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.
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.
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
Christopher Duigan will be performing at the Friends of Music concert in Durban on November 8. Photo: Val Adamson
FRIENDS of Music Durban will be hosting a concert featuring ‘Maritzburg concert pianist, Christopher Duigan, at 7.30pm on Tuesday, November 8 at the Durban Jewish Centre, 44 K. E. Masinga (Old Fort) Road, Durban. Continue reading
BAROQUE 2000’s concert on Sunday, November 6, features the KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic Orchestra’s newly appointed principal bassoon player, Sandra Bailey, who will be the soloist in Vivaldi’s Concerto in A minor RV498. Continue reading
The cast of KickStArt Theatre Company’s Into the Woods which is running at the Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre in Durban. Photo: Val Adamson
KickStArt Theatre Company has been rewarded with 54 nominations in this year’s The Mercury Durban Theatre Awards. The ceremony will be staged at the Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre on the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s Howard College campus at 7.30pm on Monday, November 21. Continue reading
The inaugural Joburg Film Festival kicks off on Friday, October 28 with the world premiere of Mandela’s Gun. This glitzy event will see filmmakers from across South Africa and the globe are getting ready to descend on the city to promote their films. Continue reading
PAUL Beatty has become the first American to win the prestigious Man Booker Prize for Fiction.
His book, The Sellout, is published by small independent publisher Oneworld, who had their first win in 2015 with Marlon James’ A Brief History of Seven Killings. Continue reading
If you listen to or play live music, you are likely to be happier and healthier! That’s one of the research findings showcased in the latest report on South African live music audiences published this week by SA-Norwegian live music development project, Concerts SA. Continue reading
The 2016 annual Bass Day, which will be held on Saturday, October 29 at Musketeers, the German Club in Westville, brings together bass players from all over the for an event that will feature some of South Africa’s most celebrated bassists.
Doors open at 4 pm and the entrance price of R50 includes entry in a raffle. Continue reading
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