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‘So, spring gou op en kom nou saam, dat ons die Nuwe Seisoen ingaan…’  Deur Jaco Lotriet   Die immergewilde Weiveld op die buitewyke van Bronkhorstspruit het Saterdagaand 17 September opnuut gegons met die vrystelling van Adam se nuwe CD, getiteld Hoogtevrees. Die manne mag dalk aan Hoogtevrees lei maar hul optrede was vreesloos, verstommend, uitsonderlik melodieeus en alom fantasties. Rynardt Hugo, Hugo Ludik en ...

‘n Hartroerende verhaal van die mens se veggees. Deur Hanri Wondergem Van die eerste oomblik af vang dié rolprent jou aandag vas, dit skok jou en roer die hartsnare. Geskoei op die lewensverhaal van die skrywer, John W. Fredericks speel Noem My Skollie af op die Kaapse Vlakte in die 1960’s. Noem My Skollie neem jou van die Kaapse Vlakte, na Polsmoor-gevangenis en terug na ...

Die Liefde is inderdaad kwesbaar. Deur Jaco Lotriet   Afrikaanse film liefhebbers is tot op hede vanjaar reeds bederf deur ‘n verskeidenheid van gehalte produksies. Intussen herenig die fassinerende drama, Twee Grade van Moord, twee van Suid-Afrika se geliefde veteraan akteurs vir die eerste keer in 27 jaar. Marius Weyers en Sandra Prinsloo het geen bekendstelling in die vermaaklikheidsbedryf nodig nie. Gesamentlik dra hulle by ...

Joburg Ballet marks 400th Anniversary of Shakespeare’s death in remarkable production of literature’s star-crossed lovers By Jaco Lotriet Following the successful run of Giselle, Joburg Theatre presents the most endearing love story of all time, in a ballet presentation of William Shakespeare’s timeless Romeo and Juliet. This production reunited Giselle leads Jonathan Rodrigues and Shannon Glover, amongst others, as the main characters in a breathtakingly ...

If you can set your mind to it, everything is possible by Louw Mulder   Something that has always been of huge interest to me over the years, is the phenomenon of different cultures. It is always fascinating to understand how people from different countries, different religions, even different races, think, do stuff, and most of all, live. Last night, during the opening performance of ...

Not a serious musical, but seriously entertaining By Louw Mulder   Sometimes, in the hustle and bustle of today’s life, it is just refreshingly entertaining to sit back, relax, and let the magic of a feel-good, almost panto-style musical take over. And that is a little understatement of how much I enjoyed Shrek, The Musical, which opened last night at the Lyric theatre in Gold ...

A Masterful Mimic of Michael. by Louw Mulder It’s been 20 years since we, as the matric class of 1996, took our final walk across the stage to the music of Michael Jackson’s They don’t care about us. I also remember the event where I made out to my first varsity crush on the song Can you feel it, also by Michael Jackson as part ...

A comical journey along the meandering road of the S.A male psyche. By Jaco Lotriet It never ceases to amaze me how an actor can walk onto a stage in a one-man show and manage to keep the audience enthralled for an hour or even longer, sticking to a script, perhaps ad-libbing on the odd occasion and never losing the audience’s attention. Critically acclaimed theatre ...

An illuminated, colorful reinvention of a well-known classic. by Louw Mulder Set to the music of Andrew Lloyd Webber and the lyrics by Tim Rice, Pieter Toerien Productions, through the direction of Paul Warwick Griffin, once again brought a stellar production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat to the stage. This time, this biblical story was a reinvented festival of colorful lights, song and dance, through the energy ...

Die kronkelpad van volwasse liefde, in ‘n storie van hoop en genade. Deur Jaco Lotriet   Anna is ‘n gebroke, middelklas vrou in hierdie genadevolle moraliteit spel, onder die regie van bekroonde Suid-Afrikaanse film en televisie reggiseur, Regardt van den Bergh. Haar gemoedstoestand is gewikkel in ‘n stryd met haar gewete, as gevolg van haar diep Christelike waardes. Dié worsteling lei eindelik tot ‘n beduidende ...

Deur Jaco Lotriet ‘n Musikale wonderkind se gawe oorskadu deur die seer van ‘n stukkende wêreld. Die plakkaat van Verskietende Ster dui op die storie van ‘n jong man met ingebore talent vir die klavier.  Aanvanklik verwag mens ‘n verhaal van die buiteperd, wat vertel word op die pad na glorie wat verstrooid is met menige struikelblokke en hindernisse.  In werklikheid is dit ‘n storie met oktawe en sleutels ...

Vir Altyd, in ‘n Oomblik Deur Louw Mulder   Stage and Screen was breë-bors trots om deel te kon wees van die amptelike premiere van Vir Altyd, wat verlede week in Fourways gehou is. By moontlik een van die beste georganiseerde film premieres wat ons nog bygewoon het, was die kwaliteit, en die hoër geligte standaarde in hierdie industrie, skitterend sigbaar. In die Afrikaanse filmbedryf, ...

by Louw Mulder There was something in the air that night, the stars were bright, at Montecasino’s Teatro, for the Opening of the Mamma Mia World tour in Johannesburg. With this production’s third time in South Africa, the second being a UK Cast, this ever-popular Musical created just as much anticipation this time around…. So Mamma Mia, Here I go again. I don’t wanna talk, ...