Student Theatre Festival

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The Student Theatre Festival is a showcase at the National Arts Festival for young talent from tertiary institutions across South Africa. It is the only Student Theatre Festival of its kind in South Africa, and each university showcases one play which is eligible for various award categories.

History

Previous winners

2012

Sponsored by the South African Post Office

2013

Sponsored by the South African Post Office

2014

The SA Post Office reaffirmed their investment in the development of a new generation of theatre professionals through their support of the Student Theatre Festival. The South African Post Office Student Theatre Awards will offer winners various levels of support to present productions at next year’s Festival. A panel of advisors comprising Gez Casey, Peter Terry, Warona Seane and Jacqueline Domisse recognised enormous potential amongst the seventeen university productions that were presented at the Festival this year.

The Award for Best Student Theatre Writer was presented to Alex McCarthy and Callum Tillbury for the University of Cape Town script Uhm. The Best Student Theatre Director Award was won by Gopala Davies for the University of Pretoria production Barbe Bleue. The Award for Best Student Theatre Production was presented to Rhodes University for Solo. The Student Theatre Advisors’ Award for the Best Poster was presented to University of Witwatersrand’s Maid in Mzansi and the Festival’s Marketing Team’s Choice Award for Poster Design was awarded Oakfield College’s poster for their production Flesh.

2015

2016

Awards for the best works by students at the National Arts Festival were decided by a panel, convened by Jacqueline Dommisse, that included Lee-Ann van Rooi and Bertina Johnson.

2017

  • Best Marketing and Publicity for a Student Theatre Production: Not awarded in 2017

2019

Sources

LitNet, 10 July 2012

BIZCOMMUNITY, 3 July 2013

Rhodes University Latest News Archive, 2018 https://www.ru.ac.za/latestnews/archives/2018/award-winningstudentdirectortacklesanotherboldplayatstudenttheatrefest.html

https://nationalartsfestival.prezly.com/national-arts-festival-awards-arts-community-as-festival-closes

https://creativefeel.co.za/2017/07/2017-award-winners-honoured-at-national-arts-festival/

See also Festival and Grahamstown Foundation

http://news.artsmart.co.za/2019/07/standard-bank-ovation-award-winners.html

Grocott's Mail, 15 July 2014

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