Ek koop my eie blomme is a one-person comedy drama featuring Natalie Jackson, an estate agent in her fifties, who entertains as she reflects on the ups and downs of relationships, children, professional life and her women friendships. The name is taken from the Miley Cyrus song “Flowers” which became an anthem for single women the world over. Inspired by women friends who have achieved professional success and years of therapy, Natalie has overcome her demons and insecurities. She is now ready to live on her own terms.
genre: Comedy
The Fool’s Guide
The work is conceived as a physical and performative comic meditation on the interface between contemporary tech and The Fool, The Everyman and The Innocent. Using precise physicality, and Buckland’s propensity for satirical verbal scripts and vocality, the show explores how social media – on mobile phones, and more recently, early renditions of AI – is impacting the lives of contemporary humans.
Raunchy Renditions
Raunchy Renditions, South Africa’s first sex-positive storytelling platform, is inspired by events like The Moth and Bawdy Storytelling, with five brave storytellers sharing their endearingly awkward, hilarious, and salacious sexual (mis)adventures. Founded in 2019 by Sophie Joans, Syd Strydom, and Kelly Smith, Raunchy Renditions has sold out shows across the country. Feel empowered to break free from the shame around the topic of sex … Revel in the risqué and join our sex-positive storytelling community.
Tollie Parton (TOTTIE en nie verder nie!)
Tollie Parton is known as the overly honest friend who claims she fears nothing – but is it really true? In her latest episode, the truth slips out unexpectedly: even a fearless show-off can be vulnerable. Love has softened her, but how long will it last? And who is the man who stole her heart? Perhaps the mysterious Steve? People wonder whether it’s too good to be true, and whether she’s simply here to bring good news. Because in the end, love – and a lamb chop – can fix many things.
Evita@90
Evita Bezuidenhout turns 90, still celebrated as South Africa’s most famous white woman. Tannie Evita believes remembering our past helps us value our future. Now an ANC member who “cooks for reconciliation”, Gogo Evita faces new challenges from her three grandchildren, whose TikTok questions keep her on her toes. She insists we don’t need a crystal ball to predict the country’s future – our democracy will endure. It is the past, she says with a touch of wit, that remains uncertain and surprising.
Terug na Louis Trichardt
After its successful debut run in Cape Town, Terug na Louis Trichardt, an Afrikaans one-person comedy by Bloemfontein theatre-maker Jean-Pierre Paquot, comes to the festival. Directed by award-winning Ilne Fourie, the show blends sharp humour and nostalgia as it explores queer self-discovery and the friendships that shape us.
JUSSIE SUSSIE
Aletta has moved to another province and, goodness gracious, life has changed quite a bit since her previous show, Effens Anders. This girl is living life to the fullest, and these days, she will do anything for the plot. Treat yourself to a ticket and come cackle as she explores new experiences and makes absurd observations!
Mart Marais staan op
When Mart Marais’s frugal sister decides to cut costs by using a cheap funeral undertaker, AVKOP, things go dramatically wrong. At the pearly gates, Mart arrives sporting an eighties perm so unholy that even the angels grow uncomfortable. Peter doesn’t recognise her and suggests she wait until the perm has fallen flat before knocking again. And so Mart – dead, but not quiet – ends up at her own funeral. What follows is a posthumous nightmare.
CRYBABY
On an ordinary morning at a daycare centre, three-year-old Samuel discovers the devastating power of the news. In an instant, he changes from a carefree child into an exhausted little “adult”, burdened by tragic headlines and the heavy fate of humanity. Crybaby is an absurd tragicomedy about the toll of a greedy world falling apart. At the same time, it is a love letter to childhood and a sharp reminder: growing up is no child’s play.
A Feesteforum production. Enabled by NATi, supported by the Festival Enterprise Catalyst (FEC), in collaboration with the Jobs Fund.
Gryp elke grasHolm
Grab every blade of grass you can find for humour, hope, or harmony, because the world is in turmoil right now! We simply have to create the comedy and the laughter ourselves. Gryp elke grasHolm might just help you in the search for wit, kindness, and meaning. In this brand-new one-woman show, Gryp elke grasHolm, Marion Holm does what she always does: comedy with a lot of heart.
