Dame Helen Mirren: ‘I came of age as an actor in Prime Suspect’

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Dame Helen Mirren in ‘Prime Suspect’.

Oscar-winning actress, Dame Helen Mirren talks to www.theluvvie.com about Prime Suspect, a television series during which she says she came of age as an actor. Continue reading

Pieter-Dirk Uys set to share the story of his life on and off the stage

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Pieter-Dirk Uys will be performing his show ‘Echo of Noise’ in Pietermaritzburg.

This month sees the return of master satirist, Pieter-Dirk Uys, to the Hexagon Theatre in Golf Road, Pietermaritzburg, with two of his shows – The Echo of a Noise on Tuesday, February 21, Wednesday, February 22, Friday, February 24 and Saturday, February 25, and An Evening with Evita Bezuidenhout on Thursday, February 23 and Saturday, February 25. Uys spoke to http://www.theluvvie.com ahead of the shows. Continue reading

Guitarist, James Grace, to perform in Pietermaritzburg and Kloof

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James Grace will be performing three concerts in KwaZulu-Natal in February. Photo: Supplied

POPULAR Cape Town-based guitarist, James Grace, will be performing in three Music Revival concerts in Kloof and Pietermaritzburg this month.

Grace, who recently performed with the Cape Philharmonic Orchestra in Kirstenbosch to more than 7 000 people, will join forces with pianist, Christopher Duigan, for the recitals at the Tatham Art Gallery at 3 pm on Sunday, February 19, Casa Mexicana at 35 Montgomery Road on Tuesday, February 21 and at St Agnes Church in Kloof on Thursday, February 23. Continue reading

The magic of the Bolshoi Ballet comes to the big screen at Cinema Nouveau

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Svetlana Zakharova and Denis Rodkin in Swan Lake. Photo: Damir Yusupov

A new season of seven wonderful ballets from Russia’s Bolshoi Ballet company – one of the world’s great powerhouses of classical ballet – is currently being screened at Ster-Kinekor’s Cinema Nouveau theatres.

The next ballet to be enjoyed on the big screen is one of the classical ballets of all time, Tchaikovsky’s timeless Swan Lake, which releases on Saturday, February 18 for limited shows. Continue reading

Italian-American violinist Francesca Dego to perform with KZN Philharmonic

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Italian-American violinist Francesca Dego is the soloist at this week’s KZN Philharmonic Orchestra concert.

The KZN Philharmonic Orchestra Summer Symphony Season’s continues on Thursday, February 16 in the Playhouse Opera Theatre in Durban.

Canadian-born Trinidadian conductor Kwamé Ryan conducts the orchestra whose programme opens with Mikhail Glinka’s Overture to Ruslan and Ludmilla followed by the South African premiere of Italian composer Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari’s violin concerto. The concert closes with Dvořák’s Symphony No.8 in G major. Continue reading

Celebrate the Chinese New Year with a multi-cultural musical showcase

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KZN Youth Wind Band member Talente Mhlongo.

The KZN Youth Wind Band (KZNYWB) returns to the iZulu Theatre at Sibiya Casino and Entertainment Kingdom to celebrate the ushering in of the Chinese New Year.

Featuring a wide range of music genres, from traditional Chinese and African to film, popular and classical, this concert promises to some to suit all music tastes. The band will perform at 7pm on February 15. Continue reading