Demi Fernandez
The Centre for Jazz and Popular Music at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in Durban is hosting the guitar showcase on Wednesday, August 17 at 6pm. Continue reading
Guitar showcase at UKZN’s Centre for Jazz and Popular Music
Howard College campus
Catch guitarist Seb Goldswain live in KZN in August
Seb Goldswain is pictured at Jude’s Antiques ahead of his tour around KZN. Pic by Dane Stops
Accomplished guitar maestro, Seb Goldswain, will embark on his Not Quite Spring provincial tour this August with six acoustic performances scheduled for around KwaZulu-Natal. Continue reading
Lana Crowster at UKZN’s Centre for Jazz
The Centre for Jazz Popular Music at the University of KwaZulu-Natal Howard College campus in Durban is hosting a concert featuring Lana Crowster on Wednesday, August 10 at 6 pm. Continue reading
Centre for Jazz puts drummers in the spotlight
Bruce Baker will be taking part in the Jazz Drum Showcase at UKZN.
The Centre for Jazz and Popular Music at the University of KwaZulu-Natal is hosting a Jazz Drum Showcase featuring first, second and third year students and a few alumni that are prominent faces on the Durban and South African music scene at 6 pm on Wednesday, July 27. Continue reading
Durban singer, Zethe, to perform at Centre for Jazz
THE Centre for Jazz and Popular Music at the University of KwaZulu-Natal Howard College campus in Durban is hosting a concert by BA (Music) graduate, Zethe, on Wednesday, May 4 at 6 pm. Continue reading
Jazz vocalist Thobeka Langa at Seaman’s Corner in Hammarsdale
JAZZ vocalist, Thobeka Langa, at Seaman’s Corner at Unit 3 in Hammarsdale at 6 pm on Sunday, May 1. Tickets are R30 at the door. Continue reading
Applause for KickstArt’s celebration of Sondheim
From left: Puppeteer Brandon Moulder with Milky White the cow, Jack (Graeme Wicks), the Baker’s Wife (Jessica Sole) and The Baker (Bryan Hiles). Photos: Val Adamson
DURBAN theatre company, KickstArt, walked away with three Naledi Awards in Johannesburg recently for their dark and brooding staging of Stephen Sondheim’s blood-drenched classic Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.
Meanwhile, at the Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre at the University of KwaZulu-Natal Howard College campus in Durban, the company is hosting its first production of 2016, another iconic Stephen Sondheim production, the musical fairy tale parable for grown-ups: Into the Woods. Continue reading
Into the Woods is a wish come true
The cast of KickStArt Theatre Company’s Into the Woods which is running at the Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre in Durban. Photo: Val Adamson
Review: Into The Woods – Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban
THERE is a saying ‘be careful what you wish for’, but I for one am extremely happy that my wish – that Stephen Sondheim’s Into the Woods would be staged in Durban one day – came true. Currently running at the Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, KickStArt Theatre Company has again showed what can be achieved by ambitious dreamers and a dream cast and crew. Continue reading
It’s time to go Into the Woods with KickStArt
The cast of Into the Woods. Photo: Val Adamson
I remember sending a message to Steven Stead, artistic director of KickStArt Theatre Company, after seeing Disney’s film version of Into the Woods whether he had plans to do a stage version. He just said ‘watch this space’.
This week Durban theatregoers get to see Into the Woods on stage at the Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre on the University of KwaZulu-Natal Howard College campus from April 15 to May 1. I for one cannot wait to see Stephen Sondheim’s classic and I urge all my friends and family in Durban and Maritzburg to go and see it. Continue reading
Neil Gonsalves, Natalie Rungan and Bruce Baker at the Centre for Jazz
Natalie Rungan
The Centre for Jazz and Popular Music at the University of KwaZulu-Natal Howard College campus in Durban hosts Neil Gonsalves, Natalie Rungan and Bruce Baker in concert on Wednesday, April 13 at 6pm. Continue reading
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