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The listings: Cape Town: October 15 2010

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Music

  • 121 Castle, 121 Castle Street Cape Town. Tuesdays are jazz champagne evenings. Rotational DJs mix up the sexy, funky, tech house flavas at Soul Residence on Fridays. Tel: 021 422 2175. Website: www.121castle.co.za

  • *The Assembly, 61 Harrington Street, East City, Cape Town. Russian DJ Antention mashes up the electro moods alongside Jam Jar, Gun n’ Lazers, Liver, Das Kapital and Brick City Massive at Discotheque on October 15. Doors open at 9pm. Admission is R50 (pre-sold) or R70 (door). We Set Sail, The Pinkertons, Holiday Murray, Jakkals, Blush ‘n Bass, Haasbroek and Funafuji mix up the indie rock, electro and dubstep soundtrack to the Rocking the Daisies After Party on October 16. Admission is free with a RTD wristband or T-shirt; otherwise R30.
    Doors open at 9pm. No ID, no entry. Website: www.theassembly.co.za. Book at www.webtickets.co.za

  • *The Auditorium, Sports Science Institute of South Africa, Boundary Road, Newlands. Afrikaans rock goddess Karen Zoid gives some of her pioneering bilingual power ballads an acoustic makeover at Face to Face session on October 22. Doors open at 5.30pm. Starts at 6pm. Admission is R80. Book at www.webtickets.co.za

  • Baxter Concert Hall, Main Road, Rondebosch. Students from the South African College of Music perform classical works arranged by Hendrik Hofmeyr and Dizu Plaatjies at their final concert recital on October 19. Starts at 8.15pm. Admission is R50, R45 (staff), R35 (students) R25 (learners). Book at Computicket. Website: www.baxter.co.za

  • Blizzards Restaurant and Bar, 29 Wellington Road, Durbanville. Loeries Battle of the Band award-winning indie rockers iScream and the Chocolate Stix mix it up with electro-rapper P.H. Phat, dupstepper Hyphen and downtempo glitch-hopper Narch mash on October 16. Doors open at 7pm. Admission is R30.

  • *Bloemendal Restaurant, Cape Town. Russian a cappella kingpins, the Petersburg Quartet showcase their multi-layered harmonies on October 17. Starts at noon. Admission is R325. Book at Computicket

  • Bohemia, Stellenbosch. The Pretty Blue Guns kick out dirty indie rock jams about chasing women at the Rockweiler session on October 21. Admission is free. Tel: 021 882 8375.

  • Café Sofia, 60 Kloof Street, Gardens. Que Bossa showcases a medley of Latino Jazz, Blues and contemporary tunes from 7pm to 9pm on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. Website: www.cafesofia.co.za

  • *Chisholm Recital Room, South African College of Music, Lovers Walk, Rondebosch (opposite Baxter Theatre Complex). Professor Mike Campbell leads the UCT Big Band and guests artists including Andrew Lilley (piano), Mike Rossi (sax), Jason Reolon (piano), Amanda Tiffin (piano, vocals) through homegrown jazz standards and originals at the annual SACM Jazz Festival on October 15 and 16. German pianist Patrick Bebelaar and students from the Stuttgart Conservatory of Music in Germany are the special guests. Starts at 8.15pm. Admission is R50. Book at Computicket.

  • Chrome, 6 Pepper Street, Cape Town. DJs Clint, Lyle, Michael and guests mix up the house, hip-hop and R&B grooves at the Essential Mix on Saturdays. DJs Kenlow, War, Kaunda and guests lubricate an urban groove at Candi Sundays on Sundays. Admission is R10. DJs Lau, Mario, Lyle and guests mix up the R&B, hip-hop and sexy beats from South America to Africa at La Obsesión on Thursdays. Doors open at 10pm. Admission is R60. Website: www.chromect.com

  • Cru Café, Cape Quarter Extension, De Waterkant. The guitar-led John Russell Jazz Trio plays classic swing and Latin jazz standards from 6pm to 9pm on Thursdays. Tel: 021 418 6293. Website: www.thecrucafe.com

