UKZN’s Centre for Creative Arts gets a funding boost

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EThekwini Municipality has increased its financial support of the Centre for Creative Arts (CCA) at the University of KwaZulu-Natal to R4 million per year for the next three years.

The money will be used for the Time of the Writer Festival, the Durban International Film Festival, the Jomba! Contemporary Dance Festival and Poetry Africa. Continue reading

Enjoy some five-star satire in Superchop

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Don’t miss Superchop at the Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre in Durban

Review: Superchop – Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre, University of KwaZulu-Natal Howard College campus

REALITY shows – love them or hate them – are today a staple of television channels the world over, but in Liam Magner’s Superchop he takes the format to hysterically funny new places.

The satirical comedy show is the latest production from the multi-award winning Neon Anthems. It is written and performed by Van Heerden and directed by Liam Magner. Continue reading

Cobus van Heerden stars in the hilarious satire Superchop

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The multi-awardwinning Neon Anthems team are back with their most ambitious show todate.

Written by and starring Jacobus Van Heerden (above, and recently seen as Lord Farquaad in KickstArt’s Shrek) and directed by Liam Magner, Superchop is a satirical comedy which parodies the famous, and those desperate to be famous.

Catch it at the Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre on the University of KwaZulu-Natal Howard College campus in Durban from March 2 to 13. Continue reading

Wanted: children to perform in KickStArt Theatre’s Winnie The Pooh

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KickstArt Theatre Company will be presenting a colourful and faithful adaptation of AA Milne’s classic children’s story, Winnie the Pooh over the July school holidays- and they are looking for children to take part in the show.

Auditions will take place on Saturday, February 27 at the Playhouse Mayville workshops/studios in Ramsay Road, Mayville from  10 am sharp. Continue reading

Durban theatre rocks at the 2015 BroadwayWorld South Africa Awards

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Lyle Buxton and Jessica Sole in a scene from KickStArt Theatre Company’s Shrek The Musical. Photo: Val Adamson

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Ralph Lawson and Clare Mortimer in A Voice I Cannot Silence at the 2015 National Arts Festival in Grahamstown. The play, directed by Greg Homann, is based on the life, stories and poems of Alan Paton. (Photo: CuePix/Sithasolwazi Kentane)

Congratulations to all the winners of the 2015 BroadwayWorld South Africa Awards especially Greg King and Stephen Stead of KickStArt Theatre Company, the gifted talent that is Neil Coppen and exceptional actress, Clare Mortimer. Continue reading