Harvest Of The Arts

Third World Bunfight runs the performing arts program with Spier, and has devised a diverse programme with top local artists to create an intriguing, spirited festival.

An enchanting children’s theatre performance entitled 'How to Hold the World’, written and directed by Juliette Rose-Innes, starts off the program each day at noon.

Away from the main stage, in quiet nooks under the oaks, guests can attend afternoon poetry recitals by local writers such as Kobus Moolman, Jacques Coetzee and Dominique Botha, and can gather for a collective outdoor meditation on the river bank each evening. At 19:00, a spectacular harvest thanksgiving ritual featuring the Tierra Flamenca dancers and an ensemble of percussionists will precede the sunset concert.

“Spier is about good wine, a healthy earth and happy people. We reflect all of that with the works we will program here, where artistic merit and cultural richness are championed, two elements we cherish above all else.” says artistic director, Brett Bailey.

THE PROGRAMME

Stage 1: The werf
13:00 Adamu da Silva, Buddy Wells & Jonno Sweetman
15:00 Wren Hinds
17:00 iiNceba zoMdali
19:00 Thanksgiving ritual: Flamenco & percussion
19:30 Guy Buttery & Jonno Sweetman

Stage 2: Cicada Lounge
12:00 How to Hold the World – kids’ performance
14:00 Poetry readings: Dominique Botha, Sindiswa Busuku & Toast Coetzer
16:00 Short story readings
18:00 Collective meditation with Shivaji Ranchod

Click here to view the full two-day programme.