  • Dorp Street Theatre Cafe, R44 Klapmuts, Summerhill Wine Farm (between Stellenbosch and Paarl). Afrikaans singer songwriter Hanru Niemand shares the stage with Kaalvoet Jannie at Just Folking Around on October 16. Admission is R50. Tel: 021 886 6107. Website: www.dorpstraat.co.za

  • *Endler Hall, c/o Victoria and Neethling Streets, Stellenbosch. The Quartet of Peace perform JS Bach’s The Art of the Fugue, Ravel’s String Quartet in F Major, Mozart’s String Quartet No. 19 and Eugene Skeef’s Uxolo (Forgiveness) on October 15. After the final work each musician plays a solo piece in dedication to each Nobel Peace Laureate. Harpist Jane Theron provides the accompaniment. Starts at 8pm. Admission is R85 or R65 (concessions). Guest conductor Romans Vanags leads the Schola Cantorum Chamber Choir and soloist Artis Simanis (saxophone) on A Baltic Journey on October 20. Starts at 8pm. Admission is R65 to R85. Book at Computicket.

  • fashiontv, 114 Hout Street, c/o Buitengracht, Cape Town. Rotational DJs including Tony Smith, 2Saint, Tyson and Leo Large spin the bling cocktail of hip-hop, R&B and dance music at La Vie Des Modele (The Life of Models) every Wednesday. Admission is free for all professional models with valid Z-card. Tel: 021 426 2000

  • Fiction, Long Street, Cape Town. DJs Elu eboka, Illtastic and Bruce Willis?? mash up the electro-punk flavas at Oi! Oi! Oi! on October 15. Admission is R30. Alexr and Mysterion (dubstep), Das Kapital and Kennedy (electro), and Totem and Subliminal (drum ‘n bass) battle it out on the ones and twos at Vs. on October 16. Admission is R30 before midnight.

  • *Fismer Hall, c/o Victoria and Neethling Streets, Cape Town. The University of Stellenbosch in collaboration with electronic music ensemble Kemus and the Hout Bay Music project perform Terry Riley’s ‘In C” on October 16. The work commonly accepted to be the first example of minimalist music, ‘In C” can be performed by any number of people, although Riley suggests a group of about 35 performers, with one performer maintaining the beat or ‘pulse’. The work consists of 53 musical segments, to be performed chronologically, with every performer making their own decisions on how many times each segment will be repeated, at what dynamic level each segment will be played, etc. The result of this procedure is that no two performances of ‘In C” will ever be the same. It is a work that can be performed by professional as well as non-professional musicians, creating the potential for an inclusive and generous musical experience. Starts at 8pm. Admission is R85 or R65 (students, senior citizens). Prof. Paul Cilliers hosts a pre-concert discussion at 7pm. Book at Computicket. Tel: 083 915 8000.

  • Green Dolphin, V&A Waterfront, Cape Town. John Hassan (vocals, percussion) leads his Latin groove combo Hassan’adas through Samba, Marrabenta and African jive hued jazz on October 15 and 16. Funky pianist Mark Goliath performs groove, smooth and jazz standards with his trio on October 17. Singer, composer and pianist, Amanda Tiffin eases into sultry, funky standards and originals with her trio on October 18. Guitarist and vocalist Richard Ceaser’s Trio give fans of George Benson and Al Jarreau’s percolated smooth jazz their fix on October 19. Award-winning pianist and saxophonist Mark Fransman showcases jazz standards and originals with his Trio on October 20. The piano-led Andrew Lilley Trio gives bebop fans their fix on October 21. Sets at 8.15pm, 9.30pm and 11pm. Admission is R35 (sighted table), R30 (unsighted). Lounge is first come, first seated. Tel: 021 421 7471.

  • Holy Redeemer Catholic Church, Bergvliet Road, Bergvliet. Quentin Crida leads the Camerata Tinta Barocca through Bach’s Four Violins in B Minor, Concerto for Two Violins and Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 on October 16. Marian Lewin (cello) and Crida (violin) are the soloists. Starts at 8pm. Admission is R90 or R70 (concessions apply). Tea, coffee, fruit juice and wine will be on sale during interval. Tel: 083 684 7318.

