{"id":246304,"date":"2026-09-07T13:05:36","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T11:05:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kknk.co.za\/?p=246304"},"modified":"2026-09-07T13:08:52","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T11:08:52","slug":"nuwe-teksidees-by-11de-teksmark-baxter-te-sien","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kknk.co.za\/en\/kknk-nuus\/nuwe-teksidees-by-11de-teksmark-baxter-te-sien\/","title":{"rendered":"New script ideas on stage at The Baxter for 11th Teksmark\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Teksmark<\/strong> Teksmark is presented by the KKNK and NATi, supported by The Baxter Theatre Centre, University of Johannesburg (UJ) Arts and Culture and the Het Jan Marais Nationale Fonds.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This unique script development platform is aimed at encouraging the creation of new South African theatre scripts and connecting playwrights with stakeholders from the theatre industry for possible investment and further development. Both emerging and established playwrights could participate in the project.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph translation-block\">As in previous years, proposals were selected by a panel from the record number of proposals received, and proposals were selected to be presented as playreadings at Teksmark. Representatives of theatres, festivals, production houses and other possible investors are invited to Teksmark for conversations with playwrights and their work directly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph translation-block\">Attendance of the sessions at Teksmark are free and audiences in the Pam Golding Theatre at The Baxter Theatre Centre can look forward to creative script ideas by 16 playwrights, where special focus is placed on scripts in the genres of cabaret, satire and comedy with strong social political commentary. With this in mind, veteran director Marthinus Basson presents the first session of Teksmark on Thursday 10 September from 09:30 to 11:00, with a special focus on an overview and introduction to cabaret. New cabaret ideas and sketches by Llandi Beeslaar, Karli Heine, Ilse-Lee van Niekerk, Faith Kinniar and Vihann van Rooyen are presented as part of this session.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph translation-block\">The first three scripts of Teksmark Baxter 2026 are presented during the second session on Thursday 10 September from 12:00 to 13:30 with Nell van der Merwe\u2019s Helmond-strik (a cabaret), Lukhona Mkunyana\u2019s Dom en die donker dinge and Moeniel Jacobs\u2019s Hi, Jack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph translation-block\">Thursday\u2019s proceedings conclude during session 3 from 14:30 to 16:30 with Richard van der Westhuizen\u2019s Doringdraad, Beyers de Vos\u2019s Die Masjien, Mike van Graan\u2019s Form the River (Thames) to the Sea (Point) and Jeanne-Mari\u00e9 Koekemoer\u2019s Ontaard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph translation-block\">Session 4 takes place on Friday 11 September from 09:30 to 11:00 with Esther von Waltsleben\u2019s Kind regards en so, Dean Balie\u2019s Straatpraatjes and Henri\u00ebtta Gryffenberg &amp; Janine Opperman\u2019s P\u00earels en pekanneute, followed by the fifth and final session from 11:30 to 13:30 with Stephanie Hough\u2019s Why my Ulusu, Reuben Murphy\u2019s TILT, Steyn du Toit\u2019s Skaal and Peter-John Titus &amp; Nico Scheepers\u2019s Oralkind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph translation-block\">At Teksmark playwrights can discuss their new script idea, followed by a short excerpt presented as playreading. Excerpts are presented under the direction of directors including Tara Notcutt, Nicole Holm, Petrus du Preez and Sylvaine Strike, with various playwrights also doing their own directing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On stage for the playreading excerpts are Antoinette Kellermann, Marion Holm, Royston Stoffels, Nicole Holm, Frazer Barry, Abduragman Adams, Mbulelo Grootboom, Nicky Rebelo, David Muller, Erica Wessels, Wian Taljaard, Carlo Daniels, Eldon van der Merwe, Henri\u00ebtta Gryffenberg, Wilhelm van der Walt, Nelandi Boshoff, Karli Heine, Geon Nel, Frieda van den Heever, Cantona James and many more.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph translation-block\">Attendance of Teksmark is free and all interested parties are invited to be part of the first seeds planted for the development of new South African theatre productions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph translation-block\">The third Teksmark Joburg is presented at the University of Johannesburg on Wednesday 21 October, with a second Teksmark Oudtshoorn taking place in the Klein Karoo in November 2026. More information about the playwrights, performers and attendance of these events will be available soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph translation-block\">Since the inception of Teksmark, more than 200 script ideas have been staged by more than 180 playwrights for further development, of which more than 50 scripts have been developed to full-scale productions. These productions have also received numerous awards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph translation-block\">For more information and the complete programme for <strong>Teksmark<\/strong> Baxter 2026 visit kknk.co.za or contact KKNK office via email at info@kunste.org.za, telephonically at 044 203 8600 or send a WhatsApp to 065 285 2337.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fourteen new South African stories with a focus on cabaret, satire and comedy, are on stage as part of Teksmark at The Baxter Theatre in Cape Town this year.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":246307,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-246304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kknk-nuus","category-teksmark"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kknk.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kknk.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kknk.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kknk.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kknk.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=246304"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.kknk.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246304\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":246308,"href":"https:\/\/www.kknk.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246304\/revisions\/246308"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kknk.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/246307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kknk.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kknk.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=246304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kknk.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=246304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}