The Fringe
Comedy
Butlers and Bellboys
Slick 'n Sleeve
A murder-mystery comedy where the audience decides who lives... and who dies!
Theatre for Children & Young People
The Emperor's New Clothes
The Drama Factory
TikTok dance sensation Charlie takes on the mighty emperor, will this land her in jail or will she be able to show the world what a fraud the vain man really is?
Illusion & Magic
ILLUSIONARIUM
BRENDON PEEL ENTERTAINMENT
Prepare for a journey of impossible magic and illusion
Illusion & Magic
THE BIZARRE MAGIC OF LI LAU
BRENDON PEEL ENTERTAINMENT
Witness the bizarre side of the art of magic
Illusion & Magic
EXTREME MAGIC!
BRENDON PEEL ENTERTAINMENT
The certified Got Talent All Stars duo take magic to the extreme
Cabaret & Musical Theatre
Whose Lyrics is it Anyway?
Slick 'n Sleeve
A hilarious music gameshow with awesome prizes!
Theatre
Opening Night
Tshwane University of Technology
An exploration of the intricate dance between art and mental health.
Theatre
"UNLiMiTED"
Tshwane University of Technology
"UNLiMiTED" pulsates with the vibrant heartbeat of South African flair
Illusion & Magic
The Magic Eye with Stuart Lightbody
Stuart Lightbody
Mindblowing magic and illusion that is beyond belief!
Theatre
Making Wine in Scotland
Fool's Errand
An apocalypse comedy love story about the last tree on Earth
Illusion & Magic
Revealing Mysteries with Stuart Lightbody
Stuart Lightbody
A waking dream filled with wonders and layers of mystery
Theatre for Children & Young People
The Three Witches
Makhanda Players and Révan Productions
Even old and cranky Shakespearean witches were young once
Music
The Offering [to our other selves]
KWANTU Designs
Vocal purity, melodic transportation and harmonic veils
Theatre
The Year of The Bicycle
Kamogelo Mhlantla
Can human connection overcome the pain of the past?
Theatre
Your Perfect Life
F Creations
One has a family, the other a career. Neither is sure they have what they want.
Theatre
So You Want to be a Trophy Wife?
F Creations
Single life is scary when all you know how to be is a wife.
Theatre
32 Lavender Close
Submarine Productions and Theatre Arts
Keep your friends close, but your flatmate closer.
Theatre
i am L.E.N.A.
Vacant Theatre and Film Company PTY (LTD)
Light. Endurance. Noble-minded. Admirable.
Theatre
ABAPHANSI!
Moving Acts Productions
Rituals revive the relationship between the physical and spiritual worlds.
Theatre
Pieces of Me
ASSITEJ South Africa
A thought-provoking and courageous exploration of family secrets.
Theatre
Nesting Doll
Mandisa Haarhoff
How does a seed grow? How does a seed break? How does a seed not die?
Theatre
The Ward Councillor
Struu Artzz Entertainment
A chilling portrayal of political ambition stained with blood.
Theatre
Monika, it's me
You Suck Productions
Excellent tips on egg-making, funeral planning & the art of Swedish death cleaning.
Theatre
Just One Chapter
Révan Productions
Sometimes meeting a stranger can be the most powerful connection
Illusion & Magic
CharlieQuinn Magician: 'I'm Going Sleightly Mad'
Charles Dubber
One of the best Rubik's Cube Magicians in SA
Theatre
To The CEO
Refined Image Studio (RIS)
A story about leadership, relationship(s), power and influence
Music
The Big Band Explosion
African Melodic Remedies
Where African Art meets Western Art through the Art of Music
Poetry & Spoken Word
Grieve, that is how you survive.
Grace Storm Artistry
Grief is a rocking chair that we never got taught how to get up from.
Poetry & Spoken Word
i want to write you a submarine
submarine productions
A hyper-personal, universal and razor sharp take on love
Poetry & Spoken Word
Poetic Spaces
Poetic Spaces
A spoken word production with music and contemporary dance.
