man (Reloaded) Whacked Management & Deep Fried Man (Abridged) David Newton

FRINGE Programme

Actors Unemployed! 37 Stand-up comedy featuring plays! 97 minutes! An one stand-up comedian and irreverent, fast-paced romp through the Bard’s plays, two sketch comedians. Compleat Wrks (abridged) Director: Vusi Hayo invites you to join these Featuring: Khanyisa Bunu madcap men in tights as they weave their wicked way 1h All Pro Director: Alan Committie through all of Shakespeare’s Writer & performer: IsiXhosa with English comedies, histories and Shirley Kirchmann tragedies in one wild ride, Drill Hall: leaving you breathless and 55m 14+LN Pro 2 7 July 10:00; 8 July 17:00; helpless with laughter. 9 July 15:00 & 21:00 English Tickets: R50 / R30 / R30 /R35 Director: Clare Mortimer Library Hall: Writer: Adam Long 30 June 20:30; 1 July 14:00 & Featuring: Marc Kay, 18:00; 2 July 12:30; Clinton Small & Adam Dore 3 July 12:00 & 22:30; Director: Vanessa Harris 4 July 21:30; 5 July 10:00 & Writor: Shannyn Fourie 1h55 13+LV Pro 6 19:00; 6 July 12:00 Featuring: Shannyn Fourie & English Cassandra Money B2 Arena: St. Andrew’s Hall: 14:00 & 20:00; 30 June 17:30; 1 July 10:00; 50m All Pro 2 78 July July 18:30; 9 July 17:00 2 July 16:30; 3 July 10:00; English 4 July 18:30; 5 July 12:30; Tickets: R50 / R40 / R45 / R45 B2 Arena: 6 July 12:00; 7 July 14:00; Special discount: 30 June 20:00; 1 July 12:00; 8 July 20:00; 10 July 14:00 30 June 20:30 – only R40 2 July 10:00 & 18:00; Tickets: R65 / R50 / R50 / R50 3 July 14:00 & 22:00 Special discount: Tickets: R65 / R55 / R55 / R55 30 June 17:30 – only R45 Special discount: 10 July 14:00 – only R33 30 June 20:00 – only R30

The musical comedian, Deep Fried Man, winner of Best Newcomer at the 2011 Comics Choice awards, invites you into his bizarre world for his debut one-man show. Combining original songs, skits, stand-up and uniquely South African parody, this is a show that, like all things deep-fried, is extremely cooked, very tasty, but definitely quite bad for you!

The legendary show that shot David Newton to comedy stardom is back for one last time! “Normally the subject of sex is dealt with in a half-hearted way, with Newton you get the Full Monty…There is absolutely no way to prepare for it! Sex has never been this funny!” –The Times (*No swearing but does contain mature subject matter*)

Director: Daniel Buckland Writer & performer: Daniel Friedman

Writer/director & performer: David Newton

1h 16+L Pro 9 English OBs Scout Hall: 30 June 20:00; 1 July 22:00; 2 July 12:00; 3 July 14:00; 4 July 16:00; 5 July 14:00 & 18:00; 6 July 16:00; 7 July 22:00; 8 July 20:00 Tickets: R55 / R45 / – / –

1h 16+ Pro 6 English OBs Scout Hall: 30 June 22:00; 1 July 12:00; 2 July 14:00; 3 July 16:00; 4 July 18:00; 5 July 20:00; 6 July 12:00 & 22:00; 8 July 12:00; 9 July 14:00 Tickets: R60 / R50 / R55 / R55 Special discount: 30 June 22:00 – only R50

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164 comedy Dekaf

Dirt

David Newton

James Cairns

A black/white comedy… about blacks who think like whites… told by a black guy… who sounds white. There’s a new generation of black people who don’t bitch about the ‘struggle’, can swim, dogs so like them and they didn’t vote for Zuma! Siv takes you into his world where he was raised in the suburbs, schooled in a public school, where he dates white women…and listens to Josh Groban! Director: David Newton Writer: David Newton and Sivuyile Ngesi Featuring: Sivuyile “Siv” Ngesi

1h 13+ Pro 6 English OBs Scout Hall: 30 June 14:00; 1 July 16:00; 2 July 18:00; 3 July 20:00; 4 July 22:00; 5 July 12:00; 7 July 12:00; 8 July 18:00; 9 July 22:00

FRINGE Programme

Tickets: R55 / R45 / R50 / R50 Special discount: 30 June 18:00 – only R45

1h15 13L Pro 16 English Vicky’s: 30 June 16:00; 1 July 15:00; 2 July 10:00; 3 July 19:30; 4 July 12:00; 5 July 12:00 & 22:30; 6 July 16:30; 8 July 21:30; 9 July 17:00 Tickets: R80 / R60 / – / R60 Special discount: 30 June 16:00 – only R40

Dr Stef’s Side Splitting Hypnosis

Durban Comedy Invasion P

Stef

Smash Time Comedy Durban School of Comedy

Dysfunctional P Escape From David Newton

David Newton is back… Winner of the National Arts Festival’s Best Comedian Four of 031’s best alternative Award 2009, David Newton returns with his stand-ups, Glen Bo fourth comedy special! (Edinburgh Fringe), Gareth In Dysfunctional Newton Woods (5FM Comedy invites you deeper inside Winner), Jem Atkins (Best New Durban Act 2009) and his mind… but asks you to Dusty Rich (Finalist: Nando’s please not touch anything!! Showdown) take on the task “One gets the feeling that of changing perceptions of Newton is not really scared of any topic…”– The Times. coastal living: tales of woe to make your toes curl … no Writer/director & performer: Writer/director & performer: Indian jokes. Stef Juncker David Newton Director: Gareth Woods 1h15 Pro 16 1h 16+ Pro 6 Music composer: The La Els Writers & performers: English English Gareth Woods, Jem Atkins, Glen Bo OBs Scout Hall: St. Andrew’s Hall (Adults only): and Dusty Rich 1 July 22:00; 2 July 22:00; 30 June 18:00; 1 July 20:00; 6 July 22:00 2 July 22:00; 3 July 12:00; 1h 16+ L SPro 4 July 14:00; 5 July 16:00; St Andrew’s Hall (All ages): English 6 July 18:00; 7 July 16:00 & 2 July 12:00; 3 July 19:30; 20:00; 8 July 22:00; 9 July Bowling Club: 5 July 10:00; 7 July 19:30; 18:00 2 July 12:00 & 16:00; 3 July 9 July 10:00 & 18:30 18:00; 5 July 12:00 & 22:00; Tickets: R60 / R50 / R55 / R55 Tickets: R59 / R49 / R55 / R55 6 July 20:00; 7 July 12:00 Special discount: Special discount: Drill Hall: 30 June 14:00 – only R50 1 July 22:00 – only R52 3 July 22:30; 4 July 22:30 Extreme, fast-paced and suitable for all ages! Informative, wacky, yet bizarre. An amazing journey into the world of the subconscious. Crazy reactions from volunteers who Dr Stef helps on stage. Regularly sold out. The funniest show you will ever see! Rated “One of the world’s best”. Come see why!

Tickets: R40 / R35 / R35 / R35 Special discount: 2 July 12:00 – only R35

Nombyland!

The Neon Anthems In 1782 an Englishman is wrecked on the East African Coast and forced to integrate with an eccentric local tribe. Complications arise when he is hailed by the village as a messiah, sent by the ancestors to bring rain. Based on real events.. Featuring: Jacobus van Heerden, Liam Magner & Loyiso McDonald

50m PG Pro 9 English Drill Hall: 30 June 19:30; 1 July 15:00; 2 July 17:00; 3 July 14:30; 4 July 10:00; 5 July 21:30; 6 July 17:00; 7 July 21:30; 8 July 19:00; 9 July 17:00 Tickets: R70 / R50 / R65 /R50

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FRINGE Programme

166 comedy Hellpants and the Hoes Kuntry Izzit Fbpk P Anyway Comedia

Applauz Arts Inititiative

New routines, new hilarious one-liners, all new work from stand-up maverick, Martin Evans.

A rapping advocate from Beaufort West and an Englishman from Bloemfontein share the stand-up stage for the first time in a Grahamstown double-bill! If they can make it from such ‘diverse backgrounds’ to this auspicious place, you gotta ask yourself: “How the hell did YOU get here?”

Director: Keri Miller Writer & performer: Martin Evans

1h10 16+L Pro 2 English (Afrikaans) OB’s Scout Hall: 30 June 16:00; 1 July 18:00; 2 July 20:00; 3 July 22:00; 4 July 12:00; 6 July 14:00; 7 July 18:00; 8 July 14:00; 9 July 16:00 & 20:00

Director: Kurt Egelhof Writers & performers: Tashreeq Amed & Carl Webber

1h 16+L Pro 9

Tickets: R53 / R40 / R40 / R40 English (Afrikaans, IsiZulu) Special discount: Drill Hall: 30 June 16:00 – only R35 30 June 21:30; 1 July 19:30; 3 July 16:30; 4 July 20:30; 5 July 10:00 & 19:30; 6 July 15:00

Interiors The Space Behind the Couch

A man. A woman. A table. Amy Jephta in association with Cape Town Edge and The Space Behind The Couch presents three ingredients for the dissection and analysis of human relationships and the absurd, bizarre phenomenon called love. Interiors is about what happens when your life becomes as boring as your interior decorating. ”A delicious little script... has moments of genius inspiration” – Megan’s Head. “F****g cool” PonyRoach Theatre Reviews. “I thought, I laughed, and I enjoyed watching the well-staged interactions” Fiona Gordon. Writer & director: Amy Jephta Featuring: Beren Belknap and Nadia Caldeira

Tickets: R50 / R35 / R35 / R35 50m 13+L Pro 4 Special discount: 30 June 21:30 – only R35 English Princess Alice Hall: 30 June – 9 July 14:00 daily

FRINGE Programme

Tickets: R55/– / – /–

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comedy 171 Live and Kicking P ...Miskien Mark Sampson

The Pink Couch

Mind Games with Brendon Peel P Brendon Peel

Live and Kicking Late Night Comedy returns with three different top local and international comics nightly. Still the best value comedy show on the Fringe: never the same show twice! Unplanned, uncensored and unbelievably funny. Book now. This show has sold out three years running! See daily line-up in CUE. Producer: Mark Sampson

1h30 10+ Pro 3 English Bowling Club: 1 July 22:00; 2 July 22:00; 3 July 22:00; 6 July 22:00; 7 July 22:00; 8 July 22:00; 9 July 22:00

Silver Standard Bank Ovation Award for Theatre 2010. Two best friends, dead end jobs, rugby, and some regular guy stuff. …miskien is about waiting for the happy hour that gets you through the day that was the same as yesterday, and will not be very different tomorrow. “… leaves one speechless and hardly daring to breathe” – The Cape Times. See more details in the Arena Programme. Director: Tara Louise Notcutt Writers: Tara Louise Notcutt, Albert Pretorius & Gideon Lombard Featuring: Albert Pretorius & Gideon Lombard

55m 16+LS Pro 1

Tickets: R70 / R60 / R60 / R60 English (Afrikaans) Princess Alice Hall: Special discount: 30 June – 9 July 18:00 daily 1 July 22:00 – only R50

Love @ First Fight

Mind Games with Brendon Peel is filled with psychological illusions, mind twisting games and classic mentalism. This makes for an entertaining, puzzling performance. Director: Terry Peel Featuring: Brendon Peel

45m 10+(R) English Highlander: 30 June 16:00; 1 July 12:00 & 19:00; 2 July 22:00; 3 July 18:00; 4 July 22:00; 5 July 16:00 & 20:00 Tickets: R45 / R40 / R40 / R40 Special discount: 30 June 16:00 – only R40

Tickets: R65 / R45/ R45 / R45 Special discount: 30 June 18:00 – only R40

Follow Spot Productions

Monkey Nuts Geraldine Naidoo

Written & performed by: Vanessa Harris & Ash Searle

Monkey Nuts is one of the finest and funniest shows you will ever see. A true comical masterpiece from the creators of Hoot and The Chilli Boy. The show, performed by multi-award winning actor Matthew Ribnick, is a definite mustsee for any festival goers craving brilliant quality entertainment. Writer & director: Geraldine Naidoo Featuring: Matthew Ribnick

55m PG(LS) Pro 2 1h10 16+L Pro English 10 Highlander: 30 June 18:00; 1 July 21:00; 2 July 20:00; 3 July 20:00; 4 July 20:00; 6 July 14:00; 7 July 16:00; 8 July 18:00; 9 July 18:00; 10 July 14:00

English

Drill Hall: 30 June 15:00; 1 July 17:00; 2 July 21:00; 3 July 18:30; 4 July 14:30; 5 July 17:00; 6 July 10:00; 7 July 15:00; Tickets: R65 / R55 / R55 / R55 8 July 21:00; 9 July 10:00 Special discounts: Tickets: R70 30 June 18:00 – only R30 10 July 14:00 – only R33

FRINGE Programme

Love @ First Fight (previously known as Relationsh!t, 2009), is a rollercoaster ride through the trials, tribulations and titillations of relationships. Follow Vanessa Harris (of Runnin Riot and We Will Rock You fame) and husband Ash Searle (So You Think You Can Dance) as they sing, dance, (mis)communicate and negotiate how to make love work when the sh!t hits the fan. You’ll cackle, cry and cringe in recognition at this unmissable feel-good comedy.

