Ralph Lawson and Clare Mortimer in A Voice I Cannot Silence. Photo: CuePix/Sithasolwazi Kentane
THE critically acclaimed, award-winning drama, A Voice I Cannot Silence, will be staged in the Playhouse Loft Theatre in Durban from May 12 to 20. Continue reading
A scene from Curl Up and Dye.
CURL Up and Dye, a South African protest play set in a deteriorating hairdressing salon in Joubert Park, Johannesburg, in 1989, is being presented by pupils at the Theatre – St Anne’s College in Hilton at 7.30 pm from March 14 to 17. Continue reading
On February 11, 1966 District Six was declared a white group area. Over 60,000 people were relocated. A way of life was destroyed. Fifty years have passed and today hardly anything remains of what was once a thriving, densely populated, multi-ethnic and multi-cultural community.
The Fugard Theatre, located in District Six, is currently paying homage to what was once District Six – the place and its people – until May 22 in the show District Six – Kanala. Continue reading
Khumbuzile Dlamini as Winnnie Mandela in ‘Ubuntu – The Opera’. Photo: Val Adamson
Review: Ubuntu – The Opera; Playhouse Opera Theatre, Durban
AN opera which celebrates the life and achievements of former President, Nelson Mandela, is not a new concept.
I was privileged to see Mandela Trilogy, Cape Town Opera’s musical tribute to Madiba’s extraordinary life when the production toured to the Playhouse a few years ago. And then there was the ill-fated Madiba: The African Opera, which was forced to close after three days at the State Theatre in Pretoria when it ran out of money to pay performers.
Ubuntu – The Opera, featuring a libretto and music composed by Juan Burgers, provides another look at the iconic statesman’s life, but this time also shines a spotlight on his relationship with Winnie Mandela and how their participation in the liberation struggle impacted that relationship. Continue reading
Shaun Pollock
In My Story: Shaun Pollock, the South African cricketing legend tells all on M-Net Channel 101 on Tuesday, November 17 at 7.30 pm. Continue reading
Harry Mac by Russell Eldridge.
AWARD-winning journalist and former newspaper editor, Russell Eldridge, has penned the book, Harry Mac, inspired by his father, Stan, who edited The Witness newspaper in Pietermaritzburg from 1961 until his death in 1974. Continue reading
Ralph Lawson as Alan Paton in A Voice I Cannot Silence.
AMONG the many theatrical delights heading to this year’s Hilton Arts Festival, at Hilton College from September 17 to 19, is A Voice I Cannot Silence, a play based on the life and work of Alan Paton. I spoke to director, Greg Homann about the show. Continue reading
Chief Albert Luthuli and Robert Kennedy.
THE film RFK in the Land of Apartheid: A Ripple of Hope, which recounts Senator Robert F. Kennedy’s visit to South Africa in 1966, is proof that America was always supportive of the anti-apartheid movement. So says Mark P. Carr, public affairs officer at the Consulate-General of the United States in Durban, who spoke to me ahead of a screening of the film at the Catalina Theatre at Wilson’s Wharf recently. Continue reading
TONIGHT at 9.15 pm on eNCA (DStv channel 403), viewers can watch the international documentary, The Other Man, which profiles FW de Klerk and his role in ending apartheid. Continue reading
After almost 18 months of renovations, The Market Theatre is reopening its Laager Theatre with productions created by Can Themba and Barney Simon. Continue reading
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