Adam Small 90

2026 marks 10 years since Adam Small passed away and would have seen him celebrate his 90th birthday. This project, led by the Stigting vir Bemagtiging deur Afrikaans (SBA), aims to honour the iconic Afrikaans writer.

kykNET Hoërskool Oudtshoornsaal (Jan van Riebeeck Road)

31 March 2026, 16:30

Atropa: Die wraak van vrede 

In a world torn apart by war, inequality and the legacy of colonialism, Atropa strikes like an arrow to the heart. Celebrated Flemish writer Tom Lanoye’s reimagining of the Trojan War is not just a retelling – it is a radical indictment of contemporary power, patriarchy and the politics of violence.

Johnny Bisschoff-saal (High Street)

29 March 2026, 12:00

31 March 2026, 19:00

1 April 2026, 09:30

2 April 2026, 19:00

3 April 2026, 19:00

4 April 2026, 09:30

Boesman en Lena

Boesman and Lena are two homeless outcasts – at the mercy of each other, the elements and a political system that disregards them. Athol Fugard’s iconic play is a spellbinding exploration of the complexity of relationships and social injustice

Van Reede-skoolsaal (High Street)

28 March 2026, 14:00

29 March 2026, 14:00

30 March 2026, 10:00

31 March 2026, 13:30

1 April 2026, 13:30

Boklied

A number of somewhat outdated actors come together in a time of crisis in a closed space – an established, unused hall or perhaps just a prison. Away from the so-called “normality” outside, they reflect on love, life and death.

Johnny Bisschoff-saal (High Street)

28 March 2026, 11:00

30 March 2026, 16:30

31 March 2026, 09:30

2 April 2026, 09:30

3 April 2026, 09:30

Die ander dogter

A 10-year-old girl accidentally discovers the existence of a sister who died two years before she was born. That girl was Annie Ernaux, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2022.

SANW-ouditorium (Park Road North)

31 March 2026, 14:00

1 April 2026, 18:30

2 April 2026, 09:30

3 April 2026, 19:00

4 April 2026, 09:30

4 April 2026, 15:00

Doolhof

A young couple is entangled in love, faith, sexual boundaries and expectations that flame up in every conversation. Ewan wants a future with unfaltering love, a marriage, and all that goes with it.

Laerskool Wesbank-teater (Vrede Street)

2 April 2026, 17:00

3 April 2026, 19:30

4 April 2026, 16:30

Ek is nie Danie

Albert Pretorius tears to shreds the fabric of a terrifyingly ordinary life, drawing from a failed marriage in the outer reaches of Germany and the privileged mess of middle-class South Africa.

Absa Burgersentrum

29 March 2026, 18:00

30 March 2026, 14:30

Filled

When her private horror becomes public spectacle, reality revolts. Everyone has something to say: Her manager, that woman from yoga – but no one is actually listening.

ATKV-Griesselsaal (Langenhoven Road)

28 March 2026, 13:00

29 March 2026, 22:00

30 March 2026, 15:30

Ganga Nyoko! Inzima Nyoko!

Two long-time friends decide to reconnect after seven years of separation. During this reunion, striking differences arise and long-kept secrets between the two come to the surface.

ATKV-Griesselsaal (Langenhoven Road)

28 March 2026, 20:00

29 March 2026, 20:00

30 March 2026, 17:30

ge-gebergtes

A few days after his 90th birthday, an Emeritus Professor is overwhelmed by life. It was a Saturday, the Springboks were supposed to play that afternoon, and his computer, phone, nothing would work, everything just became too much.

SANW-ouditorium (Park Road North)

29 March 2026, 13:00

30 March 2026, 09:30

31 March 2026, 18:30

1 April 2026, 09:30

2 April 2026, 18:30

3 April 2026, 15:00

Hartsbriewe

Get ready for a journey back in time in this performance steeped in nostalgia, warmth and the soft whispers of love in all its forms.

Absa Studio (Banqueting Hall)

31 March 2026, 16:30

1 April 2026, 16:30

Hortjies dig: Die storie van digter Peter Blum

In the fifties, Peter Blum was hailed as the most important poetic voice of the decade, but some found his work “decadent” and spoke of a “reaper cult” in his poetry. In 1960, he and his wife, Hetta, exchanged South Africa for England.

