(Left: Samson
Pic by Nikki Newton)
Main programme highlights on the first
weekend of the National Arts Festival include:
-Brett Bailey’s epic new play SAMSON
-Irish comedian Dylan Moran is bringing his Dr Cosmos world tour to
Makhanda.
-Jemma Kahn's brand-new Cellist With Rabies
-The exciting and innovative series of
plays DEURnis/Uzwelo in which
audience members will have one-on-one experiences of the play.
-The first Festival performances of German
Chinese choreographer Hannah Ma’s dance piece, Sylphides.
-2019 Standard Bank Young Artist for Jazz
Mandla Mlangeni performs with his band, Tune Recreation Committee.
-Magnet Theatre’s highly anticipated G7: Okwe Bokhwe.
-The world premiere of the intercontinental
and interdisciplinary Redsoil/Brown Soil.
(Right: Megan-Geoffrey
Prins: musical explorer)
In his solo performance, Metamorphosis: Reflections at the Piano,
Standard Bank Young Artist for Music, Megan-Geoffrey Prins says he wants “the
audience to experience the familiar (Debussy and Liszt) and the new (Carl
Vine), and I am particularly excited about premiering Stellenbosch-based
composer Arthur Feder’s work. Often people think of Western art music as being
monolithic when, really, there are so many different aspects to it and it has
kept evolving for centuries. I think Feder’s work is a testament to the ways in
which Western art music can keep transforming and growing.”
Don't miss Prins' performances this
Festival:
June 28, 29: Metamorphosis: Reflections At The Piano
June 29: Symphony Concert with the Eastern Cape
Philharmonic
July 1, 2: Schubert & Brahms Trios with
David Bester (Violin), Caleb Vaughn-Jones (Cello)
July 3: Beau
Soir
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