Arts Festival
Last weekend of fest
The last weekend of the National Arts Festival is here, marking the end of another remarkable experience for business owners and culture ...
Shattering mould that breaks men
Men are getting a bad rap with #Menaretrash, but two festival works have dived into masculinity and come up with different angles on the ...
Powerful play sparks discussion
Searing and profound works
Women’s stories, lives, take centre stage
Abongele Manka’s debut theatre production brings to life the Bible scripture from which the title of her play is ...
Painful piece of performance art
Shocked theatregoers watched performance artist Gavin Krastin standing naked and vulnerable, but for a strip of tape ...
Jazz musos do EC proud
Jazz lovers were left begging for more after being wowed by some of the Eastern Cape’s finest afro pop musicians at the ...
Ramsay exceptional in riveting fest play
By MIKE LOEWE How nice people do despicably cruel things has become a cliche in South Africa, but Fiona Ramsay’s ...
Feisty females’ musings explicit but fun
By GILLIAN McAINSH Six Inches by Kristy Suttner and Diaan Lawrenson, Vicky’s, today until July 9.more This Fringe ...
Nuanced, profound multimedia offering
By GILLIAN McAINSH Mohau Modisakeng is the 2016 Standard Bank Young Artist for Visual Art – and what a relevant choice ...
Praise for ‘crown jewels’ but water a major concern
By MIKE LOEWE The National Arts Festival hits midweek today amid praise from the Eastern Cape Parks and Tourism Agency ...
Moving tribute to an icon
By MIKE LOEWE Dramatising the life of ANC hero Albertina Sisulu was always going to be a difficult process involving ...
Smooth sounds of success
By ZIPO-ZENKOSI NCOKAZI There are very few artists able to balance staying true to their art yet able to appeal to a ...
Can Themba celebrated
By MIKE LOEWE It is fitting to celebrate the story of one of Fort Hare University’s most illustrious literary alumni ...
Greatest Xhosa tale of all time on the grand stage
BY POLISWA PLAATJIE The much celebrated Xhosa story Ityala La Mawele will come to life at the National Arts Festival ...
Hamburg show opens to full house
They may come from a poor Eastern Cape village but this is not stopping talented Hamburg artists from flying high at ...
Radio waves too much for Busker’s street sax sound
A Globe-trotting pavement minstrel is up in arms over “noise” from a mobile radio studio drowning out his pavement ...
Play on Mandela childhood fills writer’s lifelong dream
It was a life-long dream to produce a play about South Africa’s rich history that motivated producer Jenine Collocott ...
Disabled dancers get into their groove
You don’t really need wings to fly, or in this case, legs to dance. Dance companies Artscape and Unmute Dance Company ...
SA idol Khumalo brings house down in G’town
Last year’s Idols SA winner Noma Khumalo left her fans begging for more at the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown at the weekend.more The songstress, who made her debut at ...