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Paperboy

Elize Cawood & Wilson Dunster

2 Tone Productions

Renowned duo Elize Cawood and Wilson Dunster (both stars of Isidingo and Dinner for One) give powerful performances in this spellbinding story of a frail Jewish gentleman and his eccentric Afrikaans nurse. This heart-warming, witty and thought provoking gem proves that it’s never too late to live. Brought to you by a critically acclaimed team. Writer & director: Pieter Bosch Botha Featuring: Elize Cawood and Wilson Dunster

FRINGE Programme

Rocket Raiders P Romantic Fools P Stranger Things Have Happened P Theatre for Africa On the Shoulders of

T*M*A*S

Bobby Jones, newspaper boy and aspiring detective, is a combination of bad news. Bobby’s infamous right swing is a catalyst for a series of amusing events. PaperBoy deals with self-fulfilment, ambition and truth at comedic yet touching levels. PaperBoy is madness from start to finish! Director: Liam Magner Writers: Grant Jacobs and Liam Magner Featuring: Grant Magner

45m 9

Vicky’s: 30 June 12:00; 1 July 22:00; 2 July 12:30; 4 July 19:00; English (Afrikaans, Yiddish) 5 July 10:00; 6 July 14:30; 7 July 12:00; 8 July 14:30; St. Andrew’s Hall: 10 July 10:00 30 June 11:00; 1 July 17:30; 2 July 20:00; 4 July 14:00; Tickets: R50 / R45 / – / R40 6 July 17:30; 7 July 10:00; Special discount: 8 July 12:00; 9 July 20:30 10 July 10:00 – only R25 Tickets: R60 / R40 / R55 / R55 Special discount: 30 June 11:00 – only R40

1h10 All Pro 3

Rob van Vuuren – Live!

The winner of the inaugural Comics Choice Breakthrough Act Award brings his brand new stand-up show to Grahamstown. Don’t miss seeing this guy, (known as Twakkie, host of SA’s Got Talent, and the oke who schucksed Shuster), do what he does best – make you laugh! Writer & performer: Rob van Vuuren

1h 16+LVNSRP Pro 16 English St. Andrew’s Hall: 30 June 21:00; 1 July 13:30; 3 July 15:30; 4 July 22:00; 5 July 16:00; 6 July 10:00; 7 July 17:30; 8 July 18:00; 9 July 14:30

The little show that has dominated the Grahamstown Fringe for 21 years is back. After being awarded a Standing Ovation Award in 2010, was it time to retire? Well no, it just heralded a new era for Nicholas Ellenbogen and his litany of co-stars. This year focuses on India, trains, and the early opium trade that ravaged the 19th century. The evil of empire and those in power. Raiders is the Festival – ask the over a 65 000 smiling customers!

Giants

ZikkaZimba Productions

Nine two-character comedies examining love, lust, dating and romance: from a date with a caveman to the joys of dull sex and a hilariously lecherous wedding-planner. With influences of Monty Python, the Marx Brothers and classic vaudeville comedy, these sketches vary, but all celebrate the inherent comedy of male-female relationships.

The hilarious Ryan Dittmann teams up with himself to tell an outrageous tale inspired by true events during his past years as a restaurateur extraordinaire. We meet the whacky and uncanny characters of the kitchen crew – run like a German U-boat. And, as usual, it’s all downhill from there...

Directors: Andrew Brent and Chris Weare Writer & featuring: Nicholas Ellenbogen

Director: Raymond Rudolph Writer: Rich Orloff , adapted for South African audiences by Raymond Rudolph Featuring: Kelly Kowalski & Raymond Rudolph

1h30 All Pro 33

1h5 13+LS Am

English Kingswood Theatre: Daily at 10:00

Tickets: R70 / R50 / R40 /R50 PJs: Special discount: 8 July 19:30 30 June 21:00 – only R50 Tickets: R90 / R50 / R65 / R80 Special discounts: 30 June & 10 July at 10:00 – only R45

English Masonic Front: 1 July 12:00; 2 July 16:00; 3 July 12:00; 4 July 20:00; 6 July 16:00; 7 July 14:00 & 22:00; 8 July 12:00 Tickets: R50 / R40 / R45 / R40 Special discount: 1 July 12:00 – only R35

Director: Tim Redpath Writers: Ryan Dittmann and James Cairns Featuring: Ryan Dittmann

1h PG Pro 6 English

Masonic Front: 1 July 10:00; 2 July 14:00 & 18:00; 3 July 18:00; 5 July 10:00; 8 July 22:00; 9 July 18:00; 10 July 10:00 Tickets: R45 / R40 / R40 / R38 Special discount: 1 July 10:00 – only R23

comedy 175 Stuperstition Stuart Lightbody

P The Swansong of Norrie Da Silva

Wayne Mckay is ‘Mainou De Bruinou’

Umaphelo

Applauz Arts Inititiative

In Stuperstition sleight of hand expert Stuart Lightbody takes an entertaining look at superstitious and magical thinking, from broken mirrors and bad luck to homeopathy and astrology. It’s occasionally controversial and always entertaining, filled with impossible feats and thought-provoking demonstrations. Miss this one and you’ll curse your luck... Writer/ director & performer: Stuart Lightbody

55m 13+LR Pro 2 English Highlander: 30 June 14:00; 2 July 18:00; 3 July 16:00 & 22:00; 4 July 12:00; 6 July 16:00; 7 July 14:00; 8 July 14:00 & 22:00; 9 July 22:00; 10 July 12:00 Tickets: R55 / R45 / R45 / R40 Special discounts: 30 June 14:00 – only R30 / 10 July 12:00 – only R27

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!

Director: Michael Gritten Writer & performer: Belinda Henwood

English (Afrikaans)

English NG Kerk Hall: 1 July 10:00; 2 July 18:30; 3 July 21:30; 5 July 19:30; 7 July 14:30; 8 July 19:00; 9 July 10:00 Tickets: R55 / R50 / R50 / R45 Special discount: 1 July 10:00 – only R40

This Xhosa-driven compelling comedy drama explores the personal lives and struggles of two independent families. Starvation does not stand in the way of uMaphelo, when he has the surrounding neighbours at his rescue. Writer & director: Duke Mbini

A delightful look at a small life where truths have been magicked away, rules smartly broken and adventure self-styled. Norrie’s is a surprising story of survival, told with love and candour, in the umbrella of her subconscious. “A magnificent work of art” – Thomie Holtzhausen. “Clever and witty” – Dawn Haynes.

55m 13+L Pro 2

Shukuma Theatre

40m PG (P) Am IsiXhosa with English Masonic Back: 6 July 10:00; 7 July 12:00; 8 July 16:00; 9 July 20:00; 10 July 16:00

Tickets: R25 / R20 / R23 / R21 Special discounts: Writer & performer: Wayne Mckay 6 July 10:00 – only R20 / 10 July 16:00 – only R13

1h 16+L Pro 9 Drill Hall: 1 July 10:00; 2 July 19:00; 3 July 20:30; 4 July 18:30; 6 July 21:00; 7 July 19:30; 8 July 15:00

Tickets: R50 / R35/ R35 / R35 Special discount: 1 July 10:00 – only R35

Woemen

Candace Gawler and Juliette Pauling

You Sit, I’ll Stand P Dale Amler

The Most Amazing Show with Corne and Twakkie T*M*A*S

Writer, director & performer: Corne and Twakkie

1h 16+ (LVNSRP) Pro 16 English St. Andrew’s Hall: 30 June 15:30; 1 July 20:00; 2 July 14:30; 3 July 22:00; 4 July 12:00; 5 July 20:00; 6 July 15:30; 7 July 12:00; 9 July 22:30; 10 July 10:00 Tickets: R70 / R50 / R40 / R50 Special discounts: 30 June 15:30 – only R50 / 10 July 10:00 – only R35

Director: Daniel Mark Friedman Performer: Dale Amler

1h 16+LRP SPro English OBs Scout Hall: 30 June 12:00; 1 July 14:00; 2 July 16:00; 3 July 18:00; 4 July 20:00; 5 July 22:00; 6 July 20:00; 7 July 14:00; 8 July 16:00; 9 July 12:00 Tickets: R50 / R40 / R45 /R45

1h PG (L) Am 1

English Library Hall: 1 July 10:00; 2 July 14:30; 3 July 18:30; 4 July 15:00 Tickets: R45 / R35 / R38 / R28 Special discount: 1 July 10:00 – only R40

FRINGE Programme

The Most Amazing Show is back! The cult comedy duo, Corne and Twakkie, what changed forever the face of comedy in South Africa and also the way we speak is going to take this k*k to a whole new level. Believe it, because it’s true.

Two recently divorced, hard-drinking middle aged women navigate the vicious sewers of poverty and You sit, I’ll stand is Dale abandonment while dealing Amler’s debut one man show. Expect to visit an array with overbearing mothers, of subject matter from light vengeful ex mother-inlaws, nosy neighbours and hearted and observational to dark and personal. You Sit, a recently acquired dead body which came with an I’ll Stand is the culmination ominous brief case... of three years spent as a stand-up comedian, two Writer: Roshne Guptar working in a bank and at Featuring: Juliette Pauling, least one year he’d rather Candace Gawler & Roshne Gupter forget.

