The opening dance in Cadence at Artscape made me cringe suddenly and unexpectedly. I wanted to shout: I have betrayed you! I am a scarlet woman!
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Ballet, like water for chocolate…
Ballet, like water for chocolate, is not supposed to boil. It is supposed to simmer, gently and lyrically, to soothe and reassure. Really? Well … maybe
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It was a starry, starry night
My first thought was that the setting would be the star of the evening. Then I saw Venus, shining brightly above and providing a magical layer
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Views on rooms
There is nothing like staying in different hotels a few nights in a row to sort the wheat from the chaff … I am going to
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Superfab and superfly
Super fab, super fine and superfly, Loyiso Gola made us all laugh heartily at ourselves tonight … with […insert drum roll here please…] absolutely no guilt!
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Corporeal calligraphy
Joshua Beamish is not just another in a long line of experts from ‘the north’. He is not here to force feed ideas and impose templates.
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Just for a larf…
Miffed that you missed the tiny private viewing of Between (written by and starring Oskar Brown) in Hout Bay? Pissed that you couldn’t get to Edinburgh
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Carpe diem! Carpe Langa!
“This is how I want to feel, walking down my street.” Photo: Rory Williams On October 12 Open Streets is closing Rubusana Street in Langa to
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Poetry in motion
It feels kinda silly to say it but there is SO much to look forward to in Cape Town right now. I say silly because it
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Xhosa IS the X Factor!
(If this link doesn’t work search youtube for Jeanette Akua)





