Renowned magic-man and mentalist, Roy Zaltsman, will be in KwaZulu-Natal to “wow” audiences with his repertoire of magic, mentalism, mind reading and tricks of the mind. He will perform his show, Beyond Belief, at the iZulu Theatre at Sibaya Casino on April 14 and 15. Continue reading
Get ready to be Razzle Dazzled by (from left) Katy Moore, Jessica Sole and Charon Williams-Ros in KickStArt Theatre Company’s ‘Chicago’. Photo: Val Adamson
Some of Durban’s top musicians will be performing live for every performance of KickstArt’s high-kicking razzle-dazzle, Kander and Ebb musical, Chicago, which is at the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre until April 30. Continue reading
Rory Booth stars in Ashwin Singh’s ‘Reoca Light’ at the Playhouse Loft Theatre in Durban.
The Singh Siblings (an artistic collaboration between Ashwin Singh and Shantal Singh) will present award-winning playwright Ashwin Singh’s one-man play Reoca Light at the Playhouse in April.
The play celebrates the indomitability of the human spirit and pays tribute to unsung heroes in contemporary South Africa as well as those from our recent and distant past. Continue reading
Saint Joan – the acclaimed production of the George Bernard Shaw classic play filmed live at London’s Donmar Warehouse – is the next National Theatre Live broadcast to be screened only at Ster-Kinekor’s Cinema Nouveau from Saturday, 18 March.
Directed by the Donmar Warehouse artistic director Josie Rourke (Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Coriolanus) and starring Gemma Arterton (Quantam of Solace, Nell Gwynn, Made in Dagenham) in the lead role, this production puts a modern twist on this 1oo-year-old play that follows the life, times and eventual trial of Joan of Arc – a young country girl who declares a bloody mission to drive the English from France. Continue reading
Aaron McIlroy onstage in ‘Comedy Masterclass’. Photo: Val Adamson
MacBob Productions presents a return season of Aaron McIlroy’s multi-award winning hit, Comedy Masterclass. This plays at the Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre at the University of KwaZulu-Natal Howard College in Durban from 21 to 26 March. Continue reading
The cast from Dingalings Productions is at it again. In their hilarious new show One for the Road, to be staged at Sibaya’s iZulu Theatre this month, the guys are on the way to a gig when their car breaks down.
While waiting for “roadside” assistance, they get up to their usual antics, relaying nostalgic stories and performing toe-tapping hits from yesteryear. Continue reading
Heading to the Schlesinger Theatre at Michaelhouse in Balgowan at 7.30pm on Friday, March 10 is The Cenotaph of Dan Wa Moriri, a finely crafted monument to memory.
An intensely personal reconstruction of co-writer and actor, Tony Miyambo’s memories of his father, Daniel Rasenga Miyambo, the play explores an intimate father-son relationship, recalled and reconstructed through remembered moments from the past, fading images captured in sepia toned photographs, conjured up conversations , snippets of music, truths and half- truths.
It is an ancient human attempt to connect our present to the past by mapping our relationships with the one’s we love.
ESTELLE SINKINS spoke to him ahead of the performance, his first in the KZN Midlands. Continue reading
Tony Miyambo stars in ‘The Cenotaph of Dan Wa Moriri’ at the Schlesinger Theatre at Michaelhouse. Photo: Supplied
Heading to the Schlesinger Theatre at Michaelhouse in Balgowan at 7.30pm on March 10 is The Cenotaph of Dan Wa Moriri, a finely crafted monument to memory. Continue reading
Sihle Mnqwazanakate, Kate Pinchuck, Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi and Mahlatsi Mokgonyana. Photo: Jesse Kramer
The Theatre Arts Admin Collective (TAAC) is calling for applications for the 2017 Emerging Theatre Director’s Bursary – in partnership with the Distell Foundation.
This year, they are offering two bursaries to emerging Cape Town-based black women directors. Students at both an undergraduate and post-graduate level will not be considered. Continue reading
The next National Theatre Live broadcast to screen at Cinema Nouveau is the 2016 National Theatre production of Peter Shaffer’s Amadeus, starring Fresh Meat’s Adam Gillen and Misfit’s Karla Crome as Mozart and his wife, and Game of Throne’s Lucian Msamati as the composer’s great rival Salieri.
The stage production, directed by Michael Longhurst, was filmed live for broadcast into cinemas globally at the National Theatre in London, with orchestral accompaniment by the 30-piece Southbank Sinfonia orchestra.
Opening on Saturday, 4 March there will be for four screenings only. Continue reading
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