3 – 11 OCT 2026
DEBUT With Albert Pretorius In Nico Scheepers’ new Afrikaans translation of Every Brilliant Thing, Duncan Macmillan’s world-renowned theatre experience, Albert Pretorius plays a child who tries to understand his mother’s grief. He makes a list of everything that makes life worth living. What begins as a simple inventory grows over the years into a moving, […]
Join award-winning cookbook author, food stylist, and recipe developer Elmarie Berry for a taste of everything that makes her world beautiful and delicious. Berry is the author of Kosbaar(2024) and The Table (2025), which was crowned the best Mediterranean cookbook in the world last year! Berry’s cooking blends South African and Lebanese food heritage, and […]
With Elvis Blue, Juan Floors Oosthuise(guitar), Thinus Odendaal(drums) Toe, nou, môreis a musical journey through the stories, memories and moments that shape us. With familiar songs, personal stories and new perspectives, Elvis Blue looks back at where we have been, where we are now, and the hope we have for the future. It’s a show […]
With Carlo Daniels, Lynette du Plessis, Kirby van der Merwe Eugene, based on Kirby van der Merwe’s multi-award-winning novel, is a raw and poetic portrait of a man who lives between worlds. Streetwise, yet seemingly upper middle class, Eugene is a wanderer, seeker, lover and lost son – a hard-edged outsider who has mastered the […]
With Pieter-Dirk Uys The country’s most famous white woman is 90. Since 1981, she has represented South Africa’s ambassador in Bapetikosweti, caught between the public eye and public scrutiny. From the NP to the ANC, Luthuli House’s kitchen … She doesn’t need a crystal ball to see what is happening. The future is certain; it’s […]
2003 With James Phillips, Robbie Thorpe, Koos Kombuis, Jannie Hanepoot van Tonder A film about James Phillips, who died on July 31, 1995 at the age of 36. He was a composer, musician, bandleader and the voice and conscience of a generation of white South Africans. Producer, Director, Writer and Narrator Robie ThorpeDirector, Cinematographer and […]
With Darion Adams, Liezl de Kock, Iman Isaacs, Sophie Joans, Siphenathi Mayekiso, Toni Morkel A surreal and startling drama about human striving, temptation and uncontrollable ambition. Driven by an unrelenting hunger to fill an inner void with meaning, a 21st century Dr Faustus makes a deal with Mephisto and pursues a path of expansion, innovation, and control: dabbling in the economies […]
Presented by redDRAMA, Redhill School and FEDA The Desert Station is a physical theatre work that asks a simple but urgent question: What does healing look like after remembrance? Set at a deserted train station, the piece follows a generation waiting for a promised future that never seems to arrive. Drawing on South Africa’s history of […]
4 OCT The Fullness of TimeThe Pleroma of Time asks the key question: When does time become high time? Time is usually simply chronology – minutes and days. But sometimes something else happens: the time becomes ripe. Galatians 4:4: “When the fullness of time has come…” TheViva Cantarechoir under the direction of Xander Kritzinger joins […]
Festival Poet: Tom Dreyer Tom Dreyer, Stellenbosch native, multi-award-winning author and Hertzog Prize winner for poetry, is this year’s festival poet. His latest collection, Brief op veertigduisend voet,echoes the festival theme. Look upward everywhere on the festival grounds and spot Dreyer’s words soaring above. Collect a paper airplane with one of four handwritten poems on […]
With the Animal Welfare Society Stellenbosch (AWSS) Mahatma Gandhi famously stated: ‘The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.’ AWSS takes this maxim seriously. Their stand at the Khaya Café highlights their commitment to the local community – working to prevent cruelty and mistreatment […]
Daniel Naudé studied art at Stellenbosch University, and since then his work as a photographer has taken him all over the world. Driven by a sense of exploration and discovery, what he is best known for capturing are meticulously composed moments of stillness. As festival artist, Naudé offers visitors a first look atStill LIfe, a […]
