4 different walks in and around Joburg this week-end You can’t complain about the lack of variety of what’s on in Jozi this weekend: Sat …5th Nov at 14.00 Join Parktown Heritage Association for the last Jacaranda Walk of 2011; park at the La Roche offices, 54 The Valley Road; no booking necessary; R40; stunning […]
Read More »Good theatre currently showing in Joburg Jozi has some great theatre and live shows at the moment. Saw ‘Chilli Boy’ last week. An old play back for a re-run, but missed it last time around- very funny one-man comedy, amazing acting performance. Runs till 6th Nov. Completely different was ‘The Girl with the Yellow Dress’ […]
Read More »Artists’ Proof Studios: entry level art buying Entry level housing, entry level cars and now the art market is talking of entry level art buying. Some of the people who have started at Artist’s Proof Studios in Fordsburg are already making it big in the art world but there is the opportunity of buying their works […]
Read More »Two challenging plays return to the Market Theatre: Death of a Colonialist and Girl in the Yellow Dress To quote Kentridge’s famous line: ‘Johannesburg, second greatest city after Paris ‘ …. Well, we might not have the range and selection of live theatre of the West Ends and Broadways but we get a lot of […]
Read More »Craig Higginson’s Girl in the Yellow Dress returns to the Market Theatre Craig Higginson’s The Girl in the Yellow Dress returns to the Market Theatre on 27th Sept. It is described in the press release as ‘part psychological thriller and part a State of the Nation analysis’. The synposis continues: ‘It is set in contemporary Paris and deals with […]
Read More »Programme for William Kentridge’s Refuse the Hour Refuse the Hour is a two week programme of live performance events created by artist William Kentridge. As always he collaborates with a team: composers Philip Miller and François Sarhan dancer and choreographer Dada Masilo video editor Catherine Meyburgh performance director Sue Pam-Grant. The programme, which is presented […]
Read More »Joy of Jazz 2011 Info below comes from Peter Feldman’s Top performers for Joy of Jazz 06/08/2011 Legendary trumpeter Wynton Marsalis is due to perform at this year’s Joy of Jazz Festival in Newtown at the end of August. The amazing line up includes America’s Dee Dee Bridgewater, McCoy Tyner, Gerald Veasley, Jeff Lorber, Alexander […]
Read More »Wasted IV at Unity Gallery Wasted IV is an easily accessible showcase of what’s happening right now. … it is Unity Gallery’s annual group exhibition featuring waste art from a wide variety of Jozi artists. The line up ranges from media pros to fine art professionals to street artists and up and coming names from training […]
Read More »Richard III at the Market Theatre RICHARD III at the Market Theatre is a stunning contemporary production with 3 actors playing all the roles in Shakespeare’s play. How they do it is beyond me – playing one role in a Shakespeare tragic drama is enough of a challenge. Excellent performances, very clever stage set, and […]
Read More »Another opportunity to dine at Turbine Hall If you missed the last two chic Jozi dinners and want a modern Jozi-style dining experience amongst the turbines of Joburg’s first Power Station, round up a group of friends and book a table or 6 or more for February 25th. Three course meal, cash bar R250 per […]
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