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Here are some of the highlights of the "Festival within a Festival" - the Standard Bank Jazz Festival, Grahamstown 2012.
World Music / GospelMango Groove Mango Groove has helped pioneer the course of South African music for over 25 ...
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Review: Sadako
Jaqueline Dommisse snuck me in to the first performance of her show Sadako, since I could not get a media ticket and it was sold out! Sadako was written by Peter Hayes, directed by Jaqueline with a cast of amazing puppeteer/actors and designed by Ilke Louw.
I saw the original Sadako many moons ago at The Baxter Studio, and I was surprized at how much of it I remembered. It is the ...
Review: Death of a ColonialistWhile it's really difficult remembering everything I thought about the last three things I saw at the festival, I think I must try and write bout them; after all, that's why I went in the first place. From the comfort ...
A ragged mix of media and artists dragged themselves to the Monument restaurant at 10am on this, the last day of an 11-day orgy of creativity, despair, love and loss, to hear who won the silver and gold ovation awards.
Only 11 days, but feels like ...
Saturday Jul 9, 2011 |
MusicIn amongst the brilliant theatre, scintillating jazz, robust conversations, late smoky nights and chance meetings, there is always one magic moment during festival that shines the brightest amongst a galaxy of stars.I found my magic moment last ...