OUR TEAM Core team MICHAEL GARBETT Festival Director michael@vrystaatkunstefees.co.za ATIE KAMPER Arts Market Organiser & Gen. Admin atie@vrystaatkunstefees.co.za MARK ANTONY DOBSON Marketing & Development Manager mark@vrystaatkunstefees.co.za ISABEL LOCK Programme Manager isabel@vrystaatkunstefees.co.za MARITSA BARLOW Literature Festival Coordinator mbarlow.litfees@gmail.com Frida Verster General Coordinator frida@vrystaatkunstefees.co.za Board members De Villiers Brink Chair- Architect and Entrepreneur Prof Prakash Naidoo Vice – Rector, University of the Free State John Stevens Auditor General’s Office Prof Nico Luwes Emeritus Professor, University of the Free State Perle du Plessis Deputy Director: Finance, University of the Free State Richard Chemaly Entertainment Attorney Support team Thys Heydenrych Departmental Liaison: Drama and Theater Arts, University of the Free State Michelle Hetzel Technical Manager Johannes Deetlefs Designer Lucas Swart Site Manager: Arts Market Marco Petrella Blêrkas Juliano Petrella Culture Lounge Willem Butler Health and Safety Consultant Nike Jonah Co-Executive Director of PACE Erwin Maas Co-Executive Director of PACE Nonhlanhla Tsabalala PACE Assistant Angela De Jesus Visual Arts Curator, University of the Free State Mine Kleynhans Visual Arts Assistant, University of the Free State Wyno Simes Nasionale Afrikaanse Letterkundige Museum en Navorsingsentrum (NALN) Annelien Diedericks Nasionale Afrikaanse Letterkundige Museum en Navorsingsentrum (NALN) UFS task teams Ria Deysel Facilities Management – Buildings and Grounds Ilze Nikolova Accommodation services Thato Block Health and Safety Valamy Vermeulen Building Cleaning Services Gerard Hoogendoorn Site Services, Garbage Removal & Signage Andrew Booysen Site Services, Garbage Removal & Signage Tewie Willemse Water and sewerage services Craig Armstrong Electric services Gavin Coetzer ICT Internet services Dan Alexander Protection Services Zamikhaya Dyonase Security Operations Wilson Pongwane Head of Traffic Services Stephen Matthews Site Manager Johan Vorster Shift Leader Production selection committee Michael Garbett Chairman Cornelia Faassen NATi – National Afrikaans Theatre Initiative Jane Mpholo Performing Arts Centre of the Free State Danielle Retief Creative Producer Peter Taljaard Theatremaker OUR TEAM Core team MICHAEL GARBETT Festival Director michael@vrystaatkunstefees.co.za ATIE KAMPER Arts Market Organiser & Gen. Admin atie@vrystaatkunstefees.co.za MARK ANTONY DOBSON Marketing & Development Manager mark@vrystaatkunstefees.co.za ISABEL LOCK Programme Manager isabel@vrystaatkunstefees.co.za MARITSA BARLOW Literature Festival Coordinator mbarlow.litfees@gmail.com Frida Verster General Coordinator frida@vrystaatkunstefees.co.za Board members De Villiers Brink Chair- Architect and Entrepreneur Prof Prakash Naidoo Vice – Rector, University of the Free State John Stevens Auditor General’s Office Prof Nico Luwes Emeritus Professor, University of the Free State Perle du Plessis Deputy Director: Finance, University of the Free State Richard Chemaly Entertainment Attorney Support team Thys Heydenrych Departmental Liaison: Drama and Theater Arts, University of the Free State Michelle Hetzel Technical Manager Johannes Deetlefs Designer Lucas Swart Site Manager: Arts Market Marco Petrella Blêrkas Juliano Petrella Culture Lounge Willem Butler Health and Safety Consultant Nike Jonah Co-Executive Director of PACE Erwin Maas Co-Executive Director of PACE Nonhlanhla Tsabalala PACE Assistant Thuthukani Ndlovu Poetry Coordinator Angela De Jesus Visual Arts Curator, University of the Free State Mine Kleynhans Visual Arts Assistant, University of the Free State Wyno Simes Nasionale Afrikaanse Letterkundige Museum en Navorsingsentrum (NALN) Annelien Diedericks Nasionale Afrikaanse Letterkundige Museum en Navorsingsentrum (NALN) UFS task teams Ria Deysel Facilities Management – Buildings and Grounds Ilze Nikolova Accommodation services Thato Block Health and Safety Valamy Vermeulen Building Cleaning Services Gerard Hoogendoorn Site Services, Garbage Removal & Signage Andrew Booysen Site Services, Garbage Removal & Signage Tewie Willemse Water and sewerage services Craig Armstrong Electric services Gavin Coetzer ICT Internet services Dan Alexander Protection Services Zamikhaya Dyonase Security Operations Wilson Pongwane Head of Traffic Services Stephen Matthews Site Manager Johan Vorster Shift Leader Production selection committee Michael Garbett Chairman Cornelia Faassen NATi – National Afrikaans Theatre Initiative Jane Mpholo Performing Arts Centre of the Free State Danielle Retief Creative Producer Peter Taljaard Theatremaker