8 April – Beautiful SA film released – THE FLYER
I LOVE IT! More and More local film releases are steaming on through – Make sure to support this burgeoning industry of ours = Catch THE FLYER – a poignant tale of a street kid {Kier) who is taken under the wing of former trapeze great (Anders) – Kier battles to break free of his dodgy criminal past but the belief and support of Anders takes him to new...
MIME and JAZZ at WITS (UJ) this month
If you feel like your arty side needs to hang out a liitle bit this month and you don’t know what to do and don’t wanna pay big bucks – head for WITS – there’s plenty going on! AT great prices! 4 STRAIGHT SAXES & A TRIO OF JAZZ If you’re not watching the SAMA’s on Saturday night get down to The Atrium, SW Engineering Building, Wits East Campus in Braamfontein… for two JAZZY performances all for the unbelievably good price of R50. There’s The Lex Futshane Trio featuring Tlale Makhene on percussion – a SAMA nominee if I am not mistaken – There’s also Clare Loveday and her Saxophone quartet – sounds like it’s going to BLOW UP!! 4 STRAIGHT SAXES AND A TRIO OF JAZZ The Atrium, SW Engineering Building, Wits East Campus, Braamfontein Saturday 16 April @ 18h30 Book at Computicket – for any enquiries please call (011) 717-1376 or Email them JOURNEY – Movement theatre with Pieter Van Zyl Well if Jazz is not your Flava then how about watching one of our slickest MIME artists who’s recently returned to the country after studying with the best of the best overseas – He focuses on the the corporeal mime-technique of Etienne Decroux in which compositions for the body is combined with spoken text about journeys… Mhhm – sounds interesting – But isn’t MIME supposed to SOUNDLESS??? Well you get a chance to ask Pieter all about it as In addition to the two performances of Journey, Pieter Van Zyl will present a lecture-demonstration, which is open to the public, on Tuesday 26 April from 16h00 – 17h30, in the Wits School of Arts Movement Room 9th floor University Corner, Jorissen Street admission is free. Tickets for the movement-theatre piece, Journey, are very reasonably priced at R 20,00 and booking is at the door only! JOURNEY – movement theatre with Pieter Van Zyl The Wits Theatre, Jorissen and Station Streets, Braamfontein Monday 25th and Tuesday 26th April @ 19h00 R 20,00, available from the box office, Wits Theatre Foyer Enquiries on (011) 717-1376 or EMail...
Poetry in N-town @ Couch and Cofffee -Market Theatre
If you’re a wordsmith and love to hear them flow make sure to get down to Newtown to the Couch and Coffee on the first Sunday of every month from 3pm for a Performance Poetry session. That would make the next one on the 1st May… They usually have guest poets, some regulars plus an open mic session, so bring something of your ow…n if you’re up to reading in front of an audience. See you at the Couch and Coffee. First Sunday Every Month 3pm onwards Couch and Coffee Market Theatre parking Newtown...
Special Screening of WE REMEMBER DIFFERENTLY
Jyoti Mistry, head of television at WITS School of Arts will be having a special screening of her short film WE REMEMBER DIFFERENTLY at Wits on Thursday 21st April at 18h00. To attend the screening, please call (011) 717 -9749. Short synopsis: A mother and daughter come to terms with their memories in present day Johannesburg. we remember differently is a story… about the experiences we choose to share and those we prefer to keep safely hidden, about the questions we ask and those we keep to ourselves. Focusing on memories and interactions in the realm of the private, we remember differently presents a unique voice within the South African discourse on race and memory and offers a comment on the unconscious of an emerging nation. we remember differently a short film by Jyoti Mistry Thursday, April 21st, 2005 at 18:00 Senate House, 2nd Floor, Senate Room Introduction: Colin Richards Panel Discussion lead by Jane Taylor with Jyoti Mistry, Dorian Heatlie and Nishlyn Ramanna...
WOZA SISI WOZA MAMA – White gel gets braids
I told you guys I would have it done. VOILA – enjoy!!!!!!! I encourage everyone to do it! Just make sure you have lots of time – my hair took nearly 5 hours! SIS’WAM Sis’wami goes strolling in Kerk St amongst the bustling stalls… I encourage all Joburgers to take some time off and stroll through Kerk St in town – park your car on Rissik near the Wo…olies sign and just walk there – it’s a fantastic street with all kinds of bargains – from fresh juicy fruit and veges to belts, ponchos, second hand leather jackets, takkies, newspapers, cigarettes, batteries etc – the bonus is you’ve got Woolworths and Edgars right there as well as a Specsavers and many other shops to go to as well as the market-style shops… I was suprised to hear the ladies calling out my name to come and see their braiding photo-books – I am a white girl and I have approached these ladies before and received a rather cold greeting and confused looks – possibly because I have short hair, possibly because I am an Mlungu asking for miracles… But nonetheless, with a beaming grin I strolled over to the pavement braiders to find out what they had in mind for me… False dreadlocks – says Ma’Rebecca – funny enough, if ever it was going to be braids, that’s exactly what I would go for – false dreadlocks – I haven’t seen a white chick with them yet and I don’t know how they would look but I am brave enough to give it a go… And I have always wanted dreadlocks. Malini Ma? I ask expectantly – having fallen for Ma Rebecca’s great sales pitch – EISH SISI she says – for your hair we need three packs of hair plus it is going to be expensive for the braiding… Yoh! Too much…. Now I am used to being completely ripped off by suburban hair-dressers who gooi in a free hand-massage and expect you not to swallow hard when the bill comes. Your average hairdo will cost about R600 – R800 – thats a cut, colour and blowdry… And the colour fades 2 weeks later… To prevent the colour from fading you then try and wash your hair less meaning you walk around with dirty hair a lot with a style that fell apart two days after the salon. So yes – I am both tempted and interested in what the ladies have to offer me… So I ask Ma Rebecca to add it up and give it to me – R45 x 3 for the hair makes it...
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