A South African Arts & Culture Magazine
With everything from 17th century traditional plays to hip-hop productions on the menu, Artscape’s 2016 Audience Development and Education programme is set to bring together audiences from all walks of life. ‘Artscape has exciting productions and training programmes planned for 2016….
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FOR YOUR EARS ONLY Playhouse Drama Theatre :12 – 23 December 2015 For your holiday entertainment pleasure, The Playhouse Company proudlypresents the hilarious Paul Slabolepszy show, FOR YOUR EARS ONLY, which opens at the Playhouse Drama Theatre on 12 December…
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On 5 December 2015, 19:00 at the Centurion Theatre, opera lovers may enjoy the full production of Gian Carlo Menotti’s opera written for Christmas time, Amahl and the Night Visitors. This is a crowdfunded event and can only happen if…
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Abert AllickBowlly was often seen stepping away from the microphone with tears in his eyes after a song. He infused his singing with sincerity, passion and the smoothness of a perfect cup of coffee. He was the first South African international star….
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The board of directors made this announcement to postpone this opera after being forced to make a difficult decision following the financial loss incurred by its previous production, Madama Butterfly, as well as the withdrawal of its sponsor for its…
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Since 2011, Sempre Opera has promoted opera by presenting concerts and full productions of this art form.This year, Sempre Operapresents another full-length opera, this time in English: Mozart’s very first little opera, Bastien & Bastienna, composed when he was merely…
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Another Night on Earth So I went to Knysna, to return to the scene of the crime, and to record a short little Bach album. And what happened was I ended up recording the sequel to One Night on Earth…
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On Friday, 4 September 2015 – The Board of the Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra (JPO) announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Boards of the KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic Orchestra (KZN PHIL) and the JPO. Bongani Tembe has been appointed…
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Soprano Bongiwe Madlala Musa will be singing the role of Cio-Cio San (Madama Butterfly). Since completing her opera studies at the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) Opera School she has been performing all across the world. In 2001 she was…
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To mark the 15th anniversary of the piano duo TwoPianists, Stellenbosch-based concert pianists Luis Magalhães and Nina Schumann will embark on a South African concert tour, starting on 31 July in Pretoria, followed by Stellenbosch, Durban and Cape Town in…
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