FRINGE Programme 176 comedy

comedy

cabaret / revue 177 Absolucy Follow Spot Productions

Date with Duke, Feathers for Flight: and Others P Just Some Other Gaudy Rhetoric Track 5 Feathers for Flight Productions (FFF Productions)

The award-winning Follow Spot Productions brings this year’s comedy cabaret sensation – Absolucy. Everyone has their little addictions, and soon you will be addicted to Lucy. She’ll have your toes tapping, your bums bopping and your sides splitting as she sings one timeless hit after another. Lucy has fast become the Barnyard Theatre and Mike McCullagh’s star performer and now she is here to prove not only can she belt like a diva but she’s also one hell of a funny lady! DON’T miss it! Director: Alex Tops Writer: Lucy Holgate & Alex Tops Featuring: Lucy Holgate

50m All Pro 2 English Bowling Club: 30 June 20:00; 1 July 16:00; 4 July 18:00 & 22:00; 6 July 10:00; 7 July 16:00; 8 July 12:00 & 20:00; 9 July 16:00; 10 July 12:00 Tickets: R65 / R55 / R55 / R55 Special discounts: 30 June 20:00 – only R30 10 July 12:00 – only R32

Relish the rich, 5-voice vocal group sounds of Cape Townbased Track 5 with virtuoso pianist Ramon Alexander. Prepare to be blown away by exciting arrangements of well-known jazz standards by various composers, with special reference to Duke Ellington, sung a Cappella, as well as with luscious backings! Writer/director: Gavin Fullard Featuring: Sonja Cillié, Amy Larter, Danelle de Vries, Gavin Fullard & Mikhail Swartz

1h All SPro 4 English Bowling Club: 5 July 20:00; 6 July 16:00; 7 July 20:00; 8 July 16:00; 9 July 10:00; 9 July 18:00

Expectation is incrimination. Assumption can be our safest mistake. Featherheavy opinions look grand, but float on the surface of intrigue, whereas, feathers for guns and guts are feathers for flight. With music and text, a contemporary form of cabaret exhibits the anecdote of our newly de-shelled attitudes. A story. Just some other gaudy rhetoric? You decide. Director: Bianca de Klerk and Lise Morrison Writer: Bianca de Klerk Performed by: Bianca de Klerk, Lise Morrison, Thomas Ferreira, James Lombard, Riaan van der Walt

Tickets: R40 / R20 / R30 /R30 1h PG (L) SPro Special discount: 5 July 20:00 – only R30 English (Afrikaans & IsiXhosa)

Bowling Club: 3 July 10:00; 4 July 20:00; 5 July 16:00; 6 July 12:00; 7 July 18:00; 8 July 18:00; 9 July 12:00 & 20:00; 10 July 10:00 Tickets: R40 / R30 / R35 /R30 Special discounts: 3 July 10:00 – only R25 10 July – only R20

Stef’s Hypnotherapy Sessions FRINGE Programme

Hypnotherapy is an excellent means of helping people overcome unwanted habits (like smoking and nail biting), and it assists with weight redution, stress relief, trauma and phobias. In fact, hypnosis, when correctly used, is one of the safest and most effective tools in the healing profession. An investment in oneself is the best you ca do. Stef aids those wanting to make a massive change in their lives through these sessions. Courses last 90 minutes. Mullins Room (St. Andrew’s Prep): Stop Smoking Hypnotherapy: 4 July 17:00; 9 July 12:30 Weight Watching Hypnotherapy: 4 July 12:00; 9 July 14:00 Cost: R 350 (Book through Computicket)

178 cabaret / revue A Green Number P Rose Red

What’s in a Name?

Shaggy Dogs ShoeString Theatre Company

Boschwhacked Productions

Rolska Productions

Caldwell has never run a Comrades Marathon (nor has Judge) – but this is his 10th Grahamstown Fringe appearance since 1985. Yet more inconsequential irrelevance in another musical revue from two seasoned veterans.

With her charm, wit, and superb voice, critically acclaimed actress Dianne Simpson effortlessly transforms herself into one of the most infamous characters in the history of fairy tales, only this time the ‘Evil’ Queen is here to tell a very different version of the classic story Snow White. “Highly recommended!” – Moira de Swardt, Arstlink. co.za

Stage and song: Robert-Ian Caldwell Piano, saxophone & voice: Jeff Judge

1h PG SPro 9 English (Afrikaans, IsiZulu) Graham Hotel: 2 July 12:00; 3 July 14:00; 4 July 16:00; 5 July 18:00; 6 July 12:00; 7 July 16:00

Director: Pieter Bosch Botha Writer: Dianne Simpson Featuring: Dianne Simpson & Dawid Boverhoff

1h PG Pro 1 English

Tickets: R35 / R28 / R30 /R30 Vicky’s: Special discount: 30 June 18:30; 2 July 17:00; 2 July 12:00 – only R25 3 July 22:00; 4 July 10:00 & 21:00; 5 July 14:30 & 18:30; 7 July 19:00; 9 July 15:00; 10 July 12:00

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 to create the world’s first ‘over the shoulder boulder holder’. Not to be missed! Director: Garth Tavares Writer: Roland Perold, Delray Burns & Garth Tavares Featuring: Roland Perold and Delray Burns

1h All Pro 1 English Bowling Club: 30 June 22:00; 2 July 20:00; 3 July 12:00 & 16:00; 4 July 12:00; 5 July 18:00; 6 July 18:00; 7 July 10:00; 8 July 10:00

FRINGE Programme

Tickets: R55 / R45 / R45 / R45 Tickets: R55 / R45 / R48 / R50 Special discount : 30 June 22:00 – only R40 Special discounts: 30 June 18:30 – only R30 10 July 12:00 – only R27

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FRINGE Programme

180 cabaret / revue

FRINGE Programme

Music theatre

music theatre 181 The 4 Seasons P African Beat Meropa YourArt Productions Thabisong Song & Dance Troupe

African Music Renewal

Ntombethongo

All That Jazz Eeny Meeny Miny Mo Entertainment cc

P Anois Ar Theacht Auction of the An Tsamhraidh / Century P Change Has Come University of Zululand P Turning Hill Entertainment Company

She wants forgiveness. He needs acceptance. They must all unlock their past. The key is Eléna De Mist and although her time is up she will do whatever it takes – even using unsuspecting hotel guests like the young Mbali Zulu and the charismatic Sasha Kemp – to save her rejected gay son from himself. Writer/director: Jann Robertson Featuring: Bruce J. Little, Karen Meiring, Zarcia Zacheus, Azania Mabe & Lerato Mapoga

A vibrant musical and dance show where you explore the beauty and originality of African rhythms and movements from the mbhaqanga and jazz sounds from the 1960’s to today’ musical sounds. Kofifi, pantsula, street dance and diverse cultural dances are embraced by exciting drumming on the African djembe. Director: Xolani Ntombela Choreographer: Brian Mongwe

This is a musical maskhandi/ mbhaqanga show that will take you through an experience of self-discovery, and a celebration of a new nation in the making. The music is infused with love and joy, human nature and the loving spirit for freedom and security. Also, men will perform in high heels – something not often seen before! Writer/director: Dibanisile Tutsu Featuring: B. Khalala, S. Mnduna & Z. Mndela

1h30m 13+LV Pro 1h30m 10+ SPro 1hr All Pro 1 English (Afrikaans, IsiZulu) African languages & 12 Glennie Hall: 30 June 16:15; 1 July 16:30; 3 July 21:30; 4 July 21:30; 5 July 12:00; 8 July 21:30; 9 July 10:30 & 15:00; 10 July 12:00

IsiZulu (English & SA languages)

City Hall: 30 June 16:00; 1 July 22:00; 2 July 20:00; 5 July 20:00; Tickets: R60 / R45 / R55 / R50 8 July 10:00 & 19:00; 9 July 14:00; 10 July 16:00 Special discounts: Tickets: R60 / R55 / R55 / R50 30 June 16:15 – only R50 10 July 12:00 – only R30 Special discounts: 30 June 16:00 – only R55 10 July 16:00 – only R30

English Kinetics Hall: 8 July 10:00 & 22:00; 9 July 14:00 & 20:00; 10 July 16:00

All That Jazz has inspired Durban director, choreographer and writer, Dean Bennewith to create his own interpretation of this multi award-winning musical. Bennewith has transformed the musical into a two-hand show through the innovative and highly effective use of multimedia moving backdrops. This semiautobiographical account of Bob Fosse showcases the consequences of pushing yourself too hard. Director/featuring: Dean Bennewith Choreographer: Dean and Janine Bennewith

1h20m All Pro 5

Tickets: R60 / R45 / R40 / R40 English Special discounts: Glennie Hall: 30 June 21:00; 8 July 10:00 – only R50 1 July 12:15; 2 July 14:00; 10 July 16:00 – only R30 3 July 12:30 & 19:15; 4 July 15:00

This production is about the struggle for freedom for people of South Africa and Ireland. Even though the countries and people are hemispheres apart, they are connected by a common struggle of history. In the production, commonality is represented by three symbols; the freedom in Ireland in the 1961 Easter uprising and the 1976 South African student uprising, the liberation of the Irish from British rule and in 1994 South Africa got freedom. Come and see the dance, drama & musical journey that contains laughter, pain & joy. Director/choreographer: Bongani Titana

50m 10+ LV English with Irish & IsiXhosa Kinetics Hall: 3 July 10:00; 4 July 16:00; 5 July 12:00; 6 July 20:00; 7 July 16:00; 8 July 18:00

Workshop theatre in its raw form. An exploration of the modern South Africa in its current state of affairs. Gravitating on an untouched turf of state prostitution. Director: Gift T. Marovatsanga Choreographer: V. Ngema

1hr 13+LVSRP 5 ST English with IsiZulu Kinetics Hall: 1 July 20:00; 2 July 22:00; 3 July 18:00; 4 July 14:00; 5 July 20:00 Tickets: R40 / R35 / R30 / R30 Special discount: 1 July 20:00 – only R35

The Castaway

Tickets: R40 /R25 / R30 / R20 Guild Theatre

Tickets: R75 / R50 / R65 / R65 Special discount: 30 June 21:00 – only R60

Director: Amanda Bothma Choreographer: Natalie Oberem Writer: Clare Mortimer Music composer: David Manship @ Clinton Zerf

1hr10m 10+ SP 3 English with IsiXhosa Kingswood Theatre: 6 July 14:00; 7 July 18:00; 8 July 18:30; 9 July 16:30; 10 July 14:30 Tickets: R55 / R45 / R40 /R40 Special discount: 10 July 14:30 – only R27

FRINGE Programme

Acclaimed South African performer, Keri Hiles ignites the stage in a tender love story set on the Wild Coast in 1740. The musical, with a cast of versatile performers follows the riveting tale of Bessie, an orphan of the ocean who grows into a beautiful young woman, falls in love and becomes the matriarch of the abeLungu.

FRINGE Programme

182 Music theatre

music theatre 183 Duncan Village P Ibhekile Evuzayo Journey of African Nic Danger and the Re-Alignment 1 P Siyavaya P (Licking Bucket) P Trends P Rise of the Space Gompo Art Centre Sibikwa Art Centre Nakedi and Associates Ninjas Artscape Theatre Centre Masakhane Arts More than 100 000 people presently occupy a time land approximately 360 hectares in dwellings made of wood, iron & plastic sheeting in densely populated areas. There are more than 2 000 people per hectare making Duncan Village one of the most overcrowded areas in South Africa. The artists of Duncan Village take a The story is narrated by an moment to reflect on the sensation of being members old man about the rite of passage to manhood. The of this village. old man paints a picture Writer/director: Daluxolo Papu of how young men of Choreographer: Buyile Geza today perceive the rite Music composer: Dura Mensi of passage to manhood. many cultures that 45m All 18 CT Like undergo changes, the initiation practice is also not English with IsiXhosa immune. Questions arise Kinetics Hall: as to why graduates still 6 July 10:00; 7 July 14:00 & act irresponsibly and non22:00; 8 July 14:00 productively when faced Tickts: R26 / R18 / R24 / R16 with challenges in life? Featuring: Abavuki Marimba Band

The Heritage Of Africa Royal Kishts Theatre

& Culture Youth Development Project

An energetic musical dance show of young performers; based on the journey of African trends that mingles Contemporary, Pantsula, Setswana, Tap dance with powerful drumming and poetry lines that narrates the background of our heritage and illustrates the modern lifestyles with the likes of Kofifi and Kwasa Kwasa dance styles. Director: Sibusiso Mazibuko

1h15m All Pro 10 45m 10+ SPro 5 IsiXhosa NG Kerk Hall: 6 July 10:00 & 17:00; 7 July 12:00 & 18:30; 8 July 16:30; 9 July 14:00

IsiZulu with English City Hall: 30 June 12:00; 1 July 14:00; 2 July 22:30; 3 July 18:00; 6 July 16:00; Tickets: R70 / R50 / R50 /R45 7 July 18:00; 9 July 20:30; 10 July 10:00

