In total five plays, four dance pieces, four pieces of music and two visual art installations were presented to an audience who sat riveted for three and a half hours! Oscar Petersen smoothed their way through the evening, and in the end our eminent judges had some tough choices to make! In the Visual Art category Christian Nerf and Douglas Gimberg won Gold for their piece entitled “Share the Blame”. Mynie Grove and Gabi le Roux gave Gold to both Amanda Tiffin for her piece “Almost a Fantasy” and Beverly Rinkwest for “Hope” in the music category.

Theatre judges Brett Bailey and Jenni Reznek awarded scriptwriting Gold to Nicholas Spagnoletti for “Potential Difference”, acting Gold to Chuma Sopotela for her performance in “Three Voices”, design Gold to Sam Wilson for “The Obvious Choice” and a whopping four Golds to “Alpha Beta” – Fred Benbow-Hebbert for the script, Jaqueline Dommisse for directing, Leila Anderson for design and Richard Firth for acting.

Finally, in the dance category Louise Coetzer (“Sommer het ‘n blaar geplant en gedink daar gaan ‘n blom opkom”), Ananda Fuchs (“I’m a work in progress”, co-choreographed with Bonita Hill) and Fiona du Plooy (A Story Seldom Told”) won Gold for their choreography, Sizwe Mxobo and Luvuyo Thamba won Golds for their promise as dancers, and Owen Manamela won the Gold for best dancer.

Look out for 48 Hour Festival in 2009…