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Honorary doctorate

University of Pretoria gives me an honorary doctorate

Festival Academy comes to South Africa

My first Academy for Young Festival Managers as the facilitator of the Programme.

Pan African Writers' Conference

Ghana was the host to the African Union's first Pan-African Writers' Conference from 2-6 March 2018.

Schools' talk about Green Man Flashing

Green Man Flashing has again been prescribed at IEB schools.

When Swallows Cry opens at the Baxter

After its successful premiere at the Market Theatre a year earlier, an independent production of When Swallows Cry is staged at the Baxter Theatre in Cape Town.

Another One's Bread opens at the Market Theatre

Play about food security starts its Joburg run

Green Man Flashing opens in Joburg

A new production of Green Man Flashing opens at the Theatre on the Square in Sandton, Johannesburg

Siv Panics

Siv Ngesi, one of the top-selling comedians at the National Arts Festival, starred in Panic, a one-person show on climate change that he had commissioned. Different to stand up comedy, Siv - under the direction of Heinrich Reisenhofer - did well in conveying this challenging, poetic piece to appreciative audiences.

Rainbow Scars gets Ovation Award recognition

Rainbow Scars - directed by Lara Bye - was recognized with an Ovation Award at the National Arts Festival and has subsequently been invited to theatres and festivals both locally and abroad.

Rainbow Scars and Brothers in Blood in Top Twenty

Rainbow Scars and Brothers in Blood featured among the top twenty ticket-sellers on the Fringe of the National Arts Festival in 2013. The top ten shows featured seven comedies, but the excellent audiences for these two plays shows that there is an audience for drama at the Festival.

Inaugural National Arts Festival Playwright

Mike van Graan was appointed as the first Festival Playwright at the National Arts Festival in 2013. Four of his works, including a new piece, Writer's Block, were showcased at the Festival.

Brothers in Blood to be read in Washington

Theater J will host a reading of Brothers in Blood on 7 December 2012