CRADLE OF CREATIVITY
A 12 day event with 1390 delegates from around 70 countries attending
A World Congress involving official representatives from over 54 countries and 4 international networks, over 4 days
A ten-day Conference on Intercultural exchange in TYA, 2 day academic conference and 8 Focus days involving more than 209 presenters
An eleven-day International Theatre Festival
FESTIVAL:
63 productions involving
464 artists
In 3 main venues (Artscape, Baxter, City Hall) and 4 Cultural Hubs (Atlantis, Langa, Phillipi and Vrygrond)
29 South African Productions
6 International/SA collaborative productions
11 African (non-SA) productions and collaborations
17 non-African International productions
ATTENDANCE:
18 562 tickets through Computicket
1247 attending Rocking the Cradle
2500 attending the Cultural Hubs
Actual attendance of productions ranged between 60% and 100%, due to artists being able to access all productions for free, if there was space in the auditorium.
7850 children/ youth attendances, with 2859 sponsored learners
32 sponsored buses
At least 1960 attended the special events (Opening, Auction, Awards Evening, Closing).
MEDIA REACH:
More than 56 discreet media articles
Over 100 documented items produced by Dialogue for Community
Over 3,6 million impressions on the internet
17,900 unique visitors to the website over April/May
Over 1000 new likes on Facebook