The 2011 Festival takes place between 30 June and 10 July in Grahamstown, so start planning your travel and accommodation arrangements as soon as possible…
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Bigger, better, sadder
Sunday 10 July 2011
Review: Sadako Jaqueline Dommisse snuck me in to the first performance of her show Sadako, since I could not get a media ticket and it was sold out! Sadako was written by Peter Hayes, directed by Jaqueline with a cast ......

The Jamie Bartlett show
Sunday 10 July 2011
Review: Death of a Colonialist While it’s really difficult remembering everything I thought about the last three things I saw at the festival, I think I must try and write bout them; after all, that’s why I went in the ......

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Daily Programme
Check out the daily programme to see what amazing shows are on offer at this year's festival…

Shows A-Z
A listing of all the productions at this year's National Arts Festival, organised alphabetically by production title.

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Visual Art Standard Bank Young Artist Award 2012 Exposes the Soul
Thursday 3 November 2011
Mikhael Subotzky (30) is a man of few public words. The 2012 Standard Bank Young Artist Award winner for Visual Art prefers to let his striking photographs do ...

Princess of the Stage wins 2012 Standard Bank Young Artist for Theatre
Thursday 3 November 2011
The Standard Bank Young Artist Award winner for Theatre 2012 is the spunky actress/writer/director Princess Zinzi Mhlongo (25).