‘Emotional Creature’ opens it’s South African run in Johannesburg at the University of Johannesburg’s Theatre.
This weekend, renowned playwright Eve Ensler’s play, ‘Emotional Creature’ opens it’s South African run in Johannesburg at the University of Johannesburg’s Theatre. It is directed by Obie award-winning Jo Bonney. The original music has been composed by Naledi award-winning and Fleur du Cap nominee Charl-Johan Lingenfelder, who will also be the musical director on the play, with choreography by David Gouldie with selected excerpts by Luam. Acclaimed South African actress, director, and producer Gina Shmukler will produce the show alongside V-Day’s Managing Director, Cecile Lipworth, who is from South Africa. The cast of South African actresses include: Karabo Tshikube, Lara Lipschitz, Barileng Malibye, Vuyelwa Maluleke, Ratanang Mogotsi and Zakeeya Patel. This communication is to invite you to attend one of the performances during the opening weekend. To secure your seat, please ensure that you RSVP to production@dreammultimedia.co.za – and indicate if you will be attending with a partner. Options are as follows: – Friday, 18 July 18h00 – Saturday, 19 July – 15h00 – Sunday, 20 July – 15h00 ‘A Conversation with Eve Ensler’ will also take place on Sunday, 20 July at 18h00 at the same venue if you would like to...
Run The World: An Instabition By David Tshabalala
Meet the contemporary graphic designer whose creativity stems from the gift of freedom. His artistic flair, buoyant and playful in expression becomes the medium through which he invites the audience to discuss identity and cultural associations. Meet David Tshabalala. A graphic designer Slaying Goliath. David introduces the birth of a revolutionary Women’s Month exhibition, Run The World: An Instabition By David Tshabalala. This groundbreaking concept will be run daily throughout the month of August on Instagram, featuring the profiles of 31 Great Young Women as perceived by the artist. David undertook the project with the passionate intention of commemorating the women of South Africa, by celebrating everyday young women; women who fight to inspire everyday lives. “I want to profile young South African women whom I consider to be the future thought leaders of South Africa. These are young women who may or may not be known under public spotlight, yet, in each of their creative disciplined passions, they illuminate a spirit of solidarity in power. Warrior women who will indeed inherit the...
Cold Harbour in cinemas nationwide from the 25th of July
The mutilated body of a Chinese man washes up on a Cape Town beach. For township cop SIZWE MIYA, this is an opportunity to prove himself and earn the promotion he desperately needs. His boss and mentor, VENSKE, gives Sizwe the case but assigns a rookie cop, LEGAMA, to keep an eye on him. Sizwe discovers that the homicide is linked to Triad (Chinese mafia) abalone smuggling in Cape Town. A Chinese shipping executive, SOONG MEI, tries to seduce him into giving her information about the case. Sizwe seeks advice from his former comrade SPECIALIST, now a local crime boss. A tip from Specialist leads to a major abalone bust, but within hours the seized abalone is stolen. Sizwe is promoted to detective on the back of the bust,but it’s a bitter triumph; he’s being played and he knows it. In a world where self-interest and corruption have overtaken loyalty and honour, Sizwe is left with no-one to trust. Integrity demands that he take the law into his own hands. Go check out the film and support...
Renowned South African novelist Nadine Gordime dies at 90
South African Nobel Prize-winning author Nadine Gordimer, one of the literary world’s most powerful voices against apartheid, has died at the age of 90, her family said on Monday. Gordimer died peacefully at her Johannesburg home on Sunday evening in the presence of her children, Hugo and Oriane, a statement from the family said. (Reporting by Ndundu Sithole; Writing by Ed Cropley; Editing by Pascal Fletcher) Gordimer’s writing dealt with moral and racial issues, particularly apartheid in South Africa. Under that regime, works such as July’s People were banned. She was active in the anti-apartheid movement, joining the African National Congress during the days when the organization was banned. She was also active in HIV/AIDS causes. Source:...
Half of A Yellow Sun premiers at the Durban Film Festival
For 10 days from 17 – 27 July Durban is transformed into a celluloid jungle, teeming with film screenings at 9 wild venues around the city. You will find a menagerie of movie species – some rare and endangered, some easy to spot, some dangerous, some playful – and at the heart of this subtropical forest of film lies the new industry hub at the Elangeni Hotel. Directed by: Biyi Bandele Nigeria, United Kingdom 2013 106 min The highly anticipated film adaptation of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s novel of the same name is set against the difficulties of post-independence Nigeria and follows the fates of twins Olanna and Kainene. Educated in the West, the privileged sisters return to a Nigeria that is impatient to shake off all colonial influence. But an act of betrayal fractures the sisters’ relationship, a fracture that is soon mirrored by the outbreak of a bloody civil war. A timely film for a country once again facing dangerous religious divisions, Half of a Yellow Sun is a powerful portrayal of suffering on both a personal and national scale. For more information check out http://bit.ly/1mbBAQi...
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