PROGRAMME The FEDA (Festival of Excellence in Dramatic Arts) was initiated fourteen years ago with the specific aim of showcasing outstanding Drama Departments of schools in Gauteng. It began with only five schools and now has over thirty schools entering every year. The event is run by Janet Baylis and Phillipa Sandilands. This is the sixth year we have hosted FEDA at the beautiful Joburg Fringe theatre and we are grateful for their support. FEDA prides itself on encouraging young theatre practitioners to take risks and create cutting edge work. FEDA affords them the opportunity to perform this work on a professional stage. The standard of work presented is quite extraordinary and each year more young writers, directors, and performers showcase their talent. Many FEDA students have moved on to Drama departments at UCT, AFDA and Wits and some are studying in L.A. and New York. FEDA also keeps developing according to the requests of the students, and this year we have continued to grow our Original Works Festival. “Theatre remains any society’s sharpest way to hold a live debate with itself, if it doesn’t challenge, provoke or illuminate, it is not fulfilling its function.” - Peter Hall Please SWITCH your mobile phone to SILENT mode 2 FEDA MEET THE JUDGES Nat Ramabulana Sylvaine Strike Craig Morris FEDA MEET THE JUDGES Nathaniel Fhumulani Ramabulana beer known as “Nat” to his friends Sylvaine Strike graduated in performance from the University of Cape Most recently, Craig Morris has won the Kanna Award for Best Male Actor, and colleagues was born in 1983. He hails from Venda royalty although Town's Drama school and went on to specialize in physical theatre and for his performance of the now translated into Afrikaans version of Johnny much of his life has been spent in Johannesburg. In 2006 Nat completed movement analysis at the Ecole Jacques Lecoq in Paris. Boskak voel 'n Bietjie… an honours degree in Dramac Arts and while studying he was awarded the Richard Haines Prize for the Student with exceponal ability in any Her very parcular work as as performer, director and theatre maker has In 2017 Craig starred in Moliere's Tartuffe, directed by award-winning aspect of Dramac Art, who demonstrates a commitment to his cra moved hearts and minds since her first break-through at the Naonal Arts Director Sylvaine Strike, for which he won the Fleur du Cap Award for Best within the South African context. Fesval in 2002, when she directed and co-devised the runaway success Actor. Craig was also nominated for Best Male Actor in a lead Role at the Baobabs Don't Grow Here for which she was awarded the Fleur du Cap Naledi Theatre Awards (South Africa) that year. Nat has gone on to win numerous awards including a SAFTA Award for Best Best New Director 2004. Ensemble in 2010 as well as a Naledi Award for Best Supporng Actor in Craig premiers new theatre work at the Naonal Arts Fesval in 2011. One of his career and personal highlights includes being selected as From these humble beginnings, crically acclaimed work connued to Makhanda (Grahamstown), South Africa annually, and has received follow, earning her a list of award winning producons including: Black one of Mail & Guardians Top 200 Young South Africans 2011. Nat connues numerous Ovaon awards. Most recently for his new solo producon and Blue; The Travellers; Coupé; The Butcher Brothers; The Table; The to be passionate about the Arts industry in South Africa and would in the Agony (Curtain Call), premiered in 2017. Miser; Tobacco; CARGO: Precious; Agreed; Miss Dietrich Regrets; Travels future like to contribute more as a writer and creave producer. To date he Around My Room; Dop; Tartuffe by Molière; Curse of the Starving Class by He won the presgious Standard Bank Gold Ovaon Award at the has two plays, which he co-wrote with fellow actor Atandwa Kani, Hayani Sam Shepard, and most recently the highly acclaimed Endgame by Samuel Naonal Arts Fesval in Grahamstown in 2015, for his performance of and ID Pending which premiered at The Naonal Arts Fesval in 2009 and Becke for the Baxter Theatre in 2018. Johnny Boskak is Feeling Funny. He was nominated for Best Actor in a were received with crical acclaim. Hayani went on to claim top honours at Lead Role (Male) during the 2016 Naledi Awards and won for Best Cung 2013 Naledi Theatre Awards when it received the award for Best New SA Sylvaine is dedicated to nurturing young performers, directors, designers Edge producon. Script. Hayani had the honour of being performed at the Edinburgh Arts and stage managers, encouraging them to showcase themselves within Fesval 2014 as part of The Assembly Fringe and was considered for the the work that she produces. Her role as mentor, theatre maker and He has been nominated for the MEC Gauteng Choreography and Dance Amnesty Internaonal Freedom of Expression award. director comes with the responsibility of producing theatre for a new Awards numerous mes and won the award for Best Male Dancer in a generaon, a challenge she is very passionate about. Contemporary Style in 2005 and 2008. He also won the Kanna Award for Nat loves being on stage and was fortunate enough in 2010 to take part in an Best Achievement in Dance Theatre in 2007 for his performance in exceponal work called The Girl in the Yellow Dress. He completed a total of Awards Aachments 1-7. 