Locnville are headlining the East Coast Radio Royal Rock Concert at the Royal Show in Pietermaritzburg on May 28. Photo: Supplied
WORLD RENOWNED blues guitarist, Dan Patlansky, and award-winning pop-electro-hip-hop sensations, Locnville, are set to headline this year’s East Coast Radio Royal Rock Concert at the Royal Showgrounds in Pietermaritzburg on Saturday, May 28. Continue reading
CELLIST, Aristide du Plessis (above left), and pianist, Christopher Duigan, will perform Cello Song at St Agnes Church in Kloof at 7.30pm on Thursday, May 25 and at the Tatham Art Gallery in Pietermaritzburg at 11.30 am on Sunday, May 28. Continue reading
The cast of uMabatha, which is being staged at DUT’s Courtyard Theatre. Photo: Siya Meyiwa
The Durban University of Technology Department of Drama and Production Studies will present a re-interpretation of Welcome Msomi’s iconic and critically-acclaimed 1971 play, uMabatha, until 18 May .
Msomi’s play, known as known as ‘the Zulu Macbeth‘, offers a localised reading of Shakespeare’s Macbeth. It will be staged at the Courtyard Theatre, Steve Biko Road, Ritson Campus, Gate 6. Continue reading
The Centre for Jazz and Popular Music at the University of KwaZulu-Natal is hosting a concert featuring Kgalagadi Soul on Wednesday, May 17 at 6pm. Continue reading
Billy Monama. Photo: Thami Ntuli
In association with Concerts SA, guitar maestro, Billy Monama, and the legendary Themba Mokoena are touring the country as part of the GrazRoots “Geleza Tour” Project.
Fans can catch them at The Chairman, 146 Mahatma Gandhi Road, Point, Durban at 10 pm on Saturday, May 20 – tickets R150 at 079 753 6313 or info@thechairmanlive.com – and at Mamas Jazz Restaurant, 210 Northway Drive, Umhlanga Rocks, Durban North at 8.30pm on Sunday, May 21. To book phone 076 195 4630 or email info@mamasjusjazzin.co.za Continue reading
Blues legend, Dan Patlansky, will be one of four great acts at the Royal Rock concert on May 27. Also performing will be Locnville, Ard Matthews and the Black Lapels. Photo: Bakkes Images
SOUTH African musicians, Ard Mathews, Dan Patlansky, Locnville and Siphokazi, are among the drawcards at this year’s Royal Agricultural Show concerts, writes ESTELLE SINKINS.
Music plays a major part in the event, which runs at the Agricultural Showgrounds in Pietermaritzburg from Friday, May 26 to Sunday, June 4. Continue reading
Ben Voss (left) and John van de Ruit.
BEN Voss and John van de Ruit are back with their third production in the Mamba comedy trilogy, Mamba Republic, which is being staged at Durban’s Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre from May 16 to June 4. Continue reading
DURING one weekend of music-making in May, those in and around the scenic and historic town of Franschhoek will have the chance to indulge in a series of concerts in the NG Church and the Café Bon Bon at La Petite Dauphine. Continue reading
AFTER months of deliberation the shortlist for the Barry Ronge Fiction Prize, in association with Porcupine Ridge, has been revealed. The winner, who will receive R100 000, will be announced on Saturday, June 24.
The five shortlisted books are: The Printmaker by Bronwyn Law-Viljoen (Umuzi); Period Pain by Kopano Matlwa (Jacana Media); Little Suns by Zakes Mda (Umuzi); The Woman Next Door by Yewande Omotoso (Chatto & Windus); and The Safest Place You Know by Mark Winkler (Umuzi). Continue reading
THE shortlist for the 2017 Sunday Times Alan Paton Literary Award has been revealed, writes Estelle Sinkins.
Contesting this year’s R100 000 prize, which will be revealed on June 24, will be: Under Nelson Mandela Boulevard – Life In Cape Town’s Stowaway Underground by Sean Christie; Darwin’s Hunch: Science, Race and the Search for Human Origins by Christa Kuljian; Murder at Small Koppie: The Real Story of The Marikana Massacre by Greg Marinovich; My Own Liberator: A Memoir by Dikgang Moseneke; and Letters of Stone: From Nazi Germany to South Africa by Steven Robins. Continue reading
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