Theatre and dance at Fringe festival
THE Cape Town Fringe Festival is back and people from across the city will get a chance to experience a variety of shows.
The festival, presented by the National Arts Festival, started on September 21 and will run until October 8.
It is a multi-arts festival and incorporates local and international theatre and dance; and encourages experimentation, collaboration, and innovation.
The biggest Fringe to date, this year’s festival partners with existing theatres.
The events still to showcase include LUKS, a puppet show for kids; Rose Red, a re-imagined version of Snow White; and (w)asem, which looks at the experience of being queer in an oppressive society.
Other highlights are See Thirst, a play written by Nobel Prize-winning playwright Eugene O’Neil about what happens around water scarcity, at Alexander Bar daily from October 1 to 8.
Capetonian Benjamin Jephta, who is the Standard Bank Artist for Jazz 2017, returns to the Mother City for a one-night performance at the Fringe Club on October 1.
The 13 venues for the festival, dotted all over the city, include theatres in the CBD, Observatory, Delft South, Nyanga, Phillipi, Gardens, Retreat and Khayelitsha.
Cape Town Fringe executive producer Ashraf Johaardien said: “From the productions I’ve seen I am blown away by the quality of the work. There is a palpable energy building across the circuit of Fringe 2017 partner venues that is thrilling. It’s clear that the new shared vision of a Fringe owned by creatives across the Mother City is coming to life.”