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Howick, the gateway town to the iconic Midlands Meander, the premier arts and craft route in SA, is preparing a bid to become SA’s first Unesco City of Craft and Folk Art.

Marc Bamuthi Joseph is the vice-president and artistic director of social impact at the John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC. He delivered the keynote address at the Tribuo arts conference held in Stellenbosch in June 2023, and he spoke about a transformative future and the currencies of redemption.

We would like to share and listen to experiences of adults living with a disability in South Africa. We would like to talk around "my disability", "me as a person", "my environment", and "my participation".

Encounters South African international documentary festival, renowned for its celebration of thought-provoking and impactful documentaries, is thrilled to announce some of its exceptional international films set to captivate audiences in Cape Town and Johannesburg from 22 June to 2 July 2023.

Love me, feed me, never leave me, a comedy about love, longing and navigating modern relationships. It will be performed at The Drama Factory from 2 to 4 June.

Stellenbosch Craft Drinks Festival returns to the annual events calendar on 7 October 2023 in the scenic Jan Marais Nature Reserve.

In their programme She/Her, clarinettist Maria du Toit and pianist Vera Kooper perform music by female composers of various nationalities, eras and musical styles. / In hul program She/Her voer klarinetspeler Maria du Toit en pianis Vera Kooper musiek deur vroulike komponiste van verskeie nasionaliteite, eras en musiekstyle, uit. 

There is a dream of performing in New York City. The bustling metropolis is home to some of the world’s most prestigious concert halls and music venues, and to grace one of these stages would be a true accomplishment.

In June, this 120-member orchestra of talented musicians ranging from age 12 to 21, led by its co-founder and guiding force Benjamin Zander, embarks on a 19-day, multi-city tour, performing seven collaborative concerts in Pretoria, Soweto, Johannesburg, Cape Town and Makhanda.

With 38 confirmed groups performing the Bard’s works over 17 days, this year’s fest – themed Unplugged and illuminated in 2023! – will once again light up the stage as the SSFSA showcases burgeoning young South African talent.

The 2023 Franschhoek Literary Festival will offer Afrikaans literature as part of a rich and engaging three-day programme. Afrikaans makes its appearance for the first time at the festival through a mix of sessions in Afrikaans and Afrikaans authors and books.

This Easter, on Saturday, 8 April 2023 at 16:00, Cape Town Opera brings Rossini’s Stabat Mater to the beautiful Toringkerk in Paarl.

"All characters are disturbed and have gone through trauma of some kind; only the depth varies. Nobody is born bad. What happened to her? That is why this is important."

It was a glittering affair at the Oude Libertas Amphitheatre in Stellenbosch on Sunday 26 March when the winners of the 58^th Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards were announced.

"Filmmaking is famously described as 'showing and not telling'. My favourite thing about it is that screenwriting is the art of getting a character to say something which reveals a completely different truth to the words they say. As Emma Thompson said when I had the honour of meeting her (it’s in the book!), screenwriting is the art of a character saying, 'Pass me the butter', when they really mean, 'You have ruined my life.'"

"But, of course, the cream on the cake is the extraordinary character that Field has created in Lydia Tár, and Ms Blanchett’s rendition of her is off another planet. Only vintage Streep could compete with Blanchett as Tár. It is an experience of an exceptional kind to be able to witness this performance."

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"The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM) held their High Scorers’ Concert for the Eastern Cape, George and surrounding areas on Sunday 5 March 2023 in Gqeberha at the Collegiate Junior School for Girls."

The production is inspired by Mbothwe’s desire to retrace, remap and reconnect his work in terms of themes and aesthetics as well as investigate themes of rituals and restoration.

"If the first instalment is anything to go by, then viewers should not be intimidated by the series. Everyone can learn something from it, and it is a fun and fascinating watch. So, grab a snack and a cosy seat, and let’s talk about Sex and pleasure."