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A Q&A with Kimmy Skota

Opera singer Kimmy Skota chats to us about reopening the Mandela Theatre at @joburgtheatre later this month with Cantiamo – Mzansi Opera Celebration. #CelebratingMzansiOpera Cc: @FionaJoburg

Kimmy Skota is a world-renowned opera singer, best known for her performances with acclaimed Dutch violinist Andre Rieu, which led to her touring and performing around the globe. She has won several awards, including at the SAMRO International Singing Competition in 2008. Her opera repertoire includes Gilda in Rigoletto, Tatjana in Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Adina in L’elisir d’amore,…

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A Q&A with Zoey Black

Zoey Black is a transgender woman of colour living in Cape Town. She is trans rights activist, actress, freelance writer and digital content creator. She is employed with Gender Dynamix, a non-profit organisation with a focus on championing human rights for trans and gender diverse persons and communities in Southern Africa. Zoey is the organisation’s Legal and Education Advocacy Officer and…

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A Q&A with Fiona Gordon

Fiona Gordon is the newly appointed General Manager of Cape Town City Ballet. As a respected, experienced arts manager, she has worked across a broad range of projects, festivals and cultural agencies, assisting businesses and organisations to “make things happen.” Since 2014, she has been the Managing Director of Creative Fix, developing strategies and providing support to clients in the…

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#Arts Administrator #Ballet #Cape Town #Cape Town City Ballet #Creative #Creative Fix #Debbie Turner #Fiona Gordon #General Manager #Interview #Jesse Kramer Photography #managing director #Q&A #Robyn Davie Photography #Sarafina #Sarafina Magazine #South Africa

A Q&A with Elana Brundyn

After 195 days, @NorvalFdn reopens its doors to the public today! Elana Brundyn, CEO of @NorvalFdn, chats to us about how lockdown has affected the foundation, as well as Norval’s exciting collaborative dance film with @CT_ballet.

Elana Brundyn is currently the CEO of Norval Foundation in Cape Town. She has been instrumental in launching two of Africa’s most prominent museums, namely Zeitz MOCAA and Norval Foundation. Brundyn has contributed to the cultural ecosystem in Africa as a museum director, consultant, advisor to corporates, family and school collections, charity art auctions and as a commercial gallerist. With a…

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#Art #Cape Town #Cape Town City Ballet #CEO #Dance #Elana Brundyn #Interview #Museum #Norval Foundation #Q&A #Sculpture #South Africa #Why Should I Hesitate #William Kentridge #Zeitz Mocaa

A Q&A with Tankiso Mamabolo

. @Real_Tankiso tells us about releasing her one-woman show #TankisoLive on the newly launched @TheatreOnDemand

Tankiso Mamabolo is an award-winning actor, theatre-maker and singer. Since our conversation with Tankiso in 2017, she has gone on to be nominated for a Fleur du Cap Theatre Award for her performance in Aunty Merle the musical and released her debut album Freedom Hurts Sometimes. Her one-woman show, Tankiso Live, The Audacity to Be, which enjoyed two successful runs at the Baxter Theatrein 2019,…

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#Aunty Merle The Musical #Cape Town #Fleur du Cap #Interview #Q&A #SATOD #Singer #Songwriter #South Africa #South African Theatre on Demand #Stream #Tankiso Live #Tankiso Mamabolo #The audacity to be #The Fall

A Q&A with Sue Diepeveen

Sue Diepeveen chats to us about creating her new show for @artsfestival/ vFringe (#vNAF2020) & how her theatre, @TheDramaFactor1 has been impacted by the global pandemic.

Sue Diepeveen is an actor, theatre practitioner and the owner of The Drama Factory in Somerset West. Her new show, So You Want To Be A Trophy Wife? is available to stream as part of this year’s virtual National Arts Festival. As the owner of The Drama Factory, Sue is heavily involved in mentoring programmes for young actors and is committed to ensuring a safe and affordable space for new work to…

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#Actor #Actress #Cape Town #Director #Interview #Lockdown #National Arts Festival #Producer #Q&A #So You Want to be a Trophy Wife #South Africa #Sue Diepeveen #The Drama Factory #Theater #Theatre #vNAF #Wynne Bredenkamp

A Q&A with Chantal Stanfield

We're officially back with our very first lockdown Q&A. @chantalstan tells us about bringing her one-woman show online to raise proceeds for @BaxterTheatre & @TheatreOnSquare.

In December 2017, we sat down with actress, singer and playwright Chantal Stanfield to chat about her one-woman show, From Koe’siestes To Kneidlach, which was about to debut at the Baxter Theatre in Cape Town following a successful run at Theatre On The Squarein Johannesburg. Fast forward to 2020 and a global pandemic that has left theatres around the world dark. In response to this, Chantal has…

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#Art #Baxter Theatre #Chantal Stanfield #Conversation #Covid19 #From Koe&039;siestes to kneidlach #Livestream #Lockdown #Q&A #Quicket #Recorded #Sarafina Magazine #South Africa #Theatre on the Square #Women

A Conversation with Theresa Ryan - van Graan

Ahead of its South African release, we sat down with @MoffieFilm producer Theresa Ryan - van Graan. @ms_blaze, @StarburstPromo, @TheFugard

Theresa Ryan – van Graan is a film producer. She heads up Penzance Films in conjunction with Oliver Hermanus and spent seven years as Head of Productions at Moonlighting Films. During this time, she was SA Production Executive on Season 4 of Homeland and actively involved in the servicing and pre-production of the films Invictus, Safe House, The Giver and Mad Max: Fury Road, amongst others. In…

