Naked Word Festival 2017
What:
THE 2017 NAKED WORD FESTIVAL
Supported by Western Cape Government
Media Partner : Bush Radio 89.5
“I Speak of My Inherit-Age”
In its 2nd Annual manifestation, the 2017 Naked Word Festival expands its breadth and deepens the conversation through this year’s theme: “I Speak of My Inherit-Age”. History has denied individuals their access to their ancestral connections because the forms of oppressions that were used displaced most people culturally and historically. In the democratic South Africa, individuals find themselves grappling with complexities of place and time. They are longing for a place to belong. Culture contains a sense of pride within it because it is used to celebrate and honor what that particular group owns. But what happens when some excavate a pile of historical discombobulations which consists of foreign symbols, rituals, songs, idiomatic language and oral storytelling? Do a group of people continue to celebrate what they have knowing that there is a fissure somewhere in the knot of history? “I Speak of my Inherit-Age” challenges individuals to speak of what they understand and makes them human. Here we are challenged to re-shape the meaning of culture according to our own personal understanding. Here we acknowledge that many stories and histories dissipated during colonization and the new South African dispensation. We know for a fact that many things were imposed to us and now we are yet to re-shape the meaning of culture to fit the context. I Speak of my Inherit-Age defines culture as generational.
NB: Entire Festival Ticket R350
Early bird special: R250 until 15th May
Discounts: Pensioners, Students and Block Bookings R300
Date: 8 June 2017
Event: Grounding Sessions
Venue: The Drawing Room
Time: 8pm-10 pm
Entry Fee: Free, donations welcome.
Featured Artists: Lwanda Sindaphi (Main Feature)
Katleho Shoro, Anele Rusi, Pakama Mlokoti,Page Ngwenya, Thuthukani Ndlovu,
Busisiwe Mahlangu, Anga Mamfanya and Emmah Mabye
Open Mic acts can sign up on the day
Date: 9 June 2017
Event: Opening Night
Venue: Theatre Arts Admin Collective
Time: 18:00-19:15 outside Performances
19:30- Official Opening
Entry Fee: R80 or by invite
Discounts: Pensioners, Students and Block Bookings R60
Early bird special: R60 until 15th May
Featured Artists: Pieter Odendaal, Busisiwe Mahlangu, The CYPHER, Khanyiso Mabodla, Pakama Mlokoti, Javier Perez, Allison-Claire Hoskins
Date: 10 June 2017
Event: S’gela Sam Slam
Venue: Theatre Arts Admin Collective
Time: 10:00-11:30
Entry Fee: R30
Featured Artists: 15 Learners from different High Schools
Date: 10 June 2017
Event: CYPHER Production
Time: 12:00- 13:30
Entry Fee: R30
Featured Artists: The CYPHER
Date: 10 June 2017
Event: Naked Slam
Venue: Theatre Arts Admin Collective
Time: 14:15-15:45
Entry Fee: R30
MC: Adrian van Wyk
Featured Artists: 15 Competing Poets
Date: 10 June 2017
Event: Orange Faces, White Souls
Venue: Theatre Arts Admin Collective
Time: 16:00- 16:45
Entry Fee: R40
Featured Artists: NICRO and Help, I’m Free
Date: 10 June 2017
Event: Sundowners Poetry Session
Venue: Theatre Arts Admin Collective
Time: 17:00-18:30
Entry Fee: R40
Featured Artists: Sibusiso Malimela, Siphokazi Jonas, Ashley Makue, Javier Perez
Anele Rusi, Kneo Mogkopa, Jason Jacobs
Date: 10 June 2017
Event: Naked Word Poetry Sessions
Venue: Theatre Arts Admin Collective
Time: 19:30-21:00
Entry Fee: R40
Featured Artists: Katloho Shoro, Khanyiso Mabodla, Page Ngwenya,
Pakama Mlokoti, Thuthukani Ndlovu, Busisiwe Mahlangu,
Sipho Ndebele
Date: 11 June 2017
Event: Panel discussion
Venue: Theatre Arts Admin Collective
Time: 11:00-13:00
Entry Fee: Free
Date: 11 June 2017
Event: Izwi-Lamanina
Venue: Theatre Arts Admin Collective
Time: 13:30- 15:00
Entry Fee: R100
Featured Artists
Malika Ndlovu, Khadija Heeger, Primrose Mrwebi
Toni Stuart, Dejavu Tafari, Kristina Medero
Early bird special: R60 until 15th May
Discounts: Pensioners, Students and Block Bookings R80
When
08-11 June 2017
Where
Theatre Arts Admin Collective