Gimsaal (Scheepers Street)

28 March 2026, 18:00

29 March 2026, 09:30

30 March 2026, 14:30

Kafka’s Ape

Kafka’s Ape is a relentless, disturbing confession of a former ape who escaped his cage by learning to imitate “civilised” humans. Trapped in a suit and with impeccable language, Red Peter reports to an academy that analyses him like a guinea pig while simultaneously applauding his “progress.”

Laerskool Wesbank-teater (Vrede Street)

1 April 2026, 09:30

3 April 2026, 13:30

4 April 2026, 09:30

Kompoun

In the theatre adaptation of Ronelda Kamfer’s novel, the poignant story is narrated by two grandchildren of the McKinney family of Groenplaas, Nadia and Xavie.

Laerskool Wesbank-teater (Vrede Street)

2 April 2026, 10:00

3 April 2026, 16:30

4 April 2026, 13:30

Pas

Pas is an atmospheric play set against the harsh realities of apartheid-era South Africa. The story follows Johanna, a young woman forced into sudden flight, and Beverly, the older co-worker who unexpectedly becomes her guide through a world shaped by power, fear, and unspoken histories.

ATKV-Griesselsaal (Langenhoven Road)

28 March 2026, 17:30

29 March 2026, 11:00

Please, Don’t Call Me Moffie

After viewing a viral online video of a brutal homophobic attack in an unknown Arab country, five young, coloured men respond and share their experiences of growing up queer and how they have grappled with religion and their identity.

Laerskool Wesbank-teater (Vrede Street)

29 March 2026, 09:30

31 March 2026, 19:30

1 April 2026, 13:30

Rondomtalie / Marry-go-round

Become a voyeur for 70 minutes as you drop in on the third of six therapy sessions of a couple trying to save their 12-year marriage. Olivia caught Alan red-handed on the kitchen table with another woman. And she is like a broken record that, in no uncertain terms and “colourful” language, does not let him forget it for a moment.

Van Reede-skoolsaal (High Street)

28 March 2026, 10:00

29 March 2026, 18:30

30 March 2026, 14:30

Sade in Hollandse kombuise

Susan, a young Afrikaans-born but only English-speaking South African, goes in search of herself. Is she a “Boeremeisie”? Not if she can help it. But what is she then? What are the seeds that grow inside her and which parts of Afrikaans has taken root?

ATKV-Griesselsaal (Langenhoven Road)

30 March 2026, 11:00

31 March 2026, 15:30

1 April 2026, 17:30

Seun

In Seun, Dana Snyman shares the part of his story he has never talked about before: his experiences in the 1980s. This is the time of P.W. Botha’s finger, the “Voëlvry” tour, AWB rallies, negotiations and the last days of military service.

Gimsaal (Scheepers Street)

31 March 2026, 18:00

1 April 2026, 09:30

2 April 2026, 14:00

3 April 2026, 18:00

4 April 2026, 09:30

Spoel

The award-winning Karoo Kaarte-team behind Die Swartmerrie returns with a brand-new drama from this project’s research. In Spoel , Oudtshoorn is remembered by the people who learned to look carefully. The play follows four Oudtshoorn residents – photographers and children from families of photographers – whose lives unfolded over generations in front of and behind the lens.

Laerskool Wesbank-teater (Vrede Street)

28 March 2026, 09:30

29 March 2026, 19:30

31 March 2026, 09:30

2 April 2026, 20:00

3 April 2026, 10:00

4 April 2026, 19:30

The Fool’s Guide

The work is conceived as a physical and performative comic meditation on the interface between contemporary tech and The Fool, The Everyman and The Innocent.

Van Reede-skoolsaal (High Street)

29 March 2026, 10:00

31 March 2026, 10:00

2 April 2026, 18:30

3 April 2026, 10:00

The Ugly Noo Noo

In 1988 Andrew Buckland wrote and played in a one man show, under the direction of his wife Janet, that changed the face of South African theatre. The Ugly Noo Noo, tells the story of a man’s encounter with an insect.

Van Reede-skoolsaal (High Street)

28 March 2026, 18:00

30 March 2026, 18:30

1 April 2026, 17:00

4 April 2026, 18:30

Verwelkingslied

In Breytenbach’s last play, we are taken on a journey by the master, who imagines himself at his own funeral. Breyten enters into a consciousness-expanding and intimate conversation with an elderly stage actress.

Gimsaal (Scheepers Street)

30 March 2026, 11:00

1 April 2026, 18:00

3 April 2026, 09:30

4 April 2026, 17:30