Building Brave Voices: Community Info Session – Clarens Golf Course Clubhouse
ArtStart Clarens (The community driven leg of the Clarens Arts Festival) warmly invites you to a special presentation of our upcoming community drama production. Come and discover an exciting initiative that will bring together children, youth, and adults from across our community to create a theatre production that celebrates our stories, builds confidence, and develops […]
McLaren Circus – Showgrounds (Bethlehem)
🎪 McLaren Circus! Come experience the nostalgic wonder and magic of the Circus, in Bethlehem for 3 days only. Thursday 18 June: 19:00. Friday 19 June: 15:00 & 19:00. Saturday 20 June: 14:00 & 17:00. South Africa’s only traditional circus returns in 2026 with an international circus spectacular featuring the breathtaking Flying Trapeze, the thrilling […]
Dare & Dream (CAF) – Titanic View
Music – Dare & Dream: Kate Rok and Lily & Bear Join us in the magical garden at Titanic View for a late-afternoon gathering as autumn leaves fall and we close the Clarens Arts Festival. This year’s show, Dare & Dream, is an invitation to pause and reflect — on our own dreams, the ones that have come true, […]
‘n Vlam in die Sneeu – Clarens Primary School
Musiek teater – Ingrid: ‘n Vlam in die Sneeu Dié teater- en musiekproduksie (gegrond op die boek Vlam in die sneeu) neem jou op ’n reis deur die geheime en ongesensuurde liefdesbriewe van die digter Ingrid Jonker en die skrywer André P. Brink. Met Lizelle Pike as Ingrid Jonker en Chani Jonker agter die klavier, is dit ‘n viering van Ingrid se […]
Seun (CAF) – Clarens Primary School
Theatre – Seun – In dié toneelstuk, wat op die gelyknamige outobiografie van die skrywer Dana Snyman gegrond is, vertolk die akteur Wilhelm van der Walt ‘n hoofstuk in Dana se lewensverhaal waaroor hy lank nie gepraat het nie: sy ervaring tydens 1980’s. Dit is die tyd van PW Botha se vinger, die Voëlvry-toer, AWB-saamtrekke, onderhandelinge en die laaste […]
Bacchus tot Bekker (CAF) – Clarens Primary School
Theater – Bacchus Tot Bekker – In dié eenvrou-opvoering, gooi Amore Bekker soos wafferse keldermeester die elemente van komedie en klug, tragedie en melodrama in ‘n glas saam. Teug saam met haar aan vermaaklike stories en soet herinneringe oor wyn. Op haar unieke manier vermeng sy dit met ‘n goeie skeut nostalgie. Hier’s jou kans om Bacchus, […]
Free State, Free Verse (CAF) – Protea Hotel
Poetry Session – It’s a jubilant opening for the festival as four outstanding poets make magic with words in Afrikaans, English and Sesotho — the three languages of Clarens. Join us to hear HELENA HETTEMA (Journeyman: ’n Digter ontbloot), PROFESSOR RETHABILE POSSA (Kodiyamalla), SIPHOKAZI JONAS (Weeping Becomes a River) and ZAMA MADINANA (’94), with local star and Clarens personality LOMILE MOKOENA conducting. It’s a free […]