2 – 10 OCT 2027
In these conversations, Toyota Stellenbosch Woordfees director and playwright Saartjie Bothaspeaks to theatre makers and artists who created the exciting productions at this year’s festival. Legendary icon Sandra Prinsloo stars in the adaptation of Nobel Prize winner Annie Ernaux’sl’Autre Fille, translated from the French by Naomi Morgan. At the age of ten a girl discovers […]
In these conversations, Toyota Stellenbosch Woordfees director and playwright Saartjie Bothaspeaks to theatre makers and artists who created the exciting productions at this year’s festival.Brett Bailey is reinterpreting Goethe’s Faust II as a surreal, hard-hitting visual fable. It explores power, technology, and capitalism through a modern lens, depicting Dr. Faust as a tech tycoon meddling […]
In these conversations, Toyota Stellenbosch Woordfees director and playwright Saartjie Bothaspeaks to theatre makers and artists who created the exciting productions at this year’s festival. Rachelle Greeff‘s text is the most recent winner of the Reinet Nagtegaal Text Prize, the largest theatre text prize in South Africa. She previously won the prize for Die naaimasjien. […]
In these conversations, Toyota Stellenbosch Woordfees director and playwright Saartjie Bothaspeaks to theatre makers and artists who created the exciting productions at this year’s festival. Skanseis a new play by Deon Opperman. It focuses on the relationship between two brothers who are reunited, and the old wounds that are ripped open during their reunion. Simon’s […]
2026 This documentary is set in Khayelitsha, one of South Africa’s largest and most dangerous townships, where a youth choir rises as a beacon of hope. Through music, these young voices confront poverty and crime, finding unity, purpose, and self-expression on the way. More than a film about music, this visual and aural experience allows […]
JoinFrank Kilbourn, avid collector and Executive Chairperson of Strauss & Co, Dr Alastair Meredith, Head of Strauss & Co’s Art Department, and Carel Nolte, Chief Enablement Officer of EasyEquities, as they discuss the passion and value of discerning collecting. Facilitated by writer and curator Sean O’Toole, the panel will explore why collecting can be a […]
Honky Tonk is so much more than just a line dancing class. The evening begins with a beginner-level dance lesson so everyone can join in and have a great time, followed by an evening of country and pop-country music and, of course, a mechanical bull rodeo. There are great photo-op opportunities, and we encourage everyone […]
After three years, Jan Blohm is finally back at Daisy Jones, and this time he’s bringing the whole band along for a full-blooded rock show as part of the Toyota Stellenbosch Woordfees program. Blohm is one of those artists you simply cannot mistake for anyone else. For more than two decades, he has blended blues, […]
A giant of the African guitar backed by a full band. Louis Mhlanga is not just a guitarist, but also a composer, producer, and songwriter. His unique sound is the fusion of African rhythms, jazz, blues, rock, rumba, funk, and more traditional musical forms.
… to living and dying … With Andrew Buckland The work is an hilarious and highly physical journey through the world of contemporary tech, navigated with the virtuoso skill of an actor at the peak of his powers. The one man tour de force asks serious questions about the human condition, especially in relation to […]
2025 With Keenan Arrison, Dean Marais, Melissa De Vries, Danny Ross, Ridaa Adams, Loren Loubser, Robyn Rossouw, Lincoln Van Wyk, Troy Paulse, EB Inglis, Marlon Swart, Ayden Croy, Muneel Jacobs In Cape Town, a group of friends are having a braai. The day is disrupted when Ryan’s son goes missing. This sparks a series of […]
Presented by Penguin Random House The Journey is a celebration of Naqiyah Mayat‘s efforts to preserve the art of Indian cooking while discovering her own culinary style. This collection of both simple and decadent Indian recipes is nostalgia with a modern twist, showing how the essence of Indian cooking can be transferred across generations (and […]
