The Duke Of Sussex's Charity Sentebale Partners With HAMILTON
by Stephi Wild - July 12, 2018 Sentebale, the charity founded by The Duke of Sussex and Prince Seeiso, is collaborating with the record breaking musical HAMILTON, to raise vital funds and awareness towards their work with children and young people affected by HIV in southern Africa....
Minnesota Little Free Library Delivered to Historic Alexandria Library in Egypt
by BWW News Desk - November 02, 2017 A piece of Midwestern literary culture now resides in one of the world's oldest libraries in Alexandria, Egypt, thanks to a joint effort by nonprofits Books For Africa, Little Free Library, Minnesota Friends of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina and the Minnesota Book Awards program....
Mamela Nyamza Returns to the Baxter Theatre With DE-APART-HATE
by David Fick - October 21, 2017 Following the short season of her latest work ROCK TO THE CORE, choreographer, performance artist and activist Mamela Nyamza brings her equally controversial and provocative DE-APART-HATE, to the Baxter Golden Arrow Studio this October....
Cast Announced For Historic Production Of THE TAMING OF THE SHREW For Maynardville 2018
by Stephi Wild - December 14, 2017 A historic production of Shakespeare's popular comedy, THE TAMING OF THE SHREW, will be presented at the Maynardville Open-Air Theatre next year, directed by Tara Notcutt and featuring an all-female cast and creative team....
Mamela Nyamza Returns to the Baxter Theatre With DE-APART-HATE
by David Fick - October 21, 2017 Following the short season of her latest work ROCK TO THE CORE, choreographer, performance artist and activist Mamela Nyamza brings her equally controversial and provocative DE-APART-HATE, to the Baxter Golden Arrow Studio this October....
Jeremy Loops Announces U.S. Tour with Milky Chance
by Kaitlin Milligan - August 24, 2018 Singer/songwriter Jeremy Loops and, according to Spotify, South Africa's most streamed male artist, will embark on his US tour this fall as direct support to Milky Chance. Loops has sustained that momentum with his recent album release Critical As Water, which was a top 5 charting release on iTunes ...
Incisive NIQABI NINJA to Play Theatre Arts Admin Collective Season this May
by David Fick - May 07, 2017 Following its runs at the Alexander Bar's Upstairs Theatre and the Cape Town Fringe last year, NIQABI NINJA returns for a third season in the Mother City at Theatre Arts Admin Collective this year. ...
Africa Centre Opens Applications for Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center and Other Worldwide Residencies
by David Fick - October 29, 2017 The Africa Centre is currently accepting applications for its 2017 Artist In Residency Programmes. The centre is offering residencies in Australia, Brazil, Spain, Italy and the United States of America....
Smithsonian Channel Swings Around the World with New Series AMAZING MONKEYS
by BWW News Desk - June 14, 2017 AMAZING MONKEYS premieres today, June 14 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Smithsonian Channel....
BWW Review: QUEENS GIRL IN AFRICA at Mosaic Theater Company
by Elliot Lanes - January 12, 2018 The second annual Women's Voices Theater Festival's first entry is the follow up to the hit play Queens Girl in the World, an entry in the first festival in 2015....
Jennie Reznek to Return to the Stage with I TURNED AWAY AND SHE WAS GONE in Cape Town and at the National Arts Festival
by BWW News Desk - June 12, 2017 South African theatre legend Jennie Reznek returns to the stage in her hugely popular production, I TURNED AWAY AND SHE WAS GONE. There will be four special performances of this acclaimed one-woman show at the Magnet Theatre in Observatory, Cape Town, after which the production will transfer to the ...
EgoPo Announces 2018-19 Season Theater of South Africa
by A.A. Cristi - September 04, 2018 EgoPo Classic Theater announces their 2018-19 Season: Theater of South Africa, celebrating great dramatic works of South Africa and highlighting the remarkable transformation from apartheid to democracy. The season will begin with a South African version of Eugene O'Neill's Desire Under the Elms, as...
