Cape Town International Jazz Festival is on…
We now have the FULL line-up of this years Cape Town International Jazz Festival for all the Jazz aficionados and lovers in the house. It’s taking place on the 29th, 30th and 31st March 2007 at the ICC in beautiful Cape Town – get your tickets now! See the CTIJF website here and go to computicket here. It’s a glamorous affair and lauded as Africa’s grandest gathering and thus the ticket prices reflect the audience they look to attract: Ticket Prices R290 Day Pass R430 Weekend Pass Supplementary tickets for Rosies Stage available at R25.00 per show, per day Tickets Computicket outlets, Shoprite Checkers outlets and via the website You can also go to the FREE CONCERT that is held every year at Green Market square, this year it’s on Thursday the 29th March so if you broke but gotta get your jazz fix go for the freebie and enjoy HHP with his full band as well as CODA, Siphokazi, Saskia Laroo Band, Ezra Ngcukana Band and Standard Bank National Youth Jazz Band. Represent favourites and must-sees have to be Leela James, HHP, Khalil and his Egyptian Fusion Band, Lira, Closet Snare, Stimela, Rudimentals, Concorde Nkabinde, Joe Sample Trio feat. Randy Crawford, Ladysmith Black Mambazo and Sibongile Khumalo – we’re sure there must be some phenomenal international artists too that we just ain’t heard of… Here’s the deal: It’s “all systems go” for Cape Town International Jazz Festival 2007 Organisers of the 8th Annual Cape Town International Jazz Festival 2007 announced a further 12-African and overseas artists that will perform at this year’s festival scheduled for Friday 30 and Saturday 31 March. The 12-names that were revealed to the media today at the Johannesburg’s Standard Bank Gallery join the initial line-up of 22-groups announced in January. A total of 40-acts will perform over the two days on five stages at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC). Select bands will also perform at the Free Community Concert to be held at Cape Town’s Greenmarket Square on Thursday 29 March. The pre-festival concert has become a permanent feature of the Cape Town International Jazz Festival and is the organisers’ commitment to community members who cannot make it to the paid sessions of the event. The 12-artists announced today are: Leela James (US), Gino Vannelli (Canada), Average White Band (US and Scotland), Themba Mkhize (RSA), Darius Brubeck & the SAPO/UKZN Rolling Reunion Band (RSA and US), Ernest Mothle Quartet (RSA), Saskia Laroo (Holland), Hip Hop Pantsula (RSA), The Stoner (Sweden), Closet Snare (RSA), Yehya Khalil & the Egyptian Jazz Fusion (Egypt) and Bheki Khoza (RSA) Cape Town International Jazz Festival: A Space...
Last few days to catch Dance Umbrella
Guys you know that every year we encourage you to catch the vibrant FNB Dance Umbrella and support our dancers and those visiting from elsewhere -their blood sweat, tears and stuffed up knees all go a long way to ensure that we have a growing and thriving contemporary dance and arts scene in South Africa. These guys have been stretching, rehearsing, lifting and rolling for weeks in preparation for this event and they deserve all the support and props they can get. If you haven’t yet made it to the Dance Umbrella, it’s not too late, you have a few days left to go – do something that will move you and go and watch some dance. GO GO!Here’s the scoop: “The FNB Dance Umbrella is the definitive, annual platform for South African contemporary dance at which new choreographic creations are presented. It is an open platform, which includes performances of youth and community groups, the efforts of young choreographers and commissioned works from professional practitioners. Foreign dance companies also show work, often with assistance from their respective diplomatic missions. Among the major objectives of the Dance Forum is to create a space for new work and the Dance Umbrella’s role in the development of contemporary dance in this country cannot be underestimated.” Tickets for the FNB Dance Umbrella are available at the door (get there early) or can be booked at Computicket on 011 340 8000 and prices range from R20,00 to R80,00. Concessions/block bookings and subscription tickets are available. For further information contact 011 482 4140 / 011 482 5615 or e-mail danceumbrella@artslink.co.za The Dance Umbrella hot-line for up-dates and programmes is 072 703 9332 or visit www.artslink.co.za/arts The FNB Dance Umbrella which opened on February 17 runs until March 17, 2007 will show several works over the coming few days. At The Wits Theatre Complex, Jorissen Street, Braamfontein and the new Johannesburg University UJ Arts Centre the following can be seen: The Mozambican choreographer Panaibra Gabriel has changed the work he was originally scheduled to present to a piece called Mafalala. This work takes the place of Inside of Me Another Island. Mafalala can be seen at the UJ Centre for the Arts on March 12 & 13 at 20:00. Anyone who has reserved tickets for Inside of Me Another Island, can get a refund by calling 011 482 4140 or the tickets can be changed at the theatre. PROGRAMME 22 is on Wednesday and Thursday, March 14 & 15 at the UJ Centre for the Arts from 20:00. Gregory Maqoma completes his Beautiful trilogy with Beautiful Me, a work inspired by Akram Khan, Faustin Linyekula...
Watch Idols West Africa, vote and win!
