Namibia: Critique Against Arts Festival Format

29 September 2006

Windhoek — The progressive Namibian theatre groups have expressed their profound disappointment in various aspects of the annual Bank Windhoek Festival, and will only take part again when a number of problems have been resolved by the organizers.

"I am very disappointed about a number of aspects of the festival, something which had a very detrimental effect on audiences and a demoralizing influence on performers in the festival. Though a lot of advertising was done, I feel community performers were thrown to the wolves," said the group leader of Homebrewed Productions, Vickson Angula. He blamed the weak audience attendances on the ill-timing of the festival.

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