Situated in the Art Block, the Midlands Meander exhibition at the Hilton Arts Festival must be at the very top of your list for a quality experience. Continue reading
Month: September 2016
Enjoy plenty of fabulous and free attractions at the Hilton Arts Festival
The Hairy Legged Lentil Eaters.
It is possible to spend an entire day at the Hilton Arts Festival without being asked to part with a cent? Absolutely.
Simply drive into the grounds of Hilton College and then amble through the extensive craft market and nearly 100 exhibiting artist stands without paying, then, make your way to the Castle Lite Festival Marquee where music plays for free. You do have to pay for the beer though! Continue reading
Satirist Pieter-Dirk Uys to perform at the Hilton Arts Festival
HILTON Arts Festival-goers have not one, but two chances to see South African satirist, Pieter-Dirk Uys.
He will be performing in his one-man memoir, The Echo of Noise, at 6 pm on Friday, September 16 in the Grindrod Bank Theatre at Hilton College. Fans can also enjoy a Q&A session with Uys after the screening of his new movie, Nobody’s Died Laughing in the CFI Lecture Theatre at 3 pm on Friday, September 16. Continue reading
Cellist, Aristide du Plessis, to perform at the Hilton Arts Festival
Cellist, Aristide du Plessis, will be performing at the Hilton Arts Festival. Photo: Supplied
CELLIST, Aristide du Plessis, will be joining ‘Maritzburg pianist, Christopher Duigan, and clarinettist, Junnan Sun, to perform a Beethoven-themed concert at the Hilton Arts Festival, writes TheLuvvie.com’s Estelle Sinkins.
The three musicians will be playing Beethoven’s Trio in B-flat Op. 11 at 4 pm on Sunday, September 18 in the Hilton College Chapel as part of the Music Revival series. Continue reading
Acclaimed violinist, Joanna Frankel, to perform at Hilton Arts Festival
Joanna Frankel will be performing at the Hilton Arts Festival. Photo: Val Adamson
CELEBRATED violinist, Joanna Frankel, is looking forward to performing Beethoven’s Violin Sonata in A Op.47 ‘ Kreutzer’ at this year’s Hilton Arts Festival, writes TheLuvvie.com’s Estelle Sinkins.
Her recital, during which she will be accompanied by ‘Maritzburg pianist, Christopher Duigan, is one of four Beethoven-themed concerts being hosted by Music Revival in the Hilton College Chapel from September 16 to 18. Continue reading
Visual art a feast for the eyes at the Hilton Arts Festival
A work by Ed Schroeder
The last few years have seen a dramatic increase in the number of artists and the quality of the work on exhibition at the Hilton Arts Festival.
This year there is a featured exhibition “Kuzempondozankomo … It is the time of the horns of the cattle” by Ed Schroeder and Brent Dodd. Continue reading
Delicious dance at Hilton Arts Festival
‘fight,flight,feathers,f**ers’ choreographed by Sunnyboy Motau and Rachel Erdos and performed by Moving Into Dance Mophatong. Photograph: John Hogg
IF you love dance, then this year’s Hilton Arts Festival – which runs from September 16 to September 18 at Hilton College – has plenty of shows to delight. Continue reading
Jemma Kahn set to wow Hilton Arts Festival with two new shows
We Didn’t Come To Hell For The Croissants: 7 Deadly New Stories for Consenting Adults stars Jemma Kahn and Roberto Pombo.
THE Hilton Arts Festival will be playing host to two Kamishibai performances by the super-talented Jemma Kahn.
Kamishibai, or paper drama, is an ancient Japanese form of street theatre, used for centuries by monks and itinerant storytellers to tell morality tales to a largely illiterate audience. Continue reading
David Muller shares ‘Confessions of a Stay-at-Home Dad’ at Seabrooke’s Theatre in Durban
Seabrooke’s Theatre at Durban High School is hosting Love Sex Fleas God (Confessions of a Stay-at-Home Dad), starring popular Cape Town-based actor David Muller, from Wednesday, September 14. Continue reading
Enjoy sensational dance show, Dance ka Josh, at the Lyric Theatre
Dance ka Josh, an explosion of dazzling costumes, beautiful music and sensational dance is at The Lyric, Gold Reef City at 7pm on Saturday, September 17 and 3 pm on Sunday, September 18.
Created by choreographer Versha Magan, with support from Douglas Skete, Dance ka Josh is an eclectic mix of Indian classical Kathak, Bollywood, Indian folk, hip-hop, contemporary, jazz, and for the first time ever, ballet. Continue reading
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