Isiqalo

Fuba School of Dramatic & Visual Arts

Naledi Viva Valia Theatre Production

Re -Alignment 1 is an innovative inter-active musical experience .The ten piece African Indigenous Orchestra uses traditional Nic is an ordinary boy with instruments combined with one special difference; saxophone and double since birth he has had bass to create a new sound a moustache of epic for the 21st century. The proportions! One night, in music is a celebration of the his secret laboratory, Nic fires old and the new moving his most powerful lazer at his through subtleties of moustache in a desperate sound and movement to attempt to become normal. high energy performance. Nic’s moustache holds The audience exchange great ancient and secret rhythms and beats with powers, and in the resulting the musicians and other explosion he is sucked into a audience members. portal through time! It is the Director: Phyllis Klotz year 3000 where mankind has been enslaved by space Featuring: Neo Leleka ninjas! And only Nic can save 1h15m All Pro 15 the universe... English Director: Nic Davies Music composer: Nic Davies & Commemoration Church: Henre Botha 2 July 15:00; Featuring: Nic Davies, 3 July 11:00 & 17:00; Brendan Murray & Trent Nightingale 4 July 11:00; 5 July 17:00

1hr5m All Pro 3 English with Afrikaans Princess Alice Hall: 30 June - 9 July at 20:30 daily Tickets: R40 / R30 / R30 /R30 Special discount: 30 June 20:30 – only R30

Tickets: R50 / R20 / – / R30 Special discount: 2 July 15:00 – only R30

Scenes From Soweto

Siyavaya, a township colloquial for “we are going/ moving” is a theatrical jazz dance show. “Through the mouths of babes…”, in this case a 13 year old girl. It depicts a typical lifestyle in the townships in modern day South Africa, showcasing fashion, a passion for jazz and dance movements. Director/Writer: Nakedi Ribane Music performed by Badimo Jazz band Featuring: Mainline Ngobeni

1h All Pro 3 English (South African indigenous & Tsotsi taal) Kingswood Theatre: 3 July 12:30 & 19:30; 4 July 14:30; 5 July 16:00 Tickets: R60 / R35 / R40 / R50 Special discount: 3 July 12:30 – only R40

Spirit and Bones Mthatkathi Theatre in collaboration with Mzini Dramatic Arts

Soyikwa Theatre Company

Revival Mzini Dramatic Arts

Spirit and Bones is a musical production that unashamedly sings the This music theatre piece is praises of Abongoma based on the life of a small through dance, music and Scenes from Soweto is a South African village where drama. It celebrates their descriptive performance superstitions are believed, roles within our society of Soweto. It takes the and customs and culture from days gone by to the audience into the ins Congregants from different play a major role and death present and being the and outs of the sizzling, churches try to lure a is unpredicted. individuals who uphold and tintilating life of Sowetans. murderer to their various preserve the local traditions, Director/writer/choreographer: This is done in upbeat music culture and heritage of the religious denominations, Moeketsi Montshitsi that represents the style but encounter a barrage of continent. This thought Featuring: Eve Rasimeni, questions that they cannot and ambiance of township provoking yet amusing Tinyiko Mabasa & Khaya Montjane respond to from the woman Soweto. English with SeSotho & production is yet another they thought was a nonIsiXhosa award winning material Director: Borney Methula 50m All St 15 believer. City Hall: Choreographer: Patrick Mdlalose by multi-award winning English with SeSotho & playwriter/director Thapelo 5 July 10:00; 7 July 14:00 & Writer: Borney Logan Writer/director:Duma Mnembe IsiZulu 20:00; 8 July 17:00; Music composer: Borney Methula “Mthakathi” Motloung. Featuring: Thakane Matoni, 9 July 10:00 & 22:30 Gymnasium: 4 July 13:00; & Mxolisi Kumalo Dieketseng Mnisi & Phindi Xaba Director/writer: Thapelo Motloung 6 July 10:00; 7 July 17:30; Featuring: Siyabonga Hlatshwayo, Tickets: R30 / R20 / R20 / R18 8 July 17:00; 9 July 17:00; 1h15m All Pro 23 1h All 26 Allan Cebekhulu & Katlego Special discount: 10 July 10:00 English (isiZulu & SeSotho) English (SeSotho & IsiZulu) Makgopela 5 July 10:00 – only R25 Tickets: R30 / R20 / R25 / R18 Glennie Hall: PJ’s: 1h All Pro 11 30 June 12:00; 1 July 10:00; 7 July 21:30; Special discounts: English (IsiZulu & IsiXhosa) 8 July 11:00 & 17:30; 2 July 21:00; 4 July 13:00 – only R20 9 July 13:00 & 21:30 3 July 15:00; 5 July 20:00; 10 July 10:00 – only R15 Gymnasium: 7 July 16:30 Tickets: R50 / R40/ R40 / R40 3 July 16:30; 4 July 17:30; 5 July 12:00 & 17:00; Tickets: R60 / R40 / R50 /R50 6 July 21:00; 7 July 14:30; Special discount: 8 July 12:00 30 June 12:00 – only R50 Tickets: R40 / R30 / – /–

FRINGE Programme

A group of slaves have been captured and placed in a dungeon which they call “The belly of the stone monster”, while waiting to be sailed across the sea. They recount their troubles – why they were captured and brought there. The question is... who captured them? As much as we would like to concentrate in the future, Writer/director: but the past is what better Gladstone Kwawukume & describes who we are. As Solomon Kwessie Owarey Owoo Choreographer: Theophilus Nortey a black African child who Music composer: Deborah Ayim & doesn’t know your culture, where do you think you are Bright Nyadiaya going? The time is now, in a free South Africa for Africans 45m All Pro to recognise their true English with Ga & Twi identity. City Hall: 30 June 21:00; Writer/director: Sizwe Mcaka 1 July 18:00; 2 July 16:00; Choreographer: Mcebisi Bhayi 3 July 20:00 Music composer: Sizwe Mcaka Tickets: R40 / R38 / – / – 50m All CT 3

Tickets: R40 / – / R35 / R35 Special discounts: 30 June 12:00 – only R35 10 July 10:00 – only R20

Blackbelt productions in assoc. with The Pink Couch

184 Music theatre Staff Room Madibeng Arts Culture & Heritage Foundation

Tapestry & Beyond Umhlanga – The the Footlights – A Reed Dance Double Bill P Msinga Arts Bridgetown Theatre Company- Cape Town

FRINGE Programme

Staff Room is about activities taking place at the school including abuse of learners that leads to dysfunctional Tapestry is a musical situation. about three lonely and needy friends that get the Director: Jafta Mpye opportunity to fall in love Choreographer: Samuel Monene with the same man, only Writer: David Malatsi & J Mpye to discover that they have Music composer/performer: to sacrifice their love and Gladys Mokgabudi obligation for each other. Tapestry is a slice of young 50m All SPro life - from being fahionista, English with Setswana to mixit fanatics, to music obsessed, to madly in love Kinetics Hall: 5 July 10:00; to being betrayed and the 6 July 14:00; 7 July 18:00; ultimate feeling of “nobody 8 July 20:00; 10 July 10:00 understands and cares Tickets: R30 / R20 / R15 / R15 about me”. An energetic and Special discount: spellbindingperformance 10 July 10:00 – only R15 Beyond the Footlights is a dance drama about two closely knit talented friends who have to contest other in an audition Steeldrums & Bass each for the same lead role in a Steel Drums & Bass major dance drama at the expense of breaking up their friendship. Beyond the Footlights incorporates R&B, contemporary; fusion, hip hop, pop, ballet and Cape ghoema music with its breathtaking dance sequences and techniques.

These performers put the combination of the Caribbean Steel pan music and local dance choreography to a whole new level. Complex beat sessions done in tandem with ease and synergy, between gumboots, tap dance, drum & bass and steel pans all exhibited with absolute skill and precision. Their enthusiasm soon rubs off on the audience and the standing ovation at the end is a testament to the professionalism of this act. Something very worthwhile to see. www.steeldrums.co.za Writer/director/choreographer: Lerato Monageng

1h PG Pro 3 English Kinetics Hall: 1 July 10:00 & 18:00; 2 July 12:00; 3 July 22:00; 4 July 18:00; 6 July 16:00 & 22:00 Tickets: R50 / R40 / R40 /R40

This is about a virgin maiden who refuses the Chiefs proposal. She is chosen by the Chief at the Reed Dance Function. This is about an individual against the law of the land performed by virgin maidens from Msinga. The story is told through vibrant and well choreographed Zulu dance routines; a capella music and quality acting. The play is written by the guru Bongani Linda, the Godfather of Black theatre. This is entertainment at its best. Director/choreographer: Bongani Linda Featuring: Bonisiwe Phungula, Phelelani Mzimela & Lindani Buthelezi

IsiXhosa

City Hall: 1 July 10:00; 2 July 12:00; 3 July 14:00; 4 July 16:00; 5 July 18:00; 6 July 20:00

City Hall: 6 July 10:00; 7 July 12:00; 8 July 15:00 & 22:00; 9 July 16:30; 10 July 12:00

Tickets: R50 / R40 / – / R40

Tickets: R40 / R15 / R25 / R20 Special discounts: 6 July 10:00 – only R20 10 July 12:00 – only R20

Gcaleka Cultural Ensemble

Kingswood Theatre: 30 June 16:30; 1 July 14:30; 2 July 20:00; 4 July 16:30; 5 July 18:00

This production will illustrate the preparations that boys take to become men through initiation Tickets: R30 / R20 / R 20 /R25 school. This ceremony is celebrated through Special discount: traditional dances. 30 June 16:30 – only R30 Director: Papama Hlotywa Choreographer: Sweet Mama Marwanqana Writer: Mlungisi Simon Hlotywa Unontombi Featuring: Sweet Mama & Izodela Community Mvanda Group Abakhwetha Development Centre

1h 10+ CT isiZulu (English & IsiXhosa) Gymnasium: 8 July 15:00; 9 July 13:00; 9 July 19:00; 10 July 11:00 Tickets: R20 / R20 / R20 / R20 Special discount: 10 July 11:00 – only R10

Writer/director/ choreographer: Zamuxolo Mgoduka

1h PG 7

English with Afrikaans

Director: Stanley Masuku Choreographer: Sibusiso Msiza Writer: Dan Ndlovu

A young girl forced into marriage at 13, her life changes drastically against her will. She finds a magical place where she hides from everyone. She sings igqira lendlela, uqongqothwane (the beetle), uNkuba (the dungbeetle) and uKhulu (the ladybird) comes and starts singing and dancing for her. Ten years later in the village people start calling her names saying she is a witch. A family production filled with eclectic dances, indigenous music, kaleidoscope of colours and body puppets.

English with IsiZulu

Yes! Today I am a Man P

Unontombi is a traditional musical play that portrays a conflict between two men fighting for a beautiful woman in the village. These young men make use of traditional powers to win the love of this lady. The plot thickens when a young man is murdered by a king...

Uphondo Lwe Afrika Entertainment cc

1h 13+L Pro 2

Director: Theo.E.Davids Choreographer: Lydia Johnson

50m All SPro 6

Uqongqothwane (The Beetle)

1h All

English (IsiXhosa) Kinetics Hall: 7 July 10:00 &20:00; 9 July 12:00 & 18:00; 10 July 14:00 Tickets: R50 / R35 /R35 / – Special discount: 10 July 14:00 – only R25

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MUSIC – contemporary, classic, choral, recital

n eclectic range of musos are in town –some singersongwriters, some swingers, hip hoppers, and a couple of rockers, reggae artists, rappers, funksters and punks, plus soul and jazz crooners, township jivers, instrumentalists and more! We also have classical recitals, choral and orchestral ensembles, gospel choirs and harmonising a cappella groups! The list is endless! To make your choices slightly easier, we’ve listed the groups or artists by venue here – music of similar genre are scheduled into the same venues. Also check out page 196 for the multi-band sessions happening every day at the Urban Lounge and Equilibrium.

