The Fringe
Comedy
Better Late
NA
A comedy talk show with a festival twist
Music
BREATHE: African Consciousness
Kgalalelo Creatives
Where untold stories come to light & music transforms silence into understanding
Music
Azi Sakwe and Best in the World
Azi Sakwe music
Real time genre blending
Music
12 Million
Ekrhad Miyoda
Who knows One?
Music
Living/Dreaming
BENNIA
When the dream breathes life, and life exhales in song.
Cabaret & Musical Theatre
Neurospicey
Tarryn Light Productions
The story of a spicy neurodivergent theatre kid...
Cabaret & Musical Theatre
Dear Son: A Letter from My Absent Father
Tseko Thukani
A Choreopoem where silence learns to sing
Music
Going Up The Memory Lane...
Tinklay Productions
A Musical Journey of Becoming, Collaboration & African Musical Innovation
Cabaret & Musical Theatre
Ubuhle Bendalo Indigenous Ensemble
Kwazulu Natal Top Model SA
A mesmerising fusion of indigenous music, classical harmonies, and vibrant storytelling!
Music
isiGqibo: Changes of Becoming
Kwantu Designs, NPC
A multidisciplinary choral journey of home, healing, memory and belonging.
Theatre
MOKGADI
Lwandle ARTS academy
Running is Therapeutic
Dance & Physical Theatre
Igazi lika nina
Lisakhanya Bodla
A tale of resilience in the face of cruelty
Theatre
Amagrootman
Places and Faces Theatre Productions
Concoction of manpower goes wrong
Theatre
A Scar Named Home
Postgraduate Studies, AFDA JHB
When the system fails you, survival becomes the crime and home becomes the scar...
Theatre
Poplar Tree
Fister's Production
A leaf will continue to grow for up to 400 years
Theatre
Undlela: 4 Sons and a Father
Run of the Arts
Indlela ibuzwa kwabadala dala
Theatre
Dump Of the Bed
Spairo Art Foundation
Where love bruises, truth finally breathes.
Cabaret & Musical Theatre
The Piano has Something to Say
CASSTI - Campus and Schools Safety Training Institute
Eighty-eight keys, ten fingers, and one hilarious conversation
Cabaret & Musical Theatre
Call me a Diva
Origen Productions
Honouring the queens of music, past and present.
Music
That's The Way It Goes: Music for Saxophone and Piano | Novo Duo
Novo Duo
Classical, Contemporary, and Everything in Between: A Recital by Novo Duo
Cabaret & Musical Theatre
LifeCycles
StonesHillers
A song cycle of original pieces
Music
5 Years, 5 Musicians
PentaFusion
Five years. Five creative minds. One unforgettable PentaFusion.
Cabaret & Musical Theatre
Dear Tata... What Makes a Man a Man?
Living Glory Entertainment
Questions of manhood asked by a son to his father.
Music
Ntsiki The Guitarist Live Tour
86zero1 Pty Ltd
Storytelling through strings, soulful vocals, and heartfelt lyrics.
Cabaret & Musical Theatre
BRENDA AND I
Wela Kapela Productions
To love a legend is easy. To become yourself is the real song.
Cabaret & Musical Theatre
Nina - the high priestess of soul
Wela kapela Productions
A powerful experience celebrating the life, music, and legacy of Nina Simone.
Theatre
Children of the Buffalo Thorn Tree
The Market Theatre Laboratory
Those who are dead are not dead.
Theatre
Bondage En-Suit(e)
Imagination Theatre Co.
Kabilawatu-ukoo
Theatre
Igazi Lase Senqu II (R5 Cow)
Pioneers Arts Movement
Untold Stories from the source of the Orange River
Theatre
SIREN: ECHOES OF THE WATER
N.K PRODUCTIONS in collaboration with TSL Music
Where vulnerability rises, and the water remembers
Theatre
DUNCAN VILLAGE MASSACRE
Smart Choices
Unsilencing the past and unifying the future
Theatre
Sober
Legae Arts Institution
WHERE THERE’S WILL THERE’S A WAY
Dance & Physical Theatre
IreOlúwa
Amandla Dança Teatro ZA & Bisi B Creations
A Symphony of African Cultures
Dance & Physical Theatre
Hosi Ya Xiseveseve
Black Seed Consulting
Where Tradition Dances with Change
Cabaret & Musical Theatre
Bhisho Massacre
One Phame
When Peaceful Protests Turned Deadly
Theatre
Ubaba - The Father
Chillies Records And Entertainment Media
How can a man create his own killing machine?
