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Thursday 1 May 2025
A missed opportunity
Khanya and Her Golden Dream
Joburg Ballet appoints Artistic Director
Silence, self-appointments & sectoral decay
Join South Africa’s top arts school
An African classical music pioneer
Cape Town, prepare to be panto’d
Accountability or attacks?
NEA Young Performer Awards
6TH SA Conductors’ Competition
Art
Hlukanisa uHlanganise at The Melrose Gallery
The Melrose Gallery is pleased to present Hlukanisa, uHlanganise, a group exhibition curated by Mpumi Mayisa, opening on 13 April 2025.
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Awards
NEA Young Performer Awards
The 22nd National Eisteddfod Academy Young Performer Awards competition is reaching its final stages for 2025.
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Ballet
NSA’s Dance Spectrum – Echoes for WITS Theatre
The National School of the Arts presents Dance Spectrum: Echoes at WITS Theatre on May 9-10, featuring Ballet, Spanish, Contemporary, and alumni works.
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Books
Have you seen Zandile?
The play tells the touching story of young Zandile, who lives a blissful life with her cherished grandmother in Durban.
Children
Khanya and Her Golden Dream
The South African State Theatre Presents “Khanya and Her Golden Dream” as Part of the Annual Youth Expressions Festival.
Competition
6TH SA Conductors’ Competition
The 6th SA Conductors’ Competition semifinals, masterclasses and finals gets underway on Friday, May 2.
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Debate
2nd Annual GBV Symposium
GBV Symposium coinciding with Women’s Month will investigate how creative pathways can eradicate Gender-Based ViolenceRead More
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Event
Iziko South African Museum #ISAM200
The Iziko South African Museum (ISAM) turns 200 years this year.
Exhibition
The FADA Photo Booth at the UJ
In Black and White an immersive analogue photographic exhibition opening on 10 April at the UJ FADA Gallery, Bunting Road Campus at 18:00 for 18:30, and running until 24 May.
Festival
Time to revive development theatre festivals
Thami AkaMbongo Manzana: Aligning artistic development with the nation’s constitutional and cultural mandate.
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Film
Die Dekonstruksie van Retta Blom
Die Dekonstruksie van Retta Blom, a poignant and thought-provoking love story, launches in cinemas nationwide and in Namibia on May 23, 2025.
Industry
There is no fire without a spark
Sascha Polkey, Research at Business and Arts South Africa: Why corporate sponsors matter to emerging artists.
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Music
Koos Doep by Fairtree Atterbury Teater
Koos du Plessis sou vanjaar 80 geword het en Wynand Strydom bring hulde aan Du Plessis in ‘n splinternuwe produksie, Koos Doep.
