tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69532589856245938022024-03-19T10:48:21.421+02:00artSMartCaroline Smart's arts news from Durban, Pietermaritzburg and the rest of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africaa.ARTSMARThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12391954962661443151noreply@blogger.comBlogger19535125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6953258985624593802.post-64247620388515751442024-03-17T16:22:00.004+02:002024-03-17T16:22:34.137+02:00WAY OF THE CROSS Mariannhill Monastery: Saturday,
March 23, 2024, at 15h00.
The Durban Catholic Players’ Guild will present its annual
theatrical presentation of the Passion of
Christ on Palm Sunday in Mariannhill, near Durban.
The Way of the Cross
is being staged in association with the Knights of da Gama on Saturday March 23
at 15h00 at the grounds of the Mariannhill monastery church (behind the tea
ARTSMARThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12391954962661443151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6953258985624593802.post-91554818889943216132024-03-17T16:06:00.005+02:002024-03-17T16:09:19.272+02:00"KING OF BROKEN THINGS" FOR ONE PERFORMANCE AT KEARSNEY COLLEGE (Above: Cara Roberts in one of the highlights of the show) Kearsney College: Thursday March 21 at 19h30
The King of Broken
Things – a whimsical, profound and poignant one-hander by Theatresmiths’
Michael Taylor Broderick, featuring Cara Roberts (as a young boy) comes to 1000
Hills for a single performance - at Kearsney College on Thursday March 21,
2024, at19h30.
The KingARTSMARThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12391954962661443151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6953258985624593802.post-78274150726753161322024-03-15T20:22:00.011+02:002024-03-15T20:23:59.176+02:00VINCENT – HIS QUEST TO LOVE AND BE LOVED Back at Rhumbelow Theatre by popular demand, Vincent – His Quest To Love And Be Loved tells
of the artist’s search for love, told through reimagined versions of popular
musical theatre, pop, rock and jazz numbers.
Featuring Daniel Anderson (vocals) and Paul Ferreira (piano)
the show takes place on:
April 12, 2024. Show starts 19h30
April 13, 2024. Shows at 14h00 and 19h30
ARTSMARThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12391954962661443151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6953258985624593802.post-9069697991664706312024-03-15T16:33:00.007+02:002024-03-15T16:33:40.934+02:00ALEX CROSS MUST DIE: REVIEW “Alex Cross Must Die”
is a convoluted thriller well worth reading. It is Patterson at his ultimate
solo best. (Review by Barry Meehan for artSMart)
James Patterson is billed as “The
World’s Bestselling Thriller Writer” on the front cover of his latest novel, Alex Cross Must Die. This I can
certainly believe, as his output is prolific, with a good few hundred titles
listed at the back of ARTSMARThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12391954962661443151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6953258985624593802.post-34807788211224348462024-03-15T16:10:00.004+02:002024-03-15T16:10:34.326+02:00ST PATRICK’S DAY: PADDY’S BAND Well-known actor and director Paul Spence will present St Patrick’s Day: Paddy’s Band on
March 17, 2024, from 16h00 to 19h00.
The show will take place at Crossways in Hilton and will feature
Spence himself along with Kath McClelland, Charles Webster, Axl Forder (Wild
Rover) and Ant Cawthorn-Blazeby.
Tickets R100 (R80 seniors, R50 scholars. Under 5 free).
Book with Chantelle on 033 343 ARTSMARThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12391954962661443151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6953258985624593802.post-64358494849163072952024-03-12T19:19:00.001+02:002024-03-12T19:19:02.692+02:00THE GHOST ORCHID: REVIEW As always, Kellerman
gives us a convincing and convoluted plot with many twists and turns, leading
the reader heading in different directions before bring everything to a
satisfactory conclusion. (Review by Barry Meehan)
Jonathan Kellerman’s latest thriller The Ghost Orchid kicks off with LAPD Homicide Lieutenant, Milo
Sturgis, and his trusty behavioural psychologist friend and ARTSMARThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12391954962661443151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6953258985624593802.post-27754048612703879012024-03-12T14:36:00.002+02:002024-03-12T14:36:18.698+02:0027TH TIME OF THE WRITER FESTIVAL (Left: Margaret Busby. Photo
Luke Daniels)
Kicking off this week, the 27th Time
of the Writer Festival showcases over 50% women authors in stimulating line-up.
