Cape Argus (South Africa) back issues from August 2006:
Bourne's theatrical supremacy.(Entertainment)
Aug 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: DEREK WILSON One of the more unsettling roles in Jesus Christ Superstar (JCS) is that of the hostile high priest, Caiaphas, and in Pieter Toerien's production this surly character is played by Graham Bourne. To see him on stage he is all sound and fury but to ...
Take the red-eye shift to Mars.(Entertainment)
Aug 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: Sergio Ben Stan Mars, or Big Stan as he calls himself on air, entertains listeners from 10pm to 2am on Heart 1049.fm and is an anchor for those people up late at night, especially for those who work the nightshift. Five years of 10pm to 2am, go home and sleep, ...
Thandumzi happy to be back home after a stint up north.(Entertainment)
Aug 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: Beverley Brommert One look is all it takes to identify Thandumzi Moyakhe as a dancer: the easy grace of his movements and spare elegance of his build attest to the classical training of a body designed by nature to perform to music. Not surprisingly, the ...
A company in full swing.(Entertainment)
Aug 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: Tonight Reporter Cape Town City Ballet's SwingTime at the Ballet will run at the Baxter Theatre from August 10 to 12. This production by Sean Bovim showcases the diverse company by incorporating varied dance styles such as tap, jazz and big band show dancing ....
How I was adopted by Oprah.(Entertainment)
Aug 01, 2006 ... Heather Small hasn't released an album in six years. She's been taking some time off, apparently, raising her son, contemplating life. Not that you might have noticed her absence. Her deep, rich, slightly raspy voice is a mainstay of televised sporting events. ...
Top US rock act heads for SA.(Entertainment)
Aug 01, 2006 ... Supergroup LIVE return to SA for their nationwide tour, Black Mountain,White Light, in October, and fans can hear songs from their seventh album, Songs from Black Mountain. The CD contains the best elements of their earlier work, an inspiring lyrical theme, and contagious pop ...
Charity begins at home but should donations end up there?(Entertainment)
Aug 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: Sally Scott Tonight's 3rd Degree on e.tv at 8pm, questions the work of arguably one of South Africa's best-known charity activists, Bronwen Jones, who runs Children of Fire. The 3rd Degree allegation: "the majority of donations given to Jones for her charity ...
An actor's life for Murray.(Entertainment)
Aug 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: Sally Scott Oddly enough as Murray Todd has cropped up in two of South Africa's most watched drama series, Isidingo and Generations, he hardly ever watches the box. "At the moment, with eight performances a week, I'm too bloody exhausted by the time I get ...
Show that really rocks.(Entertainment)
Aug 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: Theresa Smith WE WILL ROCK YOU Director: Bryan Hill Cast: Helen Burger, Neels Clasen, Talia Kodesh, Francois Lliam, Vicky Sampson, Malcolm Terrey, Murray Todd Venue: Artscape Opera House till September 10 How ironic that a ...
Things can get technical with Kilbee.(Entertainment)
Aug 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: Theresa Smith When evil henchman Kashoggi reports back to Killer Queen in the musical comedy We Will Rock You via video conference, Neels Clasen and Vicky Sampson are really talking to each other via the big screen, it is not a pre-recorded segment. The pair ...
Some young turks and all that jazz.(Entertainment)
Aug 02, 2006 ... BYLINE: Gary van Dyk Strange as it may seem it looks like the future of jazz in our part of the world may be on the brink of a renewal judging by the growing number of young guns getting into the music. Just looking back at last week's Monday Night jazz jam at ...
See future entrepreneurs in the making.(Entertainment)
Aug 02, 2006 ... BYLINE: Bongani Mdagane Young entrepreneurs have been busy creating exclusive crafts and their wares will be on show at the 11th KTV Market Craft Day, which takes place at Kids World in Bruma on Saturday September 2. This event has, for more than a decade, encouraged ...
Yes, Marco made me cry. (But who's laughing now, says Gordon Ramsay).(Entertainment)
Aug 02, 2006 ... BYLINE: Jonathan Thompson Gordon Ramsay, the uncompromising Scottish chef who has taken swearing, threatening behaviour and verbal abuse to a new level on British television, was once reduced to "a blubbering wreck" by a fellow celebrity chef, it emerged yesterday. ...
