What's it all about?
Voorkamerfest is made up of wheels and cogs turning
together to make it work as follows:
visitors
buy a ticket for a route
– seven routes in total -
and during
this unforgettable journey between
three different homes in Darling,
three varied performances are show
cased - twenty one
performances altogether.
The element of surprise is that the audiences never know
who they will see performing until
they arrive at each 'voorkamer'. The
owners of the houses, which range
from small township abodes to some
of Darling’s grand Cape Dutch homes,
play host and a truly South African
cultural experience awaits all, with
an exciting mix of theatre genres
catering to all tastes. To add to
the flavour of the fest, local taxi
companies are employed for the weekend to transport everyone to the
various
destinations throughout Darling.
Voorkamerfest 2011 hosted eight solo artists and thirteen
group acts consisting of three
to five artists per act. Two of
these group acts hailed from
overseas!
The acts, performed in local Darling
resident's living rooms, including a
variety of dance acts, guitar and
harpsichord instrumentals, comedy,
music, storytelling, stand up comedy
and magic - once again feeding the
curiosity of those audience members
who might not get the chance to
attend a performance of any of the
selected genres being show cased.
