Month: March 2016

Fugard to screen Bolshoi’s The Taming of the Shrew

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Ekaterina Krysanova and Vladislav Lantratov in Jean-Christophe Maillot’s Taming of the Shrew.

The Taming of the Shrew will be screened at 11 am on March 6 as part of the Fugard Bioscope World Arts Season.

French choreographer Jean-Christophe Maillot has adapted Shakespeare’s comedy specifically to the Bolshoi Ballet dancers, and achieves a magnetic two hours of breathtaking, nonstop dance unlike any other.

The story revolves around Bianca. Many suitors dream of marrying the lovely and docile lady, including Lucentio. However her father will not let anyone marry her before her elder sister, the ill-tempered shrew Katherina, is herself married.

Tickets for the screening at the Fugard Theatre are R100. The show is two hours and 10 minutes long.

Grammy winner, Fantasia, to play herself in biopic

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Fantasia plays herself in the biopic Life is not a Fairytale.

R&B star Fantasia seems to have it all. The winner of American Idol has a Grammy to her name, wowed audiences in the hit Broadway production of The Color Purple and topped the best-selling lists with her memoir. But life was often a struggle for this once unemployed single mother.

“My life looks like a fairy tale in many ways, but you have to remember that life is not a fairy tale. I was the American Idol but at the time I couldn’t even read a fairy tale to my four-year-old daughter,” she revealed in her biography Life is Not a Fairytale.

Her book has been turned into a movie of the same title which airs on True Movies (DStv Channel 138) on March 7 and 14 at 8.45 pm. Continue reading →

Pearl Thusi and D’Banj to host Lip Sync Battle Africa

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South Africa’s Pearl Thusi and Nigerian music legend D’Banj will host Lip Sync Battle Africa, the first localised format of the multi-platform, pop-culture phenomenon to air on the continent.

The critically acclaimed and award-nominated Lip Sync Battle, originally created for Spike, features celebrities going head-to-head, lip-syncing the song of their choice, battling for the coolest bragging rights on the planet.

Pearl will serve as all around host and master of ceremonies, while Koko Master and Oliver Twist star D’Banj will step up as the colour commentator, adding his lively observations to the proceedings.

Lip Sync Battle Africa will premiere in April 2016 on MTV (DStv channel 130), MTV Base (DStv channel 322) and e.tv. Continue reading →

Time of the Writer unveils authors and a challenging programme for its 19th edition

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THE authors headed to Durban of the 19th edition of Time of the Writer have been revealed by the Centre for Creative Arts t the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN).

Ten writers from South Africa and Africa will meet for a week of stimulating literary dialogue and exchange of ideas. Audiences can engage with award-winning writers, from a variety of political and social contexts, on the creative and technical processes and perspectives which shape their writing. Continue reading →

Check out the music video for Can You Feel It by DJ QNess and December Streets

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Check out the music video for Can You Feel It by DJ QNess and December Streets. The song was released in November 2015 by Coke Studio and has since been receiving extensive commercial airplay on South African radio. The single is currently number nine on the Top 40 most locally played songs on SA radio, according to the EMA|SA Local Music Top 40 Playlist Chart. Continue reading →

Diamond Thug to launch new EP in Cape Town

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DIAMOND Thug are launching their brand new EP Monday Will Have To Wait at The Loft above Truth Coffee Roasting, 36 Buitenkant Street in Cape Town at 8 pm for 8.30 pm on Friday, March 4.

The line-up includes: Diamond Thug, Amy Ayanda, Eden Myrrh. Tickets are R50 presold (http://bit.ly/1mGMctg) or R80 at the door.

Follow Diamond Thug online: https://www.facebook.com/diamondthugSA and https://twitter.com/DiamondThugBand