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Artscape Women’s Humanity Festival
Start Date
Jul 25 2025Theatre
Artscape
Celebrate the Artscape Women’s Humanity Festival 2025 (AWHF) with us from 25 July through August 31, coinciding with South Africa’s Women’s Month . In association with Woman Zone under the theme “Peace in action – Working together”, the festival emphasises healing, inclusion, and active peace‑building across diverse communities .
The festival boasts six Icons of Peace—six individuals celebrated for embodying courage, dialogue and healing: Judge Albie Sachs; Prof. Virginia Davids; Thembi Mshali‑Jones; Sue Williamson; Fahruq Valley‑Omar and the late Professor Nomvula Mthethwa.
Central to the Festival is National Women’s Day on the 09 August that sees featured art installations, theatre, dance, film, wellness activations, community stalls, and free health screenings—including stalls by groups like Cancer Alliance and Woman Zone’s Knit & Natter. The highlight of the day centres on the Humanity Walk – a symbolic procession of camaraderie – in the building where interfaith leaders bless the gathering, followed by keynote speeches, performances, petition‑hand‑overs, and interactive art moments featuring the movable Wire Woman statue adorned with paper doves carrying messages of peace .
The inclusive month-long festival showcases a powerful tapestry of voices, arts, music, literature, and lived experience inclusive of feminist theatre and literary activism, community exhibitions, story cafés, and more.
Festival Highlights Include:
- “Journey Through Song” – a powerful musical theatre piece inspired by Ernestine Nur Stuurman (25–26 July)
- “This bra is a psycho” – a provocative play exploring trauma, love, and queer identity (28 July–2 August)
- “I Want to Call You Daddy” – a poetic solo performance on motherhood, loss, and generational pain (6–9August)
- Discussion with Marlow Valentine of IAM (8 August)
- Short Film and Q&A – Screening of Sister Dinges preceded by a panel discussion with the film maker and directors (8 August)
- “Please don’t call me moffie” – (8 – 9 August)
- Women in Jazz (9 August) celebrating 30 years of Bush Radio legal broadcasting
- Voices in Unison choral performance (10 August)
- “Three Unique Generations, One Stage” Pass the Flame– a once-in-a-lifetime music event with Thembi Mtshali-Jones, Mabongi Thusi, and Kujenga (15–16 August)
- Woman Zone Book launch & book swap celebrating literary activism and 10 years of The Women’s Library. Book launch, Together Apart: The story of Life in Apartheid, and talk hosted by co-author and literary activist Xolisa Guzula followed by panel discussion with activist/artist Sue Williamson (16 August)
- Radio Tygerberg Sis’ters Women’s Conference (16 August)
- Story Café: Ode to Sara and discussions on body image and representation (23 August)
Parking is available at the Cape Town Civic Centre’s basement parking, Mondays to Fridays between 6pm and 11pm. Parking will be available on Saturdays and Sundays as well as public holidays, for matinee and evening performances. Access to the parking area is via Jan Smuts Street.
• No cash will be accepted/handled at the entry point;
• Payments can be made with Debit/Credit card;
• The parking fee is: R45.00;
• The gate to the parking will be closed 15 minutes after the starting time of a performance and opened after the performance;
• For security reasons, patrons will be required to inform the attendant which production they are attending, you may also provide proof of a reservation to a production or an event, or proof of invitation to a production or event, at the entry point;
• Patrons are to contact the emergency number (021) 400 2828 in the event of an emergency;
• For your safety a security guard will be stationed at the garage entry
Limited facilities for wheelchairs are available in the Opera House and Theatre in accordance with safety regulations. Wheelchair seats can be booked at the Artscape Box Office, at any Computicket outlet, or through the Computicket call centre. Please note that the Arena is not wheelchair friendly. Toilets for wheelchair-bound patrons aresituated in the Marble and Chandelier Foyers of the Opera House and on the lower level of the Theatre Foyer. Limited parking bays are available for bona fide Disabled Parking Disc Holders in the tunnel area opposite the Stage Door entrance, and in the staff parking area. A drop-off facility is available in the tunnel area for patrons who have difficulty walking. Prior arrangements in all regards should be made with the Theatre Manager.
WheelchairsDisabled Parking and Wheelchairs are available on site but should be pre-booked by contacting Artscape Dial-a-seat on 021 421 7695