ILAM

Bots’ Urban Lounge

Equilibrium (EQ)

A Kalimba Encantadora . . . . 192

5 Levels Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .188 Arctic Jinn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .189 Best of Durban Hip Hop . . . 189 Best of Durban Jazz . . . . . . . . 189 Bantu Rejects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 Durban Hip Hop Alternative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 NuBox Jazz Band . . . . . . . . . . . 194 Sekelmaan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 Shackles & Bones . . . . . . . . . . 195 Shannon Hope . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 Shoelace Rockers Soul Band . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 UJU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 U-Turn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 Watercolors Live Music Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 Wordsuntamed . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 Zabalaza Band . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

Acoustic Liquid . . . . . . . . . . . . 188 Afro-Fusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188 5 Levels Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .188 Arctic Jinn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .189 Best of Durban Hip Hop . . . 189 Best of Durban Jazz . . . . . . . . 189 Bantu Rejects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 Black South Easter . . . . . . . . . 189 Chris Letcher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 Gary Thomas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 Heather Mac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 John Ellis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192 Johnny Nekton . . . . . . . . . . . . 192 NuBox Jazz Band . . . . . . . . . . . 194 One Love, One Heart – Afro Soul meets Reggae . . 194 Pure Plunge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 Sekelmaan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 Shackles & Bones . . . . . . . . . . 195 Shannon Hope . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 Shoelace Rockers Soul Band . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 UJU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 U-Turn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 Watercolors Live Music Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 Wordsuntamed . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 Zabalaza Band . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

Beethoven Room 4 Hands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chris Letcher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mahler 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mia Pistorius – Piano Recital . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reflections – Barbara-Ann . The Soil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Widor du Toit . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

188 190 192 194 194 195 195

Cuervo Music Room Acoustic Liquid . . . . . . . . . . . . 188 Black South Easter . . . . . . . . . 189 Chris Chameleon . . . . . . . . . . 190 Gary Thomas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 Laurie Levine & Lize Wiid . . . 192 The Neva Wazza Band . . . . . .193 One Song One Nation . . . . . 194 Qula Poetry & Music . . . . . . . 194 The Mee Brothers . . . . . . . . . . 193

FRINGE Programme

Graham Hotel Acoustic Liquid . . . . . . . . . . . . Acoustic Soul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Black South Easter . . . . . . . . . Gary Thomas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Guy Buttery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Heather Mac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Home Grown Music . . . . . . . . John Ellis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Johnny Nekton . . . . . . . . . . . . Laurie Levine & Lize Wiid . . . Meri Kenaz – Solo . . . . . . . . . . Pure Plunge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shannon Hope . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Mee Brothers . . . . . . . . . .

Bowling Club Ginsburg & Herman . . . . . . . . 191

Cathedral Gospel Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .191

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Commemoration Church Affies Orchestra in Concert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CAFCA Music Ensemble . . . . Illitha Gospel Choir . . . . . . . . Marimba meets Saxaphone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Rhodes Chapel BaBaBoom! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cox & Newman . . . . . . . . . . . . In the Clouds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Simply Blue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Boulevard Harmonists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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5 Levels Up

Acoustic Liquid

Interplanatory Good Vibe Zone

Student pianists Jacques du Plessis and Andrew Duncan present a recital of music for piano duet including Faure’s beloved Dolly Suite and Schubert’s famous Fantasie in F minor. Both study piano with renowned teacher/ pianist Catherine Foxcroft. Featuring: Jacques du Plessis & Andrew Duncan

1h20m All St Beethoven Room: 4 July 11:00; 5 July 13:00; 5 July 19:30; 6 July 21:00; 7 July 17:00; 8 July 11:00; 9 July 13:00; 10 July 11:00

5 Levels Up is the new face of fusion to take Cape Town by storm, with dirty bass and clever lyrics it’s bound to get you grooving the night away. With influences ranging from Lighthouse Family, Jamiroquai, Bruno Marrs, Hootie & the Blowfish, Fourplay & Ernie Smith you’re in for an explosion of musical freshness. The band was formed in November 2010 and has done their first performance at the infamous Zula Bar in Cape Town in December 2010.

FRINGE Programme

NA Collective

Acoustic Liquid is Spanish flamenco guitar mixed with tribal rhythms, deep soulful lyrics beside an array of orchestral pieces; two guys changing the way we view band music. Acoustic Liquid is sound art in motion. Featuring: Westley Engelbrecht and Charles Dubber

1h All Cuervo Music Room: 5 July 12:00 Graham Hotel: 30 June 22:00; 1 July 16:00; 3 July 12:00; 4 July 22:00

Tickets: R30 / R20 / R20 / R15 Please refer to page 196 for this band’s performances on the ‘Acoustic Vibe @ EQ’ Tickets: R60 / R30 / R25 / R25 programme Please refer to page 196 for this band’s performances on the Urban Lounge & Equilibrium stages

Tickets: R40 / R30 / R30 / R35 1h All Special discounts: 4 July 11:00 – only R30 The Bots’ Urban Lounge: 10 July 11:00 – only R20 4 July 16:00

Acoustic Soul

A soulful blend of harmonies from Kenya and South Africa. Experience the original compositions of Injairu Kulundu and Sebastian Jamieson, members of the NIA collective. With Elijah Madiba (bass, sax) and Lawrence Sisitka (fiddle, mandolin), amongst others. Together they weave an ambience and lucid essence not to be missed. Featuring: Sebastian Jamieson, Injairu Kulundu & Elijah Madiba

45m All 2 Graham Hotel: 30 June 16:00; 1 July 14:00; 3 July 19:00; 4 July 18:00 Tickets: R50 / R35 / R35 / R35

Affies Orchestra in Concert

Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool A showcase of light, jazz and classical music performed by the Affies Symphony Orchestra, Symphonic Wind Band and Swing Ensemble – an exhilarating experience for young and old. They will be performing a variety of music from Bolero, Cantina, and ABBA, amongst others, as well as extracts from Star Wars. Conductors: Floris Smith and Eddie Clayton

1h All St Afrikaans Commemoration Church: 4 July 17:00; 5 July 15:00; 5 July 19:00; 6 July 11:00 Tickets: R40 / R30 / R35 / R30 Special discount: 4 July 17:00 – only R30

Afro-Fusion Afro-Fusion is a band that delivers love and strength to weak souls....it’s a traditional kind of music with jazz rhythms. We make these beats to build unity and change people’s negative minds. We strongly believe in Love, Peace and Unity... umanyano Director: Hazel Mamela Cengani Featuring: Siphokaza Leve, Hazel Mamela Cengani & Simphiwe Fundakubi

1h All Pro 3 Equilibrium: 4 July 15:00 Tickets: R40 / R30 / R30 / R20 Special discount: 4 July 15:00 – only R35 Please refer to page 196 for this band’s performances on the Urban Lounge & Equilibrium stages

music 189 Arctic Jinn

The Best of Durban Bantu Rejectz Hip Hop

Arctic Jinn, recent winners of the 14th annual RBF Band Challenge, deliver a fresh and funky flavour to the SA music scene. A fusion of pop, rock, blues and funk, Arctic Jinn will leave you hungry for more. Don’t miss out on this dynamic act!

This show has it all: from the raw Hype Awardwinning hip hop of Abdus to the detailed, vibey raps of Champ. From the soulful sounds of Miss Skye Wanda to a sultry vernacular afro jazzed funk by Manelis. This backed by DJ Lab, will bring Featuring: Tiego Tsolanku, Jason-Paul Jason ‘O’, Dale Scheepers you the great sounds of Durban. & Nick Mccreadie The Bots’ Urban Lounge: 2 July 16:00

The Bots’ Urban Lounge: 5 July 16:00; 7 July 14:00

Tickets: R30 / R20 / R15 / R25 Please refer to page 196 for this band’s performances on the Urban Lounge & Equilibrium stages

Tickets: R30 / R20 / R25 / R20 Please refer to page 196 for this band’s performances on the Urban Lounge & Equilibrium stages

Bantu Rejectz is a three member group backed by a five piece band. They are a fresh, young and quirky band from Bloemfontein in the Free State. Their music is a fresh combination of afropop, rock, ragga and R&B resulting in what the group has coined Afro-Rock. Featuring: Nonofo Mabale, Mpho Duiker & Alfred Matela

1h All Please refer to page 196 for this band’s performances on the Urban Lounge & Equilibrium stages

Black South Easter Bababoom! Maru-a-Pula Marimba Band and White Noise

The Best of Durban Jazz

1 July 20:00 – only R30

FRINGE Programme

Musically, Black South Easter journeys from the heart of the Mother City to the rolling hills of the Eastern These musicians possess Cape. Inspired by artists amazing stage presence, Botswana presents such as Sting, Radiohead, energy and passion for electrifying acoustic Tanannas, Busi Mhlongo, what they do. They all have harmonies that will excite Ali Farke Toure and many their own sound: Thando and entertain every more. The band has fused a surprises with his velvety audience. Alport Mhlanga’s new musical direction that voice, Heels over Head world famous marimba includes Southern African brings easy-breezy pop band collaborates with coastal nuances, soul, dance, jazz, and Vanessa Moodley White Noise, a newly roots contemporary and adds a soulful, but energetic formed close harmony world beat sounds. Black element. group. Together they are South Easter is… The warm BaBaBOOM!, a once-off voice of Nhoza Sitsholwana, 1h All production that combines the melodic bass grooves heart-stopping African Equilibrium: of Jimi Curve, the delicate rhythms with heart-warming 8 July 15:00 guitaring of Dan Boshoff, contemporary Western the naturally percussive The Bots’ Urban Lounge: vocals. beats of Damian Staz and 6 July 14:00; 7 July 16:00 the harmonic interweaves of Director: Charlie Gardiner-Hill (solo shows) Violinist Carly Nauta. Composer: Alport Mhlanga and Tickets: R30 / R20 / R25 / R20 various other artists Graham Hotel: Featuring: Alport Mhlanga, Charlie Please refer to page 30 June 18:00; 3 July 17:30; Gardiner-Hill & Andrew Williams 196 for this band’s 5 July 16:00 performances on 55m All SPro 4 the Urban Lounge & Cuervo Club: 1 July 21:00; 2 July 12:00 Equilibrium stages English (SeTswana) Tickets: R40 / R30 / R30 / R30 Rhodes Chapel: 1 July 20:00; 2 July 11:00; Special discount: 3 July 13:00; 4 July 10:30 & 1 July 21:00 – only R20 19:00; 5 July 20:00; Please refer to page 6 July 13:00; 196 for this band’s 7 July 11:00 & 19:00 performances on the ‘Acoustic Vibe @ EQ’ Tickets: R40 / R35 / R35 / R35 programme Special discount:

190 music CAFCA Music Ensemble

Chris Chameleon

Chris Letcher

Committed Artists for Cultural Advancement Enchanting musical expression displayed by a 45-member youth band from Mamelodi, Pretoria conversant in South African music. The average age of the ensemble is 16 years and the youngest is a mere 9 years old. Their repertoire includes compositions by Miriam Makeba, legendary guitarist from Mamelodi, Moss Mogale, Jazz standards such as Whisper Not, Big P etc

The infinitely versatile Chris Chameleon has already made his mark in many fields in the South African entertainment industry. With his repertoire in film, television, writing, music and composition across a landscape of genres 1h All St aptly as multifaceted as English this country’s scenery and Commemoration Church: culture, and the acclaim he has earned in all these 1 July 13:00; 2 July 17:00; disciplines, it stands to 3 July 19:00; 4 July 19:00 reason that any opportunity Tickets: R40 / R25 / R25 / R25 to attend one of his shows is a non-negotiable must. Special discount: His four octave voice, 1 July 13:00 – only R35 sharp humour, eloquently expressed social conscience and warm, humanistic approach invariably send the audience home with a smile, hope for the future and a rejuvenated appreciation for the beauty of life – though not before he has had them in stitches, tears and in the palm of his hand for the duration of his show! Cuervo Music Room: 8 July 21:00; 9 July 19:00

FRINGE Programme

Tickets: R85 /– / – / –

London-based songwriter and film composer, Chris Letcher, returns to his native Grahamstown to perform songs from his brand new album, unveiling the lush orchestration (bass clarinet, string quartet, mbira, guitar, drum, piano, 1970s synths) that buttresses his new extravagant and explicit collection of literate pop songs.