Theatre
I Will Hide My Name
Me4uTalented Studios
Women on a quest to find their place in this society
Music
'Umbhiyozo Womculo' a Celebration of Music
The Cape Reeds Clarinet Quintet
'Umbhiyozo Womculo' a Celebration of Music
Music
A Musician’s Guide to the Galaxy
PentaFusion
Crossover music bridging the jazz-classical divide
Music
Ingoma YoHadi (Song of the Harp)
iThala leAfrika
A fusion of African indigenous sound with piano, clarinet and violin
Music
When Speech Is Not Enough
Saeculum Aureum
When emotions are too profound to be expressed in words, we sing.
Music
Piano for All
Creative City Music Academy
A concert for students of piano and lovers of piano music
Dance & Physical Theatre
Gwamasenga and The Evil Drum
University Of Venda
The calling to rule the underground world
Theatre
Iingoma Zomngqungqo on a road with Yakha Mlali
Siba lam Arts Organization
A spiritual awakening of body, mind and soul
Cabaret & Musical Theatre
Mwana Wa Mvula
Amandla Danca Teatro ZA
A Universe of Love lives in Each Raindrop
Theatre
THE NAIVE SEAL (Qongqothwane)
University of Zululand Creative Arts Department
Qongqothwane: Dig deeper, discover yourself.
Theatre
My long lost father
Walter Sisulu University BCC
A young man makes the decision to live with his long-last father
Theatre
Play Things
Spark in the Dark
An experimental space for writers, actors and performers to showcase new work
Comedy
What A Time 2.0
Lesmoka Trading and Projects
I am not making fun of you, I am having fun with you
Comedy
Proudly Problematic
Puss Puss Productions
Why are men so problematic, and what are they so proud about?
Cabaret & Musical Theatre
Dear Tata... What Makes A Man, A Man
Sonwa Sakuba Institute for the Performing Arts
What does it mean to be a black man in South Africa
Disney's Moana JR
Sonwa Sakuba Institute for the Performing Arts
Moana JR. is sure to bring out the hero within each of us.
Theatre
The Tyrant
Taji Arts in partnership with Mandela Bay Theatre Complex
In a society riddled with propaganda, everything and everyone is a threat.
Theatre
Twisted Fates
North West Development Agency
The gripping consequences of deceit and the fragility of human existence
Music
North West Artist with Disability Show
South Africa Artists with disability
North West Artist with Disability Show
Dance & Physical Theatre
Warriors on wheels
Kganya Disability Dance Company
Interrogating physical abilities and disabilities
Dance & Physical Theatre
The Love of it All
Live to Move Dance Company
Falling in love on the dance floor
Cabaret & Musical Theatre
Nitasubiri (I will wait)
The Hout Bay Performing Arts Collaboration of Amoyo & Ingoma Choir
A new musical drama unfolds in a 1980s rural township
Dance & Physical Theatre
The Art of Being
Sarah Cookney Academy of Dance and STANZA Dance Company
An exploration of the human experience through dance.
Dance & Physical Theatre
YEDA (umntana)
Ezinyaweni Zam
A journey far beyond the family lineages into becoming
Dance & Physical Theatre
Don't Dismiss The Elements
Prestige School of Dance
The rhythms of nature and the movements of humanity.
Dance & Physical Theatre
Echoes of a Century
Prestige School of Dance
A dance through the tapestry of South African music!
Dance & Physical Theatre
WOMXN WARRIOR.
Nicki Ray Productions
Insight into the roles and power of women.
Performance Art
Mother Earth
Nan Hua Temple
A centre for artistic expression that embraces the art of life!
Theatre
The Systematic Scaffolds
University of Zululand Creative Arts Department Alumni
Absolute power limits people’s freedom
Theatre
My Son-Asad
Walter Sisulu University
From love to hate: A Couple's Journey through war, loss, and rage.
Theatre
The Last Supper
Tshwane University of Technology
When the going gets tough, the tough get going
Theatre
The Bad Girls
Tshwane University of Technology Soshanguve
Fear sometimes has to meet fear to survive
Dance & Physical Theatre
Fallen (and I can't get up)
Alan Parker
Musings on what to do when you've fallen and can't seem to get up
Dance & Physical Theatre
The Story of Fire
Nature Theatre
Theatre meets Circus. Entertainment meets Art. Fire meets Heart.
