Acclaimed new SA film Hatchet Hour opens in cinemas

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Hatchet Hour, a Ladybug Films production which recently scooped the Best Foreign Film Award at the LA Femme International Film Festival, opens in selected SA cinemas on November 4. The film is presented by the National Film & Video Foundation in association with the Department of Trade & Industry and M-Net.

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Women claim their ground at the Olive Tree in Joburg theatre festival

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Just when you thought the cultural calendar in Joburg was calming down, November brings the 5th Women’s International Theatre Festival. Running from November 4, the event offers a fresh feast of theatre and performance, with 13 plays, two dance pieces, daily film screenings and an evening of music – all work that celebrates women in theatre.

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UJ Dean’s Concert offers music lovers ‘A Grand Night for Singing’

ROUNDING off 2016’s newly initiated classical music programme, UJ Arts & Culture hosts the inaugural Dean’s Concert 2016, entitled A Grand Night for Singing.

As the grand finale of the year’s programme, this free concert offers Johannesburg audiences a rare opportunity to hear two of South Africa’s rising opera stars – soprano, Siphamandla Yakupa, and tenor, Lukhanyo Moyake – along with the celebrated South African pianist, Christopher Duigan, the award-winning UJ Choir conducted by Renette Bouwer, and the Dean of the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture at UJ, accomplished baritone Federico Freschi. Continue reading