Dan Corder is a South African television, radio, and internet personality. He has a political commentary YouTube channel and podcast titled The Issue with Dan Corder and presents The Dan Corder Show for eNCA. He made a guest appearance this year on the NAF’s Better Late Show (with hosts Yaseen Barnes and Callum Hitchcock). Aryn Guiney caught up with him for a quick Q&A. What do you love about Makhanda and what keeps bringing you back? “I went Rhodes one semester in first year, 2012 and I just fell in love with the town and the space that it gives…
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Afropocalypse, Theatre Venue: Centenary Hall Review By Aryn Guiney The buzz on the streets is that Afropocalypse is one of this year’s gems. The show last night confirmed this for the group of us attending. There were a number of members in the crowd returning for a second helping of this delightful odyssey, and as a seasoned Festival supporter commented, “I’ve seen some brilliant shows with disappointing audiences, so it was good to arrive for Afropocalypse and see a long queue.” The Market Theatre Laboratory 2nd year students bring on the energy from start to finish. Described as ‘Stories of…
Lase Senqu (Orange River), Theatre Venue: Amazwi South African Museum of Literature By Aryn Guiney The venue for this Fringe Theatre performance is the Amazwi South African Museum of Literature. The richness of the centre itself, along with its architecture, is a bonus addition to seeing this show. The programme doesn’t stipulate that the dialogue is solely in a mixture of Zulu, Nguni, and Sotho-Tswana. Perhaps bear that in mind, and along with that, consider that one of the wonders of theatre is that it can transcend language. Igazi Lase Senqu’s dance and music, performed by the Pioneers Art Movement,…
Gabo Legwala, Theatre Venue: SAC Centenary Hall Next performance: Saturday 28 June 20:00 Review By Aryn Guiney Buckle up for a comfortable ride on a trip through uncomfortable topics. The cushioned seating in SAC’s Centenary hall sets the scene for Modise Sekgothe’s brand new work, Gabo Legwala; a fitting venue for the poetic theatre piece that opens on the school-age representation of Sekgothe’s character (Ndish to his peers). Gabo Legwala is designed to move you. Rhythmic chants and rhymes, lullabies and the pulse of drums. The collaboration with Yogin Sullaphen, Phumla Siyobi, and Mahlatsi Mokgonyana is both poignant and brutal.…
Malo and the Moon Maiden, Circus Venue: Guy Butler Theatre Next performance: Thursday 3 July 12:00 Review By Guest Writer Robyn Sassen Roll up! Roll up! It is time to channel your inner five-year-old to the outrageousness, tawdriness, and madcap sense of possibility that is the circus, and you’ve only three days in which to do it. Janice Honeyman’s quirky work, Malo and the Moon Maiden, takes a hefty dollop of whimsy, a slathering of everything Chagall and a beautiful understanding of magic to make a love story come true. A tale featuring a clown with heart (Daniel Buckland), a ringmaster…
The King of Broken Things. Theatre Venue: Victoria Theatre Next performance: Friday 27 June 10:00. Interview Guest Writer: Robyn Sassen Have you ever watched a small child make art? It’s never about whether things are ‘good enough’ or what level of approval they may garner. It’s about the correct – call it spiritual – place for things to go. Or the correctly coloured crayon to use in a given context, with boldness and fearlessness. In Michael Taylor-Broderick’s production, The King of Broken Things, performer Cara Roberts encapsulates this understanding so impeccably, you will feel like you, too, are nine years old.…
Cape Ballet Africa’s Salt, which includes Mthuthuzeli November’s Chapter Two. Dance & Physical Theatre Venue: Guy Butler Theatre Next performance: Friday 27 June 19:00. Interview Guest Writer: Keith Bain The choreographer’s deepest desire is to instil in other dancers the joy he himself has experienced by dancing – and, with that joy, to make spirits soar. Cue choreographer spotlight: the dreams & vision of Chapter Two “As long as I can remember, I’ve been a dancer,” says Mthuthuzeli November, who was recently recognised at the prestigious Benois de la Danse awards for Chapter Two, a work he choreographed for Cape…