Event: Menopause The Musical
Date: 20 January 2012 – 25 February 2012
Time: Tue to Fri @ 8.15pm. Sat at 3pm & 8.15pm
Tickets:R120 – R240
Venue: Theatre on the Bay
Bookings: 021 438 3300
Email address: admin@theatreonthebay.co.za
Setting the record straight and slaughtering those sacred cows that has every woman and husband quivering in their boots. 4 woman, 1 black lace bra, a few hot flushes and chocolate binges all to the beat of 25 baby-boomer hits.
Kate Normington, Delia Sainsbury, Shelly Adriaazen and Ntambo Rapatla.
Event: Walter Meyer: An Outsider’s View
Date: 23 February – 22 March 2012
Time: Opens 23 February @ 7:00pm. Exhibition open daily, 24 February – 22 March, 9:00am – 5:00pm
Tickets:
Venue: Graham’s Fine Art Gallery, 46 Broadacres Lifestyle Centre, Corner Cedar and Valley Roads, Broadacres, Fourways
Bookings: 011 465 9192
Email address: christina@grahamsgallery.co.za
An Outsider’s View is an exhibition of selected examples of Walter Meyer’s landscapes, painted over a period of 21 years, the earliest dated work on the show, “Perron”, having been produced in 1990.
Event: John Treleaven (Tenor)
An evening of English and German Love Songs with Albie Van Schalkwyk (Piano), followed by John Treleaven in conversation with Jacky Folley
Date: Wednesday 22nd February 2012
Time: Venue doors open at 18h45, concert starts at 19h15
Tickets:Reserved seating from R500.00 – R750.00 per person
Formal (Black Tie)
Venue: Casa Labia Cultural Centre 192 Main Road Muizenberg
Bookings: 021 788 6068 / info@casalabia.co.za
Email address: info@casalabia.co.za
Casa Labia, in association with Citadel, present world renowned Heldentenor, John Treleaven. He is currently in South Africa to sing Florestan in Beethoven’s Fidelio for Cape Town Opera and Casa Labia has had the good fortune to secure his services for this exclusive Gala Concert which will include works by Britten, Vaughan Williams, Elgar, Wagner and Puccini.
Event: Sustainable Design Showcase 2012
Date: 7 – 10 and 12 – 16 March 2012
Time: 09:00 – 18:00
Tickets: Free entry
Venue: Cape Town City Hall, 54 Darling Street
Bookings: Not necessary
Email address: jennifer@atmosphere.co.za
Hosted by local NPO the Eco Design Initiative, the Sustainable Design Showcase aims to show South Africans that the innovation, creativity and skills needed to tackle our country’s unique obstacles are closer to home than we think. Visitors are encouraged to attend the event to better understand how South Africa and Scandinavia are merging sustainability with design.
Event: THE TOMBOYS PLAYS CLASSIC ROCK
Date: Sat 26 Nov
Time: 19:00
Tickets: R90
Venue: Villa Pascal ,28 van der Westhuizen Str, Durbanville ,Cape Town
Bookings: 021 975 2566, 082 569 4147 or computicket
Email address: eugene.lebreton@telkomsa.net
Legendary 60’s rock band The Tomboys plays good times classics from ZZ Top, Rolling Stones, Bon Jovi, Lynard Skynard,Pink Floyd, Bread, and many more just to mention a few!! An enjoyable evening suitable for old and young. Tickets R90
Event: ROCK ‘N ROLL IS KING
Date: Fri 9 Dec -Sat 10 Dec
Time: 19:00
Tickets: R90
Venue: Villa Pascal ,28 van der Westhuizen Str, Durbanville ,Cape Town
Bookings: 021 975 2566, 082 569 4147 or computicket
Email address: eugene.lebreton@telkomsa.net
An energetic, rock’n roll, twisting tribute featuring the songs of Elvis Presley, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Beatles, Rod Stewart,Shakin Stevens, The Spencer Davis Group and many more! Featuring stalwart rocker Vernon Barnard and James “Elvis Presley” Marais. Put on your boogie shoes, and hop on for the ride of your life!
Event: SHAWN PHILLIPS IN CONCERT
Date: Thurs 15 Dec
Time: 19:00
Tickets: R100
Venue: Villa Pascal ,28 van der Westhuizen Str, Durbanville ,Cape Town
Bookings: 021 975 2566, 082 569 4147
Email address: eugene.lebreton@telkomsa.net
This US music icon returns just days after his American tour. Phillips is a rock pioneer, keeping true to his roots in folk music, he experimented with classical, fantasy iconography, surreal verse, mysticism and voice. The results produced the multi-million selling album "Second Contribution." Book early not to miss!