Theatre
THE LAST KNOCK
Solplatjie University
When silence echoes through generations, the truth becomes the final knock.
Theatre
My Long Lost Father
Walter Sisulu University Buffalo City Campus
Igazi Liyathetha
Theatre
ENYOBENI
Adv Amandla Danca Teatro/ Gompo Arts/
ENYOBENI a tragedy that shook a nation
Theatre
THE EVIL BOOTS WORN FOR VICTORY
University of Venda
From cursed boots to blazing hope.
Theatre
YOUR GRANDFATHER LIED
UNIVERSITY OF VENDA
WHEN MEMORY DIVIDES, TRUTH MUST UNITE
Dance & Physical Theatre
Tears of Revolution
ACASS iYunivesity Walter Sisulu
Victory was declared, reality disagreed
Theatre
KAFKA'S APE
South Africa, Gauteng
An ape becomes ‘civilised’. The cost is everything.
Theatre
The Quiet
Amaciko KwaZulu Art Project
Some stories are meant to be read. Others are meant to read you.
Theatre
ROOILUG
Flipping The Scripts & PENM Productions
AS DIE SKIP SINK, WIE RED JY EERSTE?
Comedy
Jayden Brand, My Life, My Stage
Jayden Brand
Laugh, live, and relate – Jayden Brand shares stories from his life!
Illusion & Magic
It's All In Your Head
Morgan Blake Productions
Not everyone leaves in the same role they arrived in
Theatre
BLACK MOON
Tholo Productions
A powerful political satire
Theatre
A Sending
Moving Epiphany Productions
A story about stories: A tribute to our beloved Rob Murray
Theatre
Bedroom Chats
LadiMash Productions
Pillow talk replaced by social media
Theatre
Commission Continua
Noma Yini
Aluta Continua, A Photostat Continua
Theatre
The Imposter
Bahwiti Foundation
Zaxe Mogashoa, Seitebaleng Dire
Illusion & Magic
DOUBLE DARE!
Left Field Entertainment
The Dare Devils of Deception
Illusion & Magic
MIND GAMES with Brendon Peel
Left Field Entertainment
Let the games begin...
Illusion & Magic
It's a Kind of Magic
Li Lau - One Crazy China
Discover the Magic Within the Impossible.
Theatre for Children & Young People / Family Fare
The Playroom
StoryHouse and Projects
Every child has the potential to shine!
Theatre for Children & Young People / Family Fare
The Circus
Kids Edutainment NPC
All animals are equal but some animals are equal-er
Comedy
Pharanoid
Funny Party
If Trevor Noah and Chris Rock had a baby with Skhumba!
Comedy
Emotional Black Male
Thumamna Ndikuhlekise
A safe space... unless you're my ex.
Comedy
Family Business
Better Late Media
Comedy for the married and medicated among us
Comedy
Africanism
Chris Mapane
Sharp, seasoned and seriously funny!
Comedy
Extra Virgin
Independent
Pour Some Oil On Me
Comedy
Panik Mechanik
N/A
Perfect timing, from engines to punchlines
Comedy
Stuart Taylor Live
TAYLORMADE PRODUCTIONS
A comedy show about holding it together...barely
Comedy
The Last Laugh
TAYLORMADE PRODUCTIONS
The hottest comedy ticket at the fest!
Comedy
Got Joke. Will Joke. Is Joke.
N/A
Jokes is all I have to save the world.
Comedy
Pillayboy
Jaryd Pillay
Come laugh it up with Cape Town's spiciest comic!
