11 – 19 Oct 2025
With: Anna-Mart van der Merwe, Carla Smith, Ben Albertyn, Mark Elderkin Director, translation and design: Nico Scheepers Stage manager: Nell van der Merwe Speelgoed van glas, Nico Scheepers’ award-winning reworking and translation of Tennesse Williams’ English masterpiece, gets an interesting new look at the Baxter Theatre in Cape Town. Retaining the name The Glass Menagerie, […]
We are all feeling the economic pinch. That’s why the Woordfees made it a priority to give festivalgoers affordable access to as many quality productions as possible this year. In addition to a great variety of free festival offerings such as art exhibitions and most of the Discussion and Film Festival programme, there are also […]
World class musicians, singers and conductors bring the drama, sensitivity and timeless passion of classical music to the Toyota Stellenbosch Woordfees. Come and listen to favourites such as Bach, Mozart, Mendelssohn, Prokofiev, Grieg, Ravel, Brahms, Gershwin, Piazzola, Vivaldi, Huyssen, Chopin, Haydn, Handel and so many more and take a chance on something that you have […]
Laugh out Loud. We each have our own peculiar sense of humour and different cultures have unique aspects to the humour that their members enjoy. Three of South Africa’s top comedians bring two shows to the Toyota Stellenbosch Woordfees that crisscross many cultures (and a few of our 11 official languages) to bring you humour […]
The popular and thought provoking Discourse programme tackles issues that affect all South Africans. Whether you want to know more about politics, science, finance and investing, theatre makers, or what concerns students right now, there is a probing discussion with experts that you can attend. Some are solely in Afrikaans, but many are bilingual and […]
The Woordfees started out as a festival for the spoken word and 24 years later words remain at the heart of the programme through the EasyEquities Writers’ Festival where you can listen to talks on fiction, non-fiction, politics, spirituality, biography, memoire and so much more. Exclusive Books have a fully stocked facility in the Book […]