The business of art
The annual BASA Awards shows how the arts can be a tool for transformation
Why more black women get raped
The answer isn't easy and it goes right back to slavery, sexual stereotypes and the misconceptions held by many, including our president, writes Diane de Beer.
Jozi readies itself for annual art attack
There is a vibrancy in the current art scene in Gauteng. Diane de Beer showcases some of the highlights coming up
Turiya Magadlela named FNB Art Prize winner
The FNB Art Prize was launched in 2011. All galleries participating in the fair may nominate one of their artists for consideration. The winner receives R100 000 ...
Trash to treasure: repurposed art exhibition
An exhibition titled Top Up Inside Out featuring works by members of artists’ collective Ubuhle Bobuntu Arts and curated by Thulani Zondo, will be presented at UJ ...
Malcolm Purkey: The play has to have bite
Director Malcolm Purkey and playwright Craig Higginson have become quite an item – on stage. The Imagined Land, which was part of this year’s National Arts Festival’s ...
Feel the artbeat of Aardklop
ART IS always an adventure at Aardklop and this year is no exception. For art lovers, driving through just to see what’s on show would be worth their while. From ...
Mathibe: ‘It’s all about making a difference’
“James Ngcobo had a list of ideas of plays he wanted me to look at. Fortunately Cincinatti topped both our lists,” says young director Clive Mathibe
Staging mars Seane’s dominating presence
Storytelling is the oldest form of theatre and when you have an actor like Seane embracing her audience, half the battle is won.
Nomvete Walks the talk by helping artists
Pamela Nomvete thinks she has found her balance between acting and development work – her two passions.
Seane steps back on stage
Development is the Soweto Theatre’s main aim, writes Diane de Beer
Females front and centre for Vavasati Festival
Wathinta umfazi, wathinta imbokodo is an adage associated with the struggles and victories of South African women.
Production reaches out to abused girls
Director/writer Gcebile Dlamini’s personal story titled Nomzamo will be celebrating women as part of Maboneng POPart’s August celebrations.
Getting to know Marion Holm
Not in her wildest dreams would she have considered a theatrical run, says actress and comedian Marion Holm (pictured), starring with her show Marion Holm vir Beginners ...
Complexities of mother-son relationships
If you’re willing to dive in at the start, bump into a nursery rhyme, look forwards, but especially backwards in time, while scrambling around in the psycho-analytical ...
Grahamstown Festival kicks off on a high note
“Ready, set, go,” declared Mamela Nyamza to the corps de ballet in Nelisiwe Xaba and her co-production The Last Attitude. With that, it felt as if the festival had ...
Young directors pay tribute to cultural icons
After almost 18 months of renovations, the revamped Laager Theatre at the Market will reopen with no less than two productions created by two luminaries in South ...
A merging of artistic worlds
Sue Pam-Grant brings all of her formidable talents to the fore in the The Something Prince, writes Diane de Beer
Miyambo’s emotional tribute to his father
A unique, collaborative journey about loss, memory and intimacy, The Cenotaph of Dan Wa Moriri, which travels to Grahamstown this week.
Wils getting the NAF show on the road
The National Arts Festival is around the corner. Here are a few options highlighted by the Tonight team.
Alan feeds the need to grow
Little Shop of Horrors has opened at Pieter Toerien’s Montecasino Theatre. Diane de Beer spoke to Alan Committie about his double life on stage, and reviewed the ...
Horticultural comedy budding with humour
This is the perfect musical for the Stead/ King partnership as it offers many opportunities for both directing and design, all of which were fully embraced by Kickstart. ...
Emotional tangling that grips the heart
It’s a year on from when Missing first opened at The Market and its time on the boards, including a recent run in Durban’s Playhouse, certainly shows.
Kellermann plays to heart’s content in play
We are the drivers of our own destiny we are often told, but when someone like Ella Gericke bumps into the horror of her life, those decisions become murky.
Dynamic duo reinvent award-winning play
Marthinus Basson and Antoinette Kellermann return to Joburg’s Market Theatre for the first time in more than a decade with As die Broek Pas. They spoke to Diane ...