Hoërskool Dramafees
In samewerking met Artscape en Stad Kaapstad
High School Drama Festival
In partnership with Artscape and the City of Cape Town
’n Dramakompetisie vir hoërskole, waarvan die wenproduksie ’n speelvak by die jaarlikse Suidoosterfees ontvang.
Hoe dit werk: Skole skryf produksies in wat in die Artscape-teaterkompleks voor gehore en profesionele beoordelaars opgevoer word. Wenproduksies word genooi om ingesluit te word op die jaarlikse fees se Jeugteaterprogram.
A drama competition for high schools, with winning plays staged at the annual Suidoosterfees.
How it works: Schools enter productions to be performed before audiences and professional adjudicators at the Artscape Theatre Centre. Winning plays are invited for performances in the Youth Theatre programme at the annual Suidoosterfees arts festival.
2024
Tien hoërskole se toneelproduksies met 121 deelnemers is van 12 tot 16 Augustus 2024 opgevoer, en wenners is na afloop van die fees in verskillende kategorieë met toekennings beloon. Dié gewilde fees bied vir hoërskoolleerders ’n platform waar hulle hul kreatiwiteit kan uitleef en ondervinding in ’n professionele teateromgewing opdoen.
Hoërskool Fairdale Nr. 2 het die wendrama opgelewer met hul produksie 12 Reasons, 4 Solutions. Mpumelelo Phanginxiwa is as beste regisseur van die stuk aangewys, en die geselskap het ook ’n toekenning vir beste ensemblespel ontvang.
Hoërskool Martin Oosthuizen van Kakamas het hul jarelange reputasie as uitblinkers by die fees gestand gedoen deur met twee toekennings weg te stap. Die hoofspeler in die skool se produksie Taurus, Zander Oberholster, is as beste akteur bekroon, en Alae Hanekom is as wenner in die beste verhoogteks-kategorie aangewys.
Die aankondiging van Alison Jegels as beste ondersteunende akteur in Scoreboard het vir onvergeetlike oomblikke by die Hoërskool Dramafees gesorg. Alison, ’n blinde leerder van die Pionierskool, kom van Oudtshoorn en is in die koshuis op Worcester.
Houtbaai Internasionale Skool het tydens die prysoorhandiging presteer met ’n toekenning vir beste tegniese prestasie vir hul produksie van Shakespeare se Richard III. Hoërskool Parel Vallei het ’n spesiale beoordelaarstoekenning ontvang vir die musikale regie van 99 Luftballons, ’n stuk met ’n sterk boodskap teen die verwoesting en smart wat oorloë meebring.
Herman van der Westhuizen, Mbulelo Grootboom en Dara Beth was die beoordelaars tydens die fees.
Hoërskool Fairdale Nr. 2 se wenproduksie, 12 Reasons, 4 Solutions, is in 2025 by die Suidoosterfees opgevoer.
Ten high schools with 121 participants presented their theatre productions between 12 to 16 August 2024, and winners were announced at the end of the festival. This popular festival provides high school learners with a platform to express their creativity and gain experience in a professional theatre setting.
Fairdale High School No. 2 won Best Production with their play 12 Reasons, 4 Solutions. Mpumelelo Phanginxiwa was awarded Best Director for the play, and the cast received the award for Best Ensemble Performance.
Martin Oosthuizen High School from Kakamas upheld its long-standing reputation for excellence at the festival, winning two awards: Zander Oberholster, lead actor in their play Taurus, received Best Actor, and Alae Hanekom won for Best Script.
The announcement of Alison Jegels as Best Supporting Actor in Scoreboard created an unforgettable moment at the festival. Alison, a blind learner from the Pioneer School, is from Oudtshoorn and resides at the school hostel in Worcester.
Hout Bay International School received the award for Best Technical Achievement for their production of Shakespeare’s Richard III. Parel Vallei High School was awarded a special jury prize for the musical direction of 99 Luftballons, a play with a powerful anti-war message.
Judges for the festival were Herman van der Westhuizen, Mbulelo Grootboom and Dara Beth.
Fairdale High School No. 2’s winning production, 12 Reasons, 4 Solutions, was performed at the Suidoosterfees in 2025.
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