A big grey wall surrounds a small grey world. In this world, colour is just a memory… a dream. This is the world of Bluegrommel and Yellowgrommel – the last two colours left.
Every day, the Grommels wear their hats. Yellowgrommel catches sun. Bluegrommel catches rain. Until a day arrives that is unlike any other Grommel day… when the Grommels’ world turns upside down!
What happens when the wall between us starts to turn? What happens when opposites find each other, in a moment of magic?
Join us on a playful journey of discovery where beauty and joy is found in quiet simplicity, and where nature’s hopeful colours can grow again…
If you just open your eyes.
Grommels is the winner of the 2025 Kanna Award for Best Children's Theatre.
Can’t wait to introduce your little ones to the Grommels? Visit the Grommels Instagram or Facebook page to learn more!
Production Credits
With: Angelique Filter & Robert Hindley
Writers: Angelique Filter & Robert Hindley
Directors: Angelique Filter & Robert Hindley
Facilitator: Amelda Brand
Grommels is a Vrystaat Kunstefees Production.
About the Artists
Robert Hindley
Robert Hindley is an actor and Applied Theatre practitioner with a BA and Honours from Stellenbosch University. He has led and faciltated corporate and community-based theatre projects across the Western Cape, using Applied Theatre to empower diverse groups. He has earned multiple awards and a Fleur du Cap nomination for his work as an actor. His work spans stage, screen, with a special interest in clowning and children's theatre.
Angelique Filter
Angelique Filter is an award-winning actress and theatre-maker, who recently completed her Honours in Applied Theatre at Stellenbosch University. She is passionate about storytelling, creative collaboration and theatre's role in fostering human connection through vulnerability, particularly through laughter. In 2023, for the Première Theatre Festival, she wrote, collaboratively directed and acted in the winning production: The Old Man Who Thought He Had a Dog. Angelique won the Kanna for Best Upcoming Artist at KKNK and received a Kanna nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her performance. Angelique was further honoured with the Fleur du Cap Theatre Award for Most Promising Student of 2024. She performed at Woordfees 2023 in the Drama Department’s workshopped Children’s Production, Stars – Iinkwenkwezi – Sterre, directed by Amelda Brand, which was nominated for a KykNet Fiesta for Best Children’s Production. Grommels was born out of a collaboration between 2 clowns: Angelique and Robert Hindley. The show was met with a very positive, engaged and lively response at KKNK and won the Best Children's Theatre award.
- Venue: Glennie Hall
- Location: Victoria Primary School
- Ticket price: ZAR 100.00
- Programme type: The Fringe
- Genre: Theatre for Children & Young People
- Duration: 40 minutes
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Ages:
ALL AGES
- NOT APPLICABLE - Suitable for all ages
