Lifestyle South Africa weekly newsletter - 23 Jul 2013

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Take note theatre fundis, July and August are shaping out to be months for sterling productions. Currently on show is the fabulously retro and over the top The Rocky Horror Show, both Daniel Dercksen and Eugene Yiga give their feedback on this cult classic. Yiga also reviews the moving production My Name is Rachel Corrie, and the "wickedly dark" Vigil, as does Dercksen.

In motoring news, Henrie Geyser gives his thoughts on the hot hatch; the Peugeot 208 GTi, and the beefed up Mercedes 2013 SLK. In travel news, Brian Berkman explores the Baltic by ship on the Royal Caribbean's The Brilliance of the Seas.

Our new competition this week sees you stand the chance to win an album and two tickets to Wolftown's album launch at the Harley-Davidson Club in Cape Town. And we are picking and notifying our lucky Oppikoppi winners tomorrow so, if you haven't entered yet, better get on it!

Ruth Cooper, Lifestyle Co-editor & Production Manager (@Biz_Lounge)

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Shock and Rocky Horror

[Eugene Yiga] What began as a low-key London production 40 years ago has grown into a musical sensation that's been performed in over 30 countries, turned into a film, and inspired an episode of Glee. I'm talking about The Rocky Horror Show, now playing at Cape Town's Fugard Theatre to screams of absolute delight. Read more >>

208 GTi is a hot number
[Henrie Geyser: motoring editor]

Berkman breezes through the Baltic
[Brian Berkman]

Bizcommunity, Recruitgroup launch BizCareers Column

[Issued by Bizcommunity.com] In collaboration with Juliette Attwell of the Recruitgroup, Bizcommunity.com is launching a regular BizCareers Column that will offer sound recruitment advice for both job- and candidate-seekers. Read more >> visit press office >>

Flipping Fantastically Fast F-Type

[Henrie Geyser: motoring editor] It has taken nearly 40 years for Jaguar to take a quantum leap from E to F and to finally create a worthy successor to the iconic E-Type Jaguar that fired the world's imagination - an act that the raucously loud and achingly beautiful newly-launched F-Type plays with such refined pleasure that it deserves an automotive Oscar. Read more >>

SLK glows with AMG magic

[Henrie Geyser: motoring editor] Mercedes-Benz have muscled up their popular SLK sports cars with extra go-faster power, slapped on some macho AMG make-up, extended the already long list of standard and optional goodies and then pulled a surprise rabbit out of the hat by introducing a brand new 250 model to slot in between the current 200 and 350 choices. Read more >>

I Am Hardwell to play Joburg and Cape Town

Hardwell has just announced the forthcoming first eight worldwide destinations today. The Dutch DJ will kick off his world tour in Jakarta, Singapore, Bangalore and Mumbai in September 2013, and Cape Town, Joburg, Mexico City and Tel Aviv later in the year. Read more >>

The Rocky Horror Show - one of the best stagings the world has ever seen

[Daniel Dercksen] "In the velvet darkness of the blackest night", The Rocky Horror Show at The Fugard Theatre is most definitely a beam of "light in the darkness" of musical theatre in South Africa that streams like a guiding star into "everybody's life". Read more >>

My Name is Rachel Corrie speaks out

[Eugene Yiga] On 16 March 2003, 23-year-old American activist Rachel Corrie was crushed to death by an Israeli Army bulldozer as she was trying to prevent the demolition of a Palestinian home. Now, following its London premiere in April 2005 and subsequent productions around the world, the controversial one-woman play based on Corrie's journals and emails is on at Cape Town's Baxter Theatre. Read more >>