Cooking in memory of mother.(Entertainment)
Aug 02, 2006 ... BYLINE: ALISON BOSHOFF Celebrity restaurateur Marco Pierre White's memory of the Saturday morning in 1968 when he last saw his mother before she died is as vivid to him as a scene in a movie. He has spent his life replaying it, searching it, examining it. He was six ...
'Prada' star wears new role in Malkovich film.(Entertainment)
Aug 02, 2006 ... British actress Emily Blunt (pictured), who won acclaim for her breakout performance in The Devil Wears Prada, is in negotiations to join John Malkovich in the comedy, The Great Buck Howard. Malkovich plays the title character, a luckless magician who struggles to reinvigorate ...
When the going gets.(Entertainment)
Aug 02, 2006 ... Amu surveys the expensive German cars, the latest Mini Cooper and a Chrysler 300c in the parking lot of the Ghetto Ruff offices. He then looks at a man sitting in the Nissan Micra, shakes his head and turns to me: "The saddest thing about this is that the boss has the wackest ...
You BEE the jury when Davis returns.(Entertainment)
Aug 03, 2006 ... BYLINE: Tonight Reporter Judge Dennis Davis returns this Sunday to e.tv in a new season of Judge For Yourself with the first episode kicking off with a 55-minute special on BEE and affirmative action. Scheduled to be on the panel of guests is businessman and political ...
From Jolly Roger to suicide on Gloomy Sunday.(Entertainment)
Aug 03, 2006 ... BYLINE: Theresa Smith Johnny Depp is back as Captain Jack in this week's big release, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, the sequel to the 2003 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. The film starts off in Port Royal, Jamaica, on what is ...
What's On.(Entertainment)
Aug 03, 2006 ... * The White Sheep of the Family opens at the Masque Theatre, Muizenberg, tonight. Jane Philbrick directs a lively cast in this well-known comedy for the Fish Hoek Dramatic Society. The highly respected Winter family (dad is a Justice of the Peace) are secretly a crowd of crooks. The son's ...
Noted! Furey is back.(Entertainment)
Aug 03, 2006 ... Fiona Furey has made it on to the teen-witch hit list. Furey's new television show, Noted! has replaced the much-loved Charmed in the Friday 7.30pm slot. Can Furey compete with vanquish-addicted TV audience? "Ag, there's no pressure," she nervously laughed while we sipped ...
Roll up for the most ornery triple bill.(Entertainment)
Aug 03, 2006 ... There's the skull of a steer and the names of three groups of musicians. Somewhere across the prairie, tumbleweed brushes up against the rear wheel of the truck, and a coyote howls. Ladies, gentlemen, cowpokes and side-show freaks, roll up for probably the most ornery southern ...
Talk about the unspeakable.(Entertainment)
Aug 03, 2006 ... Just call them healers with a dramatic mission. On Sunday a South African company of actors left for Rwanda to participate in the Fespad (The Pan African Dance Festival) festival with the workshopped Truth in Translation. This theatre piece, with music by Hugh Masekela, explores ...
On the screen, dig the dancing queens.(Entertainment)
Aug 03, 2006 ... BYLINE: Kim Clayton-Millar Just two days before the first show goes out live on Saturday at 8pm, there's already been high drama behind the scenes of SABC2's second season of Strictly Come Dancing. One of the dancers (Thabo Moloto) has already been injured during ...
Billy Joel's Mzansi jol.(Entertainment)
Aug 03, 2006 ... One of the greatest songwriters of the 20th century, Billy Joel, is coming to South Africa for the first time. Accompanied by an eight-piece band, he will be appearing at the Coca Cola Dome on October 26 in Johannesburg before heading off to the Velodrome in Cape Town on ...
Bollywood reinvents the Bard.(Entertainment)
Aug 04, 2006 ... BYLINE: Debashine Thangevelo OMKARA PRODUCER: Kumar Mangat DIRECTOR: Vishal Bharadwaj CAST: Ajay Devgan, Vivek Oberoi, Saif Ali Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Konkona Sen Sharma RUNNING TIME: 3 hours RATING: 8/10 ...
When normality is elusive.(Entertainment)
Aug 04, 2006 ... BYLINE: Theresa Smith Thumbsucker Director: Mike Mills Cast: Lou Pucci, Vincent D'Onofrio, Tilda Swinton, Benjamin Bratt, Chase Offerle, Keanu Reeves, Vince Vaughn, Kelli Garner Running time: 93 minutes Classification: 13 L ...
