A new Afrikaans play by Nico Scheepers explores the fragile boundaries between family, memory, and survival. When Stefan unexpectedly learns that his parents are on their way – after years of half-truths and evasive contact – his carefully constructed life is quietly disrupted. It is a sharp and familiar look at inheritance … not only of land or possessions, but of love, guilt, and reproach. With keen observation and dark humour, LEEFBAAR exposes the Afrikaner’s almost supernatural ability to survive in silence.
Location: kykNET AWO Auditorium
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.
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.
Trou is nie Perdekoop nie
Milan and Daniel are a young couple in their early thirties, unmarried and in a serious relationship for almost three years. They work hard, love each other, and share the same dreams. Well, sort of. Milan wants to get married, and Daniel doesn’t. GAME ON! The gloves are off. Both bring their A-GAME. Will they break up? Or will they saddle this horse and realise that marriage is no trivial matter and nothing like buying a horse?
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.
Doolhof
A young couple is caught in the twists and turns of love, faith, sexual boundaries, and expectations that flare up in every conversation. Ewan puts pressure on the next step for the relationship. Joey holds fast to her faith and her principles. With poetic monologues, realistic confrontations, and silences that say more than words, Doolhof delves into the real questions facing young adults today: How does love work when you’re still searching for yourself? How far is too far? It’s raw, it’s real, it’s unpredictable.
Die Ontmoeting
A middle-aged man finds himself face-to-face with his teenage bully on a remote hiking trail. Tempted by the opportunity for revenge, he must first decide whether his bully has redeemed himself. Darkly funny and deeply human, Die Ontmoeting explores masculinity and the lasting scars of schoolyard cruelty, while challenging our polarised narratives of victim and perpetrator, revenge and reconciliation, and nature versus nurture.
A Girl Called Owl
When Olivia moves to a small town in the Overberg, her quiet curiosity attracts a mischievous friend: Kay, the girl with the scar, who gives her the nickname “Owl.” A Girl Called Owl is an unflinching coming-of-age story about innocence lost, creativity stifled, and love misunderstood.
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Beste Van Alle Tye
A satirical look at being Afrikaner in the 21st century. Koegelenberg and Van Niekerk dissect the political, social, cultural, and absurd landscapes in which Afrikaners/Afrikaans speakers find themselves. From pop music to pyramid schemes, table prayers and accents – nothing here is sacred (or safe). This production is a high-octane concoction of sketches, music, dance, and parodies. Beste Van Alle Tye was nominated for Kanna Awards for Best Production: Fringe Theatre and Best Production: Comedy at the 2025 Klein Karoo National Arts Festival.
Beste Van Alle Tye was nominated at the Klein Karoo National Arts Festival in 2025 in the categories Best Production: Fringe Theatre and Best Production: Comedy, and in 2026 received the Kanna Award for Best Production: Comedy.
