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Hollywood Star returns to SA to Star in Real Life Crime Film. by Louw Mulder Internationally recognized, South African actor Arnold Vosloo, returned home from Hollywood, to feature in the latest local Afrikaans feature film, Griekwastad due for release early May, on DSTV Box Office. Based on the bestselling true crime novel by journalist Jacques Steenkamp, who closely followed the case of the Griekwastad family ...

#TeamVanCoke’s Takes 3rd Season of  The Voice SA! It was the Big Day on Sunday, 7 July, when the winner of The Voice South Africa was announced during a live broadcast on M-Net.  After the Top 5 Talent were cut down during the progress of an Audio and Visual spectacular, host Anele Mdoda announced the Top 2 of this season, being Wild Card, Soné Joubert ...

This Sunday is the Finale of The Voice SA, Season 3! With thanks to M-Net, we are giving away double tickets away to the final Live Broadcasts of The Voice South Africa, starting on Sunday, 07 July2019. This season’s finale will be broadcast live on Channel 101 from the Mosaic Teatro, in Fairlands, and you can be there! The Voice Finale Competition is now closed. ...

I am responsible for my part in the Story that is being told… by Louw Mulder Earlier this year, it was Peter Shaffer’s Equus, followed by Family Secrets, a play by Enrico Luttmann, currently on stage, that presented Joburg audiences to the talent of Cape Town based actor, Sven Ruygrok in both these productions. Hailing from Cape Town, I thought of getting to know this ...

Come see the intense Equus for yourself! With thanks to Pieter Toerien Productions, we are giving away 10 sets of tickets to Equus, currently running at the Pieter Toerien’s Montecasino Theatre. When teenager Alan Strang’s pathological fascination leads him to brutally blind six horses in a Hampshire stable, psychiatrist Dr. Martin Dysart is tasked with uncovering the motive behind the boy’s violent act. As Dysart ...

A Raw, yet Intense Manipulation for the love of the Stage. by Louw Mulder During the last 12 odd years, I have written ample reviews about entertaining theatre shows that effortlessly tell the story, requiring no effort from the patron to understand the subject matter. But this is certainly not the case with Peter Shaffer’s Equus, which I saw this weekend at Pieter Toerien’s Montecasino ...

“I’d like to travel the world, and South Africa is the perfect place to start” By Louw Mulder Sometimes, when you get to experience pure talent reimagined, then brought to life by an artist of a young age, there are simply no words to describe the majestic sense of wonder. This was the case when Marcin Patrzalek gave me a personal one-on-one demonstration of only ...

Social and On-line Media Influencers, Join the Voice Team for Post-Blind Chats… With the 3rd Season of M-Net’s The Voice South Africa currently being broadcast on DSTv’s channel 101’s most Successful Slot on Sundays, the deserving Talent of our Country, is slowly but singingly filling up the available spots in their chosen Coach’s teams. Audiences all across M-Net’s satellite reach, have already familiarized themselves with ...

Ferry’s Fantastic Flair Wows SA Audiences! by Louw Mulder A live concert with a well-known act is an experience very seldom to be forgotten. But a concert where the artist has the ability to take you through a mosaic of memories, is customarily more memorable, mainly because of nostalgic value, making the experience priceless. This was once again done by Big Concerts bringing Bryan Ferry ...

SA se Top Boy Band bring roering in die Water. Uit die pen van Hugo Ludik, Reynardt Hugo en Nerine Gardiner, stel ADAM hulle nuutste enkelsnit, Iets In Die Water, bekend. “Ek het die inspirasie gekry toe Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters die titel van Mej Heelal ingepalm het in 2017. Ek het gedink Suid-Afrika het al so baie skoonheidstitels verower en met al die ADAM-toere, het ons besef dat Suid-Afrika regtig ...

How would you define Luxury? Cruises International recently announced The Luxury Collection to guests at an exclusive invite-only event at Mesh Club, on the Keye Arts Mile in Rosebank, Johannesburg. The theme of the evening was ‘What is your idea of luxury?’ Guests were posed this question and presented with many points to ponder on and expand their mind on this topic. Luxury does not ...

Stêr van The Voice Season 2, reik eerste enkelsnit uit. Die sanger PJ Pretorius, wat naam gemaak het tydens die tweede seisoen van die gewilde M-Net sangkompetisie, The Voice SA, het pas sy eerste enkelsnit uitgereik en beloof om iets beter te wees as wat verwag word. Dié pop-rock liefdesliedjie, wat 12 uit 10 heet, is uit die pen van Renier Bester en gaan oor ...

The History and Sounds of Cape Town create this Perfect Mosaic of Musical Theatre. by Louw Mulder The wonder, awe and art of theatre is very special to the team at Stage and screen. When I visited the Fugard Theatre in Cape Town this past December, the level of specialness was magnified in such a way, that the theatre outing in its whole became one of ...

Adaptation of a Christmas Classic back by Popular Demand! VR Theatrical expands to collaborate with various artists under the banner Crewworks, to bring to the stage Charles Dickens’ Evergreen tale of redemption, A Christmas Carol, with Jason K. Ralph as Scrooge, and Naret Loots as Everyone-one-Else, in this 2-hander adaptation by Elizma Badenhorst. Bah, Haumbug! The famous exclamation of Ebenezer Scrooge will be heard this ...

Kry Thys & Trix nou vir jouself! Die skaterlag aksiekomedie met Leandie du Randt en Bosch en Bouwer Bosch in die hoofrolle, is nou beskikbaar op DVD, DSTV BOX OFFICE, VIMEO en ITUNES, en met dank aan The Film Factory, gee ons twee geskenkpakkies weg, wat die DVD insluit… Nie net kan plaaslike aanhangers nou die film tuis geniet nie, maar Thys & Trix is ook nou wêreldwyd beskikbaar op iTunes in ongeveer 30 lande. Plaaslike ...

