Litnet

Booking is now open for the modern classic, Manuel Puig’s extraordinary play, Kiss of the Spider Woman, directed by the multi-award-winning Sylvaine Strike, at The Baxter Golden Arrow Studio from 5 to 19 June 2021 at 7 pm, with Saturday matinees at 2 pm.

"’n Boer maak ’n plan en ’n kunstefees maak films – onder andere."

DGC in partnership with VRTheatrical and the KKNK, in association with the Tsikanya-Chaka Centre and the Centre for Creative Arts-UKZN, present a professional, rehearsed reading of a new version of Shakespeare's epic tragedy, adapted and directed by Coppen, an internationally acclaimed writer, designer and director. The reading forms part of the further development of the piece. 

Cape Town's only magical arts non-profit organisation, the College of Magic, is proud to announce the appointment of the esteemed Daniel Galloway as its new interim CEO.

Cape Town City Ballet proudly presents the South African premiere of Mthuthuzeli November's Olivier Award-winning Ingoma as part of its Autumn Season at Artscape. 

Die COVID-19-pandemie het Suid-Afrika dalk nog beet, maar die KKNK vier onverpoosd fees in 2021, met ’n ryk spyskaart van vermaak en projekte #oraloor!

"'Plant vir jou vroue elk ’n dadelboom. ’n Boom om dankie te sê, ’n boom sodat hulle onthou kan word. Daoud Al Maari, jy en net jy kán ’n nuwe tradisie vir ’n nuwe Oman begin,' sê sy."

MultiChoice stap weg met 47 SAFTA-toekennings by die 15de Suid-Afrikaanse Film- en Televisie-toekennings (SAFTAs) – ’n bevestiging van dié veelsydige inhoudvervaardiger as Afrika se mees geliefde storieverteller wat van die beste plaaslike inhoud skep.

Hier is die wenners van LitNet se vonkfiksie-skryfkompetisie: Vuur in die argief. 

"Ek verstaan spiritualiteit as ’n reis en nie ’n bestemming nie. Daarom is dit vir my en my medereisigers so belangrik om ’n lewe van verwondering en eerbied voor die groot en onpeilbare Geheim, wat ons die goddelike noem, te leef en te sterf."

Die NATi Jong Sterre-projek bied ’n uitsonderlike geleentheid aan jong dramaturge om hul toneelstukke onder professionele mentorskap te verfyn.

"My naaldekoker het my weer die betowering om my laat raaksien. Hy het my hart lig gemaak. Die lekkerte van dans-dans deur die lewe gaan, is dat jy die vrugteskommel en muesli van die tafel kan vee om plek te maak vir ’n sondige espresso en ’n dekadente sjokolademuffin wat jou van kop tot tone met gesmelte sjokolade besmeer."

Frederik de Jager en Douw Steyn drink wyn, maak hoender en harissa, en gesels oor The Talking Table en die literêre lunch. Hulle gesels oor mense in Griekeland oor wie Frederik in sy boek skinder, en natuurlik ook oor Frederik de Jager se Man op ’n fiets op pad êrens heen. Luister hier na hulle gesprek.

"As Kaang and Kuyper witness each other’s departure to wherever, the penny drops. Proximity, no matter how uncomfortable, is perhaps South Africa’s only remedy."

"The dominant discourse of the “civilised” European thus dominates and replaces that of the Khoisan, erasing it."

"What separates Muller’s approach from its Western counterparts is the fact that Wesens is very much rooted in the sociopolitical and cultural climate of apartheid-era South Africa."

"Hulle het dit so goed vertolk dat jy sou dink hulle is regte wetenskaplikes."

"Though culture is ingrained in us and forms a big part of how we shape and see our world, it is learned, and therefore we can unlearn the parts of our culture that no longer serve us, or the parts of it that do not do the planet any good."

"The two scientists have a different kind of power over the major and staff sergeant. They are the ones documenting the journey and can therefore decide when to stop filming and when to start again."

"To those who have not seen the film, allow yourself to experience this Afrikaans catalyst project. Leave your Hollywood notions of films and filmmaking at the door, and give this unique film a chance to challenge your outlook on life."