Unsolicited and uncurated, the 2018 National Arts Festival Fringe is yet again a vivid gathering of fierce, fearless, funny, charming, daring, warm and imaginative works. Here’s a sample of the theatre-line up at this year’s Fringe:
Award-winning playwright Juliet Jenkins brings wry social commentary to the Fringe with WOOLWORTHS
YOU SUCK AND OTHER INESCAPABLE TRUTHS, Klara van Wyk’s cleverly humorous commentary on teenage social anxiety and bullying
Siphesihle Ndaba’s SKINNED, a look at black female joy in a marginalised South African context
In SHATTERED DREAMS, the Abangani Theatre Group turns the spotlight on women and child abuse in a play directed by Jullian Seleke-Mokoto
Ameera Patel in BLACK, a family story about identity and race
J. BOBS LIVE – OFF THE RECORD, a game show theatre experience hosted by Jefferson Bobs Tshabalala
Richard Kaplan’s SELWYN AND GABRIEL stars Kai Luke Brummer and Mbulelo Oliphant
James Cairns in EL BLANCO
The Artscape’s NIGHT AND DAY, directed by Khayalethu Anthony
The Artscape’s IMBEWU
Billy Langa in the mesmerising TSWALO
Mike van Graan’s WHEN SWALLOWS CRY
Chris Weare directs the classic South African play, THE ISLAND
Daniel Mpilo Richards in Mike van Graan’s LAND ACTS