  • Kalahari Restaurant and Theatre, Redefine Boulevard (old Game Centre), George. Afrikaans cabaret crooning kingpin, Nataniel performs rock, soul, old world torch songs, and jazz kissed repertoire on October 15. Starts at 9pm. Admission is R120. Book at Computicket.

  • Karma, Victoria Road, 3rd Floor, Penthouse Suite, Camps Bay. DJ Lady Lea spins lubricates a commercial clubbing groove on October 17. DJs Gio Ricca, Kyle Phonics and West Side share deck support duties. Starts at 8pm. Tel: 021 438 7773. Website: www.karmalounge.co.za

  • *Klein Libertas Theatre, Bergzicht Plein, Du Toit Street, Stellenbosch. Rory Eliot and Plush give fans of impassioned, uplifting acoustic rock their fix on October 16. Bed On Bricks sidestep afro-rock stereotypes on support. Doors open at 7pm. Admission is R50. Tel: 021 883 8164. Website: www.kleinlibertasteater.co.za

  • *Lourensford Wine Estate, Somerset West. Award-winning Russian a cappella ensemble, the Petersburg Quartet perform on October 16. Starts at 7.30pm. Admission is R295. Book at Computicket.

  • Miravel Win Estate, Faure Waterworks Road, Firgrove, Somerset West. Saxophonist Andrew Young eases patrons into a smooth and soulful jazz mood with his band on October 16. Starts at 12.30pm. Admission is R100 (access only) to R220 (including picnic basket). Book at Computicket.

  • The Melting Pot, 15 Church Street, Muizenberg. Pierre “Djembe Doctor” Terblanche host the drumming workshop on Mondays. Doors open at 6.30pm, show starts at 7.30pm. Admission is R50. Organic meals served. Wednesday is Open Mic Night featuring rising hip-hop, jazz, improvisation, jam, acoustic, comedy, and poetry stars. Admission is free. Tel: 021 788 9791. Ginja Cobra keeps the dance floor skanking at Roots Reggae Night on Thursdays. Admission is free before 9pm. Tel: 021 788 9791.

  • *Mercury Live and Lounge, 43 Devilliers Street, Zonnebloem, Cape Town. Carny-folk blues rockers Mr. Cat & the Jackal, alt. blues rockers Machineri, singer songwriter Joshua Grierson and the Crimson House blues band rock to raise funds for Ubuntu house orphanage at Rock For A Reason on October 15. Comedian Marty Kintu is the MC. Admission is R40. Fire Through the Window romp through romantic indie popped songs about relationships on October 16. Fox Comet adds the indie rock support. Admission is R30. A rotational cast of underground rock-centric acts share the Manic Monday and Shotgun Sessions spotlight on October 18. Admission is R20. Your LMG hosts an Ultimate Music Quiz on October 19. Promoter, musician and scribe Dave Chislett shares some of his inside knowledge of the SA music scene at the launch of his new book, ‘1,2,1,2: A step By Step Guide To The SA Music Industry” on October 20. Starts at 6pm. Chislett hosts a Start Smart Business Basics of the music industry workshop on October 21. Starts at 6pm. Admission is R20. Tel: 021 465 2106. Website: www.mercuryl.co.za

  • *On Broadway, 44 Long Street, Cape Town. Electric cellist Carol Thorns jest back from her 4 star performance at the Edinburgh Festival fringe to showcase compositions off her Sama-nominated album, Fireflies in the Rain at Red Cello Electrified on October 17. Starts at 8.30pm. Admission is R65. Lola Lou on October 18. Admission is R85.

  • Pepper Club Hotel, c/o Loop and Pepper Streets, Cape Town CBD. Funky jazz fusionists Virtual Jazz Reality (V.J.R) soundtrack the Oyster, Champagne and Jazz evenings every Friday from 4pm. Tel: 021 812 8888. Website: www.pepperclub.co.za

  • *Potters Place, J-bay. Finger style guitarist Guy Buttery weaves a tapestry of impressionist acoustic guitar scapes, quietly psychedelic sitar improvisations and mandolin-picked tone poems off his Sama-winning album, Fox Hill Lane on October 20. Starts at 8pm. Admission is R50. Tel: 042 293 2500

  • Purple Turtle, c/o Long and Shortmarket Streets, Cape Town. MacGyver Knife gives ‘garage-punk-poser-emo-masturbatory-rock” hipsters the finger with their epileptic cocktail of thunderous beats and catchy choruses on October 16. Doors open at 9pm. Mondays are open mic nights. Admission is free. Wednesdays host sexy salsa social evenings from 9pm. Admission is R20. Thursdays are karaoke nights. Admission is free. Tel: 021 424 0811.