Do you One2B that person that makes a world of a difference? deur Louw Mulder Soms kruis ‘n mens se pad met die van ‘n liefdadigheidsveldtog, waar die klein biejtie wat ‘n mens kan bydra, die wêreld se verskil kan maak. Ons het afgekom op die goeie werk wat One2B doen, met hulle Koroperatiewe Sosiale Verantwoordelikheidsafdeling, One2B Caring. So… vat die liefde wat jy vir ...

Stroomop is Nou op DVD en DStv Box Office! Met die komplimente van die Vervaardigers, het ons twee DVD’s van Stroomop om weg te gee. Die opwindende avontuurverhaal, Stroomop, ook die film as Ivan Botha se regisseursdebuut, is al deur 116 999 kykers ondersteun en het al na beraming sowat R7 434 677 by die plaaslike lokette verdien het.  Stroomop op DVD is nou beskikbaar, en kan ook ...

High-Adrenaline, Full-Voltage Tap Tour kicks off in SA! by Louw Mulder After kicking myself in 2013 for only seeing the show once, I was delighted to have learnt that Dein Perry’s Tap Dogs would return to South Africa this year, to showcase the very best in Tap at Montecasino’s Teatro as well as a limited run in Cape Town. This week, I had the privilege ...

If you’re good to Betty, Betty… still won’t be good to you! By Louw Mulder Late in 2016, we ran a story on Menopause, a successful drag show presented by the Beefcakes franchise, which is still running every Friday night at their Illovo restaurant. Now, almost two years later, with the new Burger Bar in the chain which opened in Pretoria, the Dare-to-Drag and Love-to-Love ...

Survived with Attitude and Luck. By Louw Mulder With the Top 3 survivors now known to the millions of viewers in this season of M-Net’s Survivor SA: Philippines, no one, not even herself, would have bet on this lady to be the dark horse of the season, making it to the final three. But the lucky Annalize Sainsbury outwit, outlasted and outplayed her fellow contestants, with only ...

Eerste Ivan Botha Film bring ‘n Aksie-Drama oor Innerlike Genesing. deur Louw Mulder Ons almal weet hoe krities ons Afrikaner mense kan wees, en as dit kom by hierdie spesifieke onderwerp, moet ek maar erken dat ek self skuldig was. Baie van ons het gedink dat die sukses van Pad na Jou Hart en Vir Altyd die norm gaan wees van ‘n Ivan Botha en Donnalee Roberts ...

Stage and Screen Joins M-Net’s Survivor in the Philippines.  by Louw Mulder Sometimes, life just decides to give back, rewarding you for all the times you were at the giving end. That is how I received the blessing that came my way earlier this year, when I was selected by M-Net to be part of the media group to travel to the Philippine Island of ...

Perry Performs in Perfect Pop Production! by Louw Mulder I am all for the underdog. More so, am I all for being proven to be wrong, especially if I get to see how wrong I can be about people, and stand amazingly surprised to have my eyes opened. When I initially heard about Katy Perry bringing her Witness The Tour production to South Africa, my ...

“It’s my Heart writing the songs” by Louw Mulder To have your heart broken, is most probably one of the most difficult things any person has to deal with. It is something we mostly keep to ourselves, trying to heal on a way unknown at that point in time. But then comes a talented artist, who represents his own heartache through music, and gives you ...

The Swing has Swung, but Still Swinging Away! Q & A with Louw Mulder Recently, I have written a lot about how artists in South Africa must be innovative and perform out of the box in order to maintain a competitive advantage in the industry. A good example, is when you have three artists, each with his own unique style and genre, who combine their ...

A World Opened Up for the Little Ones! Caroon Network may be one of the first channels that has been viewed by millions of viewers when DSTV started their digital satellite service, but now, kids in Cape Town and Johannesburg also had the chance to see some of their favourite characters live on stage, when Cartoon Network Live came to the Teatro in Montecasino. The stage is ...

Nuwe Fliek gebruik al die Trix om Teatergangers te laat Thys voel.  Deur Louw Mulder Daar word deesdae baie goeie dinge gesê van hoe die Afrikaanse Filmbedryf blom, deur kwaliteit, lekker-kyk films op die grootskerm te bring. Selfs die verseidenheid van genres word genoem, en net so het die nuwe rolprent van Bouwer Bosch Films en die Film Factory, Thys & Trix glad nie teleurgestel nie. ...

‘n Eg Kaapse Riller, en Niks Minder Nie! deur Louw Mulder In een van haar treffers in die 80’s, sing Carike Keuzenkamp die woorde: “Dis ‘n land van kleure en klank, dis ‘n land van oorvloed en dank, dis ‘n land waar almal na strewe… Hierdie land bied almal sy deel…” Dit is hierdie milieu van Trots Suid Afrikaans, die gevoel van patriotisme vir hierdie ...

Innovative Theatre Showcasing More than Meets the Eye by Louw Mulder Avenue Q… there’s actually so much to say about this production, currently on stage at the Pieter Toerien’s Montecasino Theatre. It’s a puppet show, but it’s an adult play, it’s a superbly composed musical, but it is also a presentation of the fact that South African Theatre is ready to take the next steps ...

Die Ervare Glimlag agter Toeks. deur Louw Mulder As ‘n mens terug dink aan die eerste dae van Binnelanders, onthou ‘n mens vir Gys de Villiers in die rol van Dokter Zieg Combrink, sy vrou, wat gespeel is deur Elzette Marschalk, en ook die ervare Jürgen Helberg, wat die rol van Kitte vertolk het. Dan sien jy hierdie gesoute akteurs in die koffiewinkel sit, met ‘n ...