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When food meets theatre

A bouquet of culture we bring you this fine Thursday. Top stories include an interview with both Spud 3 director John Barker and Leading Lady director Henk Pretorius by film buff Daniel Dercksen. Debbie Hathway is impressed by the inspiring Cape Dance Company's Blue and BitterSweet Reloaded productions and Eugene Yiga reports back on foodie-meets-theatre productions; Richard's Supper Stage and Madame Zingara's After Forever.

Our new competition this week sees you stand the chance to win two tickets to next week's Kirstenbosch Summer Sunset Concert featuring Oliver Mtukudzi!

Happy weekend-ing!

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

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Weekly top stories


Q&A with Spud 3 director John Barker
[Daniel Dercksen] When I first met John Barker 15 years ago when he attended my workshop for screenwriters and filmmakers, he was cocky, self-assured and really wanted to be a filmmaker. read more>>

Reaching for the stars

Debbie Hathway

Audiences have come to expect only the best from the Cape Dance Company (CDC), the Tokai-based inspiration behind world-class performances in the neoclassical genre by dancers who can hold their own on international stages. They seldom disappoint and their 20th-anniversary season of Blue, now on at Artscape Theatre in Cape Town, is no exception.

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Eat, play, love

Eugene Yiga

If you love a good dinner and you love a good show, two top South African productions will let you enjoy both at the same time!

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Henk Pretorius chats Leading Lady

Daniel Dercksen

When I first met Henk Pretorius he was a high school student attending my very first workshop for screenwriters and filmmakers in Pretoria in 1998. Now he really is on top of the world, living his dream.

Read more >>






Music
Table Mountain Blues Summit reveals line-up
The Table Mountain Blues Summit music festival will return to the Hillcrest Quarry, Durbanville, Cape Town on 6 and 7 December, 2014. Twenty of the SA's top blues rock artists will appear in the course of the two days. read more>>
Theatre
The Coloured Chameleon - it's about community

Debbie Hathway

Desiré Davids and the Eoan Group Theatre Company present The Coloured Chameleon from 3 to 5 December at the Joseph Stone Theatre in Athlone. read more>>
Bizet's Carmen wows opera lovers on the big screen

Daniel Dercksen

Richard Eyre's mesmerising production of Bizet's steamy melodrama Carmen is wowing opera lovers at Cinema Nouveau as the third production in the new season of The Met: Live in HD. read more>>
Movies
Mesmerising Of Mice and Men: live theatre at its best

Daniel Dercksen

"It felt like being in a theatre," is what a colleague mentioned after watching a preview of the sensational Broadway staging of Of Mice and Men at Cinema Nouveau, as part of the NT Live screenings that is screened nationwide from 6 December. read more>>
Academy for African Filmmakers to mentor young African talent
The Academy for African Filmmakers is a new initiative by Unilever and MOFILM to help young African talent develop their storytelling and pitching skills while working on real live Unilever briefs with the possibility of having their work broadcast... read more>>
Art
Famous Lego exhibit comes to SA
The famous Lego art exhibit, The Art of The Brick, will be coming to South Africa at the Watershed Exhibition Centre at the V&A Waterfront, Cape Town, in December, before heading north to Rosebank, Joburg, in May 2015. read more>>
Events
The finer things in life at the Le Kap Lifestyle Fair
The second annual Le Kap Lifestyle Fair is to be held on 6 December, 2014, at Blaauwklippen Vineyards, Stellenbosch, Western Cape. The fair is a symbiosis of gourmet food, fine wine, whisky, artisanal drinks, fashion, automobiles, design & décor along with musical kur and showjumping. read more>>
Wellness
Garmin grows the Vivo Series

Issued by Garmin

The vívosmart is a stylish activity tracker that displays smart notifications. Users can achieve their health and wellness goals and stay connected by receiving vibration alerts for calls, SMS's, calendar reminders and emails... read more>>
Motoring
The Kia with lots of Soul

Henrie Geyser: motoring editor

There has been a flurry of fast-finger exercise on social media, lots of tongue-wagging and a flood of photo grabs since the all-new Kia Soul hit the streets because this cute Korean sets new standards for funky-cool and off the wall... read more>>
Sport
Introducing the much anticipated Garmin Forerunner 920XT

Issued by Garmin

Garmin Southern Africa has announced the Forerunner 920XT, a multisport GPS watch that can record detailed metrics for swimming, biking and running... read more>>
International
Shakira wants press to leave son alone
MADRID, SPAIN: Colombian pop star Shakira wants the press to leave her nearly two-year-old son with Spanish footballer Gerard Pique alone, she said in an interview published Sunday... read more>>
More International
New events to diarise
Delicious International Food and Music Festival - 28 Dec 2014 Cape Town
The Delicious International Food and Music Festival promises a feast of food to tantalise the taste buds as well as world-class entertainment. Read more >>


Party it up at St Yves this weekend
St Yves - 28 Nov 2014 to 30 Nov 2014 Cape Town

Music With Friends
UVIM - 6 Dec 2014 Durban

River Fest 2014
River Fest - 6 Dec 2014 to 7 Dec 2014 Gouda

Vhadino Entertainment presents Pre-Xmas Party
Vhadino Entertainment - 6 Dec 2014 to 7 Dec 2014 Tshwane

Leadership 2020 closes 2014 season
Leadership 2020 - 7 Dec 2014 Pretoria

Nik Rabinowitz
Slow Life - 11 Dec 2014 Muizenberg

Oliver Mtukudzi at Kirstenbosch
Hippo Communications - 14 Dec 2014 Cape Town

2014 Diaz Strand Summer Sun Festival
Interface by Goji - 15 Dec 2014 to 3 Jan 2015 Mossel Bay

Harold Porter Garden
20 Dec 2014 Bettys Bay

Upcoming events
Nedbank Golf Challenge
African Bee Events - 4 Dec 2014 to 7 Dec 2014 Sun City

Tonight is the Night
Networx PR - 4 Dec 2014 to 6 Dec 2014 Cape Town

Ice Slide Wonderland at Canal Walk
Canal Walk - 5 Dec 2014 to 11 Jan 2015 Cape Town

'Karoo Farmscapes' at Classic Revivals
Classic Revivals - 5 Dec 2014 to 30 Jan 2015 Cape Town

Mapungubwe Arts Festival
T musicman - 5 Dec 2014 to 13 Dec 2014 Polokwane (Pietersburg)

17th Annual Maftown Sixties Party
Aptitude Consulting - 5 Dec 2014 to 6 Dec 2014 Mafikeng

LeKap Lifestyle Fair 2014
Vivid Luxury - 6 Dec 2014 Cape Town

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