The National Arts Festival is calling on new playwrights to step forward with exciting ideas for plays that will inspire and challenge audiences for the 2020 Distell National Playwright Competition.
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Creativate Digital Arts Festival: Something For The Insanely Curious
The Creativate Digital Arts Festival will be taking place from the 27th of June to the 7th of July. Lauren Fletcher tells us about five highlights from this year’s line-up.
Creativate – Art, tech and creativity converge at National Arts Festival 2018
Creativate, the new festival taking place at this year’s National Arts Festival, will explore the space where art, creativity and technology meet.
Artists in talk! What’s to come at National Arts Festival 2017 – video
From Zoë Modiga to Kieron Jina and more, watch five exceptional artists chat about the National Arts Festival, what’s to come and some of their wildest moments there.
Best of Fest: What to see at this year’s 969 Festival
Didn’t make it to this year’s National Arts Festival? Catch a few of the productions at the 969 Festival in Johannesburg.
Tell Me About It catches up with Klara van Wyk at National Arts Festival
Tell Me About It chats with our favourite new-wave clown Klara van Wyk about her solo show ‘You Suck (And Other Inescapable Truths)’.
The people of National Arts Festival
Thousands frequent NAF but there are a few ‘types’ you’ll spot each year without fail. Whether you’re a die-hard Fest goer or a first timer, make sure you’re prepared.
Semi-Gloss: Rising from the detritus of Grahamstown
Look out for a lumbering but delicate beast that’s going to be interrupting and disrupting Grahamstown’s public spaces and conventional narratives to telling real and raw local stories.
Watch a Tell Me About It bumper edition for the National Arts Festival
In her signature gloriously awkward style, Tell Me About It’s Rachael Neary has interviewed a fine selection of the theatre-makers involved in NAF.
What to see and where to go at this year’s National Arts Festival: An insider’s guide
We’ve asked a few actors, directors and musicians who will be performing at this year’s National Arts Festival which shows they’ll be watching and where they’ll be hanging out.
To see or not to see: South African theatre, who even cares?
It’s awards season in the local theatre industry, a time of much needed celebration and recognition. But the questions remains: Who’s watching?
Meet the Standard Bank Young Artist Award Winners for 2016
The National Arts Festival have just released the 2016 Standard Bank Young Artist Award winners. Find out about these young, South African creatives.
What Not To Miss At This Year’s Grahamstown National Arts Festival
Actress Amy Louise Wilson has put together a guide to the best of the National Arts Festival, featuring industry insiders’ picks of must-see performances on this year’s programme.
A Guide to South African Art and Design Fairs in 2015
As a few of South Africa’s prominent creative festivals are just around the corner, we thought it would be a good time to roundup the local art and design fairs you have to look forward to in 2015.
Best of the National Arts Festival 2014
We were thrilled to attend the Grahamstown National Arts Festival this year. Here’s our best of Fest highlights of performances and exhibitions we enjoyed.
