WENNER VAN DIE REINET NAGTEGAAL-TEKSPRYS 2025 | WINNER OF THE 2025 REINET NAGTEGAAL TEXT PRIZE

MET | WITH Tinarie van Wyk Loots, René Cloete, Kristen Raath & Jefferson J. Dirks-Korkee SKRYWER | WRITER Dianne du Toit Albertze REGIE & BELIGTING | DIRECTOR & LIGHTING Wolf Britz STEL- & REKWISIETE-ONTWERP | SET & PROP DESIGN Stefan Benade KLANKONTWERP | SOUND DESIGN Charl-Johan Lingenfelder KOSTUUMONTWERP | COSTUME DESIGN Birrie le Roux VERHOOGBESTUUR | STAGE MANAGER Morag Tison ASSISTENT-VERHOOGBESTUURDER | ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER Eddie Newman PRODUKSIEBESTUUR | PRODUCTION MANAGER Brechmari van Wyk

’n Toyota Stellenbosch Woordfees-produksie, ondersteun deur NATi
A Toyota Stellenbosch Woordfees production, supported by NATi

Babs en Sandy leef op die leftovers van hul verlede. Die vier mure van hul caravan ken ’n klomp geheime, en al is dit ’n humble huisie, is dit hul pondokpaleis. Sandy het haar swerwersbestaan langs die N7 koebaai gegroet om ’n lewe te begin in Rodney se karavaan net buite Springbok, die bottel eers gebêre om Babs groot te maak. En saam met dit kom groeipyne en erfsondes. As volwasse vrou probeer Babs haar bes om die bloed van haar herinneringe skoon te was en aan te beweeg as onderwyseres by die plaaslike laerskool. Tog haal die stofstorms haar keer op keer in. Die koue vuur van Sandy en Babs se onthou neem die gehoor op ’n verbeeldingsvlug, ’n treinrit tot diep binne waar die grense begin grys word.

Babs and Sandy live off the leftovers of their past. The four walls of their caravan hold many secrets, and although it may be humble, it is their palace, their own sandcastle. Sandy said goodbye to her wandering life along the N7 highway to start anew in Rodney’s caravan just outside Springbok, setting the bottle aside to raise Babs. And with that came growing pains and inherited sins. As an adult woman, Babs tries her best to wash clean the blood of her memories and move on as a teacher at the local primary school. Yet she cannot escape the dust storms. The ashes of Sandy and Babs’ memories take the audience on a flight of imagination – a train ride deep into where the borders begin to blur.

Duration: 90min
Age Restriction: No under 16
Language: Afr