Vote for LOYISO GOLA
We were just saying the other day that it’s time us young people got amongst and started doing things our way… looks like we have a leader already! Loyiso Gola, one of our favourite most outspoken comics is ready to lead the revolution… Disillusioned by the leaders of today? Tired of the succession battle? Unhappy about floor-crossing? Sounds like you need to follow the growing group of … supporters for the next “president elect” – Loyiso Gola. After hosting the “Let Durban Laugh Festival” which will be held at the Durban City Hall on the 8th and the 9th of December and is expecting about 4000 people over the 2 days, Loyiso Gola hits the road again with a much anticipated run of his one man show which will aptly carry the gripping title, “Loyiso Gola for President”. This show will run at the Market Theatre, Newtown from the 30th of January to the 4th of February 2007. Popular radio station YFM has come on board as the key media partner and will be giving the show a substantial amount of support during its run. This will be the first instalment of this show and be the first opportunity for Loyiso to perform this set to the public. However it will also be the last time Jozi sees him perform for a while as he leaves for Durban shortly thereafter to perform as the warm up act for internationally acclaimed comedy superstar Sugar Sammy for the entire month of February at the Suncoast Casino resort. (Sugar Sammy hails from Canada and his meteoric rise to fame culminated in him touring North America last year with Dave Chapelle. It is testament to the profile that Loyiso Gola now enjoys on the local comedy circuit that he was selected by the organisers of the event to be part of this show) Loyiso Gola has been described in comedy circles and numerous articles as “the next big thing in South African comedy” with some going as far as saying that he is the future of comedy in this country. His unique sense of humour and his affinity towards openly frank and observational commentary has carved Loyiso into a comedy genius and has elevated his status in the realms of local comedy. In taking his one man show to the people, Loyiso follows the path of many legendary comedians before him in packaging a one man show with its own distinct style and subject matter. Many of these, namely Richard Pryor’s I’m Crazy; Eddie Murphy’s Raw; Chris Rock’s Never Scared; Jerry Seinfeld’s I’m Saying This For The Last Time and Dave Chapelle’s Killing...
Win a Surfing trip to Mozambique!
Cape Townians or anyone who will be on holiday in Cape Town in December, get down to the rather unique sounding Wavescapes Surf Film Festival – ladies you’re guaranteed to be surrounded by tanned, toned and hunky looking casual guys… You know the KFC ad – fully bru. Enter their competition and win a surfing trip to Mozambique – yumyum – now that sounds like a holiday of note. ww.wavescapes.co.za/”>Wavescapes is about surf culture, but they don’t want you to feel left out. So they have organised a great competition where you too can learn the Zen-like skill of surfing. When you get a ticket to the Wavescapes Surf Film Festival, presented by FNB, you could win a learn-to-surf trip for two – with your own guide – to Mozambique. The grand prize includes all flights, and six night’s accommodation at the Turtle Cove Surf and Yoga Lounge in Tofu, Mozambique. What’s more, surf lessons will be provided daily by a trained instructor from Surfing Safari, a surf travel company. If you surf already, no worries, the instructor becomes your guide to some of the outstanding surf breaks of the region. The film festival, in association with GQ, Zigzag, Cape Times, Wavescape, Malibu and Drive South Africa, runs in Cape Town from Thursday 7 to Thursday 14 December. The competition features prizes worth more than R100,000. Apart from the grand prize to Mozambique, which is worth R25,000, there are six Safari surfboards, six Iron Fist skateboards, FNB daypacks and hampers, and stacks of other prizes, such as BondiBlu sunglasses, Sterkinekor games for PS2, Roxy and Quiksilver surf apparel, Puma peak caps, gift vouchers from Lifestyle Surf shop, Reef products, goodies bags from Rogz, Dakine leashes, Sex wax from Mr Zoggs, Island Tribe sunscreen, ZigZag, GQ and SWG magazines and more! The sixteen-day feast of surf culture, including a surfboard art exhibition and charity auction, runs in Cape Town before the roadshow heads up the southern Cape coast at the peak of the summer holidays between 17 and 23 December. Helping to make it an “Endless Summer” will be the cult classic of that name, a film by Bruce Brown that immortalised the Cape St Francis break now called ‘Bruce’s Beauties’. A strong South African theme this year is core to the lineup of films this year. Shaun Tomson’s “Pure Line”, a unique history of Jeffrey’s Bay, will be shown in Cape Town for the first time. Other films are the pumped up “Drive Thru South Africa” featuring Martin Potter; “Horrorscopes: Cape of Storms” when a group of famous surfers try to score huge surf at a giant reef off...
