Marching to the migrant's ever-evolving tune

The countries Burundi-born artist Serge Alain Nitegeka has called home are easily more than your average African has visited.

Turning hip-hop on its head

Iain Ewok Robinson’s one man show, Seriously?, breaks the mould and gives an honest glimpse behind the pretense of hip-hop.

When history takes the stage

Death of a Colonialist is an honest exposition on the importance of knowing history while not being defined by it.

Grahamstown bulges

The sun finally emerged on Saturday, the penultimate day of the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown, writes Niren Tolsi.

Avoiding the clichés

Guy Buttery brought his unique approach to guitar folk to Grahamstown.

Shooting the festival in the back

Niren Tolsi is not sad that this year's National Arts Festival is drawing to a close.

Grass not so green on the Fringe

Away from the tree-lined avenues of Rhodes University and the middle-class town centre, unemployment in the townships stands at between 70% and 80%.

Bastards: they're everywhere

The figure of the bastard, that child banished from the family home, forced its way into several productions at this year’s National Arts Festival.

Nice work, shame about the lack of insight and risk

Niren Tolsi speaks to National Arts Festival committee chairman Jay Pather about this year's festival's shortcomings and successes.

An education

Alan Bennet's The History Boys lays bare the dominant social insecurities around institutions of higher learning.

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