A Linnware vessel on display in the Tatham Art Gallery’s ceramics room. Photo: Supplied
THE Tatham Art Gallery will be hosting the first of a two-part walkabout, titled ‘Early South African Studio Ceramics’, at 2.30 pm on Friday, August 4.
The second part will look at the historical context of the works on Friday, August 18. Continue reading
PIRATES of the Caribbean and Love Actually star, Bill Nighy, is set to star in a new television adaptation of Agatha Christie’s Ordeal By Innocence.
The three-part drama reunites the team behind last December’s The Witness for the Prosecution and 2015’s And Then There Were None, both of which were critical successes for BBC One. Continue reading
JOHN le Carré’s latest book, A Legacy of Spies, will be published by Viking Books on September 7.
This is the first novel in over twenty-five years to feature George Smiley, le Carré’s most beloved character. Continue reading
OSCAR nominee, Michael Fassbender, stars in the new big screen adaptation of Norwegian author, Jo Nesbø’s The Snowman, which features gritty detective Harry Hole. Continue reading
THE BBC and Masterpiece on PBS have revealed plans to adapt Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel, Little Women, for the small screen.
Created in partnership with the Golden Globe and Bafta-winning drama producer, Playground, the three-part series from Heidi Thomas, the creator of Call The Midwife, Cranford and Upstairs Downstairs, will be directed by Vanessa Caswill (Thirteen, My Mad Fat Diary). Continue reading
Mpho Osei Tutu and Ilse Klink in Scorched. Photo: Jane Berg/CuePix
AS part of its celebrations for Women’s Month in August, the Playhouse Company in Durban will present its famed South African Women’s Arts Festival (SAWAF).
Now in its 21st year, the festival, which runs from August 10 to 19, features a host of award-winning dramas, including the Naledi Award-winning productions, Suddenly The Storm and Scorched. Continue reading
Pietermaritzburg is one of the stops on the national roadshow of the South African Cultural Observatory. Photo: Tshesipo Mazibuko
THE South African Cultural Observatory (SACO) will be in Pietermaritzburg on August 17 as part of a countrywide roadshow to share the organisation’s insights and experience with the creative, cultural and research industries.
Taking place at the Winston Churchill Theatre from 9.30 am, the event aims to support all those working on arts, culture and heritage projects. Continue reading
Ballet dancer Katherine Anderson as she appears in the video for ‘The Mighty One’. Photo: Lwandile Ngubentombi
TWO Durban performers, Justin Nanak and Thandeka Dube-Ndhlovu, have composed an original praise-and-workshop ballad, The Mighty One, for the Mini World Youth Day 2017.
The song will be the official theme tune for the event, which runs from December 6 to 10. It was launched at a meeting on July 24 and can now be viewed online. Continue reading
THE Rhumbelow Theatre – Pietermaritzburg will be celebrating the music of Ella Fitzgerald and Errol Garner at the Allan Wilson Shellhole in Alan Paton (Durban) Road at 2 pm and 6.30 pm on Wednesday, August 9. Continue reading
Mark Rylance in Dunkirk. Photo: Supplied
UNDERSTATED but gripping. That is Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk in a nutshell, writes ESTELLE SINKINS. Continue reading
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