Jul 1, 2020 | chART
[vc_row][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] By TAMMY BALLANTYNE Unfathomable / Directed by Athena Mazarakis / Virtual National Arts Festival I recall seeing the live version of Unfathomable (winner of a Standard Bank Silver Ovation Award on the...
Jul 1, 2020 | chART
[vc_row][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] By BRUCE DENNILL Steve Smith / Directed by Jemma Kahn / Virtual National Arts Festival This is an odd little film, which is part of its appeal. Jemma Kahn has made a fascinating, brilliant career out...
Jun 29, 2020 | chART
[vc_row][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] By TAMMY BALLANTYNE Pest Control / Conceptualised, choreographed, performed and directed by Mamela Nyamza / Visual National Arts Festival Pest Control is Mamela Nyamza’s angry ode to injustice. Her...
Jun 28, 2020 | chART
[vc_row][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] By BRUCE DENNILL BreaThing Space / Directed by Alan Farber (film) and Michelle Douglas (theatre) / Virtual National Arts Festival Written as a play, BreaThing Space cleverly combines aspects of...
Jun 28, 2020 | chART
[vc_row][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] By BRUCE DENNILL Lockdown Went Wrong / Directed by Lazarus Thema / Virtual National Arts Festival / PG13 Lockdown Went Wrong is a film that lasts just a minute. That sort of brevity prompts the sort of...
Jun 26, 2020 | chART
[vc_row][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] By BRUCE DENNILL Nixon In Agony / Created, written and directed by Adam Donen / Virtual National Arts Festival Nixon In Agony is an audio drama. Audiences are now used to podcasts and audio books –...