Comedy
Kool Outie
Illy Kulati
A comic coming to terms with the world coming to terms with him
Comedy
Takeaways
Nate Levinrad
Laugh, it's encouraged by management!
Comedy
TEASING with TEECEE 3
Sesiu Media Production
A hilarious tease with TeeCee to strip you of your stress!
Comedy
Dalin Oliver: Stuck In Dubai
Dalin Gerard Oliver
SA’s favourite “official unofficial international news correspondent” who saw live missiles while Stuck in Dubai
Music
Voices
Tshimologo Organization
An extravagant musical journey
Music
ISIBANE (THE LIGHT)
Liso The Musician
Worship Jazz, Music That Heals, ISIBANE
Music
Gwijo College
Makhanda Gwijo Combined
Gwijo music to the world
Music
Pina le Pula – (Song and Rain)
Keneth Leseame Mofokeng
Music, Rhythm, Magic
Music
Rhythms of the Motherland
Marimba Melodika
Where African rhythm comes alive
Music
Marabastad Twang
The Choir
Es Vaar...
Music
The age of knowing (Tour)
Sanele aka Ankel Sanza
Khale Sami
Music
TMC Live Experience
TMC Live Experience
Feel the Rhythm. Live the Moment.
Theatre
Down Second Avenue
Metric Productions
Marcus Mabusela presents the memoir of Professor Eskia Mhpahlele.
Illusion & Magic
Charlie Quinn: The Rock n Roll Magician
Charlie Quinn Magician
Where Music Meets Misdirection.
Theatre
Love me, Feed me, Never Leave me
Origen Productions
The modern dating play you never knew you needed.
Theatre
You Should Go In
Origen Productions
This is a story about forgiveness - and the complicated road toward it.
Comedy
As You Were
Langa Kulati Foundation
Laugh at us laughing at you
Theatre
KGABOLA CHURCH
013 LIMARTS CENTRE
Biblical truth about alcohol.
Theatre
In(hair)itance
N/A
The Girl Child navigates an identity crisis, rooted in her relationship with her hair.
Dance & Physical Theatre
IZIQALEKISO ZOBOMI NOKUVUKA KWABAFILEYO
Versatile Youth Company
Resurrection is a Curse, is it?
Dance & Physical Theatre
ONTNEEM/BEREFT/UYOLUPHALA
First Physical Theatre Company
a prelude to a life without them
Dance & Physical Theatre
Liminal
Prestige School of Dance
Returning to the essence of dance
Dance & Physical Theatre
Sari Sir
Sharana Performing Arts
More than Cloth, a Chronicle of Captivity
Theatre
Uchawi
Segen films
Where ancient spirits awaken.
Dance & Physical Theatre
January 21, 1960
Maraba Adi-Arts Laboratory NPC
Remembering the past, honoring the lives and inspiring the future.
Dance & Physical Theatre
mpopi
Motsau Motsau
From the broken doll, fire remembers its name.
Theatre
Please, I Promise
Spark in the Dark
Is it lost if it’s still in front of you, can you grieve if they haven't gone?
Theatre
Betaman Alphabet
Spark Hub
Seeking courage, one letter at a time
Theatre
Solitude
Spark in the Dark
Does isolation equate to loneliness?
Theatre
Messy
Spark in the Dark
A cumming-of-age story for the horny and unsatisfied
Theatre
NETPHLIX
Cape Town
Sophie Joans performs the whole streaming platform in 52 minutes
Comedy
Sophie Joans is (not) a Real Comedian
Rondebosch
She’s done many things. But now she’s doing stand up.
Theatre
Play Things
Rondebosch
A bouquet of performances from SA’s hottest talent
Comedy
Raunchy Renditions
Rondebosch
Real-life sex stories told live!
Theatre
Midnight in Pyjamas
Department of Creative Arts University of Zululand
Prisoners of our own dreams
Theatre
The 8th Bag
Wits Theatre
A metaphor for the toxic cycle of masculinity, which is repeated, inherited, normalised.
Theatre
SCARS of a WOMAN
Jullian Seleke Mokoto
Behind every scar there's a story.
Theatre
UYAPHI?!