1h All Beethoven Room: 5 July 15:30; 6 July 17:00; 8 July 18:00; 9 July 11:00 Tickets: R 80 /– / – / – Please refer to page 196 for this artist’s performances on the ‘Acoustic Vibe @ EQ’ programme

Cox & Newman The Durban Hip Return of the Road Hop Alternative Warriors

Just when you think it is rock, it changes into hip hop, back to jazz. You feel South African acoustic guitar icons Steve Newman it kicking your ass, hit you like lightning and gives you and Tony Cox celebrate butterflies in your stomach. 30 years of performance together in a series of shows Not suitable for herbal tea around the country. Known drinkers, cry-babies and wimps – this music is about and loved far and wide for a place where songs equal being two of South Africa’s adventure. greatest guitar players, the two friends promise a show Featuring: Luminati & Abdus, jumping and sparkling with Skye Wanda and Champ cracking new tunes and 1h All guitar playing to drop the entire family’s collective jaw! Equilibrium: Featuring: Tony Cox & Steve Newman

1h 10+ Pro 7 English Rhodes Chapel: 1 July 21:30; 2 July 21:30; 6 July 15:00; 7 July 21:00; 8 July 15:00; 9 July 21:30 Tickets: R80 / R60 Special discount: 1 July 21:30 – only R60

7 July 15:00 The Bots’ Urban Lounge: 8 July 14:00

Tickets: R30 / R20 / R25 / R20 Please refer to page 196 for this band’s performances on the Urban Lounge & Equilibrium stages

Gary Thomas

“Manipulating guitar strings so they converse in a new language, a psychedelic one-man anti-folk jamming machine” – Cape Argus “Rupturing the conventional One-Man Guitar/Vocals Mould” – Mail & Guardian “Wizardry, the definition of an artist” – Levi’s Music Mag “Spellbinding, haunting… the audience is mesmerized” – Your LMG “Armed with mastery” – Mahala “Beautiful, emotive” – SL “Superb“ – The Mercury

1h All 3 Graham Hotel: 30 June 20:00; 5 July 20:00; 6 July 18:00; 7 July 20:00; 9 July 16:00; 10 July 14:00 Cuervo Music Room: 30 June 14:00; 1 July 14:00; 3 July 15:00; 3 July 21:30; 8 July 15:00 Tickets: R50 /–/ – / R45 Special discount: 10 July 14:00 – only R25 Please refer to page 196 for this band’s performances on the ‘Acoustic Vibe @ EQ’ programme

music 191 Ginsburg & Herman

Guy Buttery

Home Grown Music Jam Junction Home Grown Music

One of the finest acoustic guitarists to ever emerge from the South Africa music industry, Guy Buttery is something of a national treasure. This travelling whirlwind has toured across four continents in over a dozen countries alongside some of the world’s finest artists. Numerous international tours have Featuring: already been lined up for Josh Ginsburg & Lance Herman 2011 after his Awardwinning (Best Instrumental 50m All 6 Record of the year) album, Fox Hill Lane at last year’s Bowling Club: 30 June 18:00; 1 July 18:00; SAMA and the Standard Bank Gold Ovation Award at 2 July 18:00 the 2010 Festival. Guy is not Tickets: R50 / R40 / R40 /R40 to be missed! Check out for Guy’s performances on the Arena programme as well. Ginsburg & Herman’s cinematic-folk music combines expansive musical soundscapes on the one hand, with articulate lyrical songwriting on the other. The result is a seamless show that is at once visually compelling and stylistically unique.

Gospel Africa

Home Grown Music will be hosting an exciting array of live music sessions each weekend with some of the country’s premier musicians and bands. Expect to see solo shows, improvised jams and collaborations taking place late into the night. Visit Home Grown Music’s stand at the Village Green for details.

PG SP 1 English Graham Hotel: 1 July 21:30; 2 July 21:30; 8 July 21:30; 9 July 21:30 Tickets: R60 / R50 / R50 /R50

55m All 6 Graham Hotel: 1 July 20:00; 8 July 20:00; 9 July 20:00

Ilitha Gospel Choir

Tickets: R60 / R50 / R40 / R50 Please refer to page 196 for this artist’s performances on the ‘Acoustic Vibe @ EQ’ programme

1h30m All Pro 5 IsiXhosa Cathedral: 1 July 19:00; 2 July 19:00 Tickets: R30 /– / – / –

Heather Mac – Within

The Ilitha Gospel Choir was formed in 1998 with the aim of spreading and proclaiming God’s words through gospel music to the people Mount Frere. The group has been supported financially by the Alfred Nzo Municipality. Director: Thabisa Modlaba

1h All Am ‘The Voice’ returns. After an absence of almost two decades from the recording scene, legendary former Ella Mental singer Heather Mac, has returned with the release of her debut solo album entitled Within. Mac will be doing an unplugged performance of her new material accompanied by singer/guitarist Mark Russell Harris Featuring: Heather Mac & Mark Russell Harris

55m All Pro 4 English Graham Hotel: 1 July 18:00; 2 July 18:00; 3 July 20:30 Tickets: R50 / R42 / R45 / R40 Special discount: 1 July 18:00 – only R38 Refer to page 196 for this artist’s performances on the ‘Acoustic Vibe @ EQ’ programme

IsiXhosa Commemoration Church: 6 July 19:00; 7 July 13:00 & 19:00; 8 July 13:00 Tickets: R20 / R15 R20 / R20

FRINGE Programme

Gospel Africa brings to the Festival leading artists in performances of Gospel Music; which is the biggest selling music genre in South Africa today. During the NAF it also runs a Gospel Music Festival; which develops the capacity of young performers. For more details on the rest of the development programme, please refer to the Spiritfest Programme.

192 music In the Clouds with Steve Newman, Greg Georgiades, Ashish Joshi, Marc Duby Uplifting and mesmerising acoustic world music played on beautiful custom handmade string and percussion instruments. Steve Newman – nylon acoustic guitar, mbiratar, soprano guitar is joined by Greg Georgiades – North African oud, bouzouki, and nylon acoustic guitar with Ashish Joshi on tabla, darbuka, zarb, bongos, percussion and Marc Duby on double bass. Director: Steve Newman

1h All Pro 2 English Rhodes Chapel: 2 July 13:00; 3 July 21:30; 5 July 12:00 & 18:00; 6 July 22:00; 7 July 22:30; 8 July 11:00 & 17:00; 9 July 11:00 & 17:30; 10 July 14:00

John Ellis (Ex-Tree63)

Johnny Nekton

A Kalimba Encantadora

Laurie Levine and P Lize Wiid

Mahler 5 Piano Duo Molto

African Musical Instruments cc

John Ellis – the South African guitarist-singer-songwriter, who formed and fronted Tree63, one of South Africa’s favourite bands – launched his solo career in 2010. A seasoned artist with a longstanding career in the local and international industry, his experience ranges from small intimate shoes in local clubs to crowds of 100 000 in NYC. His unique high-energy guitar-driven rock, classic song writing and natural showmanship always make for an exciting live music experience.

Tickets: R80 / R60 / R60 /R60 Featuring: Jon “Scoop” Randall, Josh Klynsmith & John Ellis

1h All Graham Hotel: 2 July 16:00; 4 July 14:00; 5 July 22:00

Intimate, quiet music and songs, featuring Brazilian Featuring: Johnny Nekton, Kalimba player Decio Michael Smith & Loraine Beaton Gioielli, Spanish guitarist/ singer Luis Jimenez, with 1h PG Andrew Tracey, Geoffrey Graham Hotel: Tracy, Chris Carver and 4 July 12:00; 5 July 14:00; Elijah Madiba of African 6 July 22:00 Musical Instruments and the International Library Tickets: R40 / R35 / R40 /R40 of African Music, Rhodes Please refer to page 196 for University this band’s performances Director: Andrew Tracey on the ‘Acoustic Vibe @ EQ’ Featuring: Decio Gioielli (Brazil), programme Luis Jimenez (Spain) Andrew Tracey (SA)

All SPro 28 English (Portuguese, Spanish, African languages) ILAM: 1 July 17:00; 3 July 17:00; 5 July 17:00; 7 July 17:00; 9 July 17:00 Tickets: R40 /– / – / –

Laurie Levine is a singersongwriter carving out an original niche in contemporary folk music. Her exciting blend of American roots music and the ‘Nu-Folk’ sound has earned her critical acclaim and a growing audience. She has twice been nominated for a SAMA (South African music award) in the best Adult Contemporary category. She is joined on stage by the dynamic multi-instrumentalist Lize Wiid, whose main instruments are keyboard and accordion. Her haunting backing vocals enhance the hypnotic quality of Laurie’s songs, and her accordion playing creates a rich sound reminiscent of French music. Cuervo Music Room: 30 June 19:00; 1 July 17:00 & 22:30; 2 July 14:00; 3 July 11:00; 4 July 15:00; 5 July 19:00 Tickets: R50 / R25 / R40 / R30

FRINGE Programme

Tickets: R40 / R30 / R35 / R35 Please refer to page 196 for this artist’s performances on the ‘Acoustic Vibe @ EQ’ programme

Little music show, with a few surprises if all goes well – stories about heaven, dreams, reincarnation, jellyfish and hell.

Beethoven Room 1 July 11:00 3 July 15:00

Celebrating the Gustav Mahler centenary, Dawid Boverhoff and Marga Sander play the authoritative piano arrangement of his Symphony No.5. Mahler was one of the last great romantic composers. This is his most appreciated symphony, featuring the intriguing Adagietto. Beautiful music that has inspired music lovers for more than a century. Composer: Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) Performers: Dawid Boverhoff (Primo) and Marga Sander (Secundo)

1h PG Pro English Beethoven Room: 1 July 11:00; 3 July 15:00 Tickets: R60 / R40 / R50 /R50

music 193 Marimba Meets The Mee Brothers Meri Kenaz – Solo Saxophone P ‘Conversation Of Note’ P Ibhubesi Productions Ibhubesi Marimba Band is back! Featuring one of the great Afro-Jazz saxophonists, Bongani Tulwana, born in Uitenhage, Eastern Cape; he is now based in Tunis, Tunisia. This breathtaking collaboration of Marimba Meets Saxophone, generates that vibrant beat and the pulse of our nation. Having played together for ten years, the Mee Brothers Director: Monde Ngonyama have crafted a warm, Choreography: Andile Stemele harmonically captivating Featuring: Nomthandazo Jonas, sound. Their blend of Chwayita Kate & Thabisa Nogaya bright acoustic tones, vocal 45m All SPro 4 sincerity and stirring lyrics will keep you entertained IsiXhosa with English and leave you inspired. Commemoration Church: 30 June 19:00; 1 July 17:00; Performer: Michael and Richard Mee 2 July 13:00 & 19:00; 3 July 13:00; 4 July 13:00

50m All Am

Tickets: R50 / R25 / R35 / R30 English Special discount: Cuervo Music Room: 30 June 19:00 – only R40 30 June 21:00; 1 July 12:00 Graham Hotel: 2 July 14:00; 3 July 16:00; 4 July 20:00

Joint 2010 winner of the Standard Bank Silver Ovation Award (Music), Meri Kenaz is sure to wow audiences at this year’s festival. She’ll be playing in the official Arena program with The Appropriate Context, as well as these exclusive solo Fringe performances. CUE writes: “[Her] voice comes close to capturing the passion and intensity of human nature. The power and passion of her playing does true justice to the incredible quality of her voice”.

60m All 1 English

Graham Hotel: 6 July 14:00; 7 July 12:00; Tickets: R20 / R15 / R15 /R15 8 July 18:00; 9 July 12:00 Tickets: R60 / R50 / R50 /R50 Please refer to page 196 for this band’s performances on the ‘Acoustic Vibe @ EQ’ programme

Please refer to page 196 for this artist’s performances on the ‘Acoustic Vibe @ EQ’ programme

Mix Music Zabalaza Band A mixed bag of music that resonates with African people. It includes umbhaqanga (township style music), gospel, masikandi (African Zulu dance music), disco, isicathamiya (miners usually play this type of music), Ikwela (simila to umbhaqanga), soul music and jazz. Don’t miss this eclectic programme of truly African sounds.

More Great Goosebump A Cappella!

