The Voice’s Blaze Johnson at The International Arts Talent Showcase 2015
TALENT competitions are nothing new – Idols, The Voice, South Africa’s Got Talent are just a few local ones to name a few. But Elsubie Verlinden, founder of Just You Model and Artist Management, believes the competition she promotes, The International ARTS Talent Showcase (IATS), is something more. Continue reading
More than fifty passes to attend the ACT/UJ Conference, sponsored by the Mzansi Golden Economy, will be made available to creative practitioners from across the country. Continue reading
Nhlakanipho Manqele (Othello), Clinton Small (Iago) and Darren King (Brabantio) in a scene from Othello. Photo: Val Adamson
2016 marks the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare and I am delighted that schools still consider it worth learning the Bard’s work.
Part of that ongoing appeal is being able to see Shakespeare performed live and if your child’s school has not yet booked to see Think Theatre’s critically acclaimed production of the tragedy Othello in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng then I urge you to get them to do so.
It will bring the Bard’s work to vivid life and is the perfect salute to the British playwright, who died on 23 April 1616. 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
Lyle Buxton and Jessica Sole in a scene from KickStArt Theatre Company’s Shrek The Musical. Photo: Val Adamson
Ralph Lawson and Clare Mortimer in A Voice I Cannot Silence at the 2015 National Arts Festival in Grahamstown. The play, directed by Greg Homann, is based on the life, stories and poems of Alan Paton. (Photo: CuePix/Sithasolwazi Kentane)
Congratulations to all the winners of the 2015 BroadwayWorld South Africa Awards especially Greg King and Stephen Stead of KickStArt Theatre Company, the gifted talent that is Neil Coppen and exceptional actress, Clare Mortimer. Continue reading
It’s summer and it’s steamy in Durban which means that it’s the perfect time to embrace the hot and sultry sounds of Latin America at The Barnyard Theatre at Gateway, from 2 February to 6 March.
La Vida has everything packaged into two hours of the contagious Latino vibe, from awesome dancers to the sexy vocalists and virtuoso musicians, and it sambas onto the stage delivering a wonderful mix of magic. Continue reading
SEE the funny side of many a woman’s often fruitless search for Mr Right in the upcoming comedy show, The Jamaican Coloured Girls, to be featured at Sibaya’s iZulu Theatre for the first time in January 2016.
The riotous comedy show – which takes place on Friday, January 29 and Saturday, January 30 at 8 pm – promises to have audiences in stitches as an ensemble of hilariously bold comedians share anecdotes of their searches for what every woman wants but not everyone gets.
The play, written by Jayshree Parasuramen and Sudhir Kuldip, features four Dingalings’ comedians: Koobeshan Naidoo, Henry Ramkisson and Annalakshmi. The show boasts no vulgarity and carries no age restriction so comedy fans of all ages are welcome.
Tickets are available at Computicket and the Sibaya Box Office for R100 per person.
THE next production from National Theatre Live series to be screened at Cinema Nouveau is Charlotte Brontë’s classic novel Jane Eyre. Filmed at the National Theatre in London, Jane Eyre releases on Saturday, January 23 at Cinema Nouveau theatres countrywide, for limited screenings. 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. If you have been to this festival then get down to the harbour. You won’t regret it!
IF Rory Booth is considering auditioning for CATS at some point in the future he should simply send some image of himself as the title character in KickStArt Theatre Company’s delightful pantomime, Puss in Boots. Continue reading
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