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Press release: First look at Craig Urbani as Dr Frank ’n Furter
2019-11-26Ready to thrill you with fun and naughty moments, The Rocky Horror Show is the boldest bash of them all.
Press release: Cape Town City Ballet’s A Christmas Carol fun for all the family
2019-11-21Cape Town City Ballet presents a sumptuous production of A Christmas Carol – The Story of Scrooge that’s perfect holiday entertainment for the whole family! The production will be presented at Artscape Theatre from 14 to 24 December.
Press release: Zeitz MOCAA presents first museum solo exhibition in Africa by acclaimed Nigerian-born artist Otobong Nkanga
2019-11-21On Thursday 21 November 2019, Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (Zeitz MOCAA) (Cape Town) opened an exhibition titled Acts at the Crossroads by internationally acclaimed, Nigerian-born artist Otobong Nkanga.
Joburg Film Festival film review: Amazing grace – a concert
2019-11-21"Your enjoyment of this film hinges on whether you are an Aretha Franklin fan or not."
The sad fact is beautiful, trauma is just like fire, and giving regret the once-over
2019-11-20“You’re mine, love, but
you belong to another, and as a man
you belong to the world.”
Joburg Film Festival film review: 8 – unconvincing
2019-11-19"You must commend the South African film industry, where budgets are small, for attempting genres other than slapstick or drama, slightly more commercially viable options."
Joburg Film Festival film review: Hero – it should’ve been more
2019-11-19"The extraordinary story is there – war hero, law expert, survivor, charmer – but the movie fails its subject dismally."
Joburg Film Festival film review: Luce – the sustained menace will haunt you
2019-11-19"It could set in motion such thought-provoking and justifiable, yet completely conflicting, interpretations, that one could argue for weeks on end. It is marvellous."
Joburg Film Festival film review: Vision portraits – interesting topic, average film
2019-11-19"It is a moving portrait of artists losing their sight, the one thing they depend on most."
Book launch: Being Shelley by Qarnita Loxton
2019-11-15You are invited to the launch of Being Shelley by Qarnita Loxton on the 25th of November.
An interview with Fiona Snyckers
2019-11-15"Most of my books deal with issues that affect women, and it’s hard to rank these in terms of importance."
Book launch: Will South Africa be okay? by Jan-Jan Joubert
2019-11-14You are invited to the launch of Will South Africa be okay? on Thursday 21 November 2019 at The Book Lounge in Cape Town, where the author, Jan-Jan Joubert, will be in conversation with Mbuyiseni Ndlozi.
Resensie: Shadow flicker deur Melissa A Volker
2019-11-14"Melissa slaag ongetwyfeld daarin om die leser vasgenael te hou, van begin tot einde."
Book launch: For the love of the land by Ivor Price and Kobus Louwrens
2019-11-13You are invited to the launch of For the love of the land by Ivor Price and Kobus Louwrens.
You did not take her Honour
2019-11-12“She walks with her head
Higher than yours.
She carries no shame.”
All the king's horses
2019-11-12“Harry’s burgeoning social life left Sue lonely and angry. In an effort to pick up the pieces, she had a makeover and tried to reconnect with him. She popped into his office to collect him for dinner after work, but found the office deserted.”
Press release: Zeitz MOCAA Collection reimagined in Two Together
2019-11-07Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (Zeitz MOCAA) has today revealed the details of an exciting new exhibition, presenting works from its collection in a new and reimagined format.
Where they can’t hurt me and Sylvia Plath
2019-11-06“They can’t hurt our words,
Sylvia. Let us dance, then, in the arms
of our lovers, and our friends”
“In the belly of the beast”: South Africa’s education discourses associated with the fourth industrial revolution (4IR)
2019-11-06"An emphasis on the transfer of generic skills is rapidly becoming a core foundation of education policy, curriculum and pedagogy. The emerging 4IR knower is touted as a future-proof knower."
Disgust
2019-11-06“Mr Hicks cursed and stormed out into the reception room and said, sir, what is the problem, sir? He summed the stranger up and said, I know your sort. I have been taken in by your sort before, and then he ordered Fiona to call Sergeant Marais.”
