South Africans of a certain vintage will remember threats of “die Rooi Gevaar” (the red danger), which many took to be warnings about a secret plot
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AuthorCapo Cassidy
Results498Drones beam signal to far corners of Earth
People living high up in rocky mountain ranges might think their calm days and meditative nights would be forever free from the temptation to stalk ex
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Simphiwe Dana: Queen of the night
It would have been very difficult to actually upstage Simphiwe Dana on the last night of the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown, but if anyone could it
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Drugs, love, drama … we are all addicts
Riveting performances in Lara Foot’s new play, The Inconvenience of Wings, which opened at the Baxter Theatre on Thursday night, leave the audience feeling totally exposed
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The sensational Sillage takes Gold
Sillage won a a Gold Ovation Award at the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown, the only one given this year. How I love it when I back
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Twisted drama feels like a dose of therapy
At a National Arts Festival packed with psycho drama, the dark little comedy Father, Father Father! felt like a good dose of therapy … if not
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Crossing from the sane side
The Search for Intelligent Signs of Life in the Universe at the National Arts Festival is amazeballs! And, forthwith, I will be using amazeballs and other
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Absurdity and the essence of life
A combination of caricature, satire, panto and mime, Waterline’s cast of masked characters are incredibly charming and funny as they tackle the absurdity of a life
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A thrilling mix of grace and power
My weekend’s highlight at the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown was always going to be Cape Dance Company’s show. And that was before Mthuthuzeli November’s devastatingly
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Expect another steaming day
After a fierce and fiery start to the National Arts Festival on Thursday, expect another steaming day. A couple of brassy birds (Ladies of Midnight Blue)
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