The Eunice High School made their debut at the Fraserburg Logan drama festival on Thursday (03/08) with their production Afspiegeling.
Forty-two productions (from both primary and secondary schools) made their way to the Fraserburg stage over five days.
The festival started in 1976 and is the oldest and biggest Afrikaans youth drama festival for amateurs in South Africa.
Actresses Lucy Groenewald and Greta Maschke, as well as the directors Dr Niel van Niekerk and Martinette Spoelstra, were praised for the production and won gold in all the categories, including two top awards:
- Afspiegeling won first place overall in the category for best newly written text by Ilne Fourie; and
- Greta (who portrJess) took third place overall in the best senior actress category.
The team also won gold in other categories, including:
- Lucy (acting);
- Greta (acting);
- directing;
- production;
- sound, lighting, and set design; and
- costumes.
Afspiegeling, whose title means reflection in Dutch, deals with the physical, emotional, and psychological aspects of how teens see themselves in the mirror.
It deals with real-life issues.
Lucy, winner of the DigiToneel 2022 competition, and Maschke, among the top 8 of DigiToneel 2022, are outstanding in this relevant and gripping play.
It varies between comedy, shock, and tears with these two actresses taking you on a personal journey.
The play is the brainchild of Van Niekerk, was written by well-known Bloemfonteiner Fourie, and directed by Spoelstra.
Together with Greta and Lucy, the five of them are the main ingredients in the production’s winning recipe.
Afspiegeling will be performed at the ATKV-Tienertoneel competition on Wednesday (09/08) at 15:30 in the Wynand Mouton Theatre of the University of the Free State (UFS).
Tickets are available through Webtickets for R30.
