Each learner attended three workshops of their choice over the two days.  Some of the workshops on offer included a poetry exploration with Robin Malan; looking at rhythm in voice; creating emotional tension through drama; miming; looking at differences in gender; exploring music through the ages, as well as workshops for the teachers.

Fourteen workshops were offered altogether - it was our opinion that it would have been very difficult for each learner not to have found three workshops which appealed to her.

Not only were the days filled with workshops and practical exercises to develop our own creativity, but we watched professionals put theirs into practice in various theatrical productions.

‘Dig the Beat’ was a celebration of poetry, rhythm and beat throughout the ages, while ‘Between the Teeth’ dealt with the deceptive nature of our present language. Written and performed by Andrew Buckland, it explored lying as a form of self protection, currency as a deadly weapon and the fact that words seldom mean what they appear to,  ‘Voices Made Night’ (originally a group of stories by Mia Couto) used physical theatre to express metaphoric imagery.  Fire juggling, acrobatics, stilt walking, gymnastics and dancing formed the basis of ‘Myth-allated Spirits’. Other productions included ‘Chandis’ and ‘At Home with William Plomer’.

Music filled the piazza at lunchtime with the Langa and St. Joseph’s Steelbands, and the Cape Philharmonic Orchestra brought the festival to an end.