Compelling South African theatre on offer in ‘Reoca Light’ at the Playhouse

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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

Shortlist for the Bailey’s Women’s Prize for fiction 2017 revealed

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Who will win the Bailey’s Women’s Prize for Fiction?

The 2017 Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction shortlist has been revealed. It includes one previous winner of the prize and one debut novelist, writes ESTELLE SINKINS. Continue reading

Cellist, Aristide du Plessis, can’t wait to perform ‘dramatic’ concerto in ‘Maritzburg’s ‘Symphony in the City’

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Cellist, Aristide du Plessis. Photo: Supplied

WESTVILLE Boys High School old boy, Aristide du Plessis, is one of the country’s most renowned cellists and on Friday, March 24 he will be performing as one of the soloists in the Symphony in the City concert in Pietermaritzburg, writes ESTELLE SINKINS. Continue reading

Take a trip down memory lane with The Reals and Fleetwood Mac

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Fans of Fleetwood Mac are in for a treat when some of Durban’s finest musicians take to the stage of the Rhumbelow Theatre – Pietermaritzburg at the Alan Wilson Shellhole in Alan Paton Avenue (Durban Road) at 8pm on Saturday, March 25 and 2pm and 6.30pm on Sunday, March 26.

The Chain – The Fleetwood Mac Story features The Reals – Barry Thomson , Dawn Selby, Mali Sewell and Jason Andrew – as well as guest guitarist Colin Peddie and singer Marion Loudon. Continue reading