'Cry Wolf' is really a sheep.(Entertainment)
Aug 04, 2006 ... BYLINE: Yunus Kemp Cry Wolf Director: Jeff Wadlow Cast: Julian Morris, Lindy Booth, Jared Padalecki, Jesse Janzen, Paul James, Sandra McCoy, Ethan Cohn, Kristy Wu, Jon Bon Jovi Running time: 88 minutes Classification: 13V ...
'Little white flowers' for love song.(Entertainment)
Aug 04, 2006 ... BYLINE: Theresa Smith Gloomy Sunday (Ein Lied von Lieben und Tod) Director: Rolf Schubel Cast: Stefano Dionisi (Andras), Erika Marozsa* (Ilona), Joachim Krol (Laszlo), Ben Becker (Hans) Running time: 104 minutes ...
The high seas-saw.(Entertainment)
Aug 04, 2006 ... One of the year's most anticipated films has already notched up impressive box-office figures internationally. But that's as superficial a marker as far as movie appeal goes and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest has not escaped "the curse of the sequel". It ...
Faith's fighting the good fight.(Entertainment)
Aug 04, 2006 ... BYLINE: Yunus Kemp Finding commonalties amid cultural and language differences is an important factor in building communication and relationships. This stands out as the overarching message in The Good Fight, the fourth programme in SABC2's Heartlines series. ...
NATURE'S WAY.(Entertainment)
Aug 07, 2006 ... BYLINE: Tonight Reporter Humankind's fascination with nature comes under the spotlight in a new television series which features all-new South African documentaries. Thirteen different films look at the phenomenon of biophilia - nature nurturing and healing humans - ...
'Lost' to lose the plot in season finale.(Entertainment)
Aug 07, 2006 ... BYLINE: Sally Scott It all started with the crash of Oceanic 815 on a mysterious tropical island. As the plane was out of Sydney, Australia, we presume somewhere in the South Pacific. At first, the bunch of survivors simply tried to make sense of their predicament ...
The 5 top women-driven shows.(Entertainment)
Aug 07, 2006 ... Desperate Housewives (M-Net, Thursdays, 8.30pm) The gorgeous women of Wisteria Lane have become one of the most recognisable brands on TV and not since the Golden Girls has a show starring leading ladies on the wrong side of 40 been such a hit. In no small measure ...
Women of substance.(Entertainment)
Aug 07, 2006 ... While there are a number of feel-good events planned for Women's month, it is now important to ask what real strides women have made in male-dominated industries. Charles de Olim spoke to some female industry heavyweights and asked for their thoughts on the role of women in the field of ...
It's a guy thing.(Entertainment)
Aug 07, 2006 ... BYLINE: Kim Clayton-Millar There's a steamy romance quietly shimmering in the sexual shadows in e.tv's soap Scandal. This potentially hot, and heavy, love thang is between none other than Nhlanhla Baloyi (Litha Bam), the gay guy front-line receptionist for The Voice ...
A man and his talent . . .(Entertainment)
Aug 08, 2006 ... BYLINE: Derek Wilson Some of our office chairs have been in for repair, and when storyteller Nhlanhla Mavundla arrived to be interviewed, I apologised for the wonky looking chair I found for him. "Don't worry," he said glibly, "I come from a disadvantaged ...
Three times the cooks really spoil the show.(Entertainment)
Aug 08, 2006 ... BYLINE: Sergio Ben DOING IT FOR THE MONEY Cast: Melanie Jones and Tracy Klass Venue: Obz Cafe Theatre, Lower Main Road, Observatory ENDS: August 26 In this instance, performers Tracy Klass and Melanie Jones don't get up on stage as ...
Mervyn - the sultan of swing.(Entertainment)
Aug 08, 2006 ... BYLINE: Derek Wilson At a Sunday lunch in Pinelands some years ago, guests who had not yet been served their plates of long-awaited oxtail were whiling the time away feeling dancer Mervyn Williams's steely balletic thighs. As one of those increasingly hungry guests, I ...
Every woman is a princess.(Entertainment)
Aug 08, 2006 ... BYLINE: DEREK WILSON A student production from the University of the Witwatersrand is not a common event at the University of Cape Town, but tonight a new play, Not the Princess, which was penned at Wits, goes on the boards of the Intimate Theatre on the UCT Hiddingh Campus. ...
