New Voices
In samewerking met Artscape en die Jakes Gerwel Stigting
’n Reeks teksvoorlesings van nuwe verhoogstukke deur ontluikende dramaturge, waarby die fees se NATi Jong Sterre ingesluit is, aan professionele lui in die teaterbedryf. Advies word verskaf en netwerkgeleenthede word ontgin.
Hoe dit werk: Belowende dramaturge word genooi om nuwe teatertekste aan kundiges in die bedryf voor te lê met voorlesings deur akteurs, en om die konsepte aan gehore te toets.
New Voices
In partnership with Artscape and the Jakes Gerwel Foundation
A series of staged readings of new plays by emerging playwrights, including the festival’s NATi Rising Stars, to professional experts in the industry. Advice is provided and networking opportunities are explored.
How it works: Emerging playwrights are invited to present new theatre texts, with actors reading the texts, to industry professionals and to test it to audiences.
2024–2025
Die New Voices-inisiatief is in Oktober/November 2024 in vennootskap met Artscape, Stad Kaapstad, die Wes-Kaapse Departement van Kultuursake en Sport, die nasionale Departement van Sport, Kuns en Kultuur, NATi, die Jakes Gerwel Stigting en BASA aangebied.
In 2024 was daar 26 deelnemers in agt teksvoorlesings en twee vollengte produksies, asook ’n radiodrama op die program. Die verhoogvoorlesings deur professionele akteurs was You, me and the Springboks deur Jessie Diepeveen, This Bra’s a Psycho van Zubayr Charles, Pens Down van Ayanda Haas, asook die vyf NATi Jong Sterre-tekste wat vir die 2024-2025-seisoen gekeur is.
Die twee vollengte produksies was To throw a brick van Mellissa Mbandazayo, een van die vorige jaar se NATi Jong Sterre-produksies, en Rouge deur Annie Akinyi Kamya. J.P. Lesch se radiodrama Sing was ook op die program.
The New Voices initiative was presented in October/November 2024 in partnership with Artscape, the City of Cape Town, the Western Cape Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport, the national Department of Sport, Arts and Culture, NATi, the Jakes Gerwel Foundation and BASA.
In 2024, the programme included 26 participants across eight staged readings, two full-length productions, and one radio drama. The staged readings by professional actors included You, Me and the Springboks by Jessie Diepeveen, This Bra’s a Psycho by Zubayr Charles, Pens Down by Ayanda Haas, and five selected NATi Rising Stars texts for the 2024–2025 season
The two full-length productions were To Throw a Brick by Mellissa Mbandazayo, a NATi Rising Stars production from the previous year, and Rouge by Annie Akinyi Kamya. J.P. Lesch’s radio drama Sing was also included in the programme.