  • *The Rainbow Room, Mandela Rhodes Place, 23 Church Street, Cape Town. Smooth ‘n funky jazz fusionists Airborne launch their new CD, An Evening with Aiborne Live on October 16.
    Starts at 8pm. Admission is R50. Tel: 072 875 9723. Book at www.webtickets.co.za

  • San Souci High School, Esmé Road, Newlands. The Quartet of Peace teams up with high school choirs from San Souci, Fezeka and Crystal House at the Play For Peace – Sing For Peace concert on October 16. Tel: 021 704 9400.

  • St Andrew’s Church, corner of Buitengracht Street and Somerset Road, Green Point. Kobie du Plessis (harp) and Thekla von Dombois (oboe) perform works by Donizetti, Saint-Saëns, Boccherini, Ravel, Salzedo and Granados on October 17. Starts at 4pm. Admission is R90, R70 (senior citizens) and R40 (students). Tel: 083 355 6371

  • Tagores, Trill Road, Observatory. Babu guitarist Reza Khota performs an Indian Classical inspired set of originals and tunes by Shakti every Tuesday with percussionist Ronan Skillen. Starts at 9pm.

  • *Uptown Theatre, Port Elizabeth. Finger style guitarist Guy Buttery weaves a tapestry of impressionist acoustic guitar scapes, quietly psychedelic sitar improvisations and mandolin-picked tone poems off his Sama-winning album, Fox Hill Lane on October 21. Starts at 8pm. Tel: 041 582 1428.

  • Vista Bar, One & Only, V&A Waterfront, Cape Town. DJ Craig De Sousa showcases an organic fusion of deep and electronic house on Friday from 4.30pm. DJ Grant De Sousa spins everything from lounge to eclectic and jacking house on from 7.30pm. DJ Erefaan Pearce serves up some simple future soul with dance floor sensibilities on Saturday. Starts at 6pm. DJ Richard Marshall surfs through the genres from 6pm to 10pm. DJ Dino Moran gives fans of Afro Latino, Bossa, World beats, modern ambient, dub, acid jazz, classic swing and soul their fix on Wednesday between 6pm and 10pm DJ Tony Finger stirs up sexy cocktail of sophisticated electronic lounge and house music on Thursday from 6pm to 10pm. Tel: 021 431 5888.

  • Winchester Mansions, Beach Road, Sea Point. Pianist Jason Reolon and his band ease patrons into the jazz brunch on October 17 from 11am to 2pm. Admission is R195 per person (inclusive of a glass of bubbly on arrival and a complimentary Sunday Newspaper per table). Booking is recommended. Tel: 021 434 2351.

  • *Zebra & Giraffe Tour, various venues, Eastern Cape. The Sama-winning indie dance rockers launch their new album, The Inside at the Old Selbournian Club in east London on October 20. Admission is R50. On October 21 the five piece plays the Student Union in Grahamstown. Admission is R30. Website:www.zebraandgiraffe.co.za

  • *Zula Sound Bar & Restaurant, 188 Long Street, Cape Town. Napalma showcases their funky fusion of electronic dance grooves, Samba and Afro-Brazilian baiao on October 15. Kill Disco, Jet Black and The Multicolours kick out the indie pop ‘n roll jams on October 16. October 19 hosts the weekly Acoustic Sessions with an assortment of emerging singer songwriters honing their skills in the Stage Fright slot. Doors open at 8pm. Admission is R30. It’s Hip-hop vs. Ragga at Soundclash on October 21. Tel: 021 424 2442. Website: www.zulabar.co.za

    Art

  • 34FineArt, Second Floor Hills Building, Buchanan Square, 160 Sir Lowry Road, Woodstock. Lionel Smit, a young Cape Town artist who is fast establishing an international following, presents a new body of paintings titled Submerge. These new works employ Pollock’s classic dripping techniques to create emotive semi-abstract portraits of everyday lives that balance a painterly energy with a compassionate sense of melancholy. The exhibition also includes a new sculpture, executed in a variety of media. Opens October 12 until November 6. Tel: 082 354 1500. Website: www.34fineart.com.

