Heels over Head. Photo: Vulane Mthembu
Enjoy Supper, Sounds and Stills with Heels over Head – a dinner, a concert and an exhibition – at The Plant, 5 Station Drive (off Umgeni Road), Durban at 7 pm on Friday, July 29. Continue reading
Queen at the Hammersmith Odeon. Photo: Douglas Puddifoot
Ster-Kinekor Theatres is hosting the exclusive screening of Queen: A Night in Bohemia on Saturday, July 23 at 8 pm, Sunday, July 24 at 2.30 pm, and Tuesday, July 26 at 8 pm, at select cinemas.
This special cinema event includes the monumental and energetic Queen concert, which was filmed live on Christmas Eve 1975 at the Hammersmith Odeon in London; and a never-seen-before documentary featuring footage of Freddie Mercury, recently discovered live performance footage, interviews with all four band members, outtakes, backstage clips and sessions for the first-ever recording of Bohemian Rhapsody, the ground breaking, chart-topping British single from A Night at the Opera.
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Sibongile Mngoma.
TWO of the shining lights of the South African opera scene – Sibongile Mngoma (soprano) and Sandile Mabaso (tenor) – will be performing in the main hall of the National School of the Arts in Braamfontein, Johannesburg, at 7 pm on July 28.
The duo will be performing arias and duets from the world’s most beautiful operas. Sigongile will be singing arias from Puccini’s La Boheme and Tosca and Mozart’s Cosi fan Tutti; while Sandile will be singing from Massenet’s Manon and Donizetti’s L’elisir d’Amour. They will be accompanied by Marten van Wyk on piano.
Tickets for the Opera Duo concert are R120 (concessions R80) at http://www.webtickets.co.za. Proceeds from this concert will be used to upgrade the music department. Continue reading
THE KwaMuhle Museum, 130 Bram Fischer Road, Durban is hosting South African Voices: Towards a Museum of HIV Memory and Learning, a legacy project of AIDS2016.
South African Voices strives to tell the story of our HIV history in a manner that is authentic, elegant, sensitive and holistic. It marks the start of a South African collection of artefacts, artistic, historic and photographic items that pay tribute to people affected by HIV.
The collected items pay tribute to those who suffered and succumbed, and those who live with HIV every day in South Africa.
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South Africans can experience 50 years of unbridled creativity during the Henri Matisse -Rhythm and Meaning exhibition at the Standard Bank Gallery until September 17. It includes several key works from the artist’s oeuvre. Continue reading
David Kau.
Popular South African comedians Robbie Collins and David Kau will be flying the flag for South African comedy when they perform at the biggest comedy festival in the world: the Just For Laughs comedy festival in Montreal, Canada until August 1.
The two comedians are joining Comedy Central (DStv channel 122) on the channel’s annual pilgrimage to Canada where they’ll be showcasing South African comedy at the world famous event. Continue reading
Ashraf Johaardien. Photo: Jan Potgieter
Playwright and arts administrator, Ashraf Johaardien, has been appointed as the executive producer of the National Arts Festival, a newly created role aimed at taking South Africa’s premier arts event boldly into the future. Continue reading
CURRENTLY showing on Lifetime (DStv channel 131) is the second seaso on UnREAL.
Set against the backdrop of the hit dating competition show Everlasting, UnREAL is led by flawed heroine Rachel Goldberg (Shiri Appleby), a young producer whose sole job is to manipulate her relationships with and among the contestants to get the vital dramatic and outrageous footage that the programme’s dispassionate executive producer, Quinn King (Constance Zimmer), demands.
What ensues is an eye-opening look at what happens in the outrageous world of unscripted television where being a contestant can be vicious and producing it is a whole other reality.
THELUVVIE speaks producer Sarah Shapiro about the new season. Continue reading
The fifth season of the popular series, Doc Martin, is currently on ITV Choice (DStv channel 123) at 8 pm on Wednesdays. THELUVVIE chatted to its star Martin Clunes. Continue reading
Father Robert Greaves played by Bernard Hill. Photo: BBC
BBC First (DStv channel 119) will be screening the new drama series, Unforgotten, from 8 pm on Wednesday, July 20.
Written and created by Chris Lang (Undeniable, A Mother’s Son, Torn), the series focuses on a ‘cold’ murder case of 39 years ago when the bones of a young man are found beneath the footings of a demolished house.
An investigation begins that will unravel the lives of four people who have been waiting for this moment for nearly forty years. They soon discover the past can’t, and won’t stay buried forever.
THELUVVIE speaks to Bernard Hill about playing one of the suspects, Father Robert Greaves, in the drama. Continue reading
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