Cassper Nyovest to open for Nicki Minaj on SA tour

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Nicki Minaj

A monster hip-hop double bill is set to electrify Jo’burg and Durban when record-breaking South African hip-hop superstar, Cassper Nyovest, opens for American rap heavyweight, Nicki Minaj, on her Pinkprint Tour, promoters Airey Scott have confirmed. Continue reading

New exhibition celebrates the wonder of the human body

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BODY WORLDS Vital is an all-new, unique exhibition celebrating the wonder, resilience and fragility of the human body. Visitors will get a detailed look at the human body and its keenly intelligent design, explore how it functions and see what happens when disease strikes.

This internationally acclaimed exhibition opens at the Sci-Bono Discovery Centre in Newtown, Johannesburg on Tuesday, March 1. Tickets are available now at www.bodyworldsvital.co.za and Webtickets www.webticket.co.za. Continue reading

Don’t miss Ashwin Singh’s fabulous Beyond The Big Bangs

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The Singh Siblings (an artistic collaboration between Ashwin Singh and Shantal Singh), in association with Daphne Kuhn will be presenting award-winning playwright, Ashwin Singh’s comedy-drama Beyond the Big Bangs at the Auto and General Theatre on the Square in Sandton, Johannesburg from March 1 to 12.

The play, which is also directed by Ashwin Singh, features Shona Johnson (Durban Theatre Award-winner for B!*ch Stole My Doek), Chantal Snyman and Annalisa Gxabu.

It premiered to acclaim at the Playhouse Company’s South African Women’s Arts Festival in August 2014 and continues Ashwin Singh’s legacy as an innovative creator of authentic, multi-cultural South African work and features in his 2013 anthology Durban Dialogues, Indian Voice, published by British publishers, Aurora Metro Books. Continue reading

Viennese New Year Concerts come to the Linder

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Tenor, Stéfan Louw

THE Johannesburg International Mozart Festival kicks off this year with the Viennese New Year concerts taking place on Saturday 23 January and Sunday 24 January.

Exotic influences have made themselves felt in music throughout history. Drawing on the theme Fairy Tales from the Orient, the concerts will take us on a journey through the East, both near and far, with this wonderful programme including visits to Persia, Egypt, Hungary and many more! Continue reading