This week marks the kick-off of the 27th Time of the Writer
festival, hosted by the Centre for Creative Arts at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. Taking place from March 14 to 21, 2024, this year's festival theme, "ARTSMARThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12391954962661443151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6953258985624593802.post-18818623367709555772024-03-12T14:06:00.008+02:002024-03-12T14:06:48.141+02:00KZN PHILHARMONIC’S 2024 SUMMER SEASON #3 Week Three: Ode to peasant dances, a failed law degree and
an ill-fated marriage.
This Thursday is the penultimate concert in the
KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic Orchestra’s 2024 Summer symphony season taking place
in The Playhouse Opera Theatre on March 14, 2024, starting at 19h00.
Leon Bosch, South African born bassist-turned conductor -
one of South Africa’s most distinguished musical ‘ARTSMARThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12391954962661443151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6953258985624593802.post-60353125980722521632024-03-11T21:35:00.006+02:002024-03-11T21:35:34.609+02:00ANDREW YOUNG - TIMELESS (Above: Andrew Young)Join International saxophonist Andrew Young and Durban’s own
Pianist Graham Hudson, for an unforgettable night of music! There are two
appearances under the sponsorship of Rhumbelow Theatre:
March 17 at 14h00 – Rhumbelow Theatre
March 23 at ?? - Northlands Bowling Club
We open 90 minutes before show
Experience the magic of jazz, blues, and swing withARTSMARThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12391954962661443151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6953258985624593802.post-80360859966087074382024-03-11T21:03:00.009+02:002024-03-11T21:03:52.142+02:00BOKANI DYER FOR CENTRE FOR JAZZ (Right: Bokani Dyer)
The Centre Jazz and Popular Music proudly presents Bokani Dyer’s solo performance on Wednesday March 20, 2024,
at 17h30.
Born in Botswana, into a vibrant community of exiled
musicians, and raised in South Africa with a keen sense of activism, Bokani
Dyer returns to Durban with an intimate show.
Dyer is an established artist, with a growing global
reputation. His ARTSMARThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12391954962661443151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6953258985624593802.post-35895061992274615102024-03-11T17:50:00.008+02:002024-03-11T17:50:53.734+02:00KZNPO SYMPHONY CONCERT NO.3: REVIEW Conductor, Emmanuel
Siffert’s perfect choice of tempi enabled the orchestra to excel, coaxing fine
playing, in particular, from the woodwinds. (Review by Barbara Trofimczyk)
KZN Philharmonic
Concert No.3 at The Playhouse Opera Theatre
Thursday March 7, 2024.
Conductor - Emmanuel
Siffert
Soloist -Jan
Jiracek von Arnim
Programme:
Ravel - Le Tombeau de Couperin
Mozart -ARTSMARThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12391954962661443151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6953258985624593802.post-82938134107690365662024-03-11T15:19:00.013+02:002024-03-11T17:30:41.594+02:00OLDUVAI TO AI: E-POETRY BY MARÍ PETÉ: REVIEW (Left: Marí Peté)OlduvAI
to AI: we with our tech tools
– e-Poetry by Marí PetéThis is a wonderfully
wild, almost-organic approach so apt for this defiantly trans-disciplinary
multi-frequency body of work, evidencing what’s possible when we give ourselves
creative and intuitive permission, liberating ourselves particularly within the
academic zone. (Review by Malika Ndlovu)
In ARTSMARThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12391954962661443151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6953258985624593802.post-40813287796372205412024-03-09T17:29:00.001+02:002024-03-09T17:29:30.424+02:00APPLY NOW FOR ACT THUTHUKISANI PROGRAMME ATOLOGA 2024Deadline: April 12
2024.
