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Milk Train: Sour for some, fresh for others
2013-10-18 Milk Train has been described as one of the plays that deal most poignantly, most convincingly, with death. The other play that has achieved this feat is Shakespeare’s Hamlet.
Mensehandelbewustheid | Human Trafficking Awareness
2013-10-18 Corinne Sandenberg of Stop Trafficking and Marisa de Lange, curator of the Freedom Exhibition, talk to Naomi Meyer about a topic everybody wants to avoid.
In the flesh
2013-10-02 "Back by popular demand, the Body Worlds exhibition returned to South Africa. Kim Harrisberg went to find out why humans can’t get enough of seeing themselves skinned."
Open Book Festival 2013: The Ghost-Eater and other stories
2013-09-17 "The Ghost-Eater and other stories is a collection of 31 short stories from different writers who all took part in a creative writing workshop at the University of the Western Cape (UWC) with the compiler of the book, Diane Awerbuck, last year."
Clover Aardklop 2013: Afda brings Afrikaans short films to festival
2013-09-05 A selection of Afrikaans short films made by the students of The South African School of Motion Picture and Live Performance (Afda) will be shown at the Clover Aardklop Festival. Reney Warrington asked Garth Holmes, co-founder and chairman of Afda, about the films and the industry.
Open Book Festival 2013: Programme
2013-08-27 Open Book Festival 2013 takes place from 7 to 11 September 2013 at The Fugard Theatre in Cape Town. See the full programme here.
Top English productions at Clover Aardklop National Arts Festival
2013-08-23 The English productions on offer at this year’s Clover Aardklop National Arts Festival, held in Potchefstroom, are all highly-acclaimed and award-winning shows.
Expression is Golden
2013-08-13 "InZync poetry sessions are a surprisingly humble space where bras and sisters come together in an intimate cipher, where rappers informally freestyle over self-created beats, a pre-game warm-up rolling together blades of spiritual enlightenment, avoiding the blue lights of the five o’s and sharing a moment while spitting lyrical lines."
Cool stuff: August 2013
2013-08-12 Réney Warrington shares her highlights on the August events calendar.
About Beauty: A love letter
2013-08-12 "This is a love letter to some of the most remarkable full stops in the world, and to their friends. It could also have been an essay about beauty, but I’d rather treat it as the former."
lKh? da !hoa 2013: Press release
2013-08-06 "By means of the first Namibian Word Festival, the lKh? da !hoa, I want the public to acknowledge and give hope to the people in our country who create art even if they are poor and not always in a position to have the luxury of studying."
Schreiner Karoo Writers’ Festival: Lisa Ker-Antrobus interview
2013-07-29 The Karoo Writers' Festival will take place in Cradock from 9 to 11 August 2013. Lisa Ker-Antrobus, organiser of the festival, tells Naomi Meyer what visitors to the festival can look forward to.
Sibongile Khumalo to lead performers in the oratorio Credo
2013-07-10 Credo is a ground-breaking new multimedia oratorio to be performed at UNISA’s ZK Matthews Great Hall in Pretoria on 18, 19 and 21 July 2013, in celebration of the university’s 140th anniversary.
Running on empty hits the bullseye
2013-07-03 Fred Abrahamse and Nicola Hanekom have created a very honest, scarily-close-to-home production for the contemporary 21st-century woman.
The Unexpected Man: A very satisfying play
2013-07-03 The Unexpected Man is an intimate play by Tony award-winning playwright Yazmina Reza.
My name is Rachel Corrie: A brave play which evokes conversation
2013-07-03 Kate Liquorish is phenomenal in her role as Rachel Corrie and takes the audience on a journey right from the start.
2 X Beckett: A huge disappointment
2013-07-03 Beckett certainly does not require much action on stage, but complete vocal agility is non-negotiable.
Cool stuff: July 2013
2013-07-01 Reney Warrington's eagle eye spots some awesome new movies, TV series, art and literature well worth checking out this July.
Stuart Lightbody brings new show to National Arts Festival
2013-06-24 Double Standard Bank Silver Ovation Award winner and illusionist extraordinaire, Stuart Lightbody, presents his new show, Unreal at the National Arts Festival.