NEWS
WOMEN'S ART FESTIVAL
If the brightly-coloured feathered mask
accompanying the invitation to the launch of the Southern Life
and Play-house Company's second Women's Arts Festival is
anything to go by, the 1996 festival promises variety,
stimulation and a full range of entertainment.
The Women's Festival, which will run from
August 8 to 11 in the Playhouse complex, again commits itself
to cele-brating women's contribution to the arts.
HIGHLIGHT
The festival will highlight the expe-riences of
women through song, dance, music, poetry, literature and
video.
In addition, there will be lectures, forums and
workshops.
Up-and coming talent will be showcased
alongside established artists from both local and international
stages. From India will come dancer, actress and director
Mallika Sarabhai. She will perform two works, Sita's Daughter's
and V for .....
Other guest artists are Jamaican-born well-loved story teller Grace Nicholls, now resident in Britain, and Tina
Johnson, a New York actress who has appeared both on and off Broadway.
Phone Andrea Moller on 369-9555.
MUSIC AT THE LAKE
Another Music at the Lake in Durban Botanical Gardens is scheduled for August 4 at 15h00. Tickets R15 (R12
students and pensioners). Take a chair and a picnic basket for an enjoyable afternoon of light classics in the park.
KWASUKA SUKELA
Pieter Scholtz's Kwasuka Sukela Arts Centre (March D'ARTS) is gradually taking shape including
a performance area named the Livingstone Courtyard.
The Kwasuka Sukela intimate theatre seats 130 with steeply-raked seating and a large stage with
ample wing-space. A cleverly designed foyer leads into a spacious coffee-shop and the complex includes office space and a large
company dressing-room complete with make-up and shower facilities.
THORNY
Funding for the project remains a thorny problem; to date Scholtz has committed over R200 000 to the conversion.
An integral part of Kwasuka Sukela is the creation of a tiled courtyard to provide the perfect
ambience for poetry readings, musical soirŠes and intimate dramatic performance.
This area will be called The Livingstone Courtyard as a tribute to poet and friend Douglas
Livingstone, who died earlier this year. A bust of Douglas Livingstone is to be a feature of the courtyard and this has been
commissioned from Durban artist Hannah Lurie.
SPONSORS
Sponsors for the courtyard have yet to be identified. As for the sculpture, Scholtz is hoping that anyone whose life
and living has been enriched by reading or hearing the poetry of Douglas Livingstone will make some contribution to this living
memorial.
The cost of the bust has been estimated at R10 500 and if you'ld like to make a contribution, or discuss the project,
phone Professor Scholtz on 81-1617.
ART ALFRESCO
Art Alfresco will be held at the Old Pavilion site on the Snell Parade on July 7 and 21. Proceeds go to
the National Cancer Association. Phone 86-5615.
CALLIGRAPHY SHOW
Calligraphers from throughout South Africa will take part in the National Calligraphy exhibition to be held at Danville
Park Girls' High School in Glenashley on July 13. With the theme KwaZulu-Natal - the Diversity, the show then
moves to the Musgrave Shopping Centre from July 14 to 22.
Calligraphic and art items will be on sale and stallholders will demonstrate the use of their products, as well as
offering special prices.
David Harris the well-known English calligrapher, who has published two books, will run calligraphy courses at
Danville Park Girls' High School.
Details from Ingrid Lotter on 84-6328 (after 15h00).
DECORATIVE ARTS
The Decorative Arts Society will host a talk by Bruce Simpson from PACT Ballet on July 30 in the Cecil Renaud
Theatre on the Technikon Natal Berea campus at 12h00. The theme of the talk is Nureyev - Tartar: Peasant to Handsome
Prince.
This talk will be repeated the same day at 18h00 in the Royal Showgrounds in Pietermaritzburg. To book contact
the Society on 700-4060.