Auditions for The Sound of Music

The Playhouse Company is holding auditions for various roles in its 2016 musical theatre production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The Sound of Music.

This brand new staging will be directed by well-loved theatre director and actor Ralph Lawson and includes the KZN Philharmonic Orchestra. Continue reading

Fabulous fun guaranteed at the adult panto in Durban

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Anthony Stonier plays Widow Twanky in Aladdin – Grey Street. Photo: Val Adamson

Review: Aladdin – Grey Street, Centenary Room, Greyville Racecourse, Durban

THE adult panto has been part of Durban’s festive season fun for over two decades and this year’s offering, Aladdin – Grey Street, is packed full of double meanings, sexually suggestive props and some fabulous music. Continue reading

Natalie Rungan in Maritzburg tonight

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Natalie Rungan

Durban-born singer and songwriter Natalie Rungan will perform with pianist, Mark Royeppen, and drummer, Bruce Baker, in the historic Government House on Unisa’s Pietermaritzburg Campus in Langalibalele Street on Friday, November 20.

The concert starts at 7 pm and will feature a combination of jazz classics, Natalie’s original compositions and cleverly arranged pop covers to bridge the gap between those who love the classics and those who just want to have fun listening to music on a Friday night.

 

It’s down to three in the Great South African Bake Off

Only three of the original bakers remain. They’ve made it to the final. Over 21 challenges, they’ve worked their way through every baking discipline Tjaart and Shirley have thrown at them – from cakes to bread, and from pastry to biscuits. They have all survived, and now they face the last three challenges. Continue reading

East Coast Breakfast raises more than R400 000 on Toy Story Corporate Day

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Darren Maule (second from right) and the East Coast Breakfast team saddled up early for Corporate Day. From left: Babongile Nzuza, James Preston, Jason McCall, Michael Zuma, Natarah Nadesan, Darren Maule and Gareth Jenkinson.

The annual East Coast Radio’s Toy Story with Game Corporate Day is underway, with the people of KwaZulu-Natal giving generously to help our province’s disadvantaged children.

Darren Maule and the East Coast Breakfast team saddled up early and kicked off the 12 hour live broadcast and telethon from the Pavilion Shopping Centre at 6am this morning. Dressed as Wild West characters, the team raised more than R428 000 when they hung up their stirrups at 9am! Continue reading