Posted on 2004-10-01 15:05:41 by Roshina Ratnam
I just wanted to thank everyone who was involved in making the fest a wonderful success. I have been walking around with a warm fuzzy feeling all day, and will never get over the deication, generosity & sheer warmth of humanity that i experienced this weekend. I am already spreading the word 4 nxt year!
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! |
Posted on 2004-10-01 15:04:56 by Anel Hamersma
Wot to say about the festival? It was one of a kind. the spirit amongst the performers, and the audience was so special. I felt so lucky to be a part of it, and would love to participate again next year.
the only negative thing i can say is kind of positive in itself. We stayed at Auberge in Yzerfontein, which was beautiful and marvelous, but because it was so far away, it made our lives quite difficult: if you have an hour off between your shows and dinner, it's not really enough time to go home and have a shower and a lie down or whatever. I think alot of us felt quite jealous of the performers who stayed in town, even though Auberge was beautiful.
So many amazing connections were made at this festival: between the performers, between the towns folk, and there were such beautiful examples of people reaching out to one another. My favourite was from one of the performers from holland. The security at his venue informed him of a play he had, or rather, had in his head, that he felt compelled to exhibit to all the people coming to their venue. after a whole process he did perform his piece, and the story goes like this.
a guy comes home from work on a friday and wants to go for a drink with his friends. however, he can't find his shirt for going out, his wife has hidden it, and he ends up being stranded at home. so simple and pure, and this guy found a platform for it! |
Posted on 2004-10-01 15:03:39 by Matthew W
It was indeed a great pleasure and a privilege to bring our work to the first ever Voorkamerfest, and I look forward hugely to bringing more work to future festivals ... I am definitely keen to get some opera on the schedule for next year!
In terms of feedback from Sarah and myself, I think our major suggestion for next year is that there are staggered starting times for some of the different routes, so that the artists get a chance to see some of the other artist?s work. With such a wide and interesting variety of performers it seemed a pity that we couldn?t see some complete shows by our colleagues ...
Both Sarah and I were extremely moved by the generosity of the theatre managers, impressed by the efficiency with which the festival was run, and touched by the remarkable sense of community which the festival seemed to engender in Darling ? and I hope not just for that long weekend! Here?s to hoping that in the future many more communities can be brought together by art and performance! |
