The 2nd Prague Competition, a contest aimed at top pre-professional South African ballet dancers, has been announced in Cape Town recently. Qualifying dancers will compete for an opportunity to attend the 14th Prague International Ballet Masterclasses in August, 2016. The prize, valued at more than R40,000, includes return airfares to Prague, plus all other expenses paid. Continue reading
Month: August 2015
Andre the Hilarious Hypnotist heads back to KZN
Andre the Hilarious Hypnotist
Audience favourite, Andre the Hilarious Hypnotist, returns to the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre in Durban to enthral local fans with his quick-witted humour and astonishing tricks of the mind. He takes to the Sneddon stage for a short season running from Tuesday, September 8 to Sunday, September 20. Continue reading
Dance Xplosion at DUT
Nqubeko Ngema; Ntanda Madlala; Soyiso Ndaba; Lungile Majola; and Mjabulo Zungu will be performing in Xplosion at DUT. Photo: Val Adamson
Durban University of Technology’s Drama and Production Studies Department presents its annual season of contemporary dance, Xplosion, at the Courtyard Theatre on the Steve Biko campus from August 25 to 27. Continue reading
What A Crack at the Catalina cancelled
Please be advised that the new comedy ‘What A Crack’ due to have been staged at the Catalina Theatre in Durban from 27 to 30 August has been cancelled due to unavoidable circumstances. People who have booked to see this show are being contacted by Computicket call centre. Apologies for inconvenience caused by this cancellation.
Don’t miss What A Crack! at the Catalina Theatre
THE Warrick Frank Drama Academy presents the comedy, What a Crack!, at Durban’s Catalina Theatre, at Wilson’s Wharf, from August 27 to 30. Audiences can expect a blend of east meets west in modern day Durban in this fun-filled family four-hander, co-written by Courtney Smith and Warrick Frank, who also directs the piece. Continue reading
Enjoy a pre-release screening of Leon Schuster’s new film, Schuks! Pay Back the Money
South Africa’s foremost prankster and funny man, Leon Schuster, is back, and his latest film is sure to get South Africans rolling in the aisles with laughter – both at the film, and at themselves. Schuks! Pay Back the Money!, is scheduled to open in cinemas nationwide from Friday, August 28. Continue reading
Five of the best for a funny start to spring
Mervyn Pillay
August ends on a funny note with Durban’s “famous five” comedians in the mix for the Pagla Comedy Nite at Sibaya’s iZulu Theatre on August 28 and 29. Comedians on the bill include Mervyn Pillay, Rahul Brijnath, Arnott Payne,Vee Ganie and Anesh Dusrath. Continue reading
Times Media Films challenges classification ruling for Dis Ek Anna
Charlene Brouwer plays Anna Bruwer in the film Dis Ek, Anna.
Times Media Films, distributor of the Afrikaans language feature film, Dis ek, Anna wants the Film Publication Board (FPB) to review its earlier 18L (SV) classification for the film. The classification was made by the FPB ahead of its screening at the Durban International Film Festival in July. Continue reading
Sexy Sunday sounds with Ildo Nandja
Ildo Nandja
It’s going to be a sexy, sassy and exciting Sunday Beat session at Suncoast in Durban on August 30 from 2 pm when Mozambican bassist, vocalist and composer; Ildo Nandja entertains music fans with some Latin jazz. Continue reading
Experimental theatre at the Hexagon Studio Theatre
Shivani Hariparsad’s Riddle, explores the seemingly normal man seen through the internal struggle of extreme emotion.
Experimental Directions, the second season of new directors’ work comes to the Hexagon Studio Theatre on the University of KwaZulu-Natal Pietermaritzburg campus from August 26 to 29 at 6 pm. Continue reading
Bob Fox – An evening with the WarHorse Songman
Bob Fox.
Pieter Toerien presents Bob Fox – An evening with the WarHorse Songman at Pieter Toerien’s Montecasino Theatre from August 26 to September 6. One of the United Kingdom’s finest exponents of storytelling through song, Bob is deeply influenced by the working class culture and industrial folk song prevalent in his native County Durham. Continue reading
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