Shakespeare Schools Festival South Africa Baxter Theatre

The SSFSA is Africa’s largest annual Shakespeare youth drama festival that strengthens the link between the Arts and Education. It unites and empowers children from across socio-economic spectrum using the transformational power of theatre and specifically the works of Shakespeare to achieve that goal. To date, the event has seen the participation of more than 557 schools, over 10,000 youth and 693 educators across the various provinces in the country, and audiences this year have totalled close to 26,000 people.