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South African National Arts Festival Kicks Off

The annual Grahamstown National Arts Festival celebrates the country's extraordinary and multi-faceted cultural events in both indigenous and imported talent.

  • South Africa:   Lira's Love Fest

    Cue Online, 13 July 2014

    Lira's live performance on the cobalt blue lit Guy Butler stage is a love fest. She has a pristine voice and razor sharp pitch (reminiscent of the late Whitney Houston). She hits… Read more »

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  • South Africa:   Aubrey Sekhabi discusses 'Marikana – The Musical'

    Cue Online, 11 July 2014

    Aubrey Sekhabi, director and writer of Marikana – The Musical, talks about his decision to present the massacre as a musical and why he feels this performance is important… Read more »

  • South Africa:   Healer HeLa

    Cue Online, 11 July 2014

    Scottish actor and writer Adura Onashile cuts an elegant figure as Henrietta Lacks. Ebony skin clothed in stark white, blood-red nails, black braids pulled back into a bun and eyes… Read more »

  • South Africa:   Is Fest Worth Braving the Cold?

    Cue Online, 11 July 2014

    Removing my gloves and feeling the cold pinch my fingers, I walk up to a camper hanging her cold, wet laundry on a makeshift washing line. Gobsmacked, I set out to discover why… Read more »

  • South Africa:   Fest Earnings Up from Last Year at Halfway Mark

    Cue Online, 11 July 2014

    Both ticket sales and revenues for the current National Arts Festival have exceeded those for 2013 at the midpoint, with the final weekend still to come, according to a Thursday… Read more »

  • South Africa:   An Evening of Percussive Delight with Kesivan Naidoo

    Cue Online, 9 July 2014

    The irrepressible Kesivan Naidoo took over the DSG Auditorium last night, as he brushed, cymbal-splashed and drum-rolled his way through two sets, dropping occasional… Read more »

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Students of the Cape Academy of Performing Arts in the drama and song production, BitterSweet.

  • South Africa:   And the BASA Arts Journalism Award Winners Are…

    Cue Online, 9 July 2014

    The National Arts Festival in association with Business and Arts South Africa (BASA) presented its annual Arts Journalism Awards, earlier today, 6 July 2014. Held in Grahamstown,… Read more »

  • South Africa:   Mandela for Sale?

    Cue Online, 9 July 2014

    How does a country choose to sanctify a leader like Nelson Mandela? Is it when his portrait appears in printed currency, or when his image is prominently displayed in a place of… Read more »

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  • 6 July 2014
    Musical Democracy
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    The National Arts Festival showcases a variety of performances which celebrate the cultural and musical diversity of many nations. This year, South ... see more »

  • South Africa:   Compelling Composers

    Cue Online, 9 July 2014

    Ritual, a programme of music composed by 12 South African composers performed by Magdalene Minnaar (soprano) and Magda de Vries (marimba and percussion), owes as much to the art… Read more »

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  • South Africa:   A Lesson on Learning

    Cue Online, 9 July 2014

    Everse,” part of the performance art programme Blind Spot, takes its audience back to school. A schoolmarm dressed in Victorian costume divides the “boys” from… Read more »

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  • South Africa:   Big Band Celebrate the Giants

    Cue Online, 9 July 2014

    A South African tribute big band made up of European, US – and South African – musicians, conducted by an Englishman, isn’t as strange as it might seem. The music… Read more »

  • South Africa:   Oedipus Meets Africa

    Cue Online, 9 July 2014

    It is hard not to see the parallels and resonances in Greg Homann's adaptation of Oedipus and the classic Greek tragedy, in a South African context; it is almost uncanny how it… Read more »

  • Zimbabwe:   Zim Authors for SA Festival

    The Herald, 12 June 2014

    Two outstanding local scriptwriters will this year represent the country at South Africa's National Arts Festival in Grahamstwon from end of June to July 11. Renowned writer… Read more »

  • South Africa:   Silver Awards Finalists for Arts Journalism Awards

    Biz-Community, 25 June 2014

    The Silver Awards for this year's Arts Journalism Awards have been announced and from this list, Gold Award winners, together with the overall 'Arts Journalist of the Year', will… Read more »

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