artSMart Editor Caroline Smart normally
provides daily reports from the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown.
However, while 2013 represented her 27th
year as an arts journalist covering the festival it also featured her wearing
her hat as a theatre director. She directed two productions: Duncan Buwalda’s Hinterland which featured a “what if?”
situation were Cecil John Rhodes and Sol T Plaatje ever to have become associated,
and Rhythm Dudes which is a fun
inter-active journey through rhythm for young people presented by Stable Theatre.
“Unfortunately, the pressure was such that
I was not able to give a daily diary but am now catching up and posting reviews
of the productions I saw in Grahamstown. Next year, the Diary will definitely
be back!” she says.
Other artSMart reviewers covering the
festival were Keith Millar and Sifiso Sikhakhane. All in all, 28 productions
were covered by artSMart.
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