Standard Bank Young Artist for Dance Luyanda Sidiya will present his new work, SIVA (Seven), at the National Arts Festival from July 6 to 8. Continue reading
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UJ Arts takes EVOLUTION X on the road
University of Johannesburg Arts & Culture is at the 2015 National Arts Festival with quartet of bold productions from its dynamic EVOLUTION X programme. Continue reading
The Glennie gears up for greatness at NAF 2015
From the extraordinary to the crazy to the unmissable, KB Theatre Productions is packing up 11 of its favourite productions and is heading off to the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown.
Celebration of cinema at DIFF 2015
This July sees the Durban International Film Festival (DIFF) return for its 36th year of cinematic celebration.
From July 16 to 26 there will be more than 200 screenings in nine venues across the city, as well as an extensive workshop and seminar programme in which industry experts from around the world share their knowledge and skills.
PG Comics 2015 National Arts Festival line-up
Taking to the stage at this year’s National Arts Festival in Grahamstown, the pickledginger (PG) comics are guaranteeing non-stop laughter at some of the best comedy shows that will be wooing audiences from July 2 to 12.
South African focus at Zanzibar International Film Festival
The Zanzibar International Film Festival is proud to host a series of events focused on South Africa that will include a range of South African guests including South African actress Leleti Khumalo, along with Lebobang Rasethaba, the director and Tshego Molete, the producer of Prisoner 467/64: The Untold Legacy of Andrew Mhalangeni, Adrian Steirn, director of 21 Icons: A Journey to Democracy and Sihle Hlope, director of As I Am.
Faun and Fantasy in BOK
After successful seasons at KKNK 2015 and The Magnet Theatre, Underground Dance Theatre’s provocative BOK returns to the National Arts Festival.
New contemporary work from Underground Dance Theatre
Multi award-winning Underground Dance Theatre tours their latest contemporary dance production LoveZero to Cape Town, Grahamstown and Bloemfontein.
LoveZero is a contemporary dance double-bill made up of Mode (choreographed by Steven van Wyk and Thalia Laric) and Cipher (choreographed by Cilna Katzke and Kristina Johnstone). It will appear on the Arena platform at the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown, the Youngblood Gallery in Cape Town, and the Vrystaat Kunstefees in Bloemfontein.
With two abstract dance works, LoveZero investigates the distance between memory and reason, emotion and logic. Continue reading
International award for SA film, The Shore Break
Ryley Grunenwald’s The Shore Break, has won the prestigious Backsberg Audience Choice Award at Encounters South African International Documentary Festival for Best South African Film.
The award-winning documentary film follows the dilemma faced by a rural community on South Africa’s Wild Coast as to whether to support or resist a proposed titanium mining project and a national tolled highway.
Themba Shibase to exhibit in Grahamstown
KWAZULU-NATAL artist, Themba Shibase, will be showing his work at the Studio Gallery at Rhodes in Grahamstown during the National Arts Festival (NAF). – please see details below.
The exhibition is being hosted by the NAF and the SMAC Gallery daily from 9 am to 5 pm.
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