Now in its 26th year, the annual Business and Arts South Africa (BASA) Awards are a testament to the power of forging connections between the seemingly disparate domains of business and the arts. For the first time since Covid-19, a live announcement of the 48
Joburg Ballet will host two of the world’s major international ballet stars this October, when Marianela Núñez and Vadim Muntagirov of The Royal Ballet perform the leading roles in Don Quixote at the Joburg Theatre. Don Quixote will run from 29 September to 8 October
Acclaimed dancer and choreographer Sunnyboy Motau has been appointed the new Artistic Director of Moving into Dance (MID). On the back of two Naledi Awards for MID’s Ingress production at the Joburg Theatre and State Theatre in 2022, which he directed, and having just completed
The story of South African dance cannot be told without the inimitable Gregory Vuyani Maqoma. With a love for dance that reaches back to the late 1980s, the internationally renowned dancer, choreographer, teacher, director and scriptwriter has collaborated with some of the best-known artists and
The post-Festival blues are still with me. This year’s National Arts Festival was one for the books, and a gorgeous reminder of the enduring ability of the arts to tell stories, to heal, to highlight and hold. This was my 10th year covering the Festival.
In many ways, the Fringe programme is the beating heart of the National Arts Festival (NAF). It’s where works are debuted, ideas are tested, reviews are garnered, and awards are won. It’s where some of South Africa’s best-known theatre-makers have started out, and where they
So, you’re making the trip down to Makhanda for the National Arts Festival. You’re ready to brave the cold, the potholes and the donkeys for the unique experience of stepping into a university theatre or an otherwise ordinary venue in an otherwise ordinary town, that’s
With the 2023 National Arts Festival kicking off in less than a month, you should have already started browsing through the extensive offering of theatre, visual art, dance, jazz, performance art, live music and more. But if it’s all a bit overwhelming, allow the below
After an absence of seven years, Joburg Ballet’s production of Romeo and Juliet comes to the stage of the Joburg Theatre from Friday 30 June to Sunday 9 July. Inspired by Shakespeare’s tragic story of a passionate feud between two families in Renaissance Italy, the
It’s that time of the year again! The National Arts Festival (NAF) has announced its 2023 programme, which is now live and open for online bookings. Makhanda’s annual celebration of the arts will be taking place from 22 June to 2 July 2023 where artists,
Public holidays aside, the month of April felt as if it blew by in the space of one very busy week. But it was not without its highlights. On a Tuesday evening in early April, Strauss & Co’s Johannesburg offices in Houghton play host to
The cultural and creative industry in South Africa has seen substantial growth over the last 10 years, with more people participating across the various activities of the value chain. The creative industry does not only offer benefits from an economic point of view but can
The JOMBA! Contemporary Dance Experience turns 25 this year. As part of celebrating this milestone, the dance festival will come to Johannesburg to present a smaller and carefully curated JOMBA! @ THE MARKET event, following the Durban festival which takes place from 29 August to 10
Another brilliant iteration of the My Body My Space: Public Arts Festival has come to a close. The annual festival, which took place from 22 to 25 March this year, saw a post-pandemic return to the physical community and continued MBMS’ tradition of imaginative programming
The My Body My Space Public Arts Festival (MBMS) is one of South Africa’s artistic gems. The annual festival, which takes place from 22 to 25 March this year, consistently brings some of the best in local and international artistic talent to the Emakhazeni community,
This month sees the launch of Dialogues, a trio of ballets at The Joburg Theatre and Joburg Ballet‘s first programme for the year. For many artists and audience members, 2023 signals a return to stages – to live, physical performance, following two years of social
The 2023 My Body My Space: Public Arts Festival (MBMS) returns to a live event in the Emakhazeni community during Human Rights month, under the theme of Sibuyel’ emphakatini (we are back in the community). This year’s programme is dance and performance-specific, taking place from
It was in Manila, The Philippines, in October 2022, that the newest iteration of We Will Rock You began. The brand-new production and major world tour of Queen and Ben Elton’s multi-award-winning rock musical features an all-South African cast, crew and band. After touring Asia, this hit
The 2023 ballet year opens at the Joburg Theatre on 17 March with Dialogues, a trio of ballets new to the company’s mainstream repertoire. Following the success of her Table for Two for Joburg Ballet RAW in 2021, dancer Chloé Blair has been invited to
It may not feel like it yet, but the end of 2022 is upon us, bringing with it some extraordinary live performances, film screenings, exhibitions, and more. We’ve put together a wide range of events taking place over December and January, from Cape Town and
The power of ‘being within’ – heard and seen, making a positive contribution to the creative economy and their communities; these are the rewards and responsibilities of the graduates of the three-year BASA Debut Programme. The 24 graduates were recently celebrated in a ceremony they
The Standard Bank Young Artist Awards (SBYAA) are back. The winners of the 2022 SBYAAs were announced on the evening of 29 November 2022 at a ceremony in Johannesburg, emceed by 2020 SBYAA winner, Jefferson ‘J.Bobs’ Tshabalala. Receiving a Standard Bank Young Artist Award is
Cape Town Opera presents One in Three from 25 November to 11 December 2022, a compilation of powerful opera and play extracts aiming to raise awareness of gender-based violence. One in Three, which takes its name from the proportion of women and girls who experience abuse in
The annual Plett ARTS Festival kicks off this 30 September, running until 9 October in the resort town of Plettenberg Bay. With a programme full of exhibitions, film screenings, live performances, public art and more, Creative Feel’s editor, David Mann, has selected five aspects from
Following the successful fresh-air focused 2021 Plett ARTS Festival, outdoor spaces, nature and nature-inspired art will once again take centre stage at the ninth annual Plett ARTS Festival, taking place from 30 September to 9 October 2022. The theme of this year’s festival is Connect.
The forthcoming South African International Ballet Competition (SAIBC) will once again welcome capacity audiences and international judges and competitors to the Artscape Opera House from 25 to 30 July 2022. Two years of challenging COVID-19 restrictions saw the competition run solely online in 2020 and as a