Category: FRINGE

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Little Red Riding Hood & The Big Bad Metaphors

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A fairy-tale for the future. Imagine the end of poverty. A world with no hunger. Climate change will be reversed. Violence against women eradicated. Utopia? Perhaps. But hope is made of dreams. Join the energetic cast as they both entertain and educate through this romp beyond the bad wolves who threaten to eat our future.

Director: Khutjo Green Assistant Director: Marie-Heleen Coetzee
Written By: Mike Van Graan
Choreographer: Designer Wilhelm Disbergen
Company: University Of Pretoria Drama

 

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Umthombo

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Wedding entertainer Nonzwakazi is married to one of the greatest Yoruba huntsmen, Oxossi. Nonzwakazi is unable to dance at Nana Aja’s granddaughter’s wedding, so the old lady cursed Oxossi, turning him into a snake with seven heads. To break the curse, Nonzwakazi must dance at eight weddings around the world.

Director: Mkhululi Mabija
Written By: Mkhululi Mabija
Choreographer: Bisi Bangiwe Ka Jobela
Music Composed By: Bisi Bangiwe Ka Jobela & Dattie Capelli
Music Performed By: Amandla Dança Teatro ZA
Featured Artists: Vuyelwa Kase, Winnie Selemogo, Mojalefa Likoebe, Mangaliso Magugwana
Company: Amandla Dança Teatro ZA

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Through Our Eyes

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Director: Thando Doni
Written By: Devised by cast
Featured Artists: Aadam Ernest, Azania Makhubela, Lilitha Buti, Lula Tavares Calburn, Nandi, Tavares Calburn, Quincy Vearey, Stembiso Sibanda,Joel Oberholster, Zia Francis
Company: OY!Theatre – a project of the Theatre Arts Admin Collective

Created and performed by a cast of young people between the ages of 12 and 18 years of age, Through Our Eyes is a glimpse into the delights, thoughts and struggles of young South African teenagers attempting to discover who they are.

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2018 Standard Bank Ovation Award winners

 

Artistic innovation, excellence, the exploration of new performance styles and the courage to open new conversation through the arts underpin the motivation for the winners of the Standard Bank Ovation Award. These are the latest daily winners, selected by a jury of critics, journalists and theatre makers from hundreds of plays on the Fringe.

Go to www.nationalartsfestival.co.za to read about all the 2018 winners

Related post: Photographs from the 2018 Standard Bank Ovations Award ceremony

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Marene

Flash rockers Marene – Standard Bank 2018 Ovation Award Winner

Front man, Lead Vocalist and Rhythm Guitarist Tyler Duggan / Bassist Damon the Demon (Red) / Lead Vocalist and Lead Guitarist Brandon Johnson / Drummer James Codner

 

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Lift Club

Cast: Jade Meyers, Emil Lars, Sthandile Nkosi, Carla Belmonte
Company: The South African Theatre Village

 

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Sundowner Concerts at 2018 National Arts Festival

As the sun sets over Makhanda, voices rise inside the Monument… Every evening, between 17:00 and 18:00, Festival goers pack into the Fountain Foyer to catch the best of the Festival Fringe, with artists performing short excerpts of their performances. The Sundown Concerts are a true mix of what is on offer at the Festival – from comedy and illusion to dance and music. All performances are free, but donations are welcomed.

 

 

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Is He Mad?

Featured Artists: Thabisa Dinga
Company: Theatre in the Backyard

Theatre in the Backyard aims to bring community and commercial audience together in an intimate experience of arts and culture in the backyard of a local dwelling and close the gap between mainstream theatre and community theatre. The Theatre in the Backyard project explores township backyards and produces stories relevant to each backyard.

 

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Gary Thomas: Moodship

Critically acclaimed guitarist Gary Thomas’s show MOODSHIP won a 2018 Standard Bank Ovation Award.