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
University of KwaZulu-Natal
Umuntu: a celebration of Blackness
OVER the past two months, the University of KwaZulu-Natal Drama and Performance students have been working on a devised theatre piece that, at its core, is a celebration of Blackness.
In close collaboration with the cast, recently published playwright, Masters student, and multi-award-winning director, Kline Smith, draws captivating performances from over thirty dancers, poets, musicians and actors in Umuntu.
The work will be performed in the Hexagon Studio Theatre at 6 pm on May 5, 6 and 7. Tickets are R40 (R25 for students) at the door. Continue reading
Double bill of edgy work by contemporary dancer, Fabrice Lambert at DUT
Fabrice Lambert in Gravité. Photo: L’Expérience Harmaat/Alain Julien
THE French Institute of South Africa and the Alliance Française of Durban are presenting a performance by Fabrice Lambert, an internationally-acclaimed French artist who combines dance, movement, choreography, and installation.
He will be in Durban as part of his African tour where he will perform his two pieces Gravité and D’Eux #2 as a double-bill at the Courtyard Theatre at the Durban University of Technology (DUT) for one performance only, on Saturday, May 7 at 7 pm. Continue reading
Don’t miss this year’s Funk at the Hexagon
The finale of Funk 2015. Photo: Supplied
AFTER 17 years at the Hilton College Theatre, Funk is moving to the Hexagon Theatre at the Pietermaritzburg campus of the University of KwaZulu-Natal.
Hosted by The Theatre – St Anne’s College, the annual schools dance extravaganza takes place at 7.30 pm pon May 6, 7, 9, 10 and 11. Tickets are R70 at Computicket. 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
Kasi Stories: Stories not Often Told at the Hexagon
KASI Stories: Stories not Often Told is at the Hexagon Theatre at the University of KwaZulu-Natal Pietermaritzburg campus at 6 pm on Thursday, April 28. Tickets R60 at the door. Continue reading
Norman Morrissey to launch poetry anthology in Pietermaritzburg and Durban
Norman Morrissey
FORMER Pietermaritzburg resident Norman Morrissey will be launching his latest poetry anthology, Strandloop, at Café Tatham, on the first floor of the Tatham Art Gallery in Chief Albert Luthuli (Commercial) Road at 5.30 pm for 6 pm on Friday, May 6. 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
Zakes Mda’s And The Girls In Their Sunday Dresses at the Hexagon
ZAKES Mda’s And The Girls In Their Sunday Dresses will be performed in the Hexagon Studio Theatre at the University of KwaZulu-Natal Pietermaritzburg campus at 7 pm from Thursday, April 21 to Saturday, April 23. Continue reading
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