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2017 Baxter Dance Festival will feature 64 new pieces

The 2017 Baxter Dance Festival will be held at the Baxter Theatre Centre in Cape Town from 5-14 October 2017. The 13th edition of the dance festival will feature over 64 new pieces by 73 choreographers.

15 Sep 2017

Famous Last Words to conclude at Emperors Palace

The Comedy Central Famous Last Words charity gala event will be held at the Theatre of Marcellus at Emperors Palace in Johannesburg on 4 October 2017.

14 Sep 2017

Savanna Comics' Choice Awards winners announced

The seventh annual South African Savanna Comics' Choice Awards (Savanna CCA) was held at the Lyric Theatre at Gold Reef City on 9 September 2017.

11 Sep 2017

Dance, music and jazz at Artscape's Heritage Festival

Artscape Theatre Centre's 2017 Heritage Festival is set to showcase indigenous, contemporary and international artistic works in dance, music and jazz from 10 to 30 September.

5 Sep 2017

2017 Cape Town Fringe expands to 14 performance spaces

This year, the Cape Town Fringe, which takes place on 21 September introduces a revised format with a fresh new focus.

4 Sep 2017

Comedy is no joke! Being funny is a serious business

Cape Town comedian and Good Hope FM radio presenter, Dalin Oliver, is back with a brand new stand-up comedy show, Face for Radio, following the sold-out success of his début one-man show, I Came, I Taught, I Left...

By Juanita Pienaar 1 Sep 2017

Second show added to Michael McIntyre's Big World Tour

A second show has been added to Michael McIntyre's Big World Tour at Grandwest, Cape Town on the 18 January 2018. The English comedian's first show at Grandwest on 19 January 2018 sold out due to high demand.

25 Jul 2017

The Wonderful World of Disney On Ice now on in SA, skates into Cape Town

Disney On Ice returns to South Africa for the sixth time with The Wonderful World of Disney On Ice! Families are able to celebrate the magic, spirit, and fun as an extraordinary lineup of Disney stories comes to life in Cape Town...

Issued by Showtime Management 18 Jul 2017

Joburg Theatre presents Big City, Big Dreams with Fiona Ramsay

Moving into Dance Mophatong (MIDM) in collaboration with Joburg Ballet and Vuyani, will be opening their production act on Friday, 28 July 2017, at the Joburg Theatre, during the Big City, Big Dreams world premiere.

17 Jul 2017

Artscape Women Humanity Arts Festival returns

Now in its 11th year, the Artscape Women Humanity Arts Festival will take place at Artscape in Cape Town from Wednesday, 2 August to Saturday, 5 August.

14 Jul 2017

Savanna Comics' Choice Awards nominees announced

The Savanna Comics' Choice Awards has announced the nominees in this year's award categories, following thousands of votes, across hundreds of registered comedians.

13 Jul 2017

Cape Town Fringe introduces new format for 2017

The Cape Town Fringe is back in the Mother City from 21 September to 8 October 2017 in a brand new format.

11 Jul 2017

Winners announced for the 2017 National Arts Festival Awards

The Fringe at this years' National Arts Festival saw more than two hundred productions premiere, with the Ovations Awards panel making their way through the festival's theatres to select work that stood out and made audiences stand up.

10 Jul 2017

#YouthMonth: Providing opportunities for young performers, Q&A with Artscape's Marlene Le Roux

We got in touch with Artscape's CEO, Marlene le Roux to find out how the Youth Month Festival is progressing and how the arts can help uplift young communities.

By Ruth Cooper 26 Jun 2017

International

#SACSCCongress: Nigella Lawson on the role of food in storytelling

Internationally renowned food writer and TV cook Nigella Lawson has amassed a loyal following of food lovers charmed by her no-fuss approach to cooking and ornate descriptions of food that are telling of her authentic passion for the subject.

By Lauren Hartzenberg 2 days ago

NY Fashion Week: designers seek to soothe troubled times

NEW YORK, US - Tory Burch led efforts on day two of New York Fashion Week on Friday to head off troubled times by offering an upbeat collection of bold color and geometric print. The US doyenne of preppy chic confected an English garden in the grounds of the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum on Manhattan's Upper East Side, a bucolic backdrop for a fresh and buoyant collection.

11 Sep 2017

Beyond the seas and centuries: Louvre Abu Dhabi opens in November

The Louvre Abu Dhabi - a universal museum with a focus on shared human stories across civilisations and cultures - will open its doors on 11 November 2017, the first of its kind in the Arab world. Located in Abu Dhabi, the opening celebrations will include a range of public programmes including symposiums, performances, concerts, dance, and visual arts by renowned contemporary and classical artists.

7 Sep 2017

Tips on how to have an ethical elephant experience

Encountering one of natures most majestic creatures, elephants, can be quite an experience. While there are many opportunities to get up close and personal with elephants when travelling to places like Thailand, India, and Sri Lanka, it's important that these encounters happen with the elephants in a happy and humane environment.

17 Aug 2017

Helping a loved one overcome drug addiction

Drug addiction is devastating both for its sufferers and their loved ones. It is also a far more common problem than many of us realize. The US has witnessed a steady increase in the number of prescriptions for addictive drugs, e.g. opioid-based pain killers and benzodiazepines such as Xanax. This has both dramatically increased the rates of prescription drug abuse and brought them sharply into focus within the mainstream consciousness.

Issued by Monetary Library 17 Aug 2017