2 – 10 OCT 2027
The Spier Theatre programme at the 2025 Toyota Stellenbosch Woordfees featured standouts, showstoppers and shining performances. From gripping dramas exploring family, romance and social challenges, to forgotten histories given voice and audience, the past reimagined and piercing through to the present along with side-splitting comedy and searing commentary.Theatre is emotion captured in text, dialogue, monologue […]
Enjoy a sneak peek of the colorful and playful Woordtrofees awards night. Once again, congratulations to the winners and nominees. And thank you to everyone who played a part in a wonderful celebration. Photographer: Liesl Steenkamp Click here for the winners list. See you next year, from October 11 to 19, at the Toyota Stellenbosch […]
The artists sparkled under the Boland stars on a delightful summer evening in the Oude Libertas Amphitheatre, where the sunset is always an experience. The SU Jazz Band provided the music. Comedian Nik Rabinowitz was the master of ceremonies and had guests rolling in the aisles. Wine, beer, cocktails and refreshments for the festivities were […]
Woordfees 2023 bubbles with art and music In 2022, the Toyota SU Woordfees presented its first Spring festival. Out of necessity the programme was compiled quickly and under great pressure as COVID restrictions on the capacity of theatres were only lifted that June. This year, the Woordfees takes place once again in October, but this […]
The festival programme for Toyota SU Woordfees TV 2022 was launched on 21 June with a simulcast on the Toyota SU Woordfees Facebook page and the DStv YouTube channel. Broadcast times and dates will be announced shortly. Click here to watch the programme launch video. Click here for the programme highlights in PDF format.
Open from 09:00 to 15:00 at the Erfurthuis | 11 to 19 Oct. You can buy half-price tickets for certain items on the festival programme that take place within four hours. For example: If you’re at the Spaar Bar at 09:00, you can buy half-price tickets for certain shows taking place up until 13:00. If […]
Nadine Petrick
Kunstenaars kan ook nie wag vir die 10de Oktober wanneer die Woordfees afskop nie. Hulle wenslysies is al vol: van toneelstukke tot musiekvertonings en interessante diskoersgesprekke.
High school learners in grades 10 to 12 are invited to enter the 2026 Stellenbosch Academy Visual Arts Competition (SAVAC), where two academic bursaries are up for grabs. The competition is presented in collaboration with Words Open Worlds (WOW) at Stellenbosch University, and the Toyota Stellenbosch Woordfees. Now in its second year, SAVAC provides a […]
The winner of the prestigious Nagtegaal Text Prize for 2025 is Namaqualand writer, actress and theatre-maker Dianne du Toit Albertze. The Nagtegaal Text Prize is the biggest scriptwriting competition in South Africa and was revived in 2024 in collaboration with the Toyota Stellenbosch Woordfees. For her winning script, Huis van sand (House of Sand), Du […]
Vensters is ’n geliefde Stellenbosse tradisie. Dit is die jaarlikse hoogtepunt van die verwelkomingsprogram vir nuwe aankomelinge op kampus en word deur die koshuise en privaat studente-organisasies (PSO’s) van die Universiteit Stellenbosch georganiseer. Vir hierdie geleentheid kom koshuise en PSO’s saam in spanne en die eerstejaarstudente van elke gemeenskap skep ’n vertoning van ongeveer 15 […]
Die Toyota US Woordfees se tema vir 2023 is pas bekend gemaak saam met die datum van die programbekendstelling vir vanjaar se fees. Die nuwe feestema is Borrel, wat ’n verskeidenheid assosiasies en betekenismoontlikhede inhou. “Enersyds verwys dit na speelse bruising en drif, ’n swewende, dromerige gevoel, onskuldige kinderpret met seepbelle, en die lekker […]