Apply now for the Arts & Culture Trust Thuthukisani
Programme Atologa 2024.
The Arts & Culture Trust (ACT) is proud to announce that
applications for the ACT Thuthukisani Programme Atologa 2024 are now open in
all nine provinces until April 12, 2024.
From 2021 to 2023, each cycle of the ACT Thuthukisani
Programme took place in certain provinces:
• &ARTSMARThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12391954962661443151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6953258985624593802.post-13721550267010216662024-03-07T15:30:00.008+02:002024-03-07T15:30:33.934+02:00THE REED DANCE STALKER: REVIEW “The Reed Dance
Stalker” is a pacy, gripping local thriller and Makholwa has created an
interesting central character, who is well fleshed out and believable. But the
reader needs to be prepared for some pretty gruesome interludes along the way. (Review
by Margaret von Klemperer)
The
Reed Dance Stalker is Angela Makholwa’s sequel to her 2007 novel, Red Ink, which has been made into a
ARTSMARThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12391954962661443151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6953258985624593802.post-90266878401814187332024-03-07T15:09:00.003+02:002024-03-07T15:10:16.150+02:00THAMI JALI SOLO EXHIBITION: MPHENDLA NDLELA (Thami Jali’s works
on the Mphendla Ndlela exhibition. Photos by Paulo Menezes. Text: Russel
Hlongwane)
It's an exciting time in the KZNSA gallery with the recent opening of
Thami Jali's solo exhibition, Mphendla
Ndlela, curated by Angela Shaw, Page Hadebe, John Sempe and Thulesazi Dube.
“Njoba neyami indlela yakhanyiswa izibani zabanye, nami ngifisa ukwenza
njalo, ngikhanyisele abanye ARTSMARThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12391954962661443151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6953258985624593802.post-15115335102457006542024-03-06T17:12:00.010+02:002024-03-06T17:15:05.737+02:00KZNPO SUMMER SEASON CONCERT NO.2The next concert in the KZNPO’s current Summer Symphony Season
series takes place tomorrow (March 7, 2024, at 19h00) in the Playhouse Opera
Theatre:
Emmanuel Siffert, conductor
Jan Jiracek von Arnim, piano
Programme:
Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23, K.488 in A Major
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 2, Op. 17 in c minor
Ravel’s Le Tombeau de Couperin (ARTSMARThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12391954962661443151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6953258985624593802.post-53628307393637593062024-03-04T18:38:00.008+02:002024-03-04T18:38:41.053+02:00MOVIE HIGHLIGHTS FOR MARCH, 2024
SUNDAY NIGHT MOVIES
Please note: The
Sunday night blockbuster movie will move to 21h00 from Sunday, March 24 to
Sunday, April 21 to make way for the riveting 5-part documentary series, Chasing the Sun S2.
Sunday 03 March 2024
20h05 | The Equalizer 3 | 16VNL |Crime
Denzel Washington
takes his ARTSMARThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12391954962661443151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6953258985624593802.post-44594251315865029292024-03-04T17:55:00.004+02:002024-03-04T17:55:36.791+02:00JAZZ SAFARI FOR CENTRE FOR JAZZ (Left: Nomfundo Cele)
The Centre for Jazz and Popular proudly presents Jazz Safari: A Journey through African Jazz on
Wednesday March 13, 2024, at 17h30.
