Children from all ages can come to enjoy the Children’s Arts Festival. This ten day festival is filled with fun activities that allow children to explore their creative abilities in wonderful ways. With craft workshops, a wide range of drama and music workshops and festival shows to attend, there is... [view entry]

The undemocratic election process in Zimbabwe has had serious consequences for artrists and performers from the country and their participation in the National Arts Festival. Story Makize and Dr Masindo share their perspectives of these developments. Hi res version | Lo res verion [view entry]

Jazz musician Mark Fransman is Standard Bank Young Artist of 2008 for Jazz. He talks to cueTV about his intimate relationship with music and his contrasting instruments. mark hi res | mark lo res [view entry]

The newest music venue at the fest will be a major new source of cool vibes for the younger festino and the freshest sounds in town. Hi res version | Lo res version [view entry]

2008 looks to be even more frenzied for the National Arts Festival. This year’s programme is crammed full of pieces which convey the theme of the spirit of expression. The aim for fest this year is to “keep people out of bed later”, as expressed by fest CEO Tony Lankester... [view entry]

Dada Masilo has recently been named Standard Bank’s young artist of the year for her superlative work in the area of dance. This year she has created and features in a new revamped version of Romeo and Juliette. A performance of such high standard requires massive amounts of preparation. This... [view entry]

A strong theme at the festival is focused on plays about rape and sexual violence. The festival period also recorded a high incidence of reported rapes. This challenging insert take a view of this issue and what it says about South Africa today. View High Resolution View Low Resolution [view entry]

Dealing with the theme of relationships in theatre is a feat that is very rarely executed expertly; creating a realistic sense of intimacy within a small space presents challenges to most directors and actors. Everybody Else is Fucking Perfect deals with the chaos of contrasting characters engaging in relationships that... [view entry]

The Standard Bank National Youth Jazz Festival is back in Grahamstown. This is an annual event where some of South Africa’s youngest Jazz artists have the opportunity to show off their talent. One of the bands partaking in the festival is the Standard Bank National School’s Big Band, whose members... [view entry]

Grahamstown-based Anton Brink’s exhibition is titled dogma and is inspired by international events of the past five years, from 9/11 to the atrocities in Afghanistan and Iraq. Visitors to the exhibition should not consider Brink’s work as criticism of the USA. Rather, it relates to patriarchal culture in general. The... [view entry]