Playwrights Guild of Canada's CASA Award Honors Three Women Playwrights in South Africa
by BWW News Desk - November 01, 2017 The CASA Award, a new playwriting award for women in South Africa, was announced at Playwrights Guild of Canada's Tom Hendry Awards this past Sunday at the Arts and Letters Club of Toronto....
Celebrate Africa Day 2017 at the Alexander Upstairs
by BWW News Desk - May 15, 2017 Four women with diverse cultural backgrounds will collaborate with their expertise in the art disciplines of poetry, music and dance to celebrate Africa Day at the Alexander Upstairs Theatre....
BWW Interview: Five on Friday with Gideon Lombard of DIE REUK VAN APPELS at The Fugard Theatre
by David Fick - October 13, 2017 This week's Five on Friday focuses on Gideon Lombard, who performs in DIE REUK VAN APPELS at The Fugard Theatre from next week. Based Mark Behr's 1993 novel, the solo play tells the coming-of-age story of Marnus Erasmus, the eleven-year-old son of a South African Defence Force general during the apa...
Major Lazer Debuts ORKANT/BALANCE PON IT Featuring Babes Wodumo
by Tori Hartshorn - September 19, 2018 Major Lazer debuts a new song “Orkant/Balance Pon It” featuring South African singer Babes Wodumo today. The song comes accompanied by a second visual collaboration between Major Lazer and South African director Adriaan Louw, this time shot in Durban, South Africa—listen/watch here....
Stuart Lightbody's Breathtaking New Show UNIQUE WONDERS Closes at Alexander Upstairs Theatre
by BWW News Desk - August 19, 2017 Following a global magical tour, award-winning sleight-of-hand artist Stuart Lightbody completes the debut Cape Town run of his breathtaking new show, UNIQUE WONDERS, at the Alexander Upstairs Theatre tonight....
Jennie Reznek to Return to the Stage with I TURNED AWAY AND SHE WAS GONE in Cape Town and at the National Arts Festival
by BWW News Desk - June 29, 2017 South African theatre legend Jennie Reznek returns to the stage tonight in her hugely popular production, I TURNED AWAY AND SHE WAS GONE. There will be four special performances of this acclaimed one-woman show at the Magnet Theatre in Observatory, Cape Town, after which the production will transfer...
University of Michigan Exhibition Challenges Traditional Understanding Of African Arts, Cultures
by A.A. Cristi - August 08, 2018 More than ever in the age of globalization, ideas fluidly cross geographic, generational, and cultural boundaries....
Mamela Nyamza Double Bill Comes to the Baxter Theatre This October
by David Fick - October 08, 2017 Choreographer, dance artist and activist, Mamela Nyamza, brings two of her acclaimed and confrontational works, ROCK TO THE CORE and DE-APART-HATE, to the Baxter Golden Arrow Studio for a short season this October....
Minnesota Orchestra To Embark On First Tour By A Professional U.S. Orchestra To South Africa
by Stephi Wild - January 20, 2018 Minnesota Orchestra President and CEO Kevin Smith, in partnership with Classical Movements, announced today that Music Director Osmo V nsk and the Minnesota Orchestra will embark on a five-city tour to South Africa this summer the first visit by a professional U.S. orchestra to the country and offe...
Out of Africa Returns to South Main Arts District
by Julie Musbach - January 15, 2018 In celebration of Black History Month, the fifth edition of the art exhibition, Out of Africa returns to Art Village Gallery and the South Main Arts District bringing contemporary art from Africa and its diaspora to the forefront....
Broadway For Self Help Africa Benefit to Feature Matt Doyle, Ben Fankhauser, and More
by Julie Musbach - April 18, 2018 On April 23rd the 5th annual Broadway for Self Help Africa event will bring together some of Broadway's biggest stars for a night of song and celebration benefiting Self Help Africa at The Cutting Room in New York City. Broadway for Self Help Africa will feature musical direction by Ryan Fielding Ga... |