Dede, Nana and Dan have been holding it down for the viewers of Idols West Africa, in fact, if I may say so, I have found the judging trio more entertaining than the contestants themselves at times, especially Dede! If you haven’t seen an episode of Idols West Africa yet, you need to do that, soon, it is history in the making and really quite hilarious at the best of times. And now it’s that time when you can vote for your favourites… How? It’s easy. Tune in to M-Net or AfricaMagic every Sunday. After every show, simply SMS the name or ID number (this will be flighted) of your favourite contestants to the voting number applicable in your country. The numbers are as follows: Nigeria:33351 Ghana: Areeba Network: 1444 Kasapa, Tigo and One Touch Networks: 15626 Sierra Leone, Liberia, Togo, Zambia, Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Swaziland and Malawi: 15626 Senegal: Orange: 50050 Tigo: 67167 Mali: Orange: 7574 Cameroon: 8704 South Africa: 34626 Please note that cellular VAS rates apply on all messages. Alternatively audiences can also vote online. Remember – voting lines are open after every week’s Sunday show and close the next day at 13:00 CAT before the Monday evening results show. In the interests of fairness and to avoid syndicate voting, only 50 SMS votes per line per week will be accepted. The voting process will be overseen by the auditing firm of Alexander Forbes. In addition to helping select the newest Idols sensation, your vote will also put you in line to win fantastic viewers’ prizes. M-Net is offering a massive USD 10 000 cash prize to one viewer for voting. To enter the competition, all you have to do is vote on Idols West Africa. The more you vote, the greater your chance of winning. The USD 10 000 voting Grand Prize will be awarded at the end of Idols West Africa in May but there are also great weekly prizes for the voting public as well. Thanks to Idols West Africa headline sponsors Celtel, there are great top of the range iPods, plus a 26 inch LCD TV, complete with DStv decoder, satellite dish and three months free subscription up for grabs every week! So it’s not just the contestants who can win big on Idols West Africa, you can...
Art in the Cape
We’ve promised to bring you news about different things happening in different provinces (other than Gauteng), so here’s something interesting to do if you’re in Cape Town. I love art galleries, they are just so fascinating, having been to the Goodman Gallery here, I would without a doubt recommend a visit to the new gallery opening up in Cape Town… To launch the Goodman Gallery Cape in Fairweather House, 176 Sir Lowry Road, Woodstock, gallerist Linda Givon has invited 21 of the country’s foremost artists to participate in its inaugural exhibitions. The first “Lift Off” exhibition launched the new Goodman Gallery premises in Johannesburg a decade ago in 1997, and in keeping with tradition most of the original artists are represented again. The first exhibition of Goodman Gallery Cape with artists Willie Bester, Norman Catherine, Kendell Geers, David Goldblatt, Robert Hodgins, William Kentridge, Kagiso Pat Mautloa, Sam Nhlengethwa, Penny Siopis and Sue Williamson opens on Thursday 22 March 2007 at 18:00. As the new space can not accommodate all the artists Goodman represents, “Lift Off” is being presented in two parts. The second “Lift Off” exhibition runs from 5 May to 26 May 2007. Designed by award-winning architect, Jeremy Rose, from Mashabane Rose Architects, Goodman Gallery Cape is located within the exciting and rapidly developing East City precinct of Cape Town. Situated in a mid-20th century industrial building, the minimal and elegant gallery space created by Rose is tailored to display contemporary art at its optimum, whilst retaining the integrity of the original structure’s interior, in particular its spectacular vaulted ceiling. In architect Jeremy Rose’s words, “the gallery provides an understatement of space that is made to serve art”. Rose’s monochromatic gallery design accommodates only one window that consciously frames a spectacular view of Table Mountain. Natural light halos the long walls, while shorter walls roll on wheels to remake the space allowing for maximum flexibility when devising each exhibition. The total effect is one of memorable contrast to the Woodstock industrial and social fabric, exploring the role of art as commentator. The aims of the Goodman Gallery are to promote contemporary art in South Africa and to leave a legacy and a history for our country to enjoy. The gallery has been opened in Woodstock because it borders on District Six which is a symbol of the marginalization of apartheid. This way it can embrace a wide audience and encourage everyone to enjoy and absorb what is on...
Bunny Chow is finally here!
Guys peep this… After we heard about the movie middle of last year we thought it would never arrive but it seems the long awaited Bunny Chow movie is finally here! Well actually it opens in SA on Friday 09 March 2007. Bunny Chow follows the raucous and often ridiculous weekend journey of three black comedians and Cope (Jason Cope), a strange and irritating white guy who latches onto this testosterone fuelled posse. Egos run high and careers are at stake as Kags (Kagiso Lediga) an arrogant womaniser, Yusuf (Joey Rasdien) a devout yet conflicted Muslim and Dave (David Kibuuka) a somewhat innocent and naive Ugandan immigrant with aspirations of making it big embark on a roadtrip to Oppikoppi, South Africa’s biggest annual rock festival. The quartet slip out of their normal lives for a few dusty and increasingly absurd days with hopes of mass debauchery, drugs, rampant sex, true love and conquering the rock stages with their comedy but they get a bit more than they bargained for. Dave has one thing going for him, his car. Kagi and Yusuf (established comedians) need a ride to Oppikoppi (three hours out of Johannesburg) where there will be a stand up comedy stage. Dave overhears them complaining about having to take their cars to the dust bowl, that is Rustenburg in winter and offers them a ride. Kagiso and Yusuf leave for Oppikoppi against the wishes of their long suffering girlfriends who suspect they are just going to the festival to get wild and fornicate with other girls. Their journey is filled with mishaps and funny moments of adventure as they travel through Soweto to buy beer and wors, Kagi is booked to perform and alleviate predominantly white farmers stress from the imminent drought, they stop on the side of the road to relieve themselves and leave Cope on the side of the road and there is even a bit of a twisted love story where Dave falls madly in love with Carla (The Marketing Manager of the festival) a Jewish princess type. The film directed by John Barker and produced by Barker, Kagiso Lediga and Leanne Callanan explores the different characters’ relationships with each other set against a gritty urban Johannesburg and it also tests the agility of relations formed by people from different religions and ethnic groups living and surviving together in a contemporary reality. The controlling idea of the film is about relationships be it friends or lovers, ultimately you choose! Click here to check out the...
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