Cabaret & Musical Theatre
Freshly Squeezed
Fruity Lix Productions
A drag cabaret bursting with flavour!
Music
If Jazz Be The Food of Love
Living Glory Entertainment
Where South Africa's Love Anthems Meet the Magic of Jazz!
Theatre
Paul Slabolepszy's Finding Rosetta
Starstruck Productions & Lidgetton Theatre Company
A quirky tale of alien abduction and self-discovery
Theatre for Children & Young People
Adventure of Who
Macbob Productions
A whimsical fantasy wrapped up in a bubble of sincerity - D Koen, The Herald PE
Theatre for Children & Young People
The Tower And The Tree
Mixed Media
Love, laughter and friends are all worth it.
Theatre for Children & Young People
A Froggie Fairytale
Theatresmiths
The classic tale of the Frog Prince as you’ve never heard it before!
Theatre
The Moon Looks Delicious From Here
Aldo Brincat
'Love is Love. Pain is Pain. Life is Delicious!'
Theatre
Misplaced Shoes
Ntsutle Productions
Freaky Friday: South African Edition - What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
Theatre
The Champion: To be or not to be
Sisonke Performing Arts
Overcoming adversity and triumphing in the face of hardship
Comedy
Namaste Bae: Blessings & Kombucha
Rob Van Vuuren
A healing ceremony unlike any other by the new age satirical guru!
Theatre
Mamemamela ("Listen")
MEQOQO Playback Theatre Collective
Improvising real-life stories of identity, memory and belonging.
Poetry & Spoken Word
Open Mic Live Poetry Evening
The Black Power Station
Share the stage, share your voice
All
PHRIENDS WITH PSYCHEDELCS
The Black Power Station
An exploration into expression through creativity and the flow of energy
All
The Business Beyond Festival Discussion
The Black Power Station
The Business Beyond Festival Discussion
Theatre
19:94 The time
University of Witwaterstrand
"The People shall govern" was the plan from the beginning
All
Intyatyambo Elityeni Women’s Dialogue
The Black Power Station
Women’s dialogue to improve policy
All
Amandla Asezinweleni Health Hair Talk by Afrikare
The Black Power Station
African culture and spirituality through the lens of hair
Theatre
THE DARK NIGHT OF THE 31ST
Retsaletswe House production
Truth reconciliation commission or Nuremberg trial?
Visual Art
Die Lang Skaduwee van die Kapokbos
Annette Faul
Plant portraits in watercolour, on paper, suspended with thread
Visual Art
Broken images of my 1970 something Village
LMB Arts and Interiors Gallery
Original Village abstract oil paintings - not to be missed.
Music
MANDILAKHE IKHAYA
The Black Power Station
Live performance with Mandilakhe Ikhaya at The Black Power Station
All
THE COLLABORATION DAY Featuring Anam(WizArt)
The Black Power Station
THE COLLABORATION DAY Featuring Anam(WizArt)
Theatre
The Other Gender
Ladimash Productions
Does sexual orientation have any bearing on the gender of a person?
Visual Art
CARINUS FINE ARTS & CRAFTS COLLECTIVE
Johan Carinus Art Centre
Ceramics, Photographs, Other
Visual Art
Our Worlds - Self Exploration
N/A
Celebrate winter by warming your heart with distinguished artworks at Carinus.
Theatre
State Of the National DisAster(SONDA)
Ubuciko Bethonga and The Art Cave
A comedic reflection on the disastrous state of our nation
Music
THE COLLABORATION DAY Featuring Mzi SA
The Black Power Station
THE COLLABORATION DAY Featuring Mzi SA
Music
Achiba Don
The Black Power Station
Where Dancehall meets Hip Hop, Afrobeat ignites, & Kwevo takes flight
Theatre
MFAZI NDINI
Ihlumelo Foundation
We won't stay silent. Reach every victim of GBV. Leave no one behind.