Embark on a musical expedition across the diverse landscapes
of Africa with Jazz Safari, a
captivating showcase of African jazz fusion. Inspired by the continent's natural
beauty, cultural richness, and rhythmic diversity, this showARTSMARThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12391954962661443151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6953258985624593802.post-82106187712316713452024-03-04T13:50:00.006+02:002024-03-04T13:50:28.979+02:00KWAZULU-NATAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA; CONCERT 1: REVIEW The concert was given before a crowded and
attentive house, and had as a whole a stirring and positive impact, the more so
since the orchestra can boast three new appointments (including an associate
concert master and a principal clarinettist) plus a cadet in the trombone
section – all causes for celebration. (Review by Dr David Smith)
World Symphony Summer Series, Concert 1
(February 29,ARTSMARThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12391954962661443151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6953258985624593802.post-77297589055128402852024-03-04T13:10:00.006+02:002024-03-04T13:10:50.142+02:00POOVI PILLAY APPOINTED ACT FOUNDING TRUSTEE REPRESENTATIVE (Above: Poovi Pillay,
courtesy of The ACT website)
Poovi Pillay, Nedbank Executive Head of Corporate Social
Investment appointed as Official Founding Trustee Representative onto the Arts
& Culture Trust Board.
In 2024, the Arts & Culture Trust (ACT) celebrates an
iconic 30 years of service to the arts and culture sector and ushers in a new
era of invigorated, innovative and ARTSMARThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12391954962661443151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6953258985624593802.post-25283585998364606752024-02-29T14:17:00.011+02:002024-02-29T14:17:54.420+02:00STEVE NEWMAN AND NISH PILLAY On Tuesday March 5, embark on a musical journey like never
before with the dynamic duo, Steve Newman and Nish Pillay at Centre for Jazz
and Popular Music at 17h30.
Brace yourself for an unforgettable evening of world-class
music that transcends borders and captivates hearts. Steve Newman, a virtuoso
guitarist with an illustrious career, takes centre stage, bringing to life the
magic of hisARTSMARThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12391954962661443151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6953258985624593802.post-12931878198449897182024-02-29T14:08:00.011+02:002024-02-29T14:09:56.079+02:00KICKSTART THEATRE ANNOUNCES EXCITING PLANS FOR 2024 (All photos: Val
Adamson)
KickstArt Theatre will be staging not one, but TWO South
African premieres of Broadway musicals in the first six months of this year.
First up will be the South African première of Stephen
Sondheim’s ground-breaking musical, Company. Never having been presented
professionally in South Africa before, this witty, wise, and worldly musical
about love and marriage inARTSMARThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12391954962661443151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6953258985624593802.post-66152319523542705842024-02-27T21:03:00.004+02:002024-02-27T21:03:23.270+02:00NORMAL WOMEN: 900 YEARS OF MAKING HISTORY: REVIEW Readers may not agree
with everything Gregory claims, but she has produced a fascinating, often
startling, piece of research (Review by Margaret von Klemperer, courtesy of The
Witness)
For many readers, Philippa Gregory is the major go-to writer
of historical fiction, concentrating on the stories of prominent women in
British history, and probably best known for her The Other Boleyn Girl, ARTSMARThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12391954962661443151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6953258985624593802.post-83361158173908813072024-02-27T18:08:00.002+02:002024-02-27T18:08:09.806+02:00KUHLE KWETHU HERITAGE AND ARTS FESTIVAL Kuhle Kwethu Heritage and Arts Festival hosted by Kuhle
Kwethu Music Festival in its 4th instalment in 2024 has a pleasure to welcome
the following esteemed choirs and institutions to a celebration of the
legendary SBP Mnomiya and 30 years of South Africa’s democracy.
Wiseman Mkhize, Executive Producer, mentioned: “We are
forever grateful for these choirs’ acceptance of our invitation to ARTSMARThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12391954962661443151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6953258985624593802.post-38288374886679459872024-02-27T17:53:00.006+02:002024-02-27T17:53:32.254+02:00NEIL GONSALVES TRIO FOR CENTRE OF JAZZ (Above: Talent Mzukulu; Neil
Gonsalves & Riley Giandhari. Pic supplied)
The Centre for Jazz and Popular Music at the University of KwaZulu-Natal
proudly presents the Neil Gonsalves trio on Wednesday February 28, 2024, at
17h30.
Composer, pianist, educator, Neil Gonsalves has a deep and
abiding love of township music and dance. It is among the most vibrant sounds
and images of his ARTSMARThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12391954962661443151noreply@blogger.com