2 – 10 OCT 2027
… Lynthia Julius vir haar storie “Plat lê soos ‘n Minora blade”. Julius is as algehele wenner aangekondig by die bekendstelling van die sewende US Woordfeeskortverhaalbundel in die Hofmeyr-saal in Stellenbosch op 10 Oktober. Sy wen R30 000 geborg deur Du Toitskloof Wyne. Elke ander skrywer wat in dié bundel opgeneem word, het prysgeld van R5 000 […]
The greater Discussion programme, two thirds of the Film Festival and an exciting set of art exhibitions are all mahala. Discourse Open discussion and an enthusiastic exchange of views on current issues are valued traditions at the Woordfees. This year is no exception. In the Netwerk24 Discussion series, led by Christi van der Westhuizen and […]
It is time for the eleventh competition of the Stellenbosch Woordfees Short Story Anthology. This collection has become a literary institution and “serves as a kind of yearbook with which Afrikaans writers reflect something of the spirit of the times with each harvest of short stories,” says Saartjie Botha, director of the Stellenbosch Woordfees. Previous […]
The actor De Klerk Oelofse is the winner of R1 million in development funding for the Toyota Stellenbosch Woordfees’ first The Perfect Pitch theatre initiative. The winner was announced on Thursday evening, 8 October 2026, following the concept pitches of the eight selected finalists to a panel and an audience at the festival. The comedian […]
Adam Small did not stand in the service of politics or any social philosophies. His sense of himself and others lay with his conscience. His language created an atmosphere, a remarkable presence, a sense of place. It carries the full fate and destiny of the people who speak it. Who is this poet who still […]
Die 25ste Toyota Stellenbosch is op Vrydag 10 Oktober in die Eikestad ingelui tydens ’n mediafunksie by die US Museum en by die jaarlikse Woordfees-langtafel in Ryneveldstraat. “Om ’n kwarteeu te kan vier, is ’n mylpaal vir ’n kunstefees in Suid-Afrika,” het Saartjie Botha, direkteur van die Toyota Stellenbosch Woordfees, gesê. Volhoubaarheid bly vir haar […]
VIA se teenwoordigheid is ’n instelling by die Toyota Stellenbosch Woordfees en soos gewoonlik het dié TV-kanaal flair en styl bygedra met twee verfrissende leefstyl-aanbiedings. Gesels-ontbyt met Leandie du Randt VIA se gewilde kletsprogram Gesels het vir die eerste keer by die fees ’n draai gemaak vir ’n heerlike ontbytervaring vol koffie, klets en praktiese […]
Die Dans-aanbod by vanjaar se Toyota Stellenbosch Woordfees was ’n uiteenlopende program wat identiteit, kultuur, geskiedenis en verbondenheid deur beweging verken het. Ons was in gerekende geselskap saam met Darkroom Contemporary, Figure of 8 Dance Theatre, Garage Dance Ensemble, Jazzart Dance Theatre, Reach for the Stars, SboNdaba Dance en die Stellenbosch Ballet Association. Hulle het […]
Netwerk24: ‘Die onderhoud met Mia Spies’ Vyf inspirerende Suid-Afrikaners. Vyf unieke stories. En baie vrae. Mia Spies het gesels met Geordin Hill-Lewis, Michiel le Roux, Frank Opperman, prof. Deresh Ramjugernath en dr. Elna Rudolph oor hulle stories, loopbane, perspektiewe en die dinge wat saak maak. Fotograwe: Gys Loubser, Ivan du Plooy, Natalie Gabriels, Stefan Els […]
Delikaat, konfronterend, eerlik, ongemaklik, gewigtig, slim en snaaks, chaoties en groot pret, tydloos en eietyds – dit is van die beskrywings wat in die INK-feeskoerant se resensies oor vanjaar se Spier Toneel-program opgeduik het.Van aangrypende dramas tot skerp komedie en uitdagende stories het die toneelstukke emosies losgemaak, vrae gevra en gehore laat dink en lag.Teater […]
KARATARA With: Shaun Oelf, Grant van Ster, Dean John Smith The residents lost everything; some lost their lives … Karatara is based on the true story of the disaster in the Knysna district in 2018. In the middle of the night, a fire consumed the town. This dance drama tells the story of a community’s […]
ANGLO ANGST With: Nichola Viviers, Mia van der Merwe, Jordyn Linklater, Thalia Alberts, Izette Blignaut, Vihann van Rooyen, Zoë-blu Mottram Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet becomes Romeo and Johanna: The AngloBoer War Version in this crazy musical from Estefan Coetzee – a new director who excels in experimental theatre. This is the last dress rehearsal and […]