  • 38 Special Gallery, 38 Buitenkant street, Cape Town. Graphic designer Lisolomzi Pikoli, aka Mr. Fuzzy Slipperz’ first solo exhibition, Something Has Changed In Me exploits plants as a metaphor for personal growth in a cheeky yet sincere take on the complexities of contemporary life. Until October 16. Tel: 021 462 1348. Website: www.38special.co.za

  • Association For Visual Arts, 35 Church Street, Cape Town. Durban-based artist Vaughn Sadie continues his investigation into light in a new installation that exposes the slippages and spillages between light and social reality. Titled Situation, the work creates a complex interplay between objects, space and artificial light to raise crucial questions about power and ideology. Until October 15. Tel: 021 424 7436. Website: www.ava.co.za.

  • Barnard Gallery, 55 Main Street, Newlands. Acclaimed artist Robert Slingsby draws on rock art to explore history and politics in CC-Unlimited Power. Two years in the making, the exhibition references the marginalised Richtersveld community, home to some of the oldest Southern African rock engravings, the “first” people and an unresolved conflict with the diamond mines, to demonstrate the consequences of mankind’s greed and lust for power. Until October 29. Tel: 021 671 1666. Website: www.barnardgallery.com

  • *Blank Projects, 113-115 Sir Lowry road, Woodstock, Cape Town. Painter Trasi Henen’s canvases are battle grounds where abstract and representational imagery collide. Like Ethiopian artist Julie Mehretu, architecture, girders and struts that buckle and bend and perspectives that zoom, clash and cancel each other out, play an integral part of her work. Yet in her new exhibition Never Falling Together she brings to them a poetry and narrative bent that has more in common with Francis Bacon or even novelist JB Ballard than Mehretu. The result is an intense series of images that challenge the medium, herself and the viewer. Until October 26. Tel: 072 1989 221/ 072 507 5951. Website: www.blankprojects.com

  • *Cape Town City Hall, Darling Street, Cape Town. Identity has emerged as one of the most pervasive themes in post-apartheid contemporary art. Imbuzi, a transmedial workshop seeks to experiment with identity and self-invention using a range of contemporary media including video, photography, drawing, text and performance. Taking place at Mlami in Gugulethu over four days, the exploration, led by workshop guides Gabi Ngobo, Athi Mongezeleli Joja, Philip Metz and Jamika Ajalon, invites participants to creatively express, reflect and re-invent themselves. The process culminates in a presentation that promises to be essential viewing for anyone trying to grapple with the self in an age where authenticity is often overwhelmed by overlapping surrogates and identity is submerged in the embroidery of facts and anecdotes. October 14 at 5pm. Tel: 082 0807893. Email: gabistos@gmail.com.

  • Centre For African Studies Gallery, Harry Oppenheimer Building, Engineering Mall, UCT Campus. Juggling with the Familiar II : An Exhibition of Works in Progress explores and exposes the work of women photographers in South Africa. Curated by Siona O’ Connell, it brings together works by Ingrid Masonda, Tracey Derrick, Suzanne Duncan, Sophia Claasens, Siona O’ Connell and Jenny Altschuler, artists who are in the process of creating highly subjective and intimate bodies of work. Until December 19. Tel: 021 650 2308.

  • David Krut Projects, Studio 9, Montebello Design Centre, 31 Newlands Ave, Cape Town. To mark the opening of their newly expanded space David Krut Projects Cape Town are presenting a solo exhibition by jeweler and artist Mischa Fritch. Titled Heritage Osmosis it features a selection of his typically whimsical, enigmatic sculptures, which combine unconventional designs with impressive craftsmanship. Until November 28. Tel: 021 685 0676. Website: www.davidkrutprojectscapetown.com.

