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‘Home-IT’ at 2012 Cape Homemakers Expo
The seventeenth annual Cape Homemakers Expo takes place from 23 to 26 August 2012 at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC) and will showcase the latest trends ranging from home improvement products to innovative décor ideas.
Entrance for adults is R60, pensioners pay R40 and children younger than 12 enter free of charge. The Expo will be open from 10h00 to 20h00 on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, and from 10h00 to 18h00 on Sunday.
For more information, phone (021) 511 2800 or log on to www.homemakersonline.co.za.
Posted in Events, Other Events.
– May 17, 2012
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Kyle Shepherd Trio live at the Mahogany Room
The Kyle Shepherd Trio performs live in concert at Cape Town’s premier Jazz Club, The Mahogany Room, 79 Buitenkant St, Cape Town from Wednesday 2 May to Saturday 5 May 2012. There are two shows per night, 8pm and 10pm.
The Trio features Shepherd on grand piano, Shane Cooper on double bass and Jonno Sweetman on drums.
“…Shepherd, together with Shane Cooper on double bass and drummer Jonno Sweetman, creating music of subtle yet tremendous power. Though the technique of all three is undeniable, this is no antiseptic chopsfest: it is music of genuine passion, meditative and stately but always emotionally engaged. It has groove at its very core, with hummable, stripped back melodies on top – and not just in the “head” sections that traditionally top and tail jazz arrangements.” Marcus O’Dair | The Arts Desk, United Kingdom
Shepherd recently launched his 3rd Album, ‘South African History !X’ to critical acclaim. His two previous Albums, ‘fineART’ and ‘A Portrait of Home’, attracted South African Music Award nominations and drew recognition worldwide from respected jazz critics and discerning music listeners alike.
Shepherd has performed in Japan, Holland, France, Belgium, The Bird’s Eye Jazz Club (Switzerland), the Århus Jazz Festival (Denmark) as well as at home in South Africa at The Cape Town International Jazz and Joy of Jazz Festivals.
The Kyle Shepherd Trio is set to perform China and Switzerland later this year.
Bookings are essential
Call: 076 679 2697
Tickets are cash only: R60 per show or R100 for both. Students: R40 per show or R70 for both (proof of Student ID required)
Posted in Events, Experience.
– April 30, 2012
Kat and the kings at The Fugard
Saul Radomsky will design the set for the new production of Kat and the Kings, having designed the production for the West End and Broadway. On its return to South Africa, he won an FNB Vita Award for Best Set Design. Last month Saul was awarded a Fleur du Cap Theatre Award for his set design for Athol Fugard’s The Bird Watchers. Other award-winning creative team members members include Alistair Izobel and Loukmaan Adams who will join director David Kramer in the positions of Vocal Coach and Choreographer respectively. Illka Louw who designed the costumes for District Six, Ghoema and Die Ballade van Koos Sas, will co-ordinate the costumes that are based on the original designs by David Kramer and Saul Radomsky.
After touring South Africa, the original production of Kat & the Kings was invited to the Tricycle Theatre in London in November 1998 and was then transferred to the Vaudeville Theatre in London’s West End by British producers. The production won the Olivier Awards for Best New Musical and the entire cast won the award for Best Actor in a Musical in 1999 – a first for a South African production. The production then transferred to Broadway and was nominated for a Tony, a Drama League and 3 Drama Desk Awards.
Kat & the Kings previews start from the 1st May with tickets from R100 to R150 via the Fugard Theatre box office on 021 461 4554, and 0861 915 8000, with generous discounts available for the Friends of the Fugard. Patrons who are not yet signed up members of the Friends of the Fugard program can do so by clicking onto www.thefugard.com or by calling the theatre’s box office. Performances run Tuesdays to Fridays at 8pm and on Saturdays at 5pm and 8:30pm.
Posted in Events, Experience.
– April 25, 2012
UK poet Lemn Sissay in Cape Town for Badilisha Poetry X-Change
The pan-African poetry platform Badilisha Poetry X-Change is proud to present award-winning UK poet Lemn Sissay at the Slave Church on Saturday, 21st April at 20h00.
Lemn Sissay is a poet and playwright. He is the Associate Artist at Europe’s largest arts complex, the Southbank Centre, and is the first poet commissioned to write for the 2012 Olympics. His poem “Spark Catchers” is etched into a transformer on the Olympic site. He is an honorary Doctor of Letters and curated the world’s first Literature Festival of The Sea.
Badilisha Poetry X-Change is a project of the Africa Centre.
Dates: 21 April 2012
Venue: Slave Church, 40 Long Street
For more information: www.badilishapoetry.com
For media queries contact: Isla Haddow-Flood at the Africa Centre.
Cell: 071 491 4101
Tel: 087 150 5446
Email: islahf@africacentre.net
– April 17, 2012
LINE at the Little Theatre
LINE, a one-act comedy by Israel Horovitz, is the longest-running play in New York, now brought to Cape Town for the very first time by Sugar-daddy Theatre Co. Running from the 18th to the 28th of April 2012 at the Little Theatre, Orange Street; Age restriction 2-18; tickets are R80 for adults, R60 for students and pensioners, and are available through Computicket.
This absurdist-style play centres on five people waiting in a queue, none of them seemingly know what they are waiting for, but all are desperate to get first place in line. The drama unravels as they squabble, trick, fight, and betray each other to get ahead. It is a character-driven play making a profound statement about society and human behaviour.
‘Stephen’, played by Bjorn Steinbach, is the flamboyant ‘wanna-be’ genius who always seems to get first in line. Leon Clingman, who at one time directed LINE in New York, plays ‘Flemming’, a dim-witted baseball fan. Marlisa Doubell portrays Molly, a woman who uses her sexuality to get ahead, while Gavin Werner plays her tormented husband, ‘Arnall’. The shady ‘Dolan’ is played by Aidan Whytock. Award-winning director Yvonne Copley heads the team.
Written by the acclaimed Jewish-American playwright of over 70 plays, many of which have been translated and performed worldwide, Israel Horovitz’s LINE is currently in its record-breaking 38th year at the 13th Street Repertory Theatre in New York, and it has been staged in over 25 countries and translated into over 35 languages.
Venue: Little Theatre, Orange Street, Cape Town
Dates: 18-28 April 2012
Price: R80 (Students/Pensioners R60)
Tickets available through Computicket
Cast: Bjorn Steinbach, Leon Clingman, Marlisa Doubell, Gavin Werner, Aidan Whytock
Director: Yvonne Copley
Posted in Events, Experience.
– April 16, 2012