It'd be a crime not to laugh.(Entertainment)
Aug 08, 2006 ... BYLINE: Lieske Bester THE WHITE SHEEP OF THE FAMILY Director: Jane Philbrick Cast: Helen Mathers, John McConnell, Aubrey Hindle, Alastair Duff, Scott Gill, Felicity Purdon, Thomas Kingwell, Annabel Ross and Deborah Kolnik Venue: Masque Theatre, ...
Paarl offers a bit of 'Cultivaria' in the Boland.(Entertainment)
Aug 08, 2006 ... BYLINE: DEREK WILSON Stellenbosch has long been the pivot of culture in the Boland, but now Paarl, another traditional wine area of the region, is about to offer competition in the form of an event called Cultivaria, which will run from September 21 to 25. The ...
Greek God.(Entertainment)
Aug 08, 2006 ... BYLINE: DEREK WILSON Pieter Toerien's production of Jesus Christ Superstar, running at the Theatre on the Bay until Sunday, is going to be staged in Athens immediately after Easter in 2007. Toerien said the production would run in the Greek capital for six weeks. And ...
Radio remembers the truth about Ruth.(Entertainment)
Aug 08, 2006 ... BYLINE: Charles de Olim When it comes to portraying a celebrated figure, it is advisable to step into the shoes of the subject. Actress Fiona Ramsay does just that for the radio dramatisation of Ruth First's book, 117 Days, playing the role of the assassinated ...
No shortage of song in the city.(Entertainment)
Aug 09, 2006 ... BYLINE: Gary van Dyk As we celebrate Women's Day a very special lady of song launches her debut CD at Artscape. Melanie Scholtz, one of the city's finest vocalists, introduces her long-awaited CD, A Zillion Miles. In the spirit of the day some lucky ladies ...
Get wind of classical sounds.(Entertainment)
Aug 09, 2006 ... BYLINE: Tonight Reporter The Artscape Audience Development and Education Department will devote the Artscape Theatre to a variety of classical sounds in September. The symphonic wind bands of Stellenbosch University under the direction of Pamela Kierman; the Frank ...
New-look Lira waxes lyrical.(Entertainment)
Aug 09, 2006 ... BYLINE: Therese Owen Lira's back. She has replaced her trademark waist-length plaits with a short and sexy style. It has given her beautiful face a fresh young look. Sitting opposite me, she looks like she belongs on a Parisian catwalk. "This is the new image, the ...
Shaking and shocks on dance floor.(Entertainment)
Aug 09, 2006 ... BYLINE: Kim Clayton-Millar Eissh! Who'd thought Mark would be a fish out of water and those famous feet would, along with his frozen hips, turn the famous footballer into lowest scorer of the night? I'm talking of course of the lacklustre performance from Mark Fish ...
In touch with her power.(Entertainment)
Aug 09, 2006 ... The first thing that struck me, when I met Sibongile Khumalo, is her wicked, wicked sense of humour. This does not diminish her powerful energy that fills a room. It is clear, whether she be performing opera at the State Theatre or dining with friends in a Jozi restaurant, ...
Now, I ain't saying she's a.(Entertainment)
Aug 10, 2006 ... BYLINE: Paul Scott One night last month, Sir Paul McCartney drove from his Sussex estate to Brighton to knock unbidden on the door of a close friend of his estranged wife, Heather Mills. He said he needed to talk. He was, he told the friend, not a bad man: he said he ...
Vice is nice but a good woman's even better.(Entertainment)
Aug 10, 2006 ... BYLINE: Theresa Smith The big movie this week is the silver screen version of a cult 1980s television series, Miami Vice. Yes, folks, detectives James "Sonny" Crocket and Ricardo "Rico" Tubbs and their linen suits have finally made it to the big screen, but, ...
Brilliant SA pianist entertains British royals.(Entertainment)
Aug 10, 2006 ... BYLINE: Beverley Brommert Throughout the 96 years of its history, the South African College of Music has produced no shortage of distinguished musicians and vocalists, and among them pianist James Baillieu must rank extremely high. Not yet 25, this brilliant ...
Pops is no hippie, dippy oldster.(Entertainment)
Aug 10, 2006 ... He may be older than his co-stars, but that is about where the similarity between Malcolm Terrey and his We Will Rock You role as guru figure of the coming rock rebellion, Pop, ends. He is no hippie, dippy oldster in search of an audience. "I'm totally different. I'd ...