The Conglomer Art & VAN LENDT PRODUCTIONS
"Hell is other people..."
Theatre
Dikgang Tsa Merafe: Kgosi Sechele The Great
Dramatic Scholars
Who wants Mosielele can come and fetch him out of my stomach."Ke mo yele"
Dance & Physical Theatre
remnant
Tumble Inn Productions
Where presence fades and absence takes form, an empty chair awaits.
Theatre
The Chain
Phoenix College of Johannesburg
Five women's stories are linked together.
Theatre
Ramayana
The University of the Witwatersrand
From scripture to showdown: The Ramayana Remimagined
Theatre
The Rise Of Nkosi Jongumsobomvu Maqoma
Department of Sport, Recreation, Arts and Culture
The historical story of Chief Jongumsobomvu Maqoma
Cabaret & Musical Theatre
Welcome to Burlesque
Tarryn Light Productions (pty) Ltd
Show a little more, show a little less, add a little smoke, welcome to BURLESQUE
Theatre
UNomasiko Ugqize Intshola
Ezamangwe Arts
Ebuyisa amasiso asendulo
Theatre
These Are Heavy On Us
CPUT Performing Arts Society
Some returns are reckonings
Theatre
EBHUNGENI
WALTER SISULU UNIVERSITY
Step into the story, and live the legacy
Theatre
EIE-NAR
Nama Khoi Productions
What remains when ownership is taken away?
Comedy
Conrad Koch’s CHESTER’S GOT TALENT
Chester Missing
Hilarious comedy puppet mayhem!
Theatre
The New Dawn Store
Individual
The Revolution is a Lie. The Betrayal is Real.
Theatre
Uthunzi Lo'Thando
The Brand Poet South Africa In Partnership With Emalahleni Civic Theatre.
One Way Road To Love
Theatre
Mqambi weNyembezi Vuka
Isiba Arts Collective
A poignant exploration of love, loss, and the enduring power of family.
Theatre
A Childhood in Chalk
Ubom! Eastern Cape Drama Company, Rhodes Drama Department and the Department of Primary and Early Childhood Education
What the years forgot
Comedy
Back to the Eighties
Slick 'n Sleeve
Take a trip back to the BEST time of your life!
Comedy
Oh Behave, Mr Butler!
Slick 'n Sleeve
A Comedy to DIE for... where the AUDIENCE decides!
Theatre
Nonzwakazi
IYunivesithi Walter Sisulu - Queenstown
Your bullets will not stop us : A recollection of 1985 Queenstown Massacre.
Theatre
All Protocol Observed
Department of Performing Arts, Faculty of Arts and Design, Tshwane University of Technology
When corruption meets protocol, chaos takes minutes.
Theatre
The Suit and the Dress
Baitsanape Arts Academy
From Vodacom Manager to prison.
Theatre
Qaqamba
Theatre Factory
When the natural and the spiritual collide.
Theatre for Children & Young People / Family Fare
Disney's Aladdin JR
Sonwa Sakuba Institute for the Performing Arts
An Adventure Awaits
Theatre
Too Late
Durban University of Technology, Drama and Production Studies Department
A moving reflection on a nation in mourning, carrying the historical wounds of colonialism.
Cabaret & Musical Theatre
Afrika Sings! The Late Legends
Sonwa Sakuba Institute for the Performing Arts
Celebrating the Legends. Inspiring the Future.
Theatre
Echoes of a Verdict
Gcinumelusi Arts Movement
Litigating the Innocent
Theatre
Unbreakable Spirits
Ethnocentric Community Projects NPC
Rise above the ordinary
Theatre
The Blue Album
n/a
HOME IS A WOUND YOU INHERIT
Theatre
THE UNSEEN - SYMPHONY OF SILENCE
SOUTH AFRICAN THEATRE PRACTITIONERS
Fragments of Silence Stitched into Motion
Theatre
Many Women's Tales
Emalahleni Civic Theatre HUB in collaboration with Bokamoso Youth in Theatre
#redemption unfolds
Theatre
Gqwirha
Sisonke Performing Arts
A dark pattern unravels through the use of African instruments.
