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Tshwane Pretoria is to host its first comprehensive arts festival about six weeks before the kick-off of the FIFA World Cup. The multi-cultural Jacaranda National Arts Festival aims to become a highlight on the capital's calendar - and its going to be completely Green!
Moonprint Concerts for the Earth has been appointed as the festival’s recycling partner, and the company will, as with the Aardklop National Arts Festival earlier this year, ensure that glass, cans, plastic, paper and other waste will be recycled at source.
A variety of more than fifty theatre productions will be held in the various production halls from Tuesday 27 April 2010 until Saturday 1 May 2010. These productions will include “Voila” from Chris Chameleon, “Ditsem se Watsem” from Deon Coetzee, “Miss Africa South” from Vinette Ebrahim, Koos Kombuis, Danie Niehaus, Albert Maritz, Anna Davel, Deon Opperman and many more.
Jacaranda National Arts Festival will also serve as a scene-setter for the build up to the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Ambassador of the festival, Pedro Camara - well known as Carlos in the soapie Sewende Laan says the festival will be unique.
“We have the international arena. We have countries represented there, with the food that they make, with their cultural dances - that makes it different. We have a braai area, we have a dance floor at the main arena of our festival and we also have an old boy’s rugby tournament that brings an added element to the festival that other festivals do not have,” says Camara.
The largest arts festival in the world after the Edinburgh Festival is the National Arts Festival - often known as the Grahamstown Festival. It takes place every year in the small town of Grahamstown, in the Eastern Cape over two weeks from June to July.
The Festival includes drama, dance, opera, music, visual art, lectures and tours. There are also exhibitions, markets and other cultural events. Many theatre companies premiere shows which then go on to tour the country.
Jacaranda National Arts Festival 2010
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