Huis van sand

WINNER OF THE 2025 REINET NAGTEGAAL TEXT PRIZE

Babs and Sandy live off the leftovers of their past. The four walls of their caravan hold many secrets, and although it may be humble, it is their palace, their own sandcastle. Sandy said goodbye to her wandering life along the N7 highway to start anew in Rodney’s caravan just outside Springbok, setting the bottle aside to raise Babs. And with that came growing pains and inherited sins. As an adult woman, Babs tries her best to wash clean the blood of her memories and move on as a teacher at the local primary school. Yet she cannot escape the dust storms. The ashes of Sandy and Babs’ memories takes the audience on a flight of imagination — a train ride deep into where the borders begin to blur.