NEWS

TANA BANA



The Tana Bana Warp Weft textiles exhibition has transformed the BAT Centre's Menzi Mchunu Gallery into a `hanging garden' of exotic fabric.

The textiles are on loan from the private collection of Kim Sacks and other lovers of textiles.

The Tana Bana Warp Weft exhibition runs until September 30.

QUILT EXHIBITION

The Natal Quilters Guild has been at it again - creating an array of magnificent quilts for wall and bed.

An exhibition of these new creations will be on show at the Westville Civic Centre from September 25 to 27 September from 09h30 to 16h30.

Included in these quilts will be work done by some of the quilters who won prizes at the Seasons exhibition and there will be a separate exhibition of miniature quilts - well worth seeing!

For more information, phone Colleen Roberts on 75-4223.

HILTON FESTIVAL

The gracious Hilton College grounds will come alive from September 12 to 14 with the 1997 Hilton Drama Festival.

The main festival offers top productions which include Lovborg's Women Consi-dered; An Evening with Nicholas Parsons; Playhouse Dance Company Dance Bytes; The Captain's Tiger; Sex, Bugs and Rock 'n Roll; Uit die Bloute; How Pleasant to Know Mr Lear; Keely & Du and Feedback.

FRINGE

The Fringe Festival stretches over a number of venues:

The Chapel will host Dvorak's Mass in D; The Harp is Out of the Attic; Organ and trumpet recital; The Festival Service, and St Mary's Sings.

The Amphitheatre hosts such productions as Picnic Proms, Holy Moses and Sketches from Pinter while at the Speech and Drama Centre there's Sirkus Kaput, Well Goodness Gracious Me, 2 Green Guys ..., The Blue Period of Milton van der Spuy and South of Spain Acoustic Duets. The Fleur de Lys venue offers dinner and the show, I Spy Blue Sky.

At the Memorial Hall there's Don Giovanni, The Mouse with no Whiskers, Ma Gents, Going for the Jocular, Brain-spotting and Report to an Academy.

Booking is at Computicket.

For more details phone 0331: 43-0126. (See back cover for dates and details of productions)

FASHION SHOW

The Midlands Arts and Craft Society (Macs) will host a champagne breakfast on September 24 with The Best of Wearable Art fashion show.

Exhibiting fabric artists will be Jutta Faulds, Annette McMaster, Sant‚ Mackintosh, Sue Akerman, Shirley Groenewald, Mary Ovendale, Betty Beekes, Marge Gatter, Sue Furston and Sally Scot. Garments will be made of fabric, felt and wool.

Tickets are R25 and there will be lucky draw prizes. To book or for further information phone Sue Akerman on (0331) 47-3236 or Suzanne at Macs (0331) 6-6500.

The Midlands Arts and Crafts Society's premises are at 173 Alexandra Road in Pietermaritzburg.

ART ALFRESCO

Art Alfresco will be held at the Old Pavilion site on the Snell Parade on September 7 and 21. Proceeds go to the National Cancer Association.

Phone John Whiting on 86-5615.

FFS EXPO

Last month the FFS Expo for Young Scientists saw hundreds of secondary school pupils and students at training colleges display the results of their studies in any aspect of science.

Artistic presentation was important as the results of these studies were displayed as a poster with other relevant material. The best entries will attend the finals.

Scientists solve problems by conducting experiments and making observations. The 1997 FFS Expo was impressive, reflecting time and careful research and, often, some interesting conclusions!

PIANO DONATION

After the death recently of dancer and choreographer Jilian Hurst, Professor John Poynton and his wife Willis, long- time close friends of Jilian and her husband Pieter Scholtz, have generously offered to donate their piano to the new Kwasuka Theatre in memory of Jilian.

FLYING CIRCUS

John Cleese and his zany team of `Pythons' are back on M-Net on September 17 at 20h35 in a third season of the acclaimed BBC comedy series Monty Python's Flying Circus.