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.
genre: One-Person Show
Die ander dogter
A ten-year-old girl accidentally discovers she had a sister who died two years before she was born. That girl was the French writer Annie Ernaux, who received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2022. Suddenly, Annie was no longer an only child, but the replacement for a great absence that lives on in her parents’ wordless sadness. Her sister had to die so that she could live as the “replacement”. A delicate piece about guilt, family, and loss.
A Toyota Stellenbosch Woordfees production.
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.
Waterbrief
After her tragic drowning, Nina pulls back the veil between life and death to look in on her family’s grief. She sees them hurting, fighting, loving, and despairing without her presence. But she also helps release them into loving, hoping, and living beings again. Written by award-winning playwright Nico Scheepers with the immensely talented actress Minke Marais, Waterbrief is a drama for everyone who loves someone who has crossed over. For everyone who knows how deafening silence can be.
Vrou Ens. 1.2
“Hello, Sussa. I hope you’re well?” “It doesn’t always go so well, Mom.”
Come meet Vanessa (Sussa) and hear everything that’s going on in her mind. This time, she laughs at herself – and a little at others too.
Lots of love, xxx
Ms. B-haved
With 30 years of teaching under her belt, much-loved Mrs. Sally Burkett is unbothered by scandals. But her sudden suspension rocks the small town, and everyone wants the scoop! Sally has navigated changing policies, learning styles, and new-age parents – what could she have possibly done, and can she recover? Laugh along with Sally as she ponders her fate and unpacks whatever led to this hellish Zoom online teaching! Debut direction by Natasha Sutherland.
Die Siel van Eugène Marais
A new look at a literary giant: Die Siel van Eugène Marais portrays Marais as both man and poet – brilliant, broken, and constantly searching for meaning. Through literary text, music, visual effects, and metamorphosis theatre, the production places his struggle, longing, and legacy at the centre, making them relevant and emotionally resonant for today.
Geen Diagnose
Geen Diagnose is a one-person show that follows the therapeutic process of five Afrikaans men. The five men are sharing their most intimate thoughts under the guise that the conversations are private. This dynamic takes a sudden turn as a crime was committed in the therapist’s office. Now their once private conversations are evidence that the therapist has to share with a detective. All six characters – the five men and the therapist – are played by Dwayne Vorster.