Literature
Dark Matters: A Conversation with History, Saluting the Extraordinary Humanitarian Endeavours of South African Black Scientists
Amazwi Museum
Unisa Press book launch at Amazwi
Literature
Izibongo Zoogxa: Poems on Contemporaries (1902–1944)
Amazwi Museum
Book Launch of Izibongo Zoogxa
Literature
AMAZWI POP-UP BOOKSHOP @ NAF 2024
Amazwi Museum
Your bookshop of selected writings and writers for festival-goers
Literature
Sindiwe Magona: A Conscience for the Nation
Amazwi Museum
One of South Africa’s most beloved and versatile storytellers
Visual Art
A Semigrant Mirror – 30 Years in the Eastern Cape | Jeff Rankin
GFI Art Gallery
Visual stories based on South Africa’s unsettled social landscape
Literature
Book Launch | Jongikhaya Mvenene
Amazwi Museum
King Sabata Dalindyebo & the rural political struggles in 20th Century SA
Theatre
Dikgang Tsa Bagolo: Ngwana Mme
Dramatic Scholars
No revolution has ever been won without casualties.
Theatre
Captured In Silence
Native Eye Creatives SA
Shining a Light on Gender Based Violence and Ukuthwalwa
Theatre
Igazi Lase Senqu (Orange River)
Pioneers Arts Movement
A production that goes back in time through dance and music.
Music
Ingoma yoHadi (Song of the Harp)
IThala leAfrika with Asakhe Cuntsulana
Community healing with song
Music
Unveiling a Legacy: The Intergenerational Odyssey of Uhadi Music
Tinklay Production
A musical journey honouring heritage and inspiring the future
Music
Echoes Across Continents: A Musical Journey from Europe to Africa
Belinda de Villiers
A musical journey including Beethoven, Debussy and Alexander Johnson.
Theatre
Strangers' Tears - Cry, My Beloved Africa
World Of Art Movement
The echoes of unspoken pain, the voice of a silenced continent.
Theatre
Umnqophiso The Covenant
Umnqophiso The Covenant
Uncovering the intersection of faith, ancestry and identity.
Dance & Physical Theatre
Lowe's Children
Tswelelang Cultural Dancers
A journey into the past in search of 'the seed of birth of mankind'
Cabaret or Musical Theatre
RE-MACHARORA
JUDAH ARTS FOUNDATION
We are the sons and daughters of the soil
Dance & Physical Theatre
ISINGQI SOM-AFRICA BY UYISE KANGQAYIMBANA
Tzk Entertainment Group Primary Cooperative
Sihleka sonwatyiswe ngamandla engoma noncuthu lomxhentso wese africa
Theatre
Battle Of Lurwayizo
Department of Sport, Recreation, Arts and Culture
A drama telling a story of the liberation
Stand Up Comedy
ADHD, the Bottle and Me
Chantal Harris Comedy
A Journey of Recovery, Realisation, and Really Bad Impulse Control
Stand Up Comedy
Devin Gray - How To Get Away With Marriage
Devin Gray Comedy
A comedy show about life, love and lemons
Stand Up Comedy
So Over The Rainbow
MVG
Rainbows, sunset clauses and new dawns combine to offer gifts of cathartic mirth.
Theatre
Circle of Quest
Arise and Shine Production
A young girl doesn't believe there is God and is thinking of suicide.
Theatre
I CAN BUY MYSELF FLOWERS...
Unlikely Productions in Association with MVG Productions
A comedy-drama about a woman trying to find balance
Stand Up Comedy
18 Years Later
Lesmoka Trading and Projects
Chris Mapane brings relatable humour and razor-sharp wit!
Stand Up Comedy
Are You Pleased!
Thula Sithole
Thula Sithole muses on people-pleasing, religion, philosophy and more!
Stand Up Comedy
Thoughts I Thinked
Yaaseen Barnes
Where chaos meets comedy - welcome to the brain of Yaaseen Barnes.
Theatre
Siyaphanda
Unsung Artists Foundation
Can redemption ever be attained when we are shackled by our past?
Theatre
TIRO's TOUGHLOOP TESTIMONY
Lwandle Arts Academy
Will we ever get a fair deal in this land, land of our forefathers?
