Richard Cock
A UNIQUE opportunity awaits local choral enthusiasts who are being invited to join the ranks of the Last Night of the Proms choir for its performance in Pietermaritzburg on Saturday, October 10. Continue reading
Ntsiki Mazwai
POETS from South Africa and around the world will gather together for a week showcasing the face of present day spoken word and storytelling at the 19th Poetry Africa Festival, which takes place in Durban from October 12 to 17.
Zvirmudeze Mbira ensemble (Zimbabwe)
The University of KwaZulu-Natal is hosting an international African music symposium and the 10th African Cultural Calabash from September 29 to October 4. The music symposium will bring together academics, artists and documentary filmmakers with an interest on Africa and the diaspora. Continue reading
Listen up, rockers! Ster-Kinekor has secured the exclusive rights to Roger Waters The Wall, and is screening the documentary for one night only, on Tuesday, September 29, at 8 pm. The screening is part of a world-wide cinema event. Durbanites can experience this once-off special with the amazing Dolby Atmos surround sound in Cinema 1 at Gateway in Umhlanga. Continue reading
Some of South Africa’s best-known musicians and a crop of exciting fresh talent form part of the music line-up at this year’s Cape Town Fringe. Continue reading
What Goes Up….
WITH a bold and sassy programme of more than 70 productions, this year’s Cape Town Fringe – which runs until October 4 – promises to be a showcase of the best of South African theatre. Continue reading
Live Flesh will be screened at FilmClub
FilmClub will be screening Pedro Almodóvar’s Live Flesh at the Tatham Art Gallery in Chief Albert Luthuli Street, Pietermaritzburg at 7 pm tomorrow night (September 29). Continue reading
Dis Ek, Anna
Times Media Films, distributor of the Afrikaans language feature film, Dis ek, Anna (It’s Me, Anna) has won its appeal against the 18 (L) (V) (SV) classification imposed on the film by the Film Publication Board (FPB) on September 4. The film has now been assigned a restrictive age classification of 16 (L)(V). In addition this classification must be accompanied by a cautionary strip reading: ‘The contents of this film might upset sensitive viewers’. Continue reading
On September 28 and 29, Barungwa Productions will be auditioning for Amandla the Musical. First produced in 1980 by Dr Jonas Gwanga, the protest musical travelled the world communicating the injustices of apartheid and galvanising international solidarity for the ANC liberation movement. Continue reading
Don’t miss Born in the RSA at the Hilton Arts Festival.
Review: Born in the RSA; Hilton Arts Festival: Grindrod Bank Theatre
THEATRE legend, Barney Simon, created productions of such power that, decades later, they continue to resonate with audiences as I witnessed this morning watching Born in the RSA, surrounded by high school pupils at the Hilton Arts Festival. Continue reading
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