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| − | As shown in the entry above, the festival (in its various forms) has long been a venue for theatrical performance(s) throughout the world, and in South Africa. Some are cultural (e.g. **), some both cultural and political (e.g. **, ** , Voortrekker Festival (1938), Huguenot Festival (1939), Van Riebeeck Festival (1952), ***) Gradually other regional, celebaratory festivals came along such as the Van der Stel Fees, the Stellenbosch Fees, the Durban Tattoo, the Cape Town Arts Festival, **. Others have been educational and cultural, including the amateur and schools drama festivals orgnised over tmany years by FATSSA, the ATKV, and various educational bodies and departments (e.g. the High School Drama Festival in Cape Town). See [[Administrator's Cup Competition]], Also the Barney Simon Young Directors and Writers Festival at the Market Theatre. However, beginning with the renowned the National Arts Festival at Grahamstown, the late 20th century saw the development of a wide-spread festival circuit in this country has been a particularly prominent and immensely influential feature of the theatre in the period after 1994, as state support for the arts drained away. They include other English festivals like the Hilton Festival, the Arts Alive Festival, Franschoek Literary Festival, and **, Afrikaans festivals (the original Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunstefees and its associated Afrikaans festivals - Aardklop, Walvis Fees, Oester Fees, Burger-Suidoosterfees, Volksbladfees, Afrikaanse Woordfees, Inniebos, ** ), and a number of one-off and longer term international festivals such as** in Amsterdam, Ukkasie in London, ** in Canada, and so on. Finally, again arising later in the 20th century and escalating there have been the numerous product and produce-oriented festivals (the Hibiscus festival, the Flower Festival in Darling, and numerous food and beverages festivals celebrating wine, brandy, mampoer, cheese, olives, cherries, potatoes, and so on.) See further the individual entries for the various festivals in Part Three, Section 3 (Venues) and Section 4 (Plays and Performances). (See Hauptfleisch, 1997; Hauptfleisch, 2004, Kruger, 1999) | + | As shown in the entry above, the festival (in its various forms) has long been a venue for theatrical performance(s) throughout the world, and in South Africa. Some are cultural (e.g. **), some both cultural and political (e.g. **, ** , Voortrekker Festival (1938), Huguenot Festival (1939), Van Riebeeck Festival (1952), ***) Gradually other regional, celebaratory festivals came along such as the Van der Stel Fees, the Stellenbosch Fees, the Durban Tattoo, the Cape Town Arts Festival, **. Others have been educational and cultural, including the amateur and schools drama festivals orgnised over tmany years by FATSSA, the ATKV, and various educational bodies and departments (e.g. the High School Drama Festival in Cape Town). See [[Administration Drama Festival]], [[Administrator's Cup Competition]], Also the Barney Simon Young Directors and Writers Festival at the Market Theatre. However, beginning with the renowned the National Arts Festival at Grahamstown, the late 20th century saw the development of a wide-spread festival circuit in this country has been a particularly prominent and immensely influential feature of the theatre in the period after 1994, as state support for the arts drained away. They include other English festivals like the Hilton Festival, the Arts Alive Festival, Franschoek Literary Festival, and **, Afrikaans festivals (the original Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunstefees and its associated Afrikaans festivals - Aardklop, Walvis Fees, Oester Fees, Burger-Suidoosterfees, Volksbladfees, Afrikaanse Woordfees, Inniebos, ** ), and a number of one-off and longer term international festivals such as** in Amsterdam, Ukkasie in London, ** in Canada, and so on. Finally, again arising later in the 20th century and escalating there have been the numerous product and produce-oriented festivals (the Hibiscus festival, the Flower Festival in Darling, and numerous food and beverages festivals celebrating wine, brandy, mampoer, cheese, olives, cherries, potatoes, and so on.) See further the individual entries for the various festivals in Part Three, Section 3 (Venues) and Section 4 (Plays and Performances). (See Hauptfleisch, 1997; Hauptfleisch, 2004, Kruger, 1999) |
Revision as of 11:18, 21 September 2010
Festival
TO BE WRITTEN*
See also Carnival
Festivals in South Africa
As shown in the entry above, the festival (in its various forms) has long been a venue for theatrical performance(s) throughout the world, and in South Africa. Some are cultural (e.g. **), some both cultural and political (e.g. **, ** , Voortrekker Festival (1938), Huguenot Festival (1939), Van Riebeeck Festival (1952), ***) Gradually other regional, celebaratory festivals came along such as the Van der Stel Fees, the Stellenbosch Fees, the Durban Tattoo, the Cape Town Arts Festival, **. Others have been educational and cultural, including the amateur and schools drama festivals orgnised over tmany years by FATSSA, the ATKV, and various educational bodies and departments (e.g. the High School Drama Festival in Cape Town). See Administration Drama Festival, Administrator's Cup Competition, Also the Barney Simon Young Directors and Writers Festival at the Market Theatre. However, beginning with the renowned the National Arts Festival at Grahamstown, the late 20th century saw the development of a wide-spread festival circuit in this country has been a particularly prominent and immensely influential feature of the theatre in the period after 1994, as state support for the arts drained away. They include other English festivals like the Hilton Festival, the Arts Alive Festival, Franschoek Literary Festival, and **, Afrikaans festivals (the original Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunstefees and its associated Afrikaans festivals - Aardklop, Walvis Fees, Oester Fees, Burger-Suidoosterfees, Volksbladfees, Afrikaanse Woordfees, Inniebos, ** ), and a number of one-off and longer term international festivals such as** in Amsterdam, Ukkasie in London, ** in Canada, and so on. Finally, again arising later in the 20th century and escalating there have been the numerous product and produce-oriented festivals (the Hibiscus festival, the Flower Festival in Darling, and numerous food and beverages festivals celebrating wine, brandy, mampoer, cheese, olives, cherries, potatoes, and so on.) See further the individual entries for the various festivals in Part Three, Section 3 (Venues) and Section 4 (Plays and Performances). (See Hauptfleisch, 1997; Hauptfleisch, 2004, Kruger, 1999)