The Neva Wazza Band P Applauz Arts Inititiative

The Boulevard Harmonists A Grahamstown favourite for years: mixed 6-voice a cappella ensemble celebrating good music and excellent singing. Winners of the Prague International Competition in 2008. Classical works are performed, as well as folk and popular music – stylish, sophisticated, with flair. Strictly a cappella, no electronics. A highlight for your festival, a quality event of pure musical delight!

Kurt Egelhof finally breaks out of the musical closet with a compilation of original compositions 1h All that skipped an entire The Bots’ Urban Lounge: generation, before seeing 30 June 14:00 the light of day! A collection of unpublished South Equilibrium: Director: Peet Ryke African pop-genre works 1 July 15:00 from the seventies, eighties Tickets: R45 / R30 / R30 /R30 1h PG SPro 14 and last week, along with Rhodes Chapel: some stand-up comedy, that Please refer to page 6 July 11:00; 7 July 17:00; marks the debut of a fifty196 for this band’s 8 July 13:00 & 21:30; something year old ‘musical performances on 9 July 19:30; 10 July 12:00 juvenile delinquent’, and ... the Urban Lounge & Equilibrium stages Tickets: R60 / R50 / R50 /R40 ‘the Band that Never Was!’ Writer: Kurt Egelhof Special discounts: Featuring: Kurt Egelhof and 6 July 11:00 – only R30 Anthony Stevens 10 July 12:00 – only R30

1h 13+(L) Pro 9 English Cuervo Music Room: 4 July 11:00; 6 July 13:00; 7 July 11:00 & 21:00; 8 July 17:00; 9 July 15:00 Tickets: R30 /– / – / –

Equilibrium

FRINGE Programme

30 June 15:00; 6 July 15:0 0; 9 July 15:00

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One Love... One Heart: Afro-Soul meets Reggae

One Song One Nation Unity Concert

Ancient Monarchy Productions

Monwabisi Sarha Sabani

This band has its own unique style, yet an instantly recognisable sound. We have immense skills and you get value from our music be it by a connection to the musicians or music itself or simply hearing a tune you know and love. That makes us to be a Good Band.

A unique blend of two South African genres, featuring Empress Katlego delivering Afro-indigenous-soul and South African reggae from Psalm 87, delivering roots, Director: NuBox Jazz Band dancehall, and afro-reggae. Featuring: Zuzeka Somthunzi, Siyabonga Somthunzi, Mayibongwe Backed by the Mountain Gwam, Sibusiso Dara & Lungile Toni Redeemers band from Johannesburg and featuring songs in isiXhosa, Setswana, 1h PG Sepedi, English and Shona. Urban Lounge: Director: Katlego Gabashane 1 July 14:00 Writer: Siyabonga Masinda Equilibrium: Featuring: Psalm 87, Empress 2 July 15:00; 5 July 15:00 Katlego & the Mountain Redeemers Tickets: R35 / R25 / R25 /R25 Band

FRINGE Programme

Please refer to page 196 for this band’s performances on the Urban Lounge & Equilibrium stages

2h All Pro 7 Equilibrium: 6 July 20:00; 7 July 20:00; 8 July 17:00; 9 July 17:00

Mia Pistorius – Poetry Piano Recital P Extravaganza Ft Indigenous Music and Marimba

Reflections Barbara-Ann

Qula Eastern Cape Theatre and Drama Co.

We are One Song One Nation, a local band that aims to unify people from all walks of life through our music. Our music is written with the aim of educating the community on various issues, and motivating the youth to strive to reach their goals and dreams. Come and enjoy soothing and uplifting reggae, mbhaqanga and light jazz tunes with us. Director & featuring: Monwabisi ‘Sarha’ Sabani

1hr PG Pro

IsiXhosa with English Cuervo Music Room: 5 July 17:00 & 21:00; 6 July 11:00 & 19:00; 7 July 15:00; 8 July 13:00 & 19:00; 9 July 21:00

Tickets: R40 / R35 / R38 / R34 Tickets: R70 / – / – / – Special discount: 8 July 17:00 – only R30

Experience some of the most brilliant works composed for piano performed by an exciting young talent on the South African classical stage. Mia Pistorius has received great acclaim for performances in Bulgaria, Germany and South Africa. The two different programmes comprise piano music from the baroque era to the 21st century. Composers: Beethoven, Liszt, Rautavaara, Liebermann, Ravel & Scriabin

1h5m All Beethoven Room: 30 June 18:30; 1 July 21:30; 2 July 11:00; 3 July 17:00; 4 July 15:00 & 21:30 Tickets: R45 / R35 / R40 /R35 Special discount: 30 June 18:30 – only R30

An entertaining poetry extravaganza featuring indigenous music, sound, rhythm and songs that call on us to jealously guard what belongs to us – our culture, heritage and traditions. Director: Dudu Saki Choreography: Dumisani Zono Composer: Kobese Saki Music performed by Vibra Vibrains Featuring: Dumisani Zono, Sindi Ntanjana & Steader Nkwinti

1h All Pro 5 English (IsiXhosa) Cuervo Music Room: 9 July 11:00 & 17:00; 10 July 11:00 & 15:00

“Passionate... soulful... vocative” are words used to describe Barbara-Ann’s intensely musical piano playing. Experience the beautiful, relaxing music of the contemporary Italian composer, Ludovico Einaudi, as well as wonderful interpretations of works by Debussy, Ravel and Mompou. Don’t miss this magical performance! Featuring: Barbara-Ann Horsfield

55m All Pro 1

Tickets: R30 / R15 / R10 / R10 Beethoven Room: 2 July 18:00; 3 July 11:00; Special discount: 4 July 13:00; 5 July 17:30 6 July 11:00 – only R15

Tickets: R50 / R40 / R45 / R45 Special discount: 2 July 18:00 – only R35

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Shannon Hope

Simply Blue

UJU

PUREPLUNGE.com is the musical and song writing creation of Ivan Douwes – aka “onlineIvan”, who explores alluring melodies with his range of vocal styles and intriguing lyrics that take you on an unforgettable adventure of song! Composer/performer: Ivan Douwes

“...as she started to play, I instantly pictured her on 1h a dark stage, lit by a single spotlight in an auditorium Graham Hotel: filled with thousands of 6 July 16:00; 7 July 22:00; fans.” (Fiona Gordon, CUE 8 July 12:00 2010). Critically-acclaimed Tickets: R35 / R20 / R25 /R20 for her performances at the Please refer to page 196 for Festival last year, pianist and vocal artist Shannon Hope this band’s performances on the ‘Acoustic Vibe @ EQ’ returns with her intriguingly powerful heart songs. programme

Simply Blue is a vibrant 12-man group of senior students from Bishops College, Cape Town. They express their enjoyment of singing by performing a catchy mix of a cappella music in 4-part harmony, ranging from songs of yesteryear, to contemporary numbers and tunes with a South African flavour.

UJU is the new sound of Urban Mzansi. A blend of Jo’burg’s maturing cosmopolitan taste. From Busi Mhlongo to Radiohead, from Richard Bona to the Black Keys, from Goldfrapp to Meshell Ndegeocelo. This band is everything and nothing you’ve heard before.

Watercolors Live Music Project

Shackles & Bones are an indie rock band from Grahamstown. Formed in mid-2010 the band consists of David Glover (guitars & vocals), Luke Clayton (guitars & vocals), Neil Van Zuydam (bass) and Alex Williamson (drums & percussion). After reaching the final of the Grahamstown Battle of the Bands competition the band recorded their first EP which was released in early 2011.

50m All SPro 1 The Bots’ Urban Lounge: 3 July 16:00; 6 July 16:00 Tickets: R45 / R30 / R30 /R30 Please refer to page 196 for this band’s performances on the Urban Lounge & Equilibrium stages

Featuring: Ndumiso Ntantiso, Uzusakhe Gysman & Sean Botha

45m PG Pro 1

1h 1

Beethoven Room: 6 July 11:00 & 19:00; 7 July 11:00 & 21:00; 8 July 14:00 & 20:00; 10 July 14:00

The Bots’ Urban Lounge: 1 July 16:00; 2 July 14:00; 8 July 16:00 Tickets: R50 / R30 / R40 /R35 Please refer to page 196 for this band’s performances on the Urban Lounge & Equilibrium stages

English (IsiXhosa & IsiZulu)

Tickets: R60 / R30 / R25 / R20 Special discount: 6 July 11:00 – only R25

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 and dynamic turmoil. Included are two Chopin Scherzi and four Transcendental Studies by Liszt.

55m 10+ 6 Beethoven Room: 5 July 11:00; 6 July 15:00 Tickets: R40 / R35 / R30 /R20

Wordsuntame 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 drummer to supplement their sound. They recorded their debut CD Season last year and received a great response from local, national and international audiences. Featuring: Xolile Madinda, Sanelisiwe “Sani” Singaphi & Bulelani “Hodiel” Booi

1h The Bots’ Urban Lounge: 4 July 14:00; 10 July 14:00 Equilibrium: 30 June 15:00; 6 July 15:00; 9 July 15:00 Tickets: R35 / R25 / R30 /R30 Please refer to page 196 for this band’s performances on the Urban Lounge & Equilibrium stages

FRINGE Programme

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 billed at the The Bots’ Urban Lounge: Standard Bank Joy of Jazz Director: Marion Bradley 3 July 14:00; 5 July 14:00; 1h All 1 International Festival in 9 July 16:00 Graham Hotel: Newton. Our artistic goal 1h All St 4 Tickets: R40 / R20 / R30 /R25 is to sustain and enhance Sekelmaan 3 July 22:00; 5 July 12:00; English 6 July 20:00; 8 July 14:00 our live performance Please refer to page Rhodes Chapel: with diverse sounds and 196 for this band’s Cuervo Music Room: 30 June 19:00; 1 July 18:00; performances on experimentation. 3 July 13:00; 7 July 13:00; 2 July 15:00; 3 July 11:00 the Urban Lounge & Director: Levy Rampai 9 July 13:00 & 15:00 Equilibrium stages Featuring: Tumi Motsa (violin), Tickets: R40 / R30 / R20 /R30 Tickets: R35 / R30 / R33 /R30 Seki Mahobe (vocal) and Jerry Sello (guitarist) Please refer to page Special discount: 196 for this band’s 30 June 19:00 – only R25 1h All Pro performances on the U-Turn ‘Acoustic Vibe @ EQ’ Equilibrium: U-Diverse Entertainment 3 July 15:00 programme Sekelmaan started out in 2004 with their first album Classy new school Tickets: R50 / R35 / R38 /R40 The Soil in 2008. In 2009 they played musicians... who can rock at the Hansa Powerade Fish Native Rhythms for any type of audience. it’s Please refer to page River Canoe Marathon Bands 196 for this band’s hip-hop at its best mixed Shoelace Rocker’s Productions Cc alongside Prime Circle and with R&B, a hint of soul and performances on Southern Gypsy Queen. They Soul Band a bit of classic served on the the Urban Lounge & are planning a new album best instrumentals. “Had fun Equilibrium stages and tour this year. on this lane the last time, so we had to make a U-TURN...” Featuring: Cobus Tait, Paul Kloppers & Mark Adami Director: Kusasalethu Ngalo Featuring: B-ref Fix Talent Please refer to page 196 for this band’s performances 50m All SPro 1 on the Urban Lounge & Equilibrium stages The Bots’ Urban Lounge 9 July 14:00; 10 July 16:00 A production featuring a cappella singing in its Tickets: R60 / R40 / R40 /R30 Shoelace is a four piece most basic form. The sound Shackles & Bones band made up of young Please refer to page is raw, beautifully unique black expressive musicians 196 for this band’s and allows the singing of from Motherwell. The music any style of song. Voices are performances on is a combination of rock and accompanied by a beat box. the Urban Lounge & soul. The band’s goal is to Equilibrium stages Director: Ntsika Ngxanga create a new and different sound of music throughout Choreography: Luphindo Ngxanga Writer: Samkelo Mdolomba and the Nelson Mandela Metro Kasi Soul music and South Africa.

