Theatre - Toyota Stellenbosch Woordfees

‘Gas’ se onmenslike keuse aan desperate mense

Jo-Ann Floris

’n Ander begin vir Cintaine en Carel

Diane De Beer

Acting couple explore modern relationships in Jhb

The award-winning acting couple Cintaine Schutte and Carel Nel will play opposite each other again in Johannesburg next year in ’n Begin – a play that movingly and delicately explores the complexity of modern relationships. The play takes place at the end of a party when two damaged people reach out toward each other. It’s […]

An English speaker’s guide to the Toyota Stellenbosch Woordfees

By Gillian MitchellThe Toyota Stellenbosch Woordfees takes place this year from 28 September to 6 October. Get your tickets at Quicket. Undoubtedly a predominantly Afrikaans language festival, it is nonetheless an opportunity that English speakers should not let slip by. Irrespective of whether your Afrikaans is fluent, a little rickety, mostly made up of “Ja-nee” […]

Attention playwrights: The Nagtegaal Text Prize revived in collaboration with the Toyota Stellenbosch Woordfees

Good news for all playwrights: The prestigious Nagtegaal Text Prize has been revived after 15 years in collaboration with the Toyota Stellenbosch Woordfees, and there are big prizes up for grabs. The three winners will receive R100 000, R50 000, and R25 000 respectively, making it the largest competition of its kind in the country. […]

Here’s your 2023 festival programme

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 […]