When the pressures of crime, government and equal opportunity get you down, it is comforting to know you can go and smack someone with a pillow.
This flash mob event was filmed at the Victoria Alfred Waterfront in Cape Town. I expected to see the riot squad and special forces arrive to smack seven flavours of spit out of them, but it went down without hitch or reprimand it seems.
For a list of Cape Town Flash mob events you can see their Facebook group here. And you …
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Finally after 10 years The Lion King is making its first appearance in Africa at the newly built “Teatro” at the Montecasino in Johannesburg
I am not a huge fan of Broadway musicale’s mainly because of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Sarah Brightman, but I thoroughly enjoyed watching the The Lion King in London when it first opened. It is a real spectacle of a production, which did an impressive job of bringing the savannah to the west end and it made me pretty homesick at the time.
The first show is schedule for tonight 06/07/07 and so I have no review …
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Moonstruck has been postponed until the Saturday 17th of Feb due to bad weather.
Bring a picnic (no alcohol is allowed on the beach) to this free event on Clifton 4th beach from 6:00pm -10:00pm. For live Jazz and dancing on Cape Town most beautiful beach. The sponsors of this event are Cape Talk Radio and BP Express.
More info here.
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The annual Shakespeare production at Maynardville is a traditional calendar highlight in Cape Town. An open air setting, in a park, by a lake, with a picnic, at sunset…Sounds lovely no?
Not if Director Fred Abrahamse has anything to do with it! Managing to pervert a tale of sweetness and innocence into a lewd string of sexual innuendo, locate the least lovable and capable actors in the fold (universe) to play the leading roles and dress them up as drag queens. Nice work buddy!
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Londoners! Are you sad to have missed seeing the hit Queen musical, We Will Rock You in the West End before embarking on your trip to Cape Town? Well, guess what? It followed you!
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The Zulu Kingdom now offers visitors a chance to experience the Brew Route, similar in many ways to the wine routes of the Western Cape.
The Route consists of 8 breweries, which range from SABMiller (second largest brewer in the world) to the family run Farmers Brauhaus in Hattingspruit, Dundee.
The route takes tourists through a large part of the province and is impossible to complete in one day, but there is excellent accommodation available throughout the route, especially in the Midlands.
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Its nearly time for the 2007 Cape Town Festivall. The dates are from 3 March - 24 March and comprises of hundreds of shows (Many of them free) all over Cape Town.
There is live music, plays, comedians, film, fashion and all sorts of performance and static arts. An extensive schedule as well as general information can be found on the official website.
Tickets for the non-free events can be booked at Computicket.
There is no better way to see such a cross section of the huge cultural diversity and artistic styles that South Africa has to offer. It …
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It will be a real welcome to the jungle (sorry) for the leather clad rockers. Axl and his band of miscreants will be playing in both Johannesburg and Cape Town for the first time ever on April 27th and May 1st respectively.
Although the way he dances upsets me a little, I do like a lot of their music and will probably go to the concert if he invites me. Also on the bill are Hoobastankand Evanescence, both have quite a following here so I think it will be a rollicking success.
Said Rose (who turned 45 yesterday): …
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Call me tasteful, but South African soap operas like “Egoli”, “Binnelanders” or all time favorite “Orkney Snork nie” have never held a place in my heart.
Carte Blanche would have to get my vote as the best program to come out of South Africa, but if your ex-pat, homesick heart is pining for some truly homegrown TV; Villarosa, Begeertes and all that good stuff is available via www.kuduclub.com . Logon and you can pick up horrendous SA programming anywhere in the world via the internet. They are running a special at the moment of 4 months
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The problem is, someone (something?) aboard the alien ship mis-programmed the transporter settings while simultaneously beaming up a few African curios from the street vendors below, resulting in this messy molecular melange:
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AFRICA by Brett Murray
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