Widor Du Toit Piano Recital

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The Gig Guide In the spirit of collaboration these musos are ‘banding’ together to give audiences REAL value for money. Catch them live daily at Equilibrium (in New Street) and at the Urban Lounge (in the Botanical Gardens). Both venues are licensed. ENJOY! For descriptions on the bands and their music type, please refer to the alphabetical listing in this section.

Equilibrium (EQ)

The Urban Lounge The Urban Lounge makes a move to Bots and promises to be the hot new venue at this year’s Fest with live performances throughout the day and gigs going late into the night. For the sessions listed below, UJU book for either Gigs @ the Urban Lounge for 18:00 shows or Late @ the Lounge for 21:00 shows (or book for both!).

Acoustic vibes @ EQ One or two bands or artists will perform in these lunch-time acoustic concerts. Designed to put you in the right frame of mind to face the rest of the Festival day, sit back, relax and enjoy some great music from a collection of incredibly talented South African acoustic musicians and singersongwriters. Book for Acoustic Vibes @ EQ

Gigs @ the Urban Lounge Gary Thomas

Duration: 2 hours Tickets: R40 30 June 12:00 1 July 12:00 2 July 12:00 4 July 12:00 5 July 12:00 6 July 12:00 7 July 12:00 8 July 12:00 9 July 12:00

Black South Easter Acoustic Liquid & Heather Mac The Mee Brothers & Shannon Hope John Ellis & The Mee Brothers Black South Easter & John Ellis Pure Plunge & Johnny Nekton Chris Letcher Shannon Hope & Meri Kenaz Gary Thomas

Live @ EQ

FRINGE Programme

Picking up the pace, Live @ EQ, edges you toward a hellova good night out! Featuring a bit of everything, these jam sessions are guaranteed to set you up for a great night out. Book for Live @ EQ Duration: 3 hours Tickets: R60 30 June 17:00 Zabalaza Band, Shoelace Rockers Soul Band & Wordsuntame 1 July 17:00 Arctic Jinn, Shackle & Bones & Sekelman 2 July 17:00 Sekelman, Shackle & Bones & Arctic Jinn 3 July 17:00 Bantu Rejects, Shoelace Rockers Soul Band & UJU 4 July 17:00 U-Turn & Shoelace Rockers Soul Band & UJU 5 July 17:00 The Best of Durban Jazz, NuBox Jazz & Watercolors Live Music Project 6 July 17:00 The Best of Hip Hop, 5 Levels Up & U-Turn 7 July 17:00 5 Levels Up, Durban Hip Hop Alternative 8 July 17:00 One Love - One Heart 9 July 17:00 One Love - One Heart

Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes Tickets: R60 30 June 18:00 1 July 18:00 2 July 18:00 3 July 18:00 4 July 18:00 5 July 18:00 6 July 18:00 7 July 18:00 8 July 18:00 9 July 18:00

U-Turn, Bantu Rejects & Sekelman Bantu Rejects, NuBox Jazz Band & Afro-Fusion Afro - Fusion, Wordsuntame & NuBox Jazz Band Sekelman, Arctic Jinn & Shackle & Bones Zabalaza Band, Afro-Fusion & Watercolors Live Music Project Durban Hip Hop Alternative, Best Durban Hip Hop & Best of Durban Jazz Shoelace Rockers Soul Band, Uju & Shackle & Bones Durban Hip Hop Alternative, Watercolors Live Music Project & Best of Durban Jazz 5 Levels Up, The Best of Durban Hip Hop Zabalaza Band, 5 Levels Up & Shoelace Rockers Soul Band

Late @ the Lounge Duration: 3 hours + Tickets: R60 30 June 21:00 1 July 21:00 2 July 21:00 3 July 21:00 4 July 21:00 5 July 21:00 6 July 21:00 7 July 21:00 8 July 21:00 9 July 21:00

Zabalaza Band & NuBox Jazz Band Wordsuntame, Uju & Mix Music UJU, Sekelmaan & Bantu Rejects Bantu Rejects, U-Turn & 5 Levels Up Arctic Jinn, Shackle & Bones & Shoelace Rockers Soul Band U-Turn & 5 Levels Up The Best of Durban Jazz, NuBox Jazz Band & Afro-Fusion 5 Levels Up, The Best of Durban Hip Hop & U-Turn Shackle & Bones, UJU & Durban Hip Hop Alternative U-Turn & Shackle & Bones

198 words in action The Awakening

Sky Like Sky

Nelisa Kala

Art Works, Inc

P Uyise ka Mjwentru Nomakhisimsi Story telling of 2 different stories of comedy in Pondo language that relate to aids awareness.

Hypnotherapy Stef’s Hypnotherapy Sessions

Director: Ntombifuti Ncwayiba Stef Junker Choreographer/writer: Ntombifuti Hypnotherapy is an Ncwayiba excellent means of helping Featuring: Ntombifuti Ncwayiba people overcome unwanted habits (like smoking and nail 55m All biting), and it assists with Sky Like Sky is a collaboration Pondo Language with The Awakening, is a multi-art weight redution, stress relief, between Rwandan and IsiXhosa production which comprises trauma and phobias. In fact, American women artists spoken-word poetry and hypnosis, when correctly Glennie Festival Centre: (actors, directors, dancers, original afro-jazz music. used, is one of the safest 1 July 15:00; 1 July 19:00; poets, puppeteers) The production promotes and most effective tools in 2 July 11:00; 2 July 21:00; questioning bodies, borders, a spiritual awakening of the healing profession. An 3 July 15:00 nations, wilderness and the emotion, positive creative investment in oneself is the unknown. This multi-lingual Tickets: R30 / R20 / R20 / R20 expression and change. best you can do. Stef aids modern day praise poem It explores emotion as Special discount: those wanting to make a asks how do we find each it moves through anger, 1 July 15:00 – only R25 massive change in their lives other in this messy global passion, pain, love and through these sessions. world, and what do we do finally spiritual growth, now that we’ve said hello... making use of original 90m P music and poetry along with Director: Emily Mendelsohn Mullins Room many jazz standards and Writer: Elizabeth Senja Spackman Wordfest – Open (St Andrew’s Prep): favourites. Stop Smoking Mic 1h10m All P Writer/director/ performer: Hypnotherapy: Let your voice be heard English (French, Nelisa Kala 4 July 17:00; 9 July 12:30 at Open Mic ... or listen to Kinyarwanda, Swahili) what other artists, poets and Weight Watching 2h All SP Glennie Festival Centre: thought leaders have to say. Hypnotherapy: English (IsiXhosa) 5 July 16:00; 6 July 16:00; This open platform provides 4 July 12:00; 9 July 14:00 7 July 16:00; 8 July 18:00 an access point for both Cuervo Music Room: Tickets: R350 established and emerging 2 July 22:30; 3 July 22:30 Tickets: R40 / R15 / R15 / R20 voices, particularly in the The Bots’ Urban Lounge: Special discount: field of poetry. Summon 6 to 10 July 11:00 daily 5 July 16:00 – only R20 up your literary courage and get up there and read Tickets: R60 / R45 / R55 / R55 or perform. Each Open Mic Special discount: session is preceded by a 30 June 11:00: R50 reading or opinion from one Tellin’ Tales of the Wordfest participants - see the Wordfest Show Me the Gavin Bonner programme on page 200 for Money! full details. Poetry Nyebho Swartbooi and Nun’s Chapel: HA!Man Extravaganza ft Daily at 15:00

Nelisa Kala presents...

a multi-art production of spokenword poetry and original afro-jazz music

The Awakening

Street Theatre

Indigenous Music and Marimba

Tickets: Free

FRINGE Programme

Qula Eastern Cape Theatre and Drama Co An entertaining poetry extravaganza featuring indigenous music, sound, rhythm and songs that call on us to jealously guard what belongs to us – our culture, heritage and traditions. Director: Dudu Saki Choreographer: Dumisani Zono Music composer: Kobese Saki and performed by Vibra Vibrains Featuring: Dumisani Zono, Sindi Ntanjana & Steader Nkwinti

1h All P 5 English (IsiXhosa) Cuervo Music Room: 6 July 11:00; 7 July 17:00; 8 July 11:00; 9 July 17:00 Tickets: R30 / R15 / R10 Special discount 6 July 11:00 – only R15

Gavin Bonner returns with tales gathered from his travels around the world. Expect live music, traditional tales, personal stories and Gavin’s incredible improvised poetic stories! Tellin’ Tales received rave reviews from several national newspapers last year! This year promises to be even better! For reviews and footage check www. gavinbonner.com Featuring: Gavin Bonner

50m PG P 1 English B2 Arena: 30 June 12:00;1 July 16:00; 3 July 20:00; 4 July 22:00; 5 July 16:00; 7 July 12:00; 7 July 18:00; 8 July 20:00; 9 July 10:00; 9 July 19:00 Tickets: R45 / R30 / R30 / R35 Special discount: 30 June 12:00 – only R25

Look out for Nyebho Swartbooi and HA!Man in Show Me The Money! Time and place: central town, on the streets - anywhere, anytime (or call/sms 0835587380 for a forecast). These actors blurt out all they fear and know and love and do not want to know about money. They play with it, praise it and do ungodly things with it. It is a conversation between have and have-not, between the opportunist and the reflective. Between the believer and the nonbeliever. Indeed! Does money in fact exist? That is the question! To pay or not to pay!.

Sky Like Sky

Featuring: Nyebho Swartbooi & Francois Ha!Man le Roux Spontaneous Street Theatre that can happen anytime, anywhere. Keep a look out or sms to find out where and when! Tickets: Free

A collaboration between Rwandan and American women artists questioning bodies, borders, nations, wilderness and the unknown.

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Theatre begins hereâ&#x20AC;Ś by learning the freedom to write

Playwright development is the cornerstone for both enhancing the quality of theatre and for memorialising our experiences through the arts. The National Arts Festival makes a committed investment by partnering with strategic initiatives that create stimulating opportunities for emerging South African writers and for South African audiences to celebrate newer voices.

Novel Script Project Now entering its third year, the project partners South African writers with their Dutch counterparts. Each year a South African novel is chosen and South African and Dutch writers collaborate to rework the novel as a stage script, introducing South African and Dutch theatre audiences to the richness of the South African literary landscape. The project is supported by the Royal Netherlands Embassy in South Africa.

Proyecto 34Â°S Theatre in Translation Project

Funded and managed by the National Arts Council, South African emerging writers are offered the opportunity to receive writer development training in the creatively inspiring environment of the National Arts Festival. Staged readings are open to the public. See the Festival newspaper, CUE, for details.

South African New Plays Writing Programme Partnering with the Wits University Theatre, Sustained Theatre (UK) and supported by the British Council the SA New Plays Writing Programme aims to support the development of new plays by sharing knowledge on available scripts, through the development of work, dramaturgical input and by supporting the development of writers.

FRINGE Programme

This unique initiative creates opportunities for South African writers to have their writing translated into Spanish for audiences in Argentina and for Spanish writing counterparts to have their works translated into any one of the South African official languages. The project is supported by the Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship and the Argentine Embassy in South Africa.

So You Think You Can Write?

All events take place in or near the Eden Grove Building, Lucas Avenue, just below the Botanical Gardens.

Sunday 3 July

See WordStock our literary newspaper for details of each day’s Wordfest programme.

Saturday 2 July

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Monday 4 July

Each event lasts one hour, unless otherwise stated. Book at Computicket or buy a ticket at the door.

Wednesday 6 July

Many thanks to our funders! NAC, DAC, EC Government, PanSALB and Rhodes University

Thursday 7 July

FRINGE Programme

Zapiro, The Mark HipperTower Hospital Art Project, National English Literary Museum, South African Library for the Blind, Centre for the Book, SA publishers, artists.

Friday 8 July

Exhibitions:

Tuesday 5 July

Check out Van Schaik Books, the Readers and Writers Restaurant and free lunch-time music in the foyer.

10:00

Registration of 120 Wordfest Eastern Cape writers. English, SeSotho, IsiXhosa & Afrikaans.