In 2024 the National Arts Festival marks 50 amaz!ng years of providing a platform for experimentation, protest, collaboration, celebration and expression. The National Arts Festival has been collectively created by thousands of artists, performers, producers, actors, directors, stagehands, curators, technical crew, stallholders, entrepreneurs, creators, staff, board members and partners – and it would have been nothing without our audience. We have our generous sponsors to thank for keeping the spirit of the National Arts Festival alive, affording us the privilege of creating extraordinary works that continue to reflect the shifts of the artistic landscape not only in South Africa but around the world.