Even in Milan, in London, in New York and other art-obsessed places it would have been difficult this week to totally escape the hype around the
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Pleasing to the mind, the body and the soul
If it feels too good to be true, it probably is, the saying goes. Too good to be true = couldn’t be better … or could
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Swing into spring in downtown Cape Town
Gangsters and their molls, bootleggers, poets and playwrights, flappers and assorted dandies … just another night at your favourite tavern in town, you might think, but
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Lest we forget …
Cheers to Sarajevo, which is showing at the Alexander Bar until Saturday July 8, is one of those universal stories about people who are not supposed
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New classics infused with ancient African tradition
A Nigerian Kora player, a South African composer, a Kenyan master of ceremonies and Western Cape Premier Helen Zille were among musicians, VIPs and invited guests
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Musical feast at Durban’s beachfront festival
Durbanites look set to get a lot more than “what is needed” this weekend, May 26-28, when a star-studded line-up from around the world plays on
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Artists given licence to disrupt (as if they needed it)
2017 looks like the year disruption will come full circle at Grahamstown’s National Arts Festival, from June 29 to July 9. Last year’s call for proposals urged, challenged,
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Afropunk is coming to Africa (Jozi strikes gold again)
Johannesburg will in December join New York, Atlanta, London and Paris as cities hosting global Afropunk events. The first batch of performers for the inaugural festival
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A break from life’s fools, double crossers, wrecking balls …
A motley crew of fools, an evil seductress and many a double crosser mucking about, stabbing each other in the back, wrecking the place. Sound familiar?
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Move over Barbs, here’s another fab Funny Girl
If you don’t believe me when I say the Fugard Theatre’s production of Funny Girl, the musical, is better than the movie, you’ll shout ‘Liar, liar,
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