  • *Everard Read, 3 Portswood Road, Victoria and Alfred Waterfront, Cape Town. Celebrated sangoma and artist Percy Konqobe’s deeply lyrical yet immediately tactile sculptural works raise important questions regarding the complex interplay between art and life, aesthetics and spirituality, dreams and concrete reality in South Africa. The situation is further complicated in this retrospective exhibition by the physical gallery space. Presented by two of Cape Town’s leading commercial spaces (Everard Read, in partnership with Rose Korber Art) in association with the Dreyer Foundation, it points to the disjunction between the commercial and the communal, the contemporary and the traditional that continues to divide the local art scene. Until October 14. Tel: 021 418 4527. Website: www.everard-read-capetown.co.za.
  • *João Ferreira Gallery, 70 Loop Street, Cape Town. Acclaimed photographer Araminta de Clermont’s A New Beginning focuses on recently initiated young Xhosa and Sotho men living in the townships surrounding Cape Town. The exhibition presets the initiation process as a watershed, an opportunity to start a fresh new way of being, while simultaneously raising important questions about the validity of a new start, considering the context of the surroundings in which these young men are raised. Until October 30. Tel: 021 423 5403. Website: www.joaoferreiragallery.com.

  • *iArt Gallery Wembley: A Project Room for Contemporary Art, Wembley Square, Gardens, Cape Town. Rising photographic star Alastair Whitton’s Patmos and the War at Sea is a cryptic tour de force. Pitching photography at the precariously crossroads of science and the stuff dreams are made of, it highlights the complex interplay between language and imagery. Until November 6. Tel: 021 424 5150. Website: www.iart.co.za.

  • Iziko Good Hope Gallery, Buitenkant Street, opposite the Grand Parade, Cape Town. Ghoema & Glitter: New Year Carnival in Cape Town focuses on how carnival participation has been passed on from generation to generation, while tracing the carnival’s roots and its transformation over the centuries. The significance of carnival as celebration, as well as the context of changing expressions of identity is highlighted through new oral history and carnival collections, which are displayed in audiovisual stations, contemporary images and text panels. Until January 31, 2011. Tel: 021 464 1260/4. Website: www.iziko.org.za.

  • *Iziko SA National Gallery, Government Avenue, Company’s Garden, Cape Town. Australian sound artist Philip Samartzis uses recordings of natural and constructed environments which are arranged and mixed to reflect the acoustic and spatial complexities of everyday sound fields. In his new installation, Echoes, curated by Jared Davis, he invites gallery visitors to enter a vast sonic space that brings awareness to sound’s impact on our daily surroundings and lives. Opens October 8 until October 31. Also on show is 1910-2010: From Pierneef to Gugulective. Curated from the Gallery’s collection by Director Riason Naidoo, it offers a radial break from the institutes conservative colonial legacy by bringing together modern gems by Gerard Sekoto, George Pemba, Gerard Bhengu and Dumile Feni and newer works by contemporary artists such as Robin Rhode, Nicholas Hlobo and the Gugulective. It also includes US, a group exhibition on the theme of group identity curated by Simon Njami and Bettina Malcomess. Until November 30. Tel: 021 467 4660. Website: www.iziko.org.za.

  • Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden, Rhodes Drive, Newlands. Untamed is a collaborative project by South African sculptor Dylan Lewis. He teams up with Ian McCallum, a poet, analytical psychologist and specialist wilderness guide, as well as architect Enrico Daffonchio to explore the restoration of the lost balance between man and nature. Until June 2011. Tel: 021 799 8783. Website: www.sanbi.org.

