
Due to public demand following the sold out once-off concert in Cape Town in August 2011, Johnny Clegg will bring his 30th anniversary concert back to Johannesburg in November 2011. The original Juluka band will be reunited for this show only, performing the hit songs of Juluka and Johnny Clegg spanning his 30 year career on [...]
Craig Higginson’s The Girl in the Yellow Dress returns to the Market Theatre on 27th Sept. It is described in the press release as ‘part psychological thriller and part a State of the Nation analysis’. The synposis continues: ‘It is set in contemporary Paris and deals with the exchanges between Celia, a beautiful English teacher in her [...]
There’s a walkabout of the group exhibition Horse, curated by Ricky Burnett, at Everard Read Gallery in Lower Rosebank at 4.30 pm Friday 16th September and then another walkabout of Ayana V Jackson’s exhibition at Gallery Momo 52 7th Ave Parktown North on Saturday 17th Sept at 11 am. There are markets in Jozi’s inner [...]
Two French urban contemporary dance companies will present solos dealing with the issue of identity and origins: French B-Boy Junior’s Buanattitude will revisit his African roots and Zairian culture in particular, his native country; Cie Stylistik’s Entre Deux (In between) will stage a French-Senegalese performer dealing with his “dual” culture. Sunday 4 September at Joburg [...]
The Pink Floyd Experience is back again for 5 shows evenings Wed 31 Aug to Sat 3 Sept and 3pm Sunday 4th at the Mandela Theatre (Joburg Theatre) The show is a recreation of Pink Floyd’s landmark stadium show THE DIVISION BELL TOUR, which was released as an album in the 1990s titled PULSE.
Refuse the Hour is a two week programme of live performance events created by artist William Kentridge, composers Philip Miller and François Sarhan, dancer and choreographer Dada Masilo, video editor Catherine Meyburgh and performance director Sue Pam-Grant. The programme, which is presented by The Market Theatre in association with the Goodman Gallery and the French Institute [...]
Info below comes from Peter Feldman’s Top performers for Joy of Jazz 06/08/2011
Legendary trumpeter Wynton Marsalis is due to perform at this year’s Joy of Jazz Festival in Newtown at the end of August. The amazing line up includes America’s Dee Dee Bridgewater, McCoy Tyner, Gerald Veasley, Jeff Lorber, Alexander O’Neal and Frank McComb who [...]
Watershed Concert Sunday 12th June 13-1500
Vivere Sunday 26th June Vivere meaning ‘Alive’ in Italian, is a production consisting of a powerful duo, Jannie Moolman and Joseph Clark. It is an ultimate cross over show, featuring musical assortments such as opera, rock, pop, blues and a handful of other musical genres.
Zebra & Giraffe Concert Sunday 10th [...]
See http://lizatlancaster.co.za/blog/jeremy-taylor-of-the-ag-pleeze-daddy-fame-is-back-in-town
The Bassment is an ensemble consists of 6 jazz and 6 classically trained bassists, bringing together different musical backgrounds, techniques and cultures. Fri 10th and & Sat 11th June @ 20h00 Ticket prices: R160 Market Theatre
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