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    • Peachy Keen took the stage to a packed Mercury and immediately had the crowd dancing to a series of pop-esque rockabilly jams from their new album, Backseat Bingo.012:50 pm

      REVIEW: PEACHY KEEN EP LAUNCH

      Peachy Keen took the stage to a packed Mercury and immediately had the crowd dancing to a series of pop-esque rockabilly jams from their new album, Backseat Bingo.

    • Tinus Botha seemed visibly terrified and this reflected in his playing which was tentative and nervous, wholly lacking the necessary support and harmonic structure for the rich timbre of Ramm’s cello. This basically left Ramm to fight the battle on stage alone. 012:49 pm

      REVIEW: ALEXANDER RAMM (CELLO) AND TINUS BOTHA (PIANO)

      Tinus Botha seemed visibly terrified and this reflected in his playing which was tentative and nervous, wholly lacking the necessary support and harmonic structure for the rich timbre of Ramm’s cello. This basically left Ramm to fight the battle on stage alone.

    • Be warned - when discussing your experience of Funny Business with someone who went on a different night you are likely to find yourselves descending into a “my show was better than yours” bunfight. Every night much of the production is unique as the show has a sizable improvisational component – not surprising given the cast – and the line drawn between stage and audience, reality and production becomes rather blurred.011:32 am

      REVIEW: FUNNY BUSINESS

      Be warned – when discussing your experience of Funny Business with someone who went on a different night you are likely to find yourselves descending into a “my show was better than yours” bunfight. Every night much of the production is unique as the show has a sizable improvisational component – not surprising given the cast – and the line drawn between stage and audience, reality and production becomes rather blurred.

    • One would have thought it would be difficult to empathize with an SS officer responsible for gross crimes against humanity. But Cairns is irresistibly charming as a dry and somewhat clumsy ex-theatre-critic-turned-Nazi-cleric. Equipped with his signature wit and physical comedic ability Cairns creates a character who soulfully reflects on his existence as an “evil, evil German” as he tries to save the life of his love interest, a captive stage actress, by convincing his superiors that “sie weiss alles” (she knows everything). 010:16 am

      REVIEW: SIE WEISS ALLES

      One would have thought it would be difficult to empathize with an SS officer responsible for gross crimes against humanity. But Cairns is irresistibly charming as a dry and somewhat clumsy ex-theatre-critic-turned-Nazi-cleric. Equipped with his signature wit and physical comedic ability Cairns creates a character who soulfully reflects on his existence as an “evil, evil German” as he tries to save the life of his love interest, a captive stage actress, by convincing his superiors that “sie weiss alles” (she knows everything).

    • With each work the audience’s clapping and bravi grew louder and by the end of the first half of the programme the cheering reflected the boisterous Italian spirit of the evening; it sounded more like the excited cheers of a stadium at an AC Milan game than the acclamation usually heard at an opera house. 08:55 am

      REVIEW: BEL CANTO GALA CONCERT

      With each work the audience’s clapping and bravi grew louder and by the end of the first half of the programme the cheering reflected the boisterous Italian spirit of the evening; it sounded more like the excited cheers of a stadium at an AC Milan game than the acclamation usually heard at an opera house.

    • The interpretation of Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K466 was a huge disappointment. The first movement opened with the orchestra only managing to produce a thin and listless sound. All passion and drama - the very pulse of this enigmatic work - was absent, and by the third movement the orchestra had completely flat-lined. This is not what this piano concerto should sound like. 08:28 pm

      REVIEW: CAPE PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA WITH SPENCER MYER AND ALEXANDER RAMM

      The interpretation of Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K466 was a huge disappointment. The first movement opened with the orchestra only managing to produce a thin and listless sound. All passion and drama – the very pulse of this enigmatic work – was absent, and by the third movement the orchestra had completely flat-lined. This is not what this piano concerto should sound like.

    • If you wanted to give the editor of the Sunday Times a piece of your mind, for example, you merely had to venture in the direction of the restaurant French Connection. If cooking is your forte you were sure to be in good company with Reuben Riffel, Marita van der Vyver and sisters Zuretha Roos and Annalie Nel at the church hall. Media hotshots, artists and authors were roaming the streets, and judges and politicians (current and ex) were sipping wine in a variety of popular local spots.08:17 pm

      REVIEW: FRANSCHHOEK LITERARY FESTIVAL

      If you wanted to give the editor of the Sunday Times a piece of your mind, for example, you merely had to venture in the direction of the restaurant French Connection. If cooking is your forte you were sure to be in good company with Reuben Riffel, Marita van der Vyver and sisters Zuretha Roos and Annalie Nel at the church hall. Media hotshots, artists and authors were roaming the streets, and judges and politicians (current and ex) were sipping wine in a variety of popular local spots.

    • For the night saw the triumphant return of Kat and the Kings, the play by revered South African heavyweights David Kramer and the late Taliep Peterson, to the story’s place of birth, District Six… and what better stage than the legendary Fugard Theatre to host this musical gem, this offspring of the creative Cape.01:58 pm

      REVIEW: KAT AND THE KINGS

      For the night saw the triumphant return of Kat and the Kings, the play by revered South African heavyweights David Kramer and the late Taliep Peterson, to the story’s place of birth, District Six… and what better stage than the legendary Fugard Theatre to host this musical gem, this offspring of the creative Cape.

    • The wine farm had cultivated a subtle European atmosphere for the day by using a live accordion player and food stalls with fresh bread, cheese and of course, olives.112:06 pm

      REVIEW: OLIVE FESTIVAL

      The wine farm had cultivated a subtle European atmosphere for the day by using a live accordion player and food stalls with fresh bread, cheese and of course, olives.

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