Category Archives: National Arts Festival 2014

Sorry to be missing the Festival Gala Concert

Posted on July 8, 2017 by moirads

Every year when I don’t attend the National Arts Festival, I look through the programme and wish that I were attending certain things.  Today it  is the Festival Gala Concert with the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Maestro Richard … Continue reading →

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Posted on June 30, 2017 by moirads

I am so jealous of all the people at the National Arts Festival this year. Today I wish I were hearing Pendo Masote in concert. Pendo Masote is a young violinist who is making waves in classical music circles. He … Continue reading →

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Masilo’s Gutsy Giselle

Posted on June 28, 2017 by moirads

Giselle is best known as a pretty, classical ballet from the Romantic era, to pretty music by the little known Adolphe Adam.  If that’s what you want, do NOT go out to see Dada Masilo’s Giselle. You won’t find any … Continue reading →

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Cooking with Elisa

Posted on July 24, 2014 by moirads

I saw this work in Grahamstown.  I wanted to see it again when it opened here, but it was not to be.  So here is my review after one viewing of this work. The work is an Argentinian work originally … Continue reading →

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The Liberation of an Angry Little Man, an international work at the NAF

Posted on July 20, 2014 by moirads

This theatre piece is the winner of the Dioraphte Best of Amsterdam Fringe Award 2013. Directed by Sarah Jonker, with text by Sjoerd Meijer who also performed it, and with advice by Joris Smit and lighting Jeroen Helsloot, The Liberation … Continue reading →

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Whistle Stop

Posted on July 20, 2014 by moirads

One of the shows that did exceptionally well in Grahamstown at the National Arts Festival 2014 was Whistle Stop.  The work overall got a Standard Bank Ovation Award, and then a Standard Bank Silver Ovation Award.  In addition the writer, … Continue reading →

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Colours of the Rainbow with Princess and Frog

Posted on July 19, 2014 by moirads

I attended a lot of “Family Fare” theatre, another, better, name for “children’s theatre” at the National Arts Festival.  This will not surprise anyone who knows my fascination for this particularly important genre of theatre. One of the shows I … Continue reading →

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A talked about piece #omnomnom

Posted on July 13, 2014 by moirads

Gavin Krastin’s performance art piece, #omnomnom, is one of the most talked about pieces of the 2014 National Arts Festival.  Of course there are some people who think it is a wonderful work and others who think it is absolute … Continue reading →

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Trio with a Twist

Posted on July 13, 2014 by moirads

One of the bright spots of the 2014 National Arts Festival was seeing Trio with a Twist, three women who studied together, Janine Neethling (piano), Bridget Rennie Salonen (flute) and Lizzie Rennie on viola. They brought a mix of classical and … Continue reading →

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She put the “I” in Punchline

Posted on July 12, 2014 by moirads

A young Indian woman, the beautiful and talented Kamini Govender, brings her brand of humour to the Albany Cabaret Club on the Fringe at the 2014 National Arts Festival. Perhaps it was generational or racial or a combination, but I … Continue reading →

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