{"id":263585,"date":"2025-06-05T09:15:16","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T07:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/bloemnuus\/?p=263585"},"modified":"2025-06-05T09:15:19","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T07:15:19","slug":"young-actors-given-platform-on-stage-at-st-michaels-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/bloemnewsexpress\/young-actors-given-platform-on-stage-at-st-michaels-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Young actors given platform on stage at St Michael&#8217;s Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There were plenty of laughs, tears, and joyous moments at this year&#8217;s St Michael&#8217;s Drama Festival \u2013 the English equivalent for the biannual Free State arts festival.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Amanda van Eeden, organiser of the festival at St Michael&#8217;s, says they were amazed at the amount of entries.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" data-attachment-id=\"263610\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/bloemnewsexpress\/young-actors-given-platform-on-stage-at-st-michaels-festival\/noise_61014-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/bloemnewsexpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Noise_61014-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Noise_61014\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/bloemnewsexpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Noise_61014-1-1024x683.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/bloemnewsexpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Noise_61014-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-263610\" srcset=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/bloemnewsexpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Noise_61014-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/bloemnewsexpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Noise_61014-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/bloemnewsexpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Noise_61014-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/bloemnewsexpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Noise_61014-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Learners of the Petro Muller Speech and Drama Studio performed Noise.  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