  • *Michael Stevenson Gallery, Ground floor, Buchanan Building, 160 Sir Lowry Road, Woodstock, Cape Town. The message is the medium in two new exhibitions at Michael Stevenson. Despite his frequent forays into conceptual art, installation and film, performance and drawing, Johannesburg-based artist Zander Blom’s work is always essentially about painting. ‘There are few things as gratifying as waking up to the smell of linseed oil and paint,” he writes. With that in mind he brushes aside clammy discussions about the imminent death of the medium with an exhibition that acknowledge the theoretical disputes, but refuse to shut out the possibility of a receptive, physical response, in terms of surface as much as subject matter. Blom’s exhibition shows alongside American DJ-cum-artist, DJ Spooky’s new installation, Kino-Glaz. Here, the infamous ‘Subliminal Kid” turns his attention to film, exploring visual cinematic techniques including double exposure, slow motion, freeze frames, jump cuts, etc, though sound. Until October 16. Tel: 021 462 1500. Website: www.michaelstevenson.com.

  • Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Museum, 1 Park Drive, Port Elizabeth. In group exhibition Salted Lines: Images from the Mouth of the Buffalo artists from the Buffalo City Community Art Project have produced a print portfolio of copperplate etchings that use the port of East London as a point of departure. Until October 26. Tel: 041 506 2000. Website: www.artmuseum.co.za.
  • *Photographers Gallery ZA & Erdmann Contemporary, 63 Shortmarket Street, Cape Town. Prolific and internationally esteemed South African artist, Mark Hipper, died unexpectedly of natural causes earlier this year. At the time of his death Hipper was concluding a new series of work comprising of three large canvas paintings and several smaller canvases for Doppelgänger/Double, an exhibition scheduled for Erdmann Contemporary. Despite the tragedy, the gallery has decided to go ahead with the exhibition. For visitors, its an opportunity to celebrate Hipper’s remarkable talent for luring the viewer into confronting the ambiguity of images in contemporary society. Until October 30. Tel: 021 422 2762. Website: www.erdmanncontemporary.co.za.

  • Salon91 Contemporary, 91 Kloof Street, Gardens, Cape Town. The Long Way Home, a solo exhibition by Polokwane-based artist Maria van Rooyen, co-curated by Andrew Lamprecht and Monique Du Preez, explores travel, nostalgia, and desire for faraway spaces. The body of work comprises large-scale drawings made up of hundreds of layered coin rubbings. Until October 30. Tel: 021 4246930. Website: www.salon91art.co.za.

  • *serialworks, Unit F404, Woodstock Industrial Centre, 66 Albert Road, Woodstock, Cape Town. William Scarbrough continues his complex engagement with narratives of violence, signification and ethics as presented in the global media in Forgotten. The exhibition takes the form of an installation in two parts that traces the tragic coincidence of two events in New York City in a tightly woven circular narrative that employs contingency to challenge our conception of objective history. Until October 9, with viewing Thursday to Saturday from 11am to 6pm or by appointment. Website: www.serialworks.info.

  • *St George Mall, Cape Town. This year freeform online radio station, the Pan Africa Space Station (PASS) is extending its reach with an audio-visual public art installation in St Georges Mall. Part radio tower, part rocket ship, it’s a sonic sculpture by artist Douglas Gimberg and architect Greer Valley that will disseminate PASS radio on street level. Until October 12. Website: www.panafricanspacestation.org.za.

  • *Stellenbosch Modern and Contemporary (SMAC), 1st Floor, De Wet Centre, Church Street, Stellenbosch. During a career spanning almost thirty years, Barend de Wet has operated in the interface between contemporary art, material culture and social networks. A ‘dyed-in-the-wool aesthete”, as phrased by Kathryn Smith, his oeuvre has encompassed traditional media, craft skills and fanatical hobbyism. He has considerable skills, despite his work often verging on the anti-craft in its conceptual weight, as well as its speed and spontaneity. In his first major solo exhibition in more than a decade, Green, he fine-hones these skills to explore the process and artefacts of knitting as akin to a combined form of painting and sculpture. In an art world often stifled by its operational constraints, Dewet’s playful practice sticks intellectual needles into the heart of its commercial and institutional directives. As the artist’s puts it: ‘brei maak jou vry” (knitting sets you free). Also on show is an exhibition of rare watercolours by Ulrich Schwanecke in the gallery library. Both until November 28. Tel: 021 887 3607. Website: www.smacgallery.com

  • *Whatiftheworld, First Floor, 208 Albert Road, Woodstock Cape Town. The first instalment of Athi-Patra Ruga’s new Ilulwane Saga series, ‘Teeth are the only Bones,” see the artist extend his fearless foray into pop culture, theology, performance, ritual, and socio-political concerns. Mixing beach balls, Lamborghinis, French Baroque, BEE, Cape Flats Gangsters, Louis Vuitton, and Xhosa initiation rites, its an explosion of camp conceptualism that aims to raise critical arguments around conventional perceptions of masculinity, particularly with reference to Ruga’s own position as a Xhosa man. Until November 14. Tel: 021 448 1438. Website: www.whatiftheworld.com.

