23-year old Emma Lee Koppies gets her make-up done. This was Koppies’s first time performing. She said that she felt “really excited”. (Photo: Ashraf Hendricks)

Over 200 people, most of whom are children from the Net Vir Pret program, participated in the show. But there are also volunteers, make-up artists, musicians, stage builders and puppeteers. (Photo: Ashraf Hendricks)

Children as young as five participated in the show. Performers dressed up as drones, grasshoppers, bees, flowers, ants and toktokkies (a type of beetle). (Photo: Ashraf Hendricks)

Before the performance, a parade was held through the streets. (Photo: Ashraf Hendricks)

Peter Takelo (pictured above), Director of Net Vir Pret said that he was feeling “incredibly excited because they are talking about things that are relevant” such as global warming. “As a small community, we also try to do our bit.” The conceptualising of this year’s event started in January. Takelo said that the concept of the “The Final Spring” and climate change were chosen for their current relevance. Takelo said that growing up he used to find honey in caves, but now there are fewer bees. (Photo: Ashraf Hendricks)

Takelo is also a musician who helped write most of the music for the performance. One of the songs he wrote goes “Where, where are insects? I really want to know.” He said that farmers aren’t concerned enough about the impact of spraying on the ecology of the area. “If the insects die out, what is left?” he asked. (Photo: Ashraf Hendricks)

The first parade started in 2009 and started only as a parade. (Photo: Ashraf Hendricks)

Takelo said that the children being able to perform is an incredible feat for the children in the Net Vir Pret program. “They perform like professionals,” and this creates opportunities for young people to blossom, he said. (Photo: Ashraf Hendricks)

Performers warm up against the backdrop of the mountains. (Photo: Ashraf Hendricks)

Titled ‘The Final Spring’ the futuristic climate change themed play starts in the year 2119 when all of humanity has been wiped out or has left planet earth. (Photo: Ashraf Hendricks)

We were then taken through a musical journey with insects trying their utmost to survive the clutches of a mysterious alien and a giant robot built to terminate any “pests” with poisonous pesticides. (Photo: Ashraf Hendricks)

The show ended with the performers breaking into dance and song. (Photo: Ashraf Hendricks)