February 2018 – Sarafina Magazine

A Conversation with Jo da Silva

For the last 25 years, Jo da Silva has had an extensive career in TV, film, radio and theatre. After a decade long hiatus from theatre, she makes her much-anticipated return to the stage juggling two roles in Noël Coward’s Present Laughter presented at Theatre on the Bay before jumping into Fatal Attraction which will play Theatre on the Bay and Pieter Toerien’s Monte Casino Theatre in Johannesburg. We sat down with her to chat about the show, her career and surving portraying the “most hated woman in the history of South African television.” Continue reading →

February 28, 2018November 17, 2019 by Sarafina Magazine Categories: Actor, Actress, Arts, Cape Town, Conversation, Culture, Film, Interview, Now Playing, Performer, Photography, Pieter Toerien, Production, Sarafina, Sarafina Magazine, South Africa, Television, Theater, Theatre, Theatre on The Bay, Uncategorized, Woman, WomenTags: 7de laan, Actor, Actress, Advice, Cape Town, Conversation, Farce, Fatal Attraction, Gita McGregor, Isidingo, Jesse Kramer, Jesse Kramer Photography, Jo da Silva, Johannesburg, Monte Casino, Noel Coward, Performance, Photography, Pieter Toerien, Present Laughter, Sewende Laan, Soapie, South Africa, Television, Theater, Theatre, Theatre on The Bay, TV, Women 1 Comment

A Conversation with Sihle Ndaba

Triple threat, Sihle Ndaba is well-known to South African audiences for her award-winning role as ‘Smangele Maphumulo’ in SABC 1’s hit primetime soap Uzalo, for which she won the Simon Sabela Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2015. She is currently making a return to her musical theatre roots by starring as ‘Petal’ in The Fugard Theatre’s return season of King Kong. We sat down with her to chat about joining the illustrious company and navigating the fame that comes along with starring on South African television.
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February 21, 2018February 21, 2018 by Sarafina Magazine Categories: Actor, Actress, Advice, Arts, Candice van Litsenborgh, Cape Town, Conversation, Culture, Dance, Interview, Musical, Now Playing, Performer, Photography, Production, Sarafina, Sarafina Magazine, Singer, South Africa, Television, The Fugard, Theater, Theatre, Uncategorized, Vocalist, Woman, WomenTags: Actor, Actress, Advice, Candice van Litsenborgh, Cape Town, Conversation, Film, King Kong, Miriam Makeba, music, Musical, Performance, Petal, Photography, Sihle Ndaba, Singer, Smangele Maphumulo, The Fugard, Theater, Theatre, TV, Uzalo, Women 1 Comment

A Conversation with Lesedi Job

Lesedi Job is an actress and director. Lesedi made her directorial debut in 2017 with Mike van Graan’s When Swallows Cry at the Market Theatre and went on to win the Sophie Mgcina Emerging Voice Award. The production, which has transferred to Cape Town, is currently running at the Baxter Theatre. An accomplished performer in her own right, Lesedi received a Naledi Theatre Award nomination for her role in Lara Foot’s Fishers of Hope. Continue reading →

February 14, 2018February 14, 2018 by Sarafina Magazine Categories: Actor, Actress, Arts, Baxter, Candice van Litsenborgh, Cape Town, Conversation, Culture, Director, Interview, Johannesburg, Now Playing, Performer, Photography, Production, Sarafina, Sarafina Magazine, South Africa, The Baxter, Theater, Theatre, Theatremaker, Uncategorized, Woman, Women, WomxnTags: Actor, Actress, Advice, Baxter Theatre, Candice van Litsenborgh, Cape Town, Conversation, Director, Fishers of Hope, Johannesburg, Lesedi Job, Mike van Graan, Opinion, Performer, Photography, Sophie Mgcina Emerging Voice Award, South Africa, The Market Theatre, Theater, Theatre, When Swallows Cry, Women 1 Comment

A Conversation with Daneel van der Walt and Alicia McCormick

For months Cape Town has been buzzing about the upcoming historic all-women production of The Taming of the Shrew, which is set to take the Maynardville Open-Air Theatre by storm. Fierce and formidable theatre veterans, Daneel van der Walt and Alicia McCormick have been tapped to lead the company by playing sparring partners Petruchio and Kate, respectively. We sat down with them to chat about the history-making production, debuting at Maynardville and the importance of working with women.
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February 7, 2018 by Sarafina Magazine Categories: Actor, Actress, Arts, Artscape, Cape Town, Conversation, Culture, Entertainment, Interview, Maynardville, Now Playing, Performer, Photography, Production, Sarafina, Sarafina Magazine, Shakespeare, South Africa, The Alexander Bar, Theater, Theatre, Uncategorized, Woman, Women, WomxnTags: Actor, Actors, Actress, Alicia Ann McCormick, Alicia McCormick, All-female production, Artscape, Cape Town, Conversation, Daneel van der Walt, History-Making, Maynardville, Performer, Performers, Shakespeare, South Africa, Tara Notcutt, The Pink Couch, The Taming of The Shrew, Theater, Theatre, Women 6 Comments

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