Getting to the true meaning of punk.(Entertainment)
Aug 10, 2006 ... BYLINE: Evan Milton Punk is a much-used, and abused, term these days. Fokofpolisiekar, for example, are still called punk, although their definitive headlining set at last weekend's Oppikoppi, where they drafted in fellow hard-mongers from The Narrow, Soulja and Taxi Violence to ...
Beauties go underground.(Entertainment)
Aug 10, 2006 ... BYLINE: Helen Herimbi If I had a gram of platinum for every time the name Zeb Matabane was mischievously uttered, I would have some serious bling by now. The wheelchair-bound local soap character on Isidingo (SABC3, 6.30pm) who was crippled by a mining accident made ...
Bye to 'Idols' pair.(Entertainment)
Aug 10, 2006 ... It was not a lucky seven for Afrikaans Idols contenders Tracey-Lee Oliver and Christiaan Kritzinger. The pair had to bid "totsiens" on Monday evening when they received the least number of votes out of the nine contestants who performed at Gallagher Estate in Midrand. ...
Horatio bites into Big Apple.(Entertainment)
Aug 10, 2006 ... BYLINE: Charles de Olim Is the screen big enough for two of America's most feared crime fighters; CSI Miami's Lieutenant Horatio Caine and CSI New York's Detective Mac Taylor? That is the mouth-watering prospect that awaits viewers tonight when Horatio makes a guest ...
Herholdt fans will enjoy this blast from the past.(Entertainment)
Aug 11, 2006 ... BYLINE: Theresa Smith HITS van die SONJAre 30 Years of hit songs Cast: Sonja Herholdt Musical director: Sarah Theron Venue: Roxy Review Bar, Grandwest Casino & Entertainment World until September 9 Sonja Herholdt is like ...
To have sex or not to, that is the question in 'Heartlines'.(Entertainment)
Aug 11, 2006 ... BYLINE: Yunus Kemp The Bet, the fifth movie in SABC2's Heartlines series, is a provocative and edgy drama that looks at the impact of teen sex, drugs and peer pressure. It delves beneath the surface and lays bare the challenges that angst-ridden teens face when ...
Good woman more bag lady than bad lady.(Entertainment)
Aug 11, 2006 ... BYLINE: Yunus Kemp Suspicion and seduction make for rather interesting bedfellows in this adaptation of Oscar Wilde's Lady Windemere's Fan. But they are themes that are not exploited to their full potential and the movie suffers because of that lack of focus. ...
Better luck next time, Lindsay.(Entertainment)
Aug 11, 2006 ... BYLINE: Yunus Kemp Just my Luck Director: Donald Petrie Cast: Lindsay Lohan, Chris Pine, McFly Running Time: 100 minutes Classification: PG Rating: 5/10 Lindsay Lohan tries to play grown-up in this cutesy but ...
Robin's trip into mediocrity.(Entertainment)
Aug 11, 2006 ... BYLINE: Theresa Smith RV Director: Barry Sonnenfeld Cast: Robin Williams, Jeff Daniels, Cheryl Hines, Kristin Chenoweth, Joanna "JoJo" Levesque, Josh Hutcherson, Hunter Parrish, Chloe Sonnenfeld, Alex Ferris Running time: 98 minutes ...
Gaudy '80s give way to the gritty naughties.(Entertainment)
Aug 11, 2006 ... The two cops who spawned a thousand TV shows, and not a few fashion faux pas, have made it onto the big screen with their original names intact, though, thankfully, not the shoulder pads or pastel ties. While most of the TV series' stories revolved around vice and its attendant ...
Verduiwels were in the detail ...(Entertainment)
Aug 11, 2006 ... BYLINE: Charles de Olim In the late '80s, South Africa was on the cusp of revolutionary change. Students were protesting, workers were engaged in rolling mass action and the cost of international sanctions was hitting home. As the National Party government began to ...
Butler to serve up a feast.(Entertainment)
Aug 14, 2006 ... BYLINE: Don Albert Jonathan Butler promises an outpouring of love, and an outpouring of music, for his two appearances at the Standard Bank Joy of Jazz Festival this month. He explains: "I'm very, very happy to be coming home and very proud to be standing on a stage ...
THE HIGHVELDER.(Entertainment)
Aug 14, 2006 ... We produce great soapies, our documentaries have won critical acclaim and the SA film industry is beginning to earn international respect. Yet, when it comes to producing farce or sketch TV shows, South Africans do not shoot themselves in the foot, they tend to take aim. ...