Theatre
Beneath The Soil
Unsung Artists Foundation
In the stillness of the grave, the heart learns to speak.
Theatre
KWANELE
Original Krafters
Be careful of what you do in front of your children.
Theatre
Khoes
Masakhane Arts Centre
The enduring spirit of resistance and hope.
Theatre
Filled
Spark in the Dark
Woman thinks it can't get worse
Dance & Physical Theatre
PANTSULA LOVE STORY
Northern Cape Provincial Pantsula Forum
Love doesn't speak English or slang — it just moves.
Comedy
MLUNGU
Spark in the Dark
There are no White South Africans. There is only Mlungu.
Theatre
Markus (en die brandblusser op die derde verdieping)
Spark in the Dark
This isn’t a “slice if life”…It’s the crumbs under the toaster.
Theatre
The Fool's Guide ... to living and dying...
Mouthpeace
the fool meets tech... what could possibly go wrong...?
Theatre
The Ugly Noo Noo
Mouthpeace
A classic of South African physical theatre and political satire
Theatre
Kenan Ennie Klopse
NA
ń Storie oor belonging
Theatre
Prison to Prison
Monganeng Theatre and Dance Movement
A descent into the mind's darkest corners.
The Black Power Station Session
The Muffinz
The Black Power Station
A day of collaboration with The Muffinz
The Black Power Station Session
The Life of a Councillor by Zanekhaya Andile Hoyi
The Black Power Station
The ongoing struggle to build accountable and people-centred governance.
The Black Power Station Session
Jazz According to Asanda Mqiki
The Black Power Station
Jazz According to Asanda Mqiki
The Black Power Station Session
Abantwana BeNgoma
The Black Power Station
A celebration of heritage, friendship and the power of collective storytelling through sound.
The Black Power Station Session
INYIKIMA THE SONIC PERFORMENCE EXPERIENCE BY SISONKE PAPU (KHNYSA)
The Black Power Station
A multidisciplinary experience where poetry, sound, movement, breath, and collective song converge.
The Black Power Station Session
UKUGQABHUKA KWENYONGO
The Black Power Station
Melodies and rhythms of Nguni heritage
The Black Power Station Session
INYIKIMA | Book Launch + Sonic Meditation By Sisonke Papu
The Black Power Station
An invitation into the emotional and atmospheric world of INYIKIMA.
The Black Power Station Session
Zizipho Bam presents Sunflowers For My Lovers
The Black Power Station
A poetic journey that offers sunflowers as poems to all the versions of ourselves at each intersection of re-membering.
The Black Power Station Session
Exiles in Exodus
The Black Power Station
Witness the journey of a poet, lyricist, orator, and cultural voice in motion.
The Black Power Station Session
kitso seti
The Black Power Station
sons of perdition: umdyarho wamabuzi
The Black Power Station Session
Internet Athi
The Black Power Station
A sound that feels both intimate and expansive.
The Black Power Station Session
MANENJI 
The Black Power Station
Where tradition meets innovation, and music becomes a miracle.
The Black Power Station Session
Wamkelwa Namanyange - IMimoya
The Black Power Station
Rooted in the spirit of Ubuntu, awakening our common humanity.
The Black Power Station Session
Walk With Art 2026
The Black Power Station
Where Nature Meets Creative Expression
Comedy
Dan Corder Presents: The News Is A Joke
Three Beanies Network
If we don't laugh, we'll sigh
Theatre
Don't Ask, I Won't Tell
DUT
Fight, but don't think you have rights.
The Black Power Station Session
Ubukhulu Bendalo: My Journey Through African Spirituality and Universal Healing
The Black Power Station
The path to healing often begins with recognising the sacredness of our own story.
The Black Power Station Session
Echoes from Home
The Black Power Station
Listening to her music feels like being invited into a sacred space.
The Black Power Station Session
Jabulile Majola
The Black Power Station
Intimate storytelling and emotional honesty.
The Black Power Station Session
Intshayelelo
The Black Power Station
A festival grounded in culture, community, and collective memory.