Rosalie Craig and Joe Bannister in As You Like It. Photo: Johan Persson
The next production in the National Theatre Live series at Cinema Nouveau is William Shakespeare’s delightful comedy of love and change, As You Like It.
Filmed for cinema broadcast during the live production at the Olivier Theatre in London, the screen version releases on Saturday, March 19 at Cinema Nouveau theatres countrywide for four screenings. Continue reading
FILMCLUB will be screening the third in its series of films by women directors. Claire Denis is one of the leading contemporary directors and tonight’s film, 35 Shots of Rum, although less well-known than some of her others, is testimony to her remarkable ability.
Film-fans can catch the movie at 7 pm on Tuesday, March 15 at the Tatham Art Gallery in Chief Albert Luthuli Street, Pietermaritzburg. Continue reading
British actress Charlotte Salt (pictured), will attend the premiere of the new South African film Modder en Bloed (Blood and Glory) on March 10 at The Zone in Rosebank, Johannesburg. Charlotte plays the role of Katherine Sterndale in this South African period war drama. Continue reading
Les Liaisons Dangereuses. Photo: Johan Persson
IF you love watching the National Theatre Live broadcasts then you can’t afford to miss the latest offering in the series, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, which is being screened at Cinema Nouveau theatres in Johannesburg, Pretoria, Durban and Cape Town.
Filmed live at the Donmar Warehouse in London there will be four screenings only on Saturday, March 5 at 7.30pm. Sunday, March 6 at 2.30 pm, Wednesday, March 9 at 7.30 pm and Thursday, March 6 at 7.30 pm. Continue reading
Ekaterina Krysanova and Vladislav Lantratov in Jean-Christophe Maillot’s Taming of the Shrew.
The Taming of the Shrew will be screened at 11 am on March 6 as part of the Fugard Bioscope World Arts Season.
French choreographer Jean-Christophe Maillot has adapted Shakespeare’s comedy specifically to the Bolshoi Ballet dancers, and achieves a magnetic two hours of breathtaking, nonstop dance unlike any other.
The story revolves around Bianca. Many suitors dream of marrying the lovely and docile lady, including Lucentio. However her father will not let anyone marry her before her elder sister, the ill-tempered shrew Katherina, is herself married.
Tickets for the screening at the Fugard Theatre are R100. The show is two hours and 10 minutes long.
THE National Film and Video Foundation has revealed the nominees for the 10th South African Film and Television Awards (SAFTAs). The winners will be revealed live at two star-studded ceremonies which will be held at Gallagher Estate on Friday, March 18 and Sunday, March 20.
The winner of Best TV Presenter Golden Horn for SAFTAs 2015 and presenter of Expresso Morning Show on SABC3, Katlego Maboe will serve as the SAFTAs 2016 host. Continue reading
On Sunday, February 28, the Fugard Theatre in Cape Town will be screening the Bolshoi Ballet’s Spartacus as part of the Fugard Bioscope World Arts Season. The screening takes place at 11 am. Continue reading
Turandot
CINEMA Nouveau will be screening the Metropolitan Opera’s production of Puccini’s popular opera, Turandot, as part of the current Met: Live in HD season. The opera features dramatic soprano Nine Stemme in title role. Catch on the big screen on March 1 and 3 at 5 pm and on March 2 at 11.30 am. Continue reading
FilmClub is hosting a screening of Larisa Sheptiko’s Wings at the Tatham Art Gallery in Chief Albert Luthuli Street, Pietermaritzburg, at 7 pm on Tuesday, February 23. Continue reading
Unearthed, a groundbreaking, award-winning, independent South African documentary, will be screened at 6 pm for 6.30 pm on Wednesday, February 17 at Tanglewood Country House.
In the film a young South African, Jolynn Minnaar, swallows her optimism on fracking in her Karoo hometown after a mysterious phone call from the United States leads her to uncover the hidden truths of the gas industry.
Unearthed challenges the assertion that hydraulic fracturing is a safe, time-tested technology and questions whether shale gas is the solution for our energy-hungry world.
Entry is a R20 donation to Frack Free SA. There is a soup supper for R60 – book on 083 645 5619.
Did you miss all the familiar faces on Carte Blanche on Sunday? You can watch their programme on KZN fracking here: http://carteblanche.dstv.com/player/996374/
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