Shakespeare Schools Festival | Catch Up | Cape Town 2021

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Educape Trust brings you the hybrid model offering of the Shakespeare Schools Festival South Africa, due to COVID-19 restrictions, we have made the streaming of our festival available online for a limited time.

As part of our increased efforts to raise funds for the Shakespeare Schools Festival as an organisation, these tickets will be charged at a reduced rate and will be available for online streaming. 

Photograph by Make Leresche | https://www.mikel-photo.com/Shakespeare-Schools-Festivals/2021 | [email protected] 

The 11th Shakespeare Schools Festival South Africa (SSFSA) was held at Artscape in April and May 2021 and was a resounding success. This year twelve schools participated with a total of 225 learners and organisers were delighted with how well the event was received by educators, learners and the audiences that came out in support of the annual event. 

Over the past decade, the SSFSA has become Africa’s largest Shakespeare youth drama festival that has to date seen the participation of more than 557 schools, 10120 youth and 670 educators across the Western Cape, Gauteng, Kwa-Zulu Natal and the Eastern Cape. The SSFSA is an ideal way for young people to explore their dramatic potential in a fun, non-competitive environment where all aspects are managed holistically. Aside from the on-stage aspect, the focus is also on the promotion of life skills with a spotlight on literacy, classic literature and the performing arts.

In terms of maintaining accessibility for those unable to attend the performances, all productions will also be filmed and then streamed after the festival wraps at Artscape, on the 30th and 31st of May and 1st June 2021.

In the SSFSA schools prepare and perform innovative, abridged versions of the Shakespeare play of their choice, approximately 30-45 minutes in duration. Staging a Shakespeare play is a challenge at the best of times and the SSFSA provides guidance and resources throughout the process. The SSFSA is about strengthening the link between the Arts and Education and uniting and empowering children from across socio-economic spectrum using the transformational power of theatre and specifically the works of Shakespeare, to achieve that goal.

For more information on Shakespeare Schools Festival South Africa, visit https://www.ssfsa.co.za