165 performances as the show enjoyed runs at The Market Theatre in Sylvaine was made Chevalier des Arts et des Leres (Knight in the order of th Johannesburg, Live Theatre in Newcastle, Cizens Theatre in Glasgow, Arts and Leers)by the French Government on the 28 March 2019 Craig has appeared in several soapies and numerous commercials. He Stadsteater in Stockholm, Baxter Theatre in Cape Town, The Traverse Fleur Du Cap Best Director 2018, for her direcon of Endgame, which also performs in Physical Theatre One-Man shows, Hero, Blood Orange, Die Theatre in Edinburgh as part of The Edinburgh Arts Fesval and a return run won Best Producon and Best Actor. Annale van 'n Windgat, Johnny Boskak is Feeling Funny and Agony(Curtain at The Market Theatre due to popular demand. Featured Arst of the Naonal Arts Fesval in 2014. Call) at various venues in and around Southern Africa. Naledi Best Director Award 2012 for her direcon of The Miser In 2014 Nat was part of an internaonal tour to New York City where he Standard Bank Young Arst for Drama for 2006. Craig is also highly acve in the educaonal field teaching various types of performed in Carnegie Hall in a musical performance with an element of movement-based theatre workshops extensively at Primary, Secondary theatre. The show was called A Distant Drum and it was composed and and Terary levels. Craig had had extensive experience working with wrien by the father and son duo of Daniel and Christopher Hope. This was Her producon of Tartuffe was given the Fleur du Cap Award for Best young audiences. Apart form his own producons and many workshops part of the UBUNTU: Music and Arts of South Africa Fesval. The show told Leading Actor and the Naledi Award for Best Ensemble. he offers to schools, Craig has been part of numerous projects aimed at The Miser, Best Producon of a Play 2012, put her on the map as a the tragic story of the gied Nat Nakasa which was played by Nat. bringing innovave, inspiraonal and educaonal theatre to younger contemporary director capable of realizing inspired, re-imagined classical audiences. work. In 2015 Nat enjoyed another internaonal tour to Toronto where he had the She has further been nominated in the Best Director category at the disnct privilege to play one of the most iconic characters wrien for South He has collaborated with Wits University's PAST and their Walking Tall Naledi, Fleur du Cap and Woordtrofees Awards 2016 for her direcon of African theatre, Johnny in the play Nongogo wrien by Athol Fugard palaentological theatre project, with Well Worn Theatre on their Climate the crically acclaimed plays Tobacco, Dop and Curse of the Starving Class Acon Play, called Polluon Revoluon, with The Market Theatre Lab's directed by James Ngcobo. It was at the Berkeley Street Theatre as part of in 2018. Clara Vaughan on the ASSITEJ supported producon sex&ME and with the Canadian Stage's Spotlight South Africa Fesval. Tamara Schultz' Space Rocks, in collaboraon with Drama for Life. Performer Nat has enjoyed many lovely and excing roles on both internaonal and Sylvaine is also theatre, television and film actress, most recently winning Most recently Craig Choreographed and starred in University of local film and television. The highlights of which include sharing a scene with the SAFTA 2016 Best Supporng Actress in a Comedy for her role as the Johannesburg's Arts centre's producon of Steven Berkoff's Adaptaon of the likes of Leonardo di Caprio in Blood Diamond and Ryan Phillipe in Bang weird and twisted Agatha Borg in the series Those who Can't. As a Metamorphosis, which will perform at NAF 2019 and have a return Bang Club. Most notably for Nat, in 2018 he was cast in an excing support performer she has won the Naledi Best Actress Award 2004 and 2006 for season at UJ in July. Craig played the role of The Ringmaster in Andrew role in the Swedish film 438 Days as Sergeant Werar and later on in the year her roles in Black and Blue and Coupé.