Event: MARGARET’S DAUGHTER
Date: Fri 2 Dec
Time: 19:00
Tickets: R80
Venue: Villa Pascal ,28 van der Westhuizen Str, Durbanville ,Cape Town
Bookings: 021 975 2566, 082 569 4147
Email address: eugene.lebreton@telkomsa.net
This acoustic folk rock duo’s tight rhythms and beautiful harmonies with African influences include their original English classics, a taste of their Afrikaans music, foot-tapping instrumental numbers as well as a couple of well-known cover songs.. THIS IS AN EVENING NOT TO BE MISSED!
Event: Postcards from the Road
Date: 13 October – 3 December
Time: NA
Tickets: Free
Venue: David Krut Projects Cape Town
Bookings: 021 685 0676
Email address: alastair@davidkrut.com
This exhibition presents a collection of photographs and writing, presented as over-sized postcards, by renowned travel photojournalists Justin Fox and Don Pinnock. The exhibition images were selected through a collaborative process with the David Krut Projects team and is a fascinating presentation of travel photography in a fine art context.
Event: DANIELE PASCAL- A NIGHT IN PARIS
Date: Sat 31 Dec
Time: 19:00
Tickets: R500
Venue: Villa Pascal ,28 van der Westhuizen Str, Durbanville ,Cape Town
Bookings: 021 975 2566, 082 569 4147
Email address: eugene.lebreton@telkomsa.net
Imagine strolling down the Champs-Elysées, sipping a pastis in Montmartre Well, that is where Danièle will transport you. Award winning, charismatic, platinum selling, French chanteuse Daniele Pascal is one of South Africa’s most celebrated and recognizable celebrities. Enjoy a delicious 3 x course dinner and show.Book early not to miss!
Event: Lecture: Chasing the Devil – the search for Africa’s fighting spirit.
Date: Tuesday 29 November
Time: 18h30 for 19h00
Tickets: R30
Venue: Iziko South African Museum
Bookings: Friends of the South African Museum
Email address: samfriends@iziko.org.za
Best-selling author Tim Butcher describes a 350 mile trek through the jungles of Liberia and Sierra Leone, among the most war ravaged territory on the African continent. Following a trail blazed in 1935 by English author, Graham Greene, gaining an authentic perspective on this region facing the challenge of rebuilding.
Event: Stephen Inggs
Date: 2 – 30 November 2011
Time: 6 pm
Tickets: Free
Venue: Brundyn + Gonsalves Gallery, 71 Loop Street
Bookings: 021 424 5150
Email address: Brundyn + Gonsalves
Stephen Inggs is a photographer who invokes rather than re-presents objects in his images. He translates what is often overlooked in the landscape or home into complex symbolic catalysts of memory.
Event: “Huisvlyt / New Interpretations”, an art exhibition by Debbie Loots
Date: Monday 14 to Saturday 26 November 2011
Time: Mon-Thurs 9h to 18h, Fri 9h to 17h, Sat 9h to 13h
Tickets: Admission Free
Venue: Alliance Française of Cape Town, 155 Loop Street
Bookings: None
Email address: culture.cpt@alliance.org.za
Huisvlyt misrepresents specific forms, objects and tools – signifiers of male and female stereotypes – by redressing and decorating them with a feminine aesthetic associated with domestic craft.
These dressed-up works are matched and/or mismatched and ‘displaced’ in their shared space, disrupting common preconceptions, about their traditionally assigned meanings and functions.
Event: Film screening “Copie Conforme” by Abbas Kiarostami, 2010, French, English, Italian, 1h45 (Partnership with Cape Winelands Film Festival 2011)
Date: Tuesday 15 November 2011
Time: 19h00
Tickets: Admission Free
Venue: Alliance Française of Cape Town, 155 Loop Street
Bookings: None
Email address: culture.cpt@alliance.org.za
British writer James Miller is in Tuscany to give a talk about his new book, titled "Certified Copy", which argues that, in art, issues of authenticity are irrelevant, because every repro-
duction is itself an original and even the original is a copy of another form. A French antiques dealer, whose name is never given (Juliette Binoche), attends the talk with her 11-year-old
son in order to have Miller sign the copies she has bought of the book.
