What can festivalgoers expect at the SU Woordfees for the rest of the week?

Reza de Wet's classic drama, the Hertzog Prize winner Drif, in which two sisters manage an inn next to a ford and try to calm the spirits of those who had drowned there, is a touching work that will intrigue the audience.

The popular Fiela se kind is back in the Town Hall, and in the play, 'n Geworry, with text by Saartjie Botha, the well-known acting couple Elize Cawood and Wilson Dunster portrays a couple whose children have left the house – they visit London and there all their worries start!

English plays are well represented: The Fall is a Baxter Theatre production and addresses the relevant and topical issue of the current student movement in an honest, thought-provoking and healing way. In Girls just wanna have fun the destructive role of drugs in sport is investigated.

In Marthinus Basson's translation, directing and design of Hotel Malaria, a woman who has an incurable disease persuades a complete stranger to stay with her. Their journey together is both moving and joyful.

In Wag van, a woman's son dies in an unexplained way and she becomes estranged from the rest of the town and its superstitions. Dedicated faith confronts the fear of death head on.

Martelsang emphasises the pain you carry with you through the years in a country where injustices continue from one regime to the next. It is an Afrikaans adaption of Death and the Maiden by Ariel Dorfman.

Ghost stories form part of Nagwandelaars, and in Nerêns Noord-Kaap three brothers, who grew up in a godforsaken town in the heart of the Kalahari, meet again after many years on the farm they had left behind. Nommerpas 2 is a sketch of a gambling spot in District Six.

In Pa maak vir my 'n vlieër, Pa, with Sandra Prinsloo, the middle-aged Org looks after his mother in a small apartment. The question is what effect will the danger of a secret visit by an unknown man have on their relationship.

Die Vrou uit die see by Hendrik Ibsen is a highlight with an impressive cast dealing with complex situations with humour. Wild is a story of a dirty, undernourished young woman who was brought up by dogs and cannot talk, raising questions about the nature of human beings, language and communication.

The music menu, especially the Sanlam Musical Festival, is rich and full of variety. A highlight is Piekniek by Mpande Née Dingaan with original text and music by Johannes Kerkkorrel and Koos Kombuis. In 1988, the Afrikaans establishment was shocked by the cabaret Piekniek by Dingaan. Today South Africa is a different country.  

The group Blackbyrd, with three women and their three guitars, Tarryn Lamb, Samantha Heldsinger and Tamsyn Maker, is quite popular. In the Jan Marais Nature Reserve Emo Adams, Francois van Coke, Mathew Mole and Theuns Jordaan will be performing, while Jak de Priester will be on stage at Weltevreden Aansit.

In the evenings, Bloekomhoek will showcase the Blues Broers, Gian Groen, Basson Laubscher and Sven Blumer.

Other well-known artists performing at the SU Woordfees is Laurika Rauch and Loki Rothman in Blou at Spier. On Sunday, Ballades will be the last performance of the 2017 SU Woordfees with great stars such as Amanda Strydom, Lize Beekman, Coenie de Villiers and Joshua na die Reën at Spier.

There is a great variety of classical music, with the Stellenbosch University Choir, as well as a solo recital by Megan-Geoffrey Prins, one of South Africa's foremost young pianists, who will also perform with the US Camerata in Metamorfose on 9 March.

Die Suid-Afrikaanse Lied, with the US Chamber Choir under the baton of Martin Berger, will be a choral-theatrical performance with songs and projected images. And at the NG Moederkerk Zorada Temmingh and Roucher du Toit will perform at the annual Organ Week.

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