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Locals stage ragtime operetta in France
Cape Town Opera is off to La Turbie on the border of Monaco and France next year to give two performances of Scott Joplin's operetta Treemonisha to fulfil the dream of a French music lover.[Full Story...]
Take a bow!
Diane de Beer gives the lowdown on some personal theatrical highs (and a few lows) of 2005 and discovers that against all the odds, local theatre is still competing with the best.[Full Story...]
Theatre runs in Lindiwe's veins
As a child growing up in a creative milieu, Lindiwe Matshikiza has in a sense always had to redefine who she is and there's nothing like questioning a sense of identity to spur on the creative process.[Full Story...]
Durban guitarist crowned Queen star
Rowan Stuart has notched up a few firsts before landing one of two guitar parts in the hit West End show, We Will Rock You, which will hit our shores in 2006.[Full Story...]
Being Michael Naicker
It is not often you come across a White bloke who calls himself Michael Naicker. What's even more astonishing is his uncanny grasp of the lingo and all the bling he sports to make him look the part.[Full Story...]
Satirists' sequel has a sharper bite
Engineering's loss is, without a doubt, the stage's gain. Ben Voss, who is appearing with John van de Ruit in Black Mamba at the Baxter, originally studied engineering, almost as a backlash against the rest of his family's artistic leanings.[Full Story...]
Adaptation of Tintin in Tibet a runaway success
“Blistering barnacles!” – Tintin, accompanied by a real, canine Snowy, the boy reporter’s faithful dog, is on stage in London – and proving to be a runaway success.[Full Story...]
Having a ‘Crush' on India
Indian actor, Gaurav Chopra, currently in Durban, is enjoying performing to great houses and standing ovations in Bombay Crush.[Full Story...]
A milestone year for Velephi
This was Velephi Mnisi's year. Not only did she get married to her longtime companion, she also stars in her first TV series and is one of the featured singers in Mbongeni Ngema's Nikeziwe, which runs at the Opera State Theatre from tomorrow until Saturday.[Full Story...]
Wordsmiths who tell it like it is
Themi Venturas's Catalina Theatre at the Durban harbour was afloat with fresh ideas, creative energies and germinating aesthetics during the 2005 Festival of Contemporary Theatre Readings.[Full Story...]
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