Drama for Life Sex Actually 2016: Revealing vulnerable bodies

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Songezo Mcilizeli presents Audition.

Drama for Life is bringing critical, bold theatre into the public domain through its 9th annual Drama for Life Sex Actually Festival.

Hosted at Wits University, the festival is a cross-community arts education, activism and therapeutic intervention, which is curated in a way that allows arts practitioners and audience members to holistically engage with and interrogate the complexities surrounding themes of sex, sexuality, relationships, culture, gender, HIV and sexual reproductive health; within human rights and social justice discourse. Continue reading

Don’t miss Tim Plewman’s ‘Defending The Caveman’ in Durban

The Caveman. Tim Plewman. Emperors Palace. March 2015.

Tim Plewman stars in Defending The Caveman. Tim Plewman. Photo: Suzy Bernstein

Tim Plewman will be staging his one-man show, Defending the Caveman, at the Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre at the University of KwaZulu-Natal Howard College campus until July 17. Continue reading

Durban’s rising talent will be on show the DUT DigiFest

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Graphic design students will exhibit their work-in-progress portfolios, which embrace a wide range of digital mediums for design of print or online publications, websites, online apps, animation, advertising, stationery, or other forms of visual communication at the DUT DigiFest which takes place on September 9 and 10 at DUT’s City Campus. Pictured here going digital is graphic design student Xabisa Xolo.

 

DURBAN University of Technology’s will be hosting its third annual DigiFest on September 9 and 10 at the university’s city campus in Durban.

The two-day event will include a series of live art activations, exhibitions, panel discussions, workshops, music, theatre, poetry, comedy and dance. Continue reading

Shared History is celebrating a decade of cultural links between SA and India

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For theatre-lovers, well-known playwright Mahesh Dattani’s Dance like a Man will be presented at The Fringe at Joburg Theatre on Sunday, September 4 at 7pm, for one performance only.

 

 

The Shared History Festival is celebrating its milestone 10th year of the Indian Experience in South Africa from August 30 to September 10. The festival continues the centuries-old narrative of historical and cultural ties between South Africa and India. Continue reading