National Arts Festival 2019: All you need to know
We have put together, in one place, everything you need to know about the 2019 National Arts Festival
Jury still out on 2019 arts festival
With chilly conditions marking the last day of the 45th instalment of the National Arts festival hosted in Makhanda, ...
Young JR says it all behind the keyboard
It was not until his seventh birthday when someone bought him a toy keyboard as a gift and he mimicked the tune of the ...
Improving craft no joke for Gola
Comedian Lazola Gola says the National Arts Festival has been a boot camp for him to improve his work.
Celebrating our cultural memories
One of the National Arts Festival’s regular theatre contributors has brought no fewer than three productions to the ...
Koala’s juggling act is far from cuddly
Most children might take up a musical instrument at the age of 11, but instead JP Koala – growing up in Australia – ...
SA sibling’s world-class VR experience at festival
South Africans will get their first chance to experience The Lost Botanist at the National Arts Festival, just weeks ...
This freestyler is on the ball
Growing up a shy young boy in Buenos Aires, Argentina, street performer and international football freestyle superstar ...
Nerves of steel a prerequisite for chainsaw-tossing busker
Suffering a traumatic head injury at the age of six while living on the family farm in Canada, busker Stickman – also ...
National Arts Festival brings the house down
From a misplaced arrow to a displaced roof, the National Arts Festival being held in Makhanda never fails to dish up ...
Award-winner looks to life for ideas
Drawing inspiration from living, watching, listening – and even eavesdropping – is how young theatre aficionado Amy ...
Long road to arts festival for US master drummer
Following years of endless preparation to get his band to SA for a series of gigs with the esteemed trumpeter bra Feya ...
WATCH | Much more to bubbly show than just fun
Many performers of things magical use smoke and mirrors of sorts, but would you believe giant smoking bubbles also work ...
Magician shoots assistant in head in magic trick gone wrong
A magician accidentally shot his co-performer in the head with a crossbow when "magic show" went horribly wrong at the ...
Enabling power in young winner’s art
Steering away from conventional forms of therapy and presenting art as a different kind of encounter allows for a ...
Digital window on the National Arts Festival
All you need is a mobile phone and internet connectivity and you can see art in your very own world, says Creativate ...
New Brighton Writer to launch poetry at National Arts Festival
A New Brighton writer will launch his first solo volume of poetry at the National Arts Festival’s LitFest programme in ...
Arts MEC Fezeka Bayeni happy with ‘promotion’
For the woman who is now in charge of running the provincial arts portfolio, she could not be more pleased with her ...
Feel the love with Mthatha’s 047
Mthatha trio 047 are head-over-heels as they prepare to perform at the National Arts Festival in Makhanda for the first ...
Winter chill heralds start of National Arts Festival in Makhanda
With fog and drizzle setting the traditional winter ambience in Makhanda on the eve of the National Arts Festival, the ...
Organist Stephen Holder tunes up for National Arts Festival
Makhanda organist Stephen Holder returns to Spiritfest in 2019 with a recital Hymns Without Words at the National Arts ...
All roads lead to Makhanda for SA artists who want to showcase their ...
All the stages are set as the final call for acts goes off, five days before artists from across the country and beyond ...
Collegiate to present 'The Edge of Her Earth' at National Arts Festival
Collegiate Girls’ High School is presenting its physical theatre piece The Edge of Her Earth at the National Arts ...
Bay’s Jesse to perform on home ground with Drakensberg Boys Choir
A former Westering Primary School pupil who is now a member of the Drakensberg Boys Choir mostly looks forward to his ...
National Arts Festival sets stage for young creatives
The National Arts Festival (NAF), which starts in Makhanda on Thursday June 26, gives artists a platform to break new ...
Lights, water, action ... Makhanda show will go on despite crises
Patrons of the national arts festival in Makhanda (formerly Grahamstown) will have access to water even if they are ...