Event: Shadowclub
Date:17 December 2011
Time: 21:00
Tickets: R50
Venue: Mercury Live & Lounge
Bookings: 021 465 2106
Email address: mercuryl@mweb.co.za
Event: British writer James Miller is in Tuscany to give a talk about his new book, titled "Certified Copy"
Date: Tuesday 22 November 2011
Time: 19h00
Tickets: Admission Free
Venue: Alliance Française of Cape Town, 155 Loop Street
Bookings: None
Email address:culture.cpt@alliance.org.za
Adapted from the classic Urdu novel Umrao Jan Ada by Mirza Hadi RuswaIn 1840, a girl named Amiran is kidnapped from her home in Faizabad by Dilawar Khan who had been sent to
jail based upon the evidence presented by Amiran's father.To take his revenge, he kidnaps Amiran and sells her to a brothel in Lucknow run by Khannum Jaan. Bua Hussaini and Maulvi Sahib adopt Amiran and treat her as their
own daughter. In the company of Khurshid, Bismillah and one of the courtesan's sons, Gauhar Mirza), Amiran learns the art of being a courtesan.
Event: BOO!
Date: 29 December 2011
Time: 21h00
Tickets: R50
Venue: Mercury Live & Lounge
Bookings: 021 465 2106
Email address: mercuryl@mweb.co.za
Boo! began in 1997 in the backstreets of dirty Brixton, Johannesburg. They have conspired to make music that would go against most of the conventional wisdom of the time. Boo! one of S.A's favorite bands of all time and one of our proudest musical exports to both Europe and North America.
Event: Hog Hoggidy Hog
Date: 13 January 2011
Time: 21:00
Tickets: R50
Venue: Mercury Live & Lounge
Bookings: 021 465 2106
Email address:mercuryl@mweb.co.za
Currently the Hogs are all in South Africa and to celebrate they will be doing a couple of great shows across the country. This will be their last show at Mercury before their vocalist, George Bacon, returns to Berlin.
Event: Walter Meyer: An Outsider's View
Meyer, Carl Walter (1965-), Perron, Oil on Canvas, 41 x 70cm, Initialled: "W.M." (Lower/Right), Dated: 1990
Date: 23 February – 22 March 2012
Time: Opens 23 February @ 7:00pm. Exhibition open daily, 24 February – 22 March, 9:00am – 5:00pm
Tickets:
Venue: Graham’s Fine Art Gallery, 46 Broadacres Lifestyle Centre, Corner Cedar and Valley Roads, Broadacres, Fourways
Bookings: 011 465 9192
Email address: christina@grahamsgallery.co.za
Website: www.grahamsgallery.co.za
An Outsider’s View is an exhibition of selected examples of Walter Meyer’s landscapes, painted over a period of 21 years, the earliest dated work on the show, “Perron”, having been produced in 1990.
Event: Somebody To Love: A Dance Celebration to the Music of Queen
Date: 26, 27, 28 October and 1 November at 8pm
29 October and 5 November at 5pm and 8.30pm
30 October and 6 November at 3pm
Time:
Tickets: R100, R150 and R200
Venue: Pieter Toerien’s Montecasino Theatre
Bookings: Leon Bezuidenhout 011 492 1477 / 67
Email address: leon@mzansiproductions.com At Computicket; by phone on 0861 915 8000;
online at www.computicket.com
To mark the 65th birthday of the late Freddie Mercury, Mzansi Productions brings Somebody To Love: A Dance
Celebration to the Music of Queen to Pieter Toerien’s Montecasino Theatre, teaming dancers and singers
in a sleek celebration of love, exploring facets of relationships in an elegant show brimming with superlative entertainment.
Event: Celebration 2
Date: 2, 3 and 4 November 2012
Time: 8pm
Tickets: R120 throughout
Venue: Pieter Toerien’s Montecasino Theatre
Bookings: Leon Bezuidenhout 011 492 1477 / 67
Email address: leon@mzansiproductions.com At Computicket; by phone on 0861 915 8000;
online at www.computicket.com
Embracing Mzansi Productions’ flair for blending cutting-edge creativity with an impressive level of entertainment at its unabashed best, Celebration 2 is the setting for two short works, Binary Code and Carmina Burana, a
set of virtuoso classical solos danced by visiting Cuban male dancers, a classical pas de deux and a delicious surprise
