February 2019 – Sarafina Magazine

A Conversation with Lucie de Moyencourt

Lucie de Moyencourt is an artist best known for her many exhibitions of suburbs in and around Cape Town. As a former architect, Lucie loves drawing the city, observing people going about their daily lives. Lucie has spent many years backstage, watching her mother perform as a dancer in various productions and is thrilled to be back in the wings to draw over 60 projections for the play Happy New Year (A Play With Songs) at The Fugard Theatre. The play coincides with a solo exhibition at the Voorkamer Gallery at Chandler House, of 300 Cape Town sketches painted over the summer of 2018/2019. Both the play and the exhibition celebrate Cape Town and the people who live and pass through it.

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February 27, 2019 by Sarafina Magazine Categories: Animation, Art, Artist, Arts, Cape Town, Content Creator, Conversation, Culture, Fine Artist, Illustrator, Interview, Musical, Now Playing, Photography, Production, Sarafina, Sarafina Magazine, South Africa, The Fugard, Theater, Theatre, Uncategorized, Woman, Women, WomxnTags: A Play with Songs, Animation, architect, Artist, Cannes Film Festival, Chandler House, David Kramer, Drawing, Fine Arts, Happy New Year, Illustrator, Lucie de Moyencourt, Sketching Cape Town, The Fugard, Theater, Theatre, Voorkamer Gallery 2 Comments

A Conversation with Kanya Viljoen

Kanya Viljoen is a theatre-maker, performer and designer. Recently, Kanya wrote and directed RAAK, which debuted at the Vrystaat Kunstefees and was nominated as Best Production of the festival. Furthermore, it has been nominated for two Kyknet Fiësta Awards and is heading to US Woordfees 2019 for a limited run. Earlier this year, Kanya was awarded South African Theatre Magazine’s Best Emerging Director Award. In 2018, Kanya directed Like Hamlet, which was performed at the Theatre Arts Admin Collective as part of the Annex Theatre Bursary. Her script, mank, was selected for further development by Kunste Onbeperk’s Teksmark and she was awarded a writer’s bursary for this script. Currently, Kanya is an Andrew W Mellon scholar, completing her MA in theatre-making at the University of Cape Town.

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February 20, 2019May 19, 2019 by Sarafina Magazine Categories: Actor, Actress, Advice, Artist, Arts, Cape Town, Conversation, Culture, Designer, Director, Fleur du Cap, Interview, Now Playing, Performer, Photography, Playwright, Production, Sarafina, Sarafina Magazine, Singer, South Africa, Theater, Theatre, Theatre Awards, Theatremaker, Uncategorized, Woman, Women, Womxn, writerTags: Actor, Andrew W Mellon scholar, Cape Town, Director, Fleur du Cap, Huey Huey, Kanya Viljoen, KKNK, Kunste Onbeperk, Like Hamlet, mank, Raak, Set Designer, Singer, Teksmark, Theatremaker, UCT, Woordfees, writer 5 Comments

A Conversation with Yvette Hardie

Yvette Hardie is a theatre director, producer, educator and advocate, focusing on theatre for young audiences. She initiated the launch of ASSITEJ SA in 2007 and leads the organisation as Director. She is currently serving her third term as President of the international ASSITEJ, which networks across 100 countries. In 2017, she was responsible for hosting the 19th ASSITEJ World Congress & Performing Arts Festival, Cradle of Creativity, for the first time in Africa. She produced the award-winning Colonnades Theatre Lab production, Truth in Translation, seen by 55 000 people worldwide. For her own company, FreeVoice Productions, she produces national and international tours of Sindiwe Magona’s Mother to Mother. Her directing credits include Suzanne Lebeau’s The Ogreling and Mike van Graan’s Is it because I’m Jack? She is valued for her work in Arts Education, having written national curricula and textbooks for Dramatic/Creative Arts. Recently, she was awarded the Mickey Miner Award for Lifetime Achievement from IPAY for her contribution to theatre for young audiences locally and globally.

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February 13, 2019 by Sarafina Magazine Categories: Arts, Arts Administrator, Cape Town, Conversation, Culture, Director, Interview, Organisation, Photography, Sarafina, Sarafina Magazine, South Africa, Theater, Theatre, Theatremaker, Uncategorized, Woman, Women, Womxn, writerTags: Assitej, ASSITEJ SA, Candice van Litsenborgh, Canned Rice, Cape Town, Conversation, Cradle of Creativity, Director, Internation, Photography, President, Sarafina Magazine, South Africa, Theater, Theatre, Theatre for Young Audiences, Theatre-maker, Women, Yvette Hardie 6 Comments

A Conversation with Tiisetso Mashifane wa Noni

Tiisetso Mashifane wa Noni is a South African playwright, theatre director and performer. With a Bachelor of the Arts in Political Science, Philosophy and Dramatic Arts from Rhodes University and a Bachelor of the Arts (Hons) in Directing for Stage, Writing for Film and Avant-garde Film from the University of Cape Town, she attempts to make provocative work that deals with themes of violence, sexuality, race and history within a contemporary South African setting. As a playwright and director, her debut play, Sainthood has received a Standard Bank Ovation Award and a Fleur du Cap nomination and is the subject of her TEDxYouth Cape Town Talk, ‘Another Conversation for the Dinner Table?’. Following a successful run at the National Arts Festival and at Theatre Arts Admin Collective, Sainthood makes its way to the Baxter Theatre for a limited engagement.

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February 6, 2019February 6, 2019 by Sarafina Magazine Categories: Actor, Actress, Advice, Artist, Arts, Baxter, Cape Town, Choreographer, Conversation, Culture, Director, Interview, Now Playing, Performer, Photography, Playwright, Production, Sarafina, Sarafina Magazine, South Africa, The Baxter, Theater, Theatre, Theatre Arts Admin Collective, Theatre Awards, Theatremaker, Uncategorized, Woman, Women, Womxn, writerTags: Actor, Actress, Advice, Baxter Theatre, Cape Town, Chanel Katz, Conversation, Director, Grahamstown, Interview, National Arts Festival, Ovation Award, Performer, Photography, Playwright, Rhodes, Sainthood, Sarafina Magazine, South Africa, Theater, Theatre, Tiisetso Mashifane wa Noni, UCT, Women, writer 4 Comments

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