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The annual Shakespeare Schools Festival, now in its 16th year, is opening at the Baxter Theatre, featuring over 40 drama groups in dynamic, abridged renditions of Shakespeare’s plays.
As Africa’s largest youth drama festival, the Shakespeare Schools Festival has worked with over 15,000 learners and 1,000 teachers since 2009. With schools from all across the Western Cape and performances of many of Shakespeare's classics, the festival fosters literacy, self-expression, and inclusivity, welcoming blind, deaf, and physically challenged performers.