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Eugene Yiga

Eugene Yiga is a writer, consultant, and coach based in Cape Town, South Africa. He covers personal development, lifestyle, entertainment, marketing, media, culture, and current affairs. Oh, and he's on a quest to read the 100 greatest books of all time before he turns 30. You can contact Eugene by following @eugeneyiga on Twitter or by emailing to say, um, hello.
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iHamlet coming to Cape Town

[Eugene Yiga] Cape Town audiences are in for a treat - iHamlet, which played to critical acclaim in Joburg earlier this month, will be showing at Theatre on the Bay from 5 to 9 June, 2012. That means you only have five days to experience Shakespeare like you never have.

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How sweet the sound of Kat and the Kings

[Eugene Yiga] Kat and the Kings, the hit musical by David Kramer and the late Taliep Petersen, has come home to District Six. Produced by Eric Abraham, the show began previewing at Cape Town's Fugard Theatre earlier this month and will run until 31 July, 2012. Judging by the sold-out performances and nightly standing ovations, you'd better act fast if you want to see it too.

Posted 15 days ago | Like
Putting the "fun" into Funny Business

[Eugene Yiga] The comic team that brought us Boeing-Boeing and Perfect Wedding have come out with another hit comedy in Funny Business, showing at Cape Town's Theatre on the Bay until 9 June, 2012.

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Jeremy Loops, the ultimate one-man band

[Eugene Yiga] There were a lot of surprises at this year's Net Prophet. Who knew that an iPad cover (not an iPad, just the cover) would be auctioned for over R20 000? Who knew that a particularly inquisitive member of the audience, quickly dubbed "Question Guy", would become a Twitter trend unto himself? And who knew that Jeremy Loops and his folksy tunes would cause the crowd to erupt into such thunderous applause? I caught up with Jeremy a little later to find out more.

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All creatures great and small in One Life

[Eugene Yiga] There are millions of species on the planet. It is ironic, then, that most movies are about human beings. Well, BBC Earth Films is trying to shift the balance. After the highly successful and beautifully made Earth, they've come out with another masterpiece in One Life.

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Feast and famine in the Hunger Games

[Eugene Yiga] Survivor. Big Brother. The Amazing Race. There's only so much action we can expect from these and the smorgasbord of other reality TV shows. And so, as was the case in 2011's Real Steel, society of the future has taken the concept one step further. Introducing the Hunger Games, an annual contest in which 24 boys and girls fight to the death until only one is left. A question more pertinent than asking who will survive is asking if you the viewer can survive long enough to find out.

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It's a plunderful life

[Eugene Yiga] They've done it again. The studio that brought us brilliant animated films like Arthur Christmas, Flushed Away, Wallace and Gromit, and Chicken Run has come out with another hit in The Pirates! Band of Misfits. With a story that's simple enough for kids to follow and humour that's complex enough for adults to appreciate, seeing this movie is bound to be a barrel of fun.

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Margaret's moral dilemma

[Eugene Yiga] Six years is quite a long wait for a movie to come out, but after Margaret was filmed back in 2005, writer-director Kenneth Lonergan didn't want to cut the three-hour version to fit the two-hour running time that he was contracted to deliver. So, after several lawsuits and some editing help from Martin Scorsese (he called the initial version a "masterpiece"), is the final version worth it? It's hard to say.

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Ruby Wax - Lost It!

[Eugene Yiga] Mental illness is a serious problem. So serious, in fact, that at some point in our lives one in four of us is likely to be affected. What can we do? For a start, you can bring three friends to see US-born comedian and TV presenter Ruby Wax in Lost It, her one-woman show now playing at Cape Town's Theatre on the Bay.

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Marketing lessons from the Arab Spring

[Eugene Yiga] 2011 was the year of the protester. But instead of discussing the bored trustafarians who 'occupied' the world lest they be denied something for the first time in their lives, I'd like to focus on the Arab Spring. How did it happen? And what can we as marketers learn?

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