Language and culture no barrier for this year’s Klein Karoo arts festival
Oudtshoorn is once again shaking its ostrich feathers as the annual host of SA’s longest-standing Afrikaans arts festival. Now in its 24th year, the Klein Karoo National Arts Festival (KKNK) — particularly its theatre programme, curated by Hugo Theart — continues to expand and grow beyond the borders of language and culture. One such production this year is Dutch playwright Lot Vekemans’ Gif/Poison/Ityhefu, which originally made its debut during last year’s Free State Arts festival. It has been translated into Afrikaans, English and isiXhosa by Willem Anker (Samsa-masjien). Designed by Guy de Lancey, the play features Mbulelo Grootboom (who takes over from Atandwa Kani) and Tinarie van Wyk Loots. Directed by Erwin Maas, the plot chronicles the reunion of a man and woman who, many years ago, first lost their child, and then one another. First penned in 1952 by Romanian-French author Eugène Ionesco — a pioneer of Avant-garde theatre — Die Stoele (the chairs) has been translated into A...
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