The Hexagon Theatre at the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s Pietermaritzburg campus is hosting the 40thanniversary production of Mike Van Graan’s Green Man Flashing at 7pm until Thursday, February 16. Continue reading
Month: February 2017
Review: Think Theatre’s Othello brings Shakespeare’s words to vivid life

Chris van Rensburg plays the villainous Iago with Nhlakanipho Manqele as Othello in Think Theatre’s production of Shakespeare’s ‘Othello’. Photo: Val Adamson
Estelle Sinkins reviews Think Theatre’s production of Othello at Hilton College Theatre. Continue reading
Chris van Rensburg is bringing Shakespeare’s villainous Iago to life

Chris van Rensburg (Iago) and Clare Mortimer (Emilia) star in Think Theatre’s production of Shakespeare’s tragedy, Othello. Photo: Val Adamson
Estelle Sinkins speaks to Chris van Rensburg who is playing Iago in Think Theatre Company’s production of Shakespeare’s Othello. Continue reading
Get ‘Up Close and Personal’ with guitar maestro Barry Thomson at Tina’s Hotel

Barry Thomson
The Thumbelow Theatre is hosting performances of Barry Thomson’s Up Close and Personal at Tina’s Hotel, 14 Beryldene Road, Kloof at 2pm and 6.30 pm on Sunday, February 5. The show is an unplugged salute to artists who have had a direct influence on his life – musically and personally. Continue reading
The ‘Beyond Binaries’ exhibition at the Durban Art Gallery explores polarisation and intolerance

Zemba Luzamba’s Jumper 1.
Running at the Durban Art Gallery until February 19 is the exhibition Beyond Binaries.
Featuring work by 26 artists, the exhibition aims to open up discussion on the current climate of polarisation and intolerance, and the increasing trend towards fixed identities. Continue reading
Jailoshini Naidoo and Maeshni Naicker star in the new family comedy, Keeping Up With The Kandasamy’s

Jailoshini Naidoo (left) and Maeshni Naicker star in ‘Keeping Up With The Kandasamy’s’. Photo: Helena Spring Films/Junaid Ahmed Productions
FROM the producers of Hard to Get and Happiness is a Four Letter Word, comes the two-sided, family comedy, Keeping up with the Kandasamy’s, directed by Durban filmmaker Jayan Moodley (White Gold) and produced by Helena Spring and the late Junaid Ahmed. Continue reading
Peter Mitchell’s ‘One Hit Wonderful’ returns to the Hexagon Dive

The cast of One Hit Wonderful are (back, from left) Daniel Rossouw, Katherine McClelland, (front, from left) Ryan Calder, Tammy Calder and Sandra Styles.
Following a sold-out run in December, Peter Mitchell’s One Hit Wonderful is back at the Hexagon Dive Theatre at 7pm for 7.30pm on Friday, February 3 and Saturday, February 4. Continue reading
Don’t miss James Cairns in the smart and sassy one-hander, ‘El Blanco: Tales of the Mariachi’ at Michaelhouse

James Cairns stars in the award-winning one-man show, El Blanco: Tales of the Mariachi, at the Schlesinger Theatre at Michaelhouse on February 3. Photo: Dex Goodman
ESTELLE SINKINS speaks to James Cairns about his one-man show, El Blanco: Tales of the Mariachi, which is being staged at the Schlesinger Theatre at Michaelhouse on February 3. Continue reading