Monthly Archives: April 2018

Neo Native

Posted on April 29, 2018 by moirads

I love the work of Bokani Dyer.  This is a press release received from his publicist: “Multi-award-winning composer and pianist Bokani Dyer is set to launch his fourth studio album, Neo Native, an intimate, inviting listening experience and a reimagination … Continue reading →

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Show me the bunny

Posted on April 21, 2018 by moirads

I never saw the 1987 movie version of the psychological thriller, Fatal Attraction. A friend who did says the story line of the one act play by the film script writer, James Dearden, is similar bar the ending and that … Continue reading →

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Timeless Truths

Posted on April 18, 2018 by moirads

John Shand, playwright, author, poet and notable theatre critic says of Antony and Cleopatra that it is “Shakespeare’s most opulent play in terms of both scale and language.  Yet its challenging, operatic scope is also a graveyard for actors and … Continue reading →

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A moonbeam in your hand

Posted on April 18, 2018 by moirads

A visit to the theatre to see The Sound of Music takes me back to 1965 and being an excited seven year old taken to see the Julie Andrews film classic of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s greatest hit (first written for … Continue reading →

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Carmen – the Ballet 2018

Posted on April 7, 2018 by moirads

The particular thrill of musicians tuning their instruments has always been one of my most treasured experiences.  Its absence at ballet performances over the past few years has been an ever-present, if dull, ache.  The presence of a live orchestra … Continue reading →

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When in doubt say Darling

Posted on April 6, 2018 by moirads

I have been watching Pieter-Dirk Uys play his satirical roles as various South African politicians on both sides of the 1994 divide, South Africa’s most famous white woman – Evita Bezuidenhout, the lovely Bambi Kellerman, the intriguing Ouma Ossewania and … Continue reading →

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Plum Tree (#me too)

Posted on April 6, 2018 by moirads

Important:  Trigger warning for child sexual abuse The autobiographical work of Jan Groenewald hadn’t completely escaped my attention in its original Afrikaans format  (Pruimboom), but I hadn’t been invited to view it, so I was delighted to be invited to … Continue reading →

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