FilmClub will be hosting a screening of Spanish director, Pedro Almodovar’s Volver at the Tatham Art Gallery in Chief Albert Luthuli Street, Pietermaritzburg at 7 pm on Tuesday, February 16. Continue reading
Month: February 2016
Top Gear unveils its magnificent seven
Motorsport guru and Formula 1 commentator Eddie Jordan, world record-breaking German racing driver Sabine Schmitz, renowned motoring journalist and YouTube petrolhead Chris Harris, and car reviewer and TV presenter Rory Reid are today all confirmed to join Chris Evans and Matt LeBlanc for the eagerly awaited return of Top Gear. Continue reading
Durban’s Flatfoot Dance company presents ‘love’s own cruelty’ at the KZNSA
Durban’s Flatfoot Dance Company gets its 2016 performance schedule off to a spectacular start with loves own cruelty, which will be performed at the KZNSA Gallery in Bulwer Road, Glenwood, Durban, on Friday, February 19 at 6 pm. Continue reading
South African Cultural Observatory workshop
The Department of Arts and Culture’s national South African Cultural Observatory is announcing its first annual national workshop which is being held at the Park Hyatt Hotel in Rosebank, Johannesburg on February 19. Continue reading
2016 KZNSA Annual Members’ Exhibition
The Brown Family Collective – The Forgotten Treasure. Photo, Paulo Menezes
The winning works in the 2016 KZNSA Annual Members’ Exhibition at the KZNSA Gallery in Bulwer Road, Glenwood, have been revealed. The exhibition, titled Invisible, runs until February 14. Continue reading
Delightful new drag show at the Rhumbelow
The Family Players and Friends – Allan Quihampton, Derek Pearce, Greg Baptie, Graham Goodwin and Roland Stansell – together with guest artists, Alaska Hilton and Trevor Gandy, present the all new Valentine show, Bar Flies, this weekend. Continue reading
Ardmore’s 2016 exhibition pays homage to the Kalahari
THIS year’s Ardmore Ceramic Art Cape Town exhibition, hosted annually at the Cellars-Hohenort Hotel in February, is inspired by the visual wealth of the Kalahari. The exhibition is open from 9 am to 5 pm from Friday, February 19 to Sunday, February 21. Continue reading
CANCELLED: Enjoy the songs of Alan Jay Lerner at the Hexagon
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If you love the music and songs from My Fair Lady, Camelot, Gigi, Brigadoon and Paint Your Wagon, then make sure you book your seats for Accustomed to his words – The lyrics of Alan Jay Lerner at the Hexagon Dive theatre at the University of KwaZulu-Natal Pietermaritzburg campus on Friday, February 12 and Saturday, February 13. Continue reading
Let Christopher Duigan entertain you this weekend
Christopher Duigan. Photo: Val Adamson
MUSIC Revival starts a new season of intimate soirees in 2016 with a selection of up-beat ragtime at 7.30 pm on Friday, February 12 and 3.30 pm Sunday, February 14. Continue reading
Leon Ockenden shares his thoughts on playing a Russian prince in Mr Selfridge
Leon Ockenden is Serge De Bolotoff. Photo: BBC
CURRENTLY showing on BBC First (DStv channel 119) is the popular costume drama, Mr Selfridge. Starring Emmy award-winning American actor, Jeremy Piven (Entourage), Mr Selfridge is inspired by the life of charismatic American entrepreneur, Harry Gordon Selfridge, whose business in London’s Oxford Street has become a much-loved institution.
Series 3 picks up in 1919 just after the end of World War I and sees Zoë Wanamaker (Harry Potter films) joins the cast to play Russian Princess, Marie de Bolotoff, whose handsome son Serge, played by Leon Ockenden (Casualty) marries Harry’s eldest daughter, Rosalie (Kara Tointon, EastEnders).
Kara’s real-life sister, Hannah Tointon, plays her rebellious sister, Violette, which sees the sisters acting together for the first time. And Sacha Parkinson (Coronation Street, The Mill) joins the cast to play Kitty Hawkins’ ambitious younger sister, along with Kelly Adams (Holby City) who plays Harry’s new love interest, Nancy Webb.
TheLuvvie.com spoke Leon Ockenden about playing Serge De Bolotoff. Continue reading
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