Poverty is a great inspiration for artistic endeavour, says Brendon Shields, who is set to play at the Oppikoppi festival next week.
Brendon Shields, whose songs are the antithesis of sweet odes to bucolic bliss, can think of no insult more abominable than "singer-songwriter".
Rajesh Gopie’s <em>Out of Bounds</em> was described as "a deeply moving and powerful theatre experience" by Nelson Mandela.
Folk duo is Andrew James and The Steady Tiger is fronted by Andrew James, half of the erstwhile experimental acoustic act Cabins in the Forest.
At Splashy Fen over the Easter weekend, the pastoral splendour of KwaZulu-Natal’s Drakensberg hosts the finest live music the country has to offer.
The KWV Indian Comedy Tour features a line-up of international and local stand-up and sketch comedians.
Young Guns: Unearthing Music Talent isan initiative to uncover and encourage talented musicians and provide them with a professional platform.
Steve Newman and Greg Georgiades are two virtuoso acoustic guitarists whose respective solo repertoires are legendary.
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/ 24 February 2012
With his sharp wit, charm and thought-provoking comedy style, Loyiso Gola has been enthralling, mystifying and entertaining audiences for a decade.
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/ 23 February 2012
Guitar impressarios Nibs van der Spuy and Guy Buttery this week round off the sold-out KwaZulu-Natal tour in support of their collaborative album.
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/ 16 February 2012
Early booking is advised for Rewind, which assembles 10 of the top hit-makers from back in the day for one Rick-rolling night only.
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/ 9 February 2012
Durban’s classical music season is off to a busy start.
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/ 2 February 2012
<em>Don’t Dress for Dinner</em> is the snappy new slice of stage action from award-winning Durban theatre company KickstArt.
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/ 2 February 2012
Durban offers everything from folk to reggae and classical this week.
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/ 26 January 2012
Violinist Yasutaka Hemmi, a virtuoso of the great classics and a champion of contemporary composers, forms one half of the Japs Duo.
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/ 26 January 2012
The raucous photography exhibition, <em>Hidden like a Cotton Mouth in the Woods</em>, is showing at the Collective.
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/ 19 January 2012
artSPACE durban is accepting submissions for <em>Phoneography</em>, an exhibition of photos taken with phones.
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/ 19 January 2012
Despite having dodged fame and fortune for the past decade, Just Jinjer are still credited as being "the number one-selling rock band in SA history".
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/ 19 January 2012
<em>Desperate First Ladies</em> is Evita Bezuidenhout’s latest swirl through South African politics.
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/ 12 January 2012
South Africa’s original guitar innovators, Nibs van der Spuy and Guy Buttery, team up for one of their legendary performances.
artSPACE durban has spent the past nine years committed to making excellent contemporary art accessible to Durbanites.
Gary Thomas has been described as "an überdextrous wunderkind", "a rare breed of genius", and a "a psychedelic one-man anti-folk jamming machine".
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/ 15 December 2011
Historic Durban jazz den The Rainbow celebrates its 30th birthday this weekend.
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/ 15 December 2011
If you are looking for a place to party this New Year, the Smoking Dragon New Year’s Festival is the event for you.
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/ 8 December 2011
<em>Just for You</em> is the title of a drama that debuts this week and adds a distinctive note to the Playhouse Company’s festive season.
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/ 8 December 2011
Hip-hop sensation Lil Wayne, or Weezy to his fans, wraps up his South African tour at the Wavehouse this weekend.
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/ 1 December 2011
Putting the verse into anniversary is Durban’s Live Poets’ Society — or LiPS — which celebrates 16 years of storied history this week.
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/ 1 December 2011
Award-winning Durban theatre company KickstArt presents a fresh take on <em>Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs</em>.
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/ 1 December 2011
Durban’s most consistently innovative art gallery recently unveiled the 2011 edition of its annual Affordable Art Show.
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/ 1 December 2011
An exciting initiative on the Durban music scene has reworked the familiar Battle of the Bands concept to make it purely for acoustic music.
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/ 24 November 2011
KwaZulu-Natal’s idyllic South Coast boasts a stellar line-up of acoustic music impressarios for a day of top-drawer tunes this weekend.
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/ 17 November 2011
It’s that time of year again when the annual Mercury Durban Theatre Awards recognise the best and brightest of the city’s 2011 theatre season.