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All the Naledi Theatre Awards winners

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Naledi award-winners Fiona Ramsay and Janna Ramos-Violante in Doubt.

VETERAN actress, Fiona Ramsay, made history on Tuesday, April, when she won the best lead performance in a play (female) for two different plays – Doubt and Miss Dietrich Regrets at the prestigious Naledi Theatre Awards at the Lyric Theatre in Gold Reef City, Johannesburg.

Her co-star in Doubt, Janna Ramos-Violante, won the best supporting actress award. She was one of several actors and companies with links to KwaZulu-Natal who enjoyed a great night at the awards ceremony. Continue reading →

Celebrating dance at the Ingoma competition

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THE Playhouse Company presents the 5th annual Ingoma competition at the SJ Smith Stadium (eWema), Lamontville, from 9 am on March 21. Admission is free.

Groups from around KwaZulu-Natal will compete in various categories for prizes and trophies and, of course, the prestige of winning this important competition. 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 →

Showcase your talent in Durban this weekend

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The Voice’s Blaze Johnson at The International Arts Talent Showcase 2015

TALENT competitions are nothing new – Idols, The Voice, South Africa’s Got Talent are just a few local ones to name a few. But Elsubie Verlinden, founder of Just You Model and Artist Management, believes the competition she promotes, The International ARTS Talent Showcase (IATS), is something more. Continue reading →

Think Theatre’s acclaimed production of Othello marks Shakespeare’s 400th anniversary

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Nhlakanipho Manqele (Othello), Clinton Small (Iago) & Darren King (Brabantio) pictured by Val Adamson

Nhlakanipho Manqele (Othello), Clinton Small (Iago) and Darren King (Brabantio) in a scene from Othello. Photo: Val Adamson

2016 marks the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare and I am delighted that schools still consider it worth learning the Bard’s work.

Part of that ongoing appeal is being able to see Shakespeare performed live and if your child’s school has not yet booked to see Think Theatre’s critically acclaimed production of the tragedy Othello in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng then I urge you to get them to do so.

It will bring the Bard’s work to vivid life and is the perfect salute to the British playwright, who died on 23 April 1616. Continue reading →

Head to the Playhouse for great music and dance

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untitledTHE Playhouse in Durban is hosting its Test Driving The Arts series in December.

The initiative provides up-and-coming artists with a platform for public performance. The performances are free to the public, and take place over lunchtimes just outside the Playhouse doors.

On December 15 from 12 noon to 2 pm  catch Amatholamnyama – Ingoma Yezinsizwa; Champions – Amapansula; King – country music; and Fusion Musique (African vocals).

The Playhouse is also hosting Sundowner concerts on December 11 and 18 from 5 pm to 7 pm in the coffee shop.  Thobeka Langa will perform on December 11 and 5th Season on December 18. Admission is free.

We Can Arts Festival in Durban

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Models with Albinism will raise awareness when they hit the ramp at the We Can Arts Festival concert and fashion show, Friday, December 4. From left are: Smisokuhle Mntungwa, Siyabonga Mthembu, Siwele Mthalane, Tlotliso Kanetsi and Simphiwe Ndlovu. Photo: Supplied

December 3 is observed internationally as a day that celebrates people with disabilities. Locally the We Can Arts Festival will commemorate and recognise disabled people, showcasing their extra ordinary talents in the fields of arts and business.

The festival will take place over three days between December 3 and 5,  commencing with a business and arts seminar on Thursday, December 3 at the Durban Playhouse from 9 am to 4 pm.

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