Camissa Create, a performance art company specialising in heritage and historical narratives, will present the story of South Africa’s First Peoples during Heritage Weekend at Artscape in Cape Town.
The Camissa Heritage Tour retraces South Africa’s colonial history and its enduring ties with the Netherlands. It tells the story of the country’s First Peoples—the Indigenous San and Khoi communities—who lived on this land for millennia. These communities resisted the settlers’ incursions and refused to serve the Dutch East India Company (VOC).
The site-specific performance, adapted for the theatre, leads audiences through historically significant locations, including the Castle of Good Hope, the Cape Winelands, the Iziko South African Museum, and other key sites. The tour illuminates the often-overlooked histories of Indigenous peoples, the enduring legacy of slavery in the Cape, and the colonial imprints left by the Netherlands and other European countries.
The name of the tour, Camissa, means “place of sweet waters,” reminding us of water’s enduring role as a source of cleansing and healing.
Directed and choreographed by Luke De Kock.
Tickets available online via Webtickets for R150.
See links below:
Camissa Heritage Tour and web tickets Camissa Create
Artscape Dates & Times
- 25 September – 7:30 PM
- 26 September – 7:30 PM
- 27 September – 3:00 PM
