Jane Digby, Inside Story, oil on canvas
Running until September 24 at the Henry George Gallery (45, 6th Street, Parkhurst) is After The Winter, an exhibition of new works that tap into the hope and beauty that prevails, despite the struggle and discontent felt in recent months by many living in South Africa. Continue reading
Maya the Bee on the big screen
The delightful and much-loved children’s TV series, Maya the Bee, has been made into a feature film for the big screen. In a South African first, the film – distributed by Black Sheep Films – will be released locally in three of the country’s official languages – in English as Maya the Bee Movie (also in 3D), in Afrikaans as Maya die By Movie and, in isiZulu as uMaya Inyosi iMovie. This 3D computer-animated comedy adventure releases in the three languages at select Ster-Kinekor cinemas countrywide on Friday, September 18. Continue reading
Sophie by Trayci Tompkins.
Visitors to the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands may well have encountered the delightful Zulu-Lulu Art House Gallery at Piggly Wiggly. If you haven’t yet had the pleasure, then you can discover it for yourself at the Hilton Arts Festival at Hilton College. The gallery is hosting a pop up in the Art Block. Continue reading
THERE will be auditions for the new play, Zus en Matilde, written by Theo Fransz and directed by Philisiwe Twijnstra, in Durban this week.
Auditions will take place on September 12 from 2 pm to 5 pm. Requirements are a monologue and a children’s game. Book a slot by emailing your name and time you would like to audition to ptwijnstra@gmail.com
The director is looking for two female actors, who can play teenagers. Actors must be available for rehearsals in September for a performance in October 2015 in Johannesburg. The performance fee, accommodation, SnT and transport is taken care off.
Charlene Brouwer in Dis Ek Anna
Times Media Films, distributor of the Afrikaans language feature film Dis ek, Anna (It’s Me, Anna) announced today its intention to appeal the classification after the Film and Publication Board imposed a 18 LV (SV) classification on the final film. Continue reading
Did you miss the deadline for the call for proposals for the Main programme for 2016 or maybe you considered entering but just never got your proposal together? Here is your chance, The National Arts Festival has extended the deadline for calls for the 2016 Main programme until Friday, September 11. Continue reading
Gcina Mhlope.
The 2015 Nozincwadi Festival, presented by The Gcinamasiko Arts and Heritage Trust under the auspices of its founding member and executive director, South Africa’s internationally renowned story-teller and best-selling author, Dr Gcina Mhlophe, will run over two days next week. Continue reading
Trade School is taking place at UKZN this week.
The Trade School movement is made up of self-organised barter-for-knowledge schools across the world. It started in 2010 with a small group of friends in New York and spread to Virginia and later Milan in 2011.
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Juliette Binoche stars in Three Colours Blue.
FilmClub’s first season at the Tatham Art Gallery in Pietermaritzburg is underway and tomorrow (Tuesday, September 9) they will screen one of the most important and popular European films of the 1990s, Krzysztof Kieslowski’s Three Colours Blue. Continue reading
Ranjith Kally.
Teamwork Arts, in collaboration with the High Commission of India in South Africa, is hosting the ninth edition of the annual festival Shared History, The Indian Experience in South Africa, from September 7 to 25. Continue reading
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