Review: James Bond Casino Royale
If you want the version that doesn’t give it away read this one: Brilliant opening scene, cheesy theme song, sexy new Bond Daniel Craig, yukky soppy love scene, too long, could do with an edit of the last stretch, awesome entertainment, probably the best yet. Then if you want the juice – read here…. Thanks to Heineken for the invitation to the Casino Royale preview with all th… e shlebs and media on Friday night at Village walk. Casino Royale was thoroughly enjoyable, with the manificent opening Parkour scene taking your breath away and throwing you straight into the action… the visuals of the chase sweep you up and keep you watching all the way through to a rather soppy love scene right near the end. It is at this point where the audience starts getting a little fidgety and wondering ‘how much longer’ and I am afraid it is just before this point where the movie should have ended. But it didn’t and you go on to see the usual James Bond twist at the end leaving our hottie loveless and lost and you bursting for the loo or a smoke or just to get up. 7 out of 10. But a tighter edit would have kept it sweet. Daniel Craig makes a fine Bond although he lacks the ‘slick n slimey’ Bond factor and has more of a ‘heavy macho’ side to him than previous Bonds. His pout and piercing blue eyes can get a little intense as well. Eva Green (or Evergreen) is sexy and sultry, keeping the boys happy. After the movie we were invited to (our not so favourite club) Moloko – it was a pleasure getting there early and being able to find space to sit and feel welcome (as opposed to walking in on a heaving room of strangers with no room to move). The catering was brilliant with NY style chinese take-away boxes and lots of yummy delights. The bar was flowing and service was attentive. Editorista was introduced to the joys of poker and found herself addicted almost instantaneously. Thank heavens the chips were plastic or she’d have to work the dance floor for money like one or two young ladies appeared to be doing. Great to see some of our friends at the event -David Kau looking suave in white, Sibu Shangasi the “Red Bull” man friendly as always, Lebo looking luscious and Melanie looking gorgeous (you know who you are girls), Mike from JHB Live enjoying the snacks, super smooth Simphiwe our favourite Swazi boy (call me) and Monique taking over the dance floor. Definitely worth watching. But...
Night of 1000 drawings – TONIGHT !!
After 4 months of campaigning, tonight is “Night of a 1000 drawings” Everyone should come thru and buy drawings at R100 each:) (credit cards accepted) and in doing so support Paballo, an inner city homeless care organisation. The exhibition is at 95 commissioner street, btwn rissk and loveday street. Free Parking in the Harry Hofmeyer Parking on Simmons St. Short yet very secure walk to the exh… ib.. where there are plenty of guards on route. 19h00 Drawings may not be touched/ taken down. Only at 20h30. will the public be allowed to take down their drawings and pay for them. Those who have not RSVP’ed, it’s totally kool just register on the ground floor before heading up to the exhibition floor. So invite Everybuddy:) Cash bars available. Harris Tweed will be doing an acoustic set and HEADspace will be following with live Jazz. Miss Buttons spinning out a chilled set. Map and a sneak peak of the exhib space on our Blog spot 1000drawings.blogspot.com thanks a billion trillion and bless ================================= 2 Nov Big ups to the peeps behind this project – it’s very simple – they’re asking you to put pen or paint or charcoal or whatever to paper- A5 size that is – and drop your artwork off at their offices. Your drawing will then be sold for R100. All proceeds will go to the Paballo inner city feeding initiative. Come on – get creative! Grand Finalle Deadline: Jozi 1st Nov The Night of a 1000 Drawings is an exhibition where drawings donated by everybuddy get collected and sold to the public for R100 a pop. It’s all happening on 16 November, thanks to Urban Ocean, the crew transforming Jozi into a New York vibe and restoring the old Security Building especially for the event. All proceeds go directly to Paballo, an organisation that has fed and provided basic medical attention to over 300 inner-city homeless people every Wednesday night since 1989. Maximum respect goes out to G-mo, local customised animal friendly sneaks and shoe peeps, for handling the Cape Town collection & exhib “Mother City loves Inner City” on Friday 13th October at Asoka, Son of Dharma. Sadly drawings won’t be sold in CT, but in compensation G-mo have put 2pairs of shoes up for draw strictly for CT peeps. Draw anything, with anything, on anything .. Only thing is A5 in size. So draw as much as possible. And hand em in.. Grand Finalle Deadline: Jozi 1st Nov. Cape Town 11Oct. No mounting necessary, Pls date and sign drawings. pls Attach a name, postal and email addy to the drop off envelope. Jozi drawings...
DOUBLE REVIEW! Ain’t Misbehavin @ the Market
Editorista got a little mixed up with dates and sent TWO reviewers to the Market Theatre to check out the musical Ain’t Misbehavin… The best part about this review is that one of the ladies is an accomplished musical theatre performer and the other is a big fan of musical theatre…which means they each had a very different POV. Thanks to Heather and Debs for your reviews – check out what they … had to say: THE LISTENER – HEATHER I have to start this review with a confession. I am tone deaf and know nothing of the Harlem Renaissance or Stride Piano. However, I can say that if you are looking for an entertaining, upbeat show to see before this Festive season – check out this chock-full-of-talent production. Most of the songs are instantly recognizable and will have you tapping your toes all along. From the very first number of “Ain’t Misbehavin’ I got that feeling of “this is going to be great” and I wasn’t let down. Some of the artists are known in different capacities such as actors, voice artists, dancers or back-up vocals, but I was amazed at how talented they all are as real, live, singing, dancing, comedic performers. Gillian Bhudal has a fabulous presence and her rendition of “Yacht Club Swing” was a hoot. A highlight of the show for me was Earl Gregory doing the “The Viper’s Reefer Song – somewhat out of the ordinary from the other numbers, but a great performance. An artist to look out for is Molebatsi Lekgetha who has incredible energy and a great voice. The humour in the lyrics is well portrayed by the ensemble and with some of the less recognizable numbers, I would have loved to have had a copy of the lyrics to read. I mean really&.. Who’s that walkin’ round here, Mercy Sounds like baby patter, baby elephant patter thats what I calls it Say up in Harlem at a table for two There were four of us, me, your big feet and you From your ankles up, I’d say you sure look sweet From there down there’s just too much feet Yes, your feets too big Don’t want ya, cause ya feets too big Who else writes such witty lyrics? (I think that if it hadn’t been opening night, the audience would have started to sing along&) The lighting was subtle and complemented the performance very well. I did find the band a bit tucked away and I got the feeling they were a little cramped. It would have been great to see more of the piano player, after all, Fats...
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