Liana Hassim with her Simon Sabela Award for best student film.
PIETERMARITZBURG filmmaker, Liana Hassim, is lighting up the South African movie industry with her third Simon Sabela award, writes ESTELLE SINKINS. Continue reading
Maeshni Naicker stars in Clinton Marius’ latest show, ‘Salon Sue’. Photo: Val Adamson
IF there is a lesson to be learned from Clinton Marius’ latest solo show, Salon Sue, it’s that you should never judge a book by its cover, writes ESTELLE SINKINS. Continue reading
Winners at the Durban FilmMart 2017. Photo: Supplied
The Durban FilmMart (DFM), the industry development programme of the eThekwini Municipality’s Durban Film Office and Durban International Film Festival (Centre for Creative Arts, UKZN) ended on a high note with an awards ceremony at the Tsogo Maharani Hotel in Durban, South Africa on Monday, July 17. Continue reading
Nono Nkoane will be performing at UKZN’s Centre for Jazz and Popular Music. Photo: Supplied
SINGER-songwriter, Nono Nkoane, will contemplate the relationship between jazz and African music at the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s Centre for Jazz and Popular Music in Durban at 6 pm on Wednesday, July 19. Continue reading
Nina Mkhize will be performing in Groutville on July 22. Photo: Simanga Zondo
VOCALIST, Nina Mkhize, will be performing with her band at the 50 years Remembrance Concert of Chief Albert Luthuli in Groutville on the KwaZulu-Natal North Coast at 11 am on Saturday, July 22. Continue reading
South African country-rock giant Brian Finch will perform at Northwood Crusaders Sports Club. Photo: Mark Higgins.
HAVING played to a packed-out audience at his last Durban show, Brian Finch returns for a one-off performance at Northwood Crusaders Sports Club, 10 Ranleigh Crescent (bottom of Swapo Road/Broadway) in Durban North on Friday, July 21. Continue reading
Catch The Reals in two fabulous tribute shows at Tina’s Hotel in Kloof. Photo: Supplied
THE Reals will be presenting a tribute to Dire Straits at the Rhumbelow Theatre at Tina’s Hotel in Kloof from July 19 to July 23. The show is one of two being staged by the band at the venue. Continue reading
Cydney Malcolm (back) will dance the role of Mother Duck, with (from left) Jamie Knott as the Ugly Duckling and Robyn Curry, Caitlin Pillay, Casey Nugent and Itai Mubako as Ducklings in the KZN Midlands Youth Ballet’s production of ‘The Ugly Duckling’. Photo: Keith Cameron
ESTELLE SINKINS reviews The Ugly Duckling, presented by KZN Midlands Youth Ballet, in association with Cape Town City Ballet, at the Hilton College Theatre. Continue reading
Joey Rasdien will headline Savanna Durban Comedy Week, which runs from July 26 to 29. Photo: Supplied
LIFE can be all too serious, so why not enjoy some comedic relief courtesy of a mix of Durban and South Africa’s best funnymen – and women. Continue reading
Sarah Dumont and Tom Ainsley in a scene from Amanda Evans’ ‘Serpent’. Photo: Supplied
ESTELLE SINKINS reviews Amanda Evans’ Serpent, the opening night film at the 2017 Durban International Film Festival, which was screened at the Playhouse Drama Theatre on Friday, July 14. Continue reading
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