Ismail Mahomed is the artistic director of the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown. His top twelve theatre productions for 2012 are:
1. Red presented by Kickstart Theatre Company (read review)
2. Mies Julie presented by Baxter Theatre (read review)
3. Afternoon of a Foehn presented by Compagnie Non Nova (read review)
4. Vortex presented by Compagnie Non Nova
5. The Miser presented by Sylvaine Strike
6. Brothers In Blood presented by MvG Productions (read review)
7. Sunday Morning, Itsoseng, Mother to Mother, Jurie Steyn’s Post Office presented as A Season of Solo Theatre
8. Exhibit A presented by Third World Bunfight Company (read review)
9. Woza Albert presented by the Market Theatre
10. A Midsummer Night’s Dream presented by Fred Abrahamse, Marcel Meyer and Artscape
11. An epicene Butcher & other short stories presented by Gemma Kahn
12. Hol presented by Artscape (read review)