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#Advice #Conversation #Film #Filmmaker #Moffie #Moonlighting Films #Movie #Oliver Hermanus #Penzance Films #Producer #South Africa #Television #The Endless River #Theresa Ryan - van Graan #Women #Women in Film

A Conversation with Prue Leith

While in SA to celebrate her 80th birthday, @PrueLeith sat down with us to chat about her career, her new cookbook and the lessons she's learned along the way. Photos: @CandicevL

Prue Leith has made a name for herself internationally as a chef, restaurateur, author and entrepreneur. She founded the Prue Leith Chefs Academy in Centurion, which has trained many of South Africa’s top chefs. Internationally, she is well known for her role as a judge on The Great British Bake Off. She has published 14 cookbooks, a memoir, Relish and eight novels. Prue Leith’s career has…

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A Conversation with Penny Simpson

Costume designer and visual artist Penny Simpson reflects on a lifetime spent in theatre and creating the costumes featured in #TheProducersSA.

Penny Simpson is a costume designer and visual artist. After completing her theatre design studies at Sadlers Wells Design School, she returned to South Africa and began her career by joining CAPAB and designing for several of their productions. She has devoted more than 40 years to the theatre industry and has designed costumes for notable productions including; Hadrian VII, Miss Julie, Mother…

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A Conversation with Clementine Mosimane

After catching the premiere of @poppiefilm at last year's @SilwerskermFees, we sat down with Clementine Mosimane to chat about her career and stepping into Poppie Nongena's shoes.

For more than 25 years, Clementine Mosimane has been a well-known South African Television actress and is best known for her role in the SABC1 production Soul City, starring in the show from 1994 to 2003. Clementine starred in the M-Net soap opera The Wild as Mama Rose Tladi. She has also guest-starred in a number of Television series including Yizo Yizo, Rhythm City, Onder Draai Die Duiwel Ronda…

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A Conversation with Rushney Ferguson

From Langarm, to Danger in the Dark and now #AuntyMerleItsAGirl at @BaxterTheatre, we chat to Rushney Ferguson about the incredible 2019 she's had!

Rushney Ferguson is a triple threat performer from Cape Town having completed her advanced I.S.T.D training in Modern, Tap, Ballet, Jazz and Musical Theatre, including Associate qualifications, at the Waterfront Theatre School. Her theatre career started with David Kramer’s District Six: Kanala, Amper Famous and Langarmfor which she received a Fleur du Cap nomination. Rushney also Dance Captained…

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A Conversation with Didintle Khunou

We chat with award-winning stage and screen actor @Didi_Khunou about her career, her award-winning performance in #TheColorPurpleSA & stepping into Janet's shoes in #RockyHorrorShowSA. Cc: @PieterToerien, @ArtscapeTheatre

Didintle Khunou is an award-winning screen actor, theatre performer, voice actor and session vocalist. Best known for her portrayal of one of the most coveted roles in musical theatre, Celie, in the Grammy, Tony and Naledi Award-winning musical, The Color Purple directed by award-winning director Janice Honeyman at the Joburg Theatre. Didintle was honoured with the Naledi Award as well as the…

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A Conversation with Claudine Ullman

We chat with actress, improviser and stand-up comedian @claudine_ullman about founding @JitteryCitizens and finding her voice in #ArtificiallyInfeminated

Claudine Ullman is an actress, improviser, stand-up comedian, public speaker, facilitator, and the founder and managing director of the Jittery Citizens. Having completed her Bachelor’s of Arts at Wits University, Claudine travelled widely, refining her craft at some of the top international performance schools. In 2012, she formed The Jittery CitizensImprovised Comedy Troupe, performing…

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A Conversation with Nicola Hanekom

Actor, writer and director @NicolaHanekom1 chats to us about her first feature film @cutoutgirlsfilm which arrives in cinemas on Nov 22nd!

Nicola Hanekom has been a freelance actress, director and writer for the past twenty years. Her theatre work as writer/director includes a series of site-specific productions; Betésda, Lot, Babbel and Land van Skedels. As a writer and performer, Nicola created Trippie, and her self-penned one-woman show Hol/Running on Empty. These together with her latest play In glashave garnered twelve Kanna…

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A Conversation with Fiona Ramsay

We chat with performing arts stalwart Fiona Ramsay about her career and starring in #TheGlassMenagerie at @ArtscapeTheatre. Photos: @Candicevl/ @CannedRicePro

Fiona Ramsay is one of South Africa’s leading actresses, working locally and overseas. A doyenne of the South African performing arts industry, over the course of 40 years her award-winning professional career has successfully spanned across film, television and theatre. She is also a lecturer at Wits University and is the founder of Speakeasy Vocal Academywhere she specialises as a dialogue and…

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A Conversation with Alexis Petersen

With one week left in its strictly limited engagement, we chat to Alexis Petersen about starring in #DangerInTheDark at the @BaxterTheatre.

Alexis Petersen is a UCT Performance Diploma Graduate who majored in Western Classical Voice. She has performed on various stages both nationally and internationally. Alexis has performed in several musical theatre productions including Calling Us Home, The Little Mermaid and David Kramer’s Langarm. Her opera credits include FOUR:30, Le nozze di Figaro and La traviata. With a strong passion for…

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