  • *Youngblackman, Roeland Street, Cape Town. Charles Magg continues to combine powerful, concrete imagery with a sly conceptual slant in his new exhibition. Titled Eye, it is a literal sensory overload that eyeballs the slipperiness of identity, time, reality and perception. Until October 15. Tel: 083 383 0656. Website: www.youngblackman69.com.

    • Theatre

  • Concert Hall, Baxter Theatre, Main Road, Rosebank. From October 13 to 16, stand-up comedian Trevor Noah presents his one man show, Trevor Noah Live in Cape Town. Book at Computicket. Tel: 021 685 7880. Website: www.baxter.co.za.

  • Evita se Perron, Darling Station, Darling. Evita Bezuidenhout, the most famous white woman in Africa, gives her hilarious take on current affairs in An Evening with Evita Bezuidenhout at 7pm on October 8 and in Tannie Evita Praat Kaktus at 2pm on October 10. On October 9, South Africa’s ace satirist Pieter-Dirk Uys presents his political satire Icons and Aikonas at 2pm and his latest revue Desperate First Ladies at 7pm. Tel: 022 492 2851. Website: www.evita.co.za.

  • *Golden Arrow Studio, Baxter Theatre, Main Road, Rosebank. Closing October 9 is Molly Bloom, a witty, bawdy, sensual, and often-shocking dramatic monologue from James Joyce’s Ulysses. Opening October 12 [Until November 6] is the 21st annual instalment of the comic Raiders series by Nicholas and Luke Ellenbogen, this time recreating the original production, Raiders of the Lost Aardvark. Book at Computicket. Tel: 021 685 7880. Website: www.baxter.co.za

  • Intimate Theatre, 37 Orange Street, Gardens. Until October 16 is Amy Jeptha’s new play Pornography about a young couple whose money-making plans lead them into peril. Book at 078 4060 509. Website: www.intimatetheatre.net

  • *Main Theatre, Baxter Theatre Centre, Rondebosch. Until October 10 is Carmen, acclaimed dancer and choreographer Dado Masilo’s latest work. From October 13 to 16, Remix Dance Company, Jazzart Dance Theatre and SA Circle of Dance Academy present Beautyfull, a dance work challenging stereotypes about women and disability. Book at Computicket. Tel: 021 685 7880. Website: www.baxter.co.za
  • On Broadway, 44 Long Street, Cape Town. Until October 16 is Mike van Graan’s new play, Is it because I’m Jack?, a dark comedy about four young friends in the prime of their lives when one of them is diagnosed with a life-threatening illness. On October 10 and 11, ANEX Theatre Productions stage Athol Fugard’s classic work People Are Living There. Tel: 021 424 1194. Website: www.onbroadway.co.za

  • *Theatre on the Bay, 1A Link Street, Camps Bay. Until October 16 is One Act, in which Elzabé Zietsman and Rocco de Villiers entertain with song. Book at Computicket. Tel: 021 438 3301. Website: www.theatreonthebay.co.za

  • Theatresports. South Africa’s longest-running theatre show Theatresports perform every Tuesday at the Kalk Bay Theatre (52 Main Road, Kalk Bay) and every Monday at the Intimate Theatre (37 Orange Street, Gardens). Book at Tel: 072 939 3351. www.improvision.co.za

  • Vaudeville, 11 Mechau Street (off lower Bree Street), Foreshore. From Tuesdays to Saturdays at 8:15pm is a nine-act variety show hosted by Irit Noble. Book at Tel: 0861 787737. Website: http://www.vaudeville.co.za