Theatre
The Garden Boy
Khayalamangema Artists Productions
Let's acknowledge our scars and face the future
Theatre
The Preacher
The Preacher Production In Partnership With Emalahleni Civic Theatre
Unveiling Secrets, Testing Faith — When Loyalty Turns to Betrayal.
Theatre
Love me, Feed me, Never Leave me
Origen Productions
The modern dating play you never knew you needed.
Performance Art
MyKomVandaan
Boitshepo Development Foundation (NPC)
The rich cultural history of the indigenous Nama people, brought to life.
Theatre for Children & Young People
My Grandfather's Dancing Shoes
FELICITY ARTS THEATRE
Continuing the legacy of dance!
Dance & Physical Theatre
June 16 Re-Imagined
Versatile Dance school
Youth Month: Where Passion Meets Performance
Dance & Physical Theatre
Echoes of a Century
Prestige School of Dance
A story told through music, and a dance through time.
Cabaret & Musical Theatre
s'il vous plaît
Fruity Lix Productions (Pty) Ltd
Come inside Mistress Mae's boudoir - a sexy & sassy cabaret.
Cabaret & Musical Theatre
Tutti Frutti
Fruity Lix Productions (Pty) Ltd
A colourful cabaret by award-winning queer queen Pichi Keane!
Illusion & Magic
VIVA! A Vegas Magic Show
Brendon Peel Entertainment
Peel & Lau bring the magic of Vegas to Makhanda...
Stand Up Comedy
Conrad Koch & Chester Missing's "Puppet Power"
Conrad Koch
Hilarious comedy ventriloquism!
Theatre
UBABA - The Father
Chillies Records And Entertainment Media
How can man create his own killing machine?
Theatre
Sikhohlwa Kanjani
Rhodes University Drama Department
A story of collaboration, exile, loss, and resilience
Theatre
Mqambi weNyembezi Vuka
University of Cape Town
A poignant exploration of love, loss, and the enduring power of family
Theatre
Listen and Hear
Tshwane University of Technology
Dreams of Love and Hope Shattered in the Cold Shadows of Poverty
Theatre
Born Today - Yesterday
Walter Sisulu University
My blood will nourish the tree that will bear the fruits of freedom. Tell my people that I love them, they must continue the fight.
Theatre
Kwa-mhlaba nasemkhathini
University of KwaZulu-Natal
Abesifazane abadala balandela izimpande zami ngokungibukisisa ebusweni.
Theatre
Freedom Next time
Tshwane University of Technology
After 30 years of democracy, government still hasn’t delivered on their promises
Dance & Physical Theatre
Chasing Laughter
Generation of stars
A riveting and unsettling exploration of the human psyche
Children's Theatre / Family Fare
Umbhobho-the red pipe
Siphosethu Mankai
What is it going to be for uLiyema and Tshepiso, THROW OR APPROACH?
Children's Theatre / Family Fare
I Don't Believe in Dinosaurs
How to Hold Productions
An adventure full of friendship, puppets, and learning how to let go ... and, yes, there is a dinosaur!
Children's Theatre / Family Fare
The Forest
Contemporary Dance Laboratory
Interactive Dance Performance for Children
Illusion / Magic
CharlieQuinn Presents 'The Sleightly Honest Trickster'
CharlieQuinn
Every trick has a truth…and every truth hides a trick!
Theatre
Ganga Nyoko! Inzima Nyoko!
Spark in the Dark Hub
The ties that keep us together, are the ties that separate us.
Theatre
all my ex-lovers are dead
Spark in the Dark Hub
Why is love like potatoes? And should you really have sent that 8-minute voice note professing your love?
Stand Up / Comedy
Bad African
Spark in the Dark
An immigrant's [musical] guide to disappointing your parents
Theatre
What Do You Think the Birds are Doing?
Spark in the Dark
Fear, hope, and a rat in the apocalypse.
Theatre
The King of Broken Things
Theatresmiths
A magical excursion into the rehabilitation of broken and discarded objects.
Theatre
Land of Nonesi
Isomi Creative Arts Space
A story that fills another gap in the history of the Thembu people
