Do you have a fabulous stage production but no venue to present it in? re you looking for a potential partner to assist with the financial costs of staging a drama, musical or dance production? Then this is the opportunity you have been waiting for! Continue reading
THE 19th Time of the Writer festival in Durban will be hosted at venues around the city from March 14 to 19 and the addition of a special new programme.
Hosted by the Centre for Creative Arts at the University of KwaZulu-Natal this year’s theme is Decolonising the Book. Continue reading
Sibo Masondo engages with an audience member in Sunshine Babies – the runner up in the Audience Favourite (professional theatre)
PANSA KZN had another fabulous Musho! International Theatre Festival, their eleventh festival of one and two person productions, which took place from 13 to 18 January at the Catalina Theatre in Durban’s Wilson’s Wharf. Continue reading
Last year’s schools’ short story competition winners.
THE 19th Time of the Writer hosted by the Centre for Creative Arts at the University of KwaZulu-Natal invites South African high school pupils to submit their short stories for the annual Schools Short Story Competition by Friday, February 26. Continue reading
PANSA KwaZulu-Natal presents the 11th Musho! International Theatre Festival from January 13 to 18 at the Catalina Theatre in Durban’s Wilson’s Wharf. The festival is dedicated to small works and the celebration of the skill of the solo or duo performer. Continue reading
LAST weekend I was privileged to be able to watch the next generation of Durban film-makers showcase their work at the AFDA Durban 3rd year graduation festival. Continue reading
Models with Albinism will raise awareness when they hit the ramp at the We Can Arts Festival concert and fashion show, Friday, December 4. From left are: Smisokuhle Mntungwa, Siyabonga Mthembu, Siwele Mthalane, Tlotliso Kanetsi and Simphiwe Ndlovu. Photo: Supplied
December 3 is observed internationally as a day that celebrates people with disabilities. Locally the We Can Arts Festival will commemorate and recognise disabled people, showcasing their extra ordinary talents in the fields of arts and business.
The festival will take place over three days between December 3 and 5, commencing with a business and arts seminar on Thursday, December 3 at the Durban Playhouse from 9 am to 4 pm.
Director Rob Murray waits outside the NG Kerk Hall before the dress rehearsal of his new mask work Waterline, in Grahamstown on 1 July 2015, at the National Arts Festival. Photo: CuePix/Mia van der Merwe
THE National Arts Festival Grahamstown joins fellow members of the World Fringe Alliance (WFA) in congratulating South African director, writer, educator, producer and arts leader Rob Murray on his appointment as Artistic Director of the Amsterdam Fringe. Murray will be replacing Anneke Jansen, who has held the position since the launch of the Amsterdam Fringe ten years ago, and was until recently Chairperson of the Alliance. Continue reading
Are you a frustrated thespian with a play burning a hole in your pocket? Perhaps a seasoned professional drowning in corporate gigs and yearning for the magic of the stage? A wannabe, gottabe music sensation in the making… a community group looking to take the world by storm?
Then the National Arts Festival Fringe is where you could find fame and glory in 2016. Registration is now open for Africa’s largest open-access Festival, which will take place in Grahamstown from June 30 to July 10. Continue reading
From left: Themba Mbuli, Siya Makuzeni, Mohau Modisakeng, Jade Bowers, and Avigail Bushakevitz_
Five of South Africa’s brightest creative stars were named as recipients of the Standard Bank Young Artist Awards on Wednesday, October 28, recognising and honouring their dynamic and outstanding contribution to the vitality of the arts in the country. Continue reading
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