Dubbed “the dark prince of South African blues” by Rolling Stone magazine, guitarist extraordinaire Albert Frost possesses such a compelling command over that haunted musical realm that it's clear he’s been to several crossroads at midnight in his time.
KwaZulu-Natal’s top classical music youth talent is in action this weekend — the province's youth orchestra joins forces with its youth choir in the National Creative Arts Festival.
Inspired by Mongane Wally Serote’s most recent collection of poetry, History Is a Home Address, it is the new work of the same name by the University of KwaZulu-Natal's award-winning Flatfoot Dance Company.
After opening for the cult British act The Kooks last weekend and having recently scooped the 2013 MK Award for Best Indie Band, Johannesburg’s Shortstraw launch their new album on a high.
South African literary phenomenon Lewis Nkosi — famous for his novels The Mating Birds, Underground People and Mandela’s Ego, among others — worked in just about every genre, and now his one-act masterpiece, The Black Psychiatrist, receives its first professional staging.
Directed by Louise Buchler, Intermissions is a series of vignettes, each depicting an original story inspired by Belgian artist René Magritte’s disturbing, witty and often confusing paintings.
Consider China is the name of an intriguing exhibition that does just that: the show invited a select group of artists to consider the increasingly powerful role played by China in Africa and express their convictions through their chosen mediums.
In the whimsically titled Play Date, the iconic South African guitarist Steve Newman teams up with local songbird Lu Dlamini for a child-friendly evening of music, movies and snacks.
