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No maybes about …Miskien
“What is all the fuss about?” I wondered during the first quarter of Ovation-Award winning play Miskien.It seemed to be a middle-of-the-road play about two young guys living rather banal lives. Sex, beer and the boring office hours in-between appeared to be the theme, with an odd little monologue of desperation from Gideon Lombard thrown in now and again.Then, about half-way in, we ...
Simon sums it up: day four
Written by Simon Cooper: SPREAD THE WORD PEOPLE.Not a day of rest ! Five shows in all.Some Festivals ago two of us were persuaded by the younger version of a now well known theatre person, who draped herself provocatively over our table in the booking tent, that a healthy dose of sex at 10h00 on Sunday morning was a good idea - not, I hasten to add, in any context other than a show she ...
FestForward Podcast: 1 July 2012
In today's podcast, we have plenty of interviews, including such greats as Rob van Vuuren and the Standard Bank Young Artist Award Winner for Music, Kelebogile Boikanyo. Make sure that you take a listen for all your festival news and grooves. FestForward: Keeping you ahead of the Fest! ...
Three Little Pigs blow the house down
Upon entering the theatre, you cannot look James Cairns in the eye, in the same way you would not be able to look Richard Mdluli, Bheki Cele or Radovan Krejcir the eye. There's too much malevolent power there.He paces behind barbed wire welcoming every person to the slaughter with intense, barely contained malice while good cop Pretorius conceals his sadism behind a paternal belly and skew ...
Screamingly funny
Review: Rob van Vuuren Live!So screamingly funny you’ll scream with laughter out loud. Personal and graphic, van Vuuren pushes the boat out so far you’ll take off. -- Jane Stone
On prayer and fart fumes – interview with Rob van Vuuren
Artsblog lured comic genius Rob van Vuuren to their backyard sweatshop and had a conversation over a cup of tea, getting Rob to speak about what it was like to win Strictly Come Dancing, his recent tour in France, the state of South African theatre, the struggle for money and what it’s like being a TV celeb.He uses the word ‘rad’ a lot and does swear a bit – he does do standup comedy ...
