Bernice Stott’s Ancient Mariner.
artSPACE durban’s Annual Affordable Art Show is now in its 14th year and is one of the Durban gallery’s most popular exhibitions. Continue reading
If you love the music of Creedance Clearwater Revival then you can’t afford to miss the Black Lapels’ tribute show at the Rhumbelow Theatre – Pietermaritzburg at the Allan Wilson Shellhole, 5 Durban Road (Alan Paton Avenue), Pietermaritzburg at 2pm and 6.30pm on Sunday, January 22. Continue reading
Catch Midlands songbird, Cat Simoni, in Wouldn’t it be Luvverly! at the Rhumbelow Theatre in Umbilo, Durban, at 2pm and 6.30 pm on Sunday, January 22 and at the Rhumbelow Theatre – Pietermaritzburg at the Allan Wilson Shellhole at 2pm and 6.30pm on Sunday, February 12.
Written by Paul Spence, who co-stars with Cat, the show celebrates the Higgins & Liza story through all the unforgettable music of the wonderful Lerner and Loewe West End and Broadway show, My Fair Lady. Continue reading
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
IT’S hard to beat the story well told. Stories in themselves are an act of creation, connecting the past with the present. Creation itself is a story. Without stories, we would have nothing but darkness and silence.
This is what James Cairns’s character El Blanco believes. While he may unashamedly spin a pack of lies, in this instance, he comes close to the truth.
In El Blanco: Tales of the Mariachi – which is being staged at the Schlesinger Theatre at Michaelhouse in Balgowan at 7.30 pm on Friday, February 3 – his struggle, mostly with himself, to earn the title of Mariachi is masterfully presented through music and storytelling. Continue reading
Christopher Duigan will be performing his favourite classical compositions in a special concert at the Tatham Art Gallery on January 29. Photo: Val Adamson
TO celebrate the start of Music Revival’s 20th year presenting classical music concerts, Christopher Duigan will be performing his favourite masterpieces at St Agnes Church in Kloof at 7.30 pm on Thursday, January 26 and at the Tatham Art Gallery in Pietermaritzburg at 3 pm on Sunday, January 29.
These uplifting and boldly positive compositions have formed a major part of the Maritzburg-based pianist’s repertoire over the past two decades. Continue reading
The Wound, a film by John Trengove, will make its world premiere in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival, which runs until January 29 in Park City, Salt Lake City and at Sundance Mountain Resort, Utah. Continue reading
From left: Damien Molony, Patrick Stewart, Owen Teale and Ian McKellen in ‘No Man’s Land’. Photo: Johan Persson
The first broadcast of 2017 from National Theatre Live to be screened at Cinema Nouveau is Harold Pinter’s classic play No Man’s Land, starring Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart and directed by Sean Mathias.
The West End run follows a massively successful staging of the play on Broadway in New York.
Filmed live at London’s Wyndham’s Theatre for broadcast to cinemas globally, it releases at Cinema Nouveau theatres on Saturday, January 21 for four screenings only. Continue reading
Rajesh Gopie (centre) with participants attending a previous acting course. Photo: Supplied
ACTOR, playwright, director, producer and acting teacher, Rajesh Gopie, will be running a professional course for film and TV acting as part of his ActorWize programme from February 2 to March 2 at Thekwini College (former Springfield training college), Asherville campus, 262 Daintree Avenue, Asherville in Durban.
The classes offer a unique training style with a psycho-physical approach. Continue reading
Shelby Strange is part of the Rickshaw Collective who will be performing a physical theatre piece, “Dislocation” on Saturday, January 21 at 4pm and Sunday, January 22 at 2pm. Photo: Luca Barausse
This weekend, Durban plays host to the inaugural Fresha Festival. This free fun family al-fresco theatre festival will be staged on Durban’s North Beach for three days on January 20, 21 and 22. Continue reading
ESTELLE SINKINS takes a look at some great books for birders. Continue reading
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