The iconic Tan’ Malie Se Winkel, just west of the Arc de Triomphed Hartbeespoort Dam wall, went through a long, sad patch when it felt like the authenticity that made the place an appealing tourist attraction – as opposed to a scruffy, second-rate ...
We have just left Manchester. I am sitting in the front of the bus (because I can put my feet up here) next to Straight-steering Steve. Steve’s seat doesn’t bob up and down like David-the-Driver’s did. He is far less the bus driver ...
There’s a bit of an unintended theme – keep quiet, for crying out loud – building on this blog at the moment, with posts talking about audience etiquette in comedy and theatre as well as the frustration caused by ridiculously loud entertainment programmes ...
“Guests come here for the peace and tranquillity of nature. We therefore request everyone to be considerate towards one another and assist us in providing the very best that a tranquil, relaxing resort can provide.” And later: “Music taste differs. We therefore request that ...
Andra Cilliers made her National Arts Festival debut at St Aidan’s, a magnificent de-commissioned (you could tell because there was a bar set up in the corner) church set up as a music venue for the duration of the event, on Tuesday 9 ...
0We have just left Manchester. I am sitting in the front of the bus (because I can put my feet up here) next to Straight-steering Steve. Steve’s seat doesn’t bob up and down like David-the-Driver’s did. ...
0Stand-up comedy is a masochist’s vocation. Often, abuse is the most sincere form of appreciation, something that’s fair enough when an act’s material involves, as it often does, brutal satire of a subject close to an ...
0She was born in 1920 on the East Coast of China and grew up as the daughter of an American missionary doctor in the midst of civil war. Not a single night passed in which she ...
0“Guests come here for the peace and tranquillity of nature. We therefore request everyone to be considerate towards one another and assist us in providing the very best that a tranquil, relaxing resort can provide.” And later: ...
0The iconic Tan’ Malie Se Winkel, just west of the Arc de Triomphed Hartbeespoort Dam wall, went through a long, sad patch when it felt like the authenticity that made the place an appealing tourist attraction ...
0* Theatre provides a very direct experience of empathy, a key building block in developing social skills. * Through simultaneous engagement of multiple senses and modes of meaning,
0I’ve always felt a lot of my musical creations have dealt with nostalgia in some capacity or other so I’m taking it right back here
2 Arriving at a studio to record your own original music is mostly incredibly exciting, but also a little nerve-wracking. Are you properly rehearsed? Will your voice last? Will the sound of a nearby electric gate opening and closing drive you to distraction? Time ...
1 Donkeys are a regular sight in theNorthern Cape. They’re exceptionally hardy creatures, which is useful when there’s not much to eat in the semi-desert scrub of the Kgalagadi, and when there are temperature variances of as much as 20°C in an hour. They’re pack ...
1 The winners are: 1. Craig McCracken, Centurion 2. Lucinda van Rhyn, Bellville 3. Johan van Litsenborgh, Aliwal North 4. Lelanie Strydom, Port Elizabeth 5. Hein Stander, Port Elizabeth 6. Tertia Burns, Port Elizabeth Congratulations to all! Welcome to the Get Free Stuff page on pArticipate. On offer: two of each of the following ...
1 The trick Steven Boykey Sidley got right in his first book, Entanglement, and has continued to refine via second release Stepping Out and through to this third effort, is to make small dramas feel extravagantly exciting and involving. All of his books involve men ...
0 pArticipateRadio is my radio show – previously The Spotlight With Bruce Dennill - on Radio Today (1485AM, DStv Audio 869, stream via www.1485.org.za) between 9am and 10am every Monday. There is a fixed playlist of 10 songs per month. I play an average of five ...
0 The 2014 Kalahari Desert Festival was held from 21-23 March at Witdraai near Askham (essentially, head north out of Upington and look for the signs on the left; if you hit Namibia, you’ve gone too far). The festival is designed to showcase and foster ...
0 The Railway Man/Directed by Jonathan Teplitzy/16V At one point in The Railway Man, Colin Firth, portraying one Eric Lomax (on whose memoir this film is based) says very emphatically, “I am not a train spotter, I am a railway enthusiast”. He later repeats the railway ...
