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A Conversation with Anthea Thompson, Amy Louise Wilson and Emily Child: The Women of The Father part 1

“Growing old is an inevitability we all face-Time waits for no man and as sure as taxes, the reaper will visit us all.”- Greg Karvellas.

Florian Zeller’s award-winning play The Father makes its South African premiere at The Fugard Theatre featuring an all-star cast led by the incomparable Marius Weyers. Translated into English by Christopher Hampton, The Father peers into the mind of Andre, a retired dancer living with his adult daughter Anne and her husband. Or is he a retired engineer receiving a visit from Anne who has moved away with her boyfriend? Why do strangers keep turning up in his room? And where has he left his watch? THE FATHER is a funny, sad and poignant roller coaster ride on a fight against insanity that twists and turns with all the excitement of a taut thriller. After spending an evening peering into the mind of Andre, we were fortunate to be granted the opportunity to peer into the minds of the female cast members of the show; Anthea Thompson, Amy Louise Wilson and Emily Child.

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November 22, 2016February 10, 2017 by Sarafina Magazine Categories: Actor, Actress, Art, Arts, Cape Town, Conversation, Culture, Interview, Now Playing, Sarafina, Sarafina Magazine, South Africa, The Father, The Fugard, Theater, Theatre, Uncategorized, WomenTags: Actors, Actress, Actresses, Amy Louise Wilson, Anthea Thompson, Arts, Conversation, Emily Child, Greg Karvellas, inspirational, Interview, Marius Weyers, Performer, South Africa, The Father, The Fugard, Theater, Theatre, Women 10 Comments

A Conversation with Luanna Shonfeld

Luanna Shonfeld is one of the owners of Gate69, a new cabaret theatre that has taken Cape Town by storm. Gate69 recently opened their doors to the public with the South African premiere of Hedwig and The Angry Inch. We sat down with Luanna (on the plush purple velvet couches at Gate69) to chat about the venue and her multifaceted career.

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November 17, 2016February 4, 2017 by Sarafina Magazine Categories: Art, Arts, Cape Town, Cathy Specific, Conversation, Gate69, Hedwig, HedwigSA, Interview, Now Playing, Photography, Theater, Theatre, Uncategorized, WomenTags: Artist, Bree Street, Cabaret Venue, Cathy Specific, Conversation, Gate69, Hedwig, HedwigSA, inspirational, Interview, Luanna Shonfeld, Painter, South Africa, Theater, Theatre, Women Leave a comment

A Conversation with Elizabeth Triegaardt

Professor Elizabeth Triegaardt has made a career out of her love and passion for dance. A former ballerina, Ms. Triegaardt currently holds the position of Honorary Executive Director of the Cape Town City Ballet, a company she has remained with and stayed fiercely loyal to since graduating from UCT. Her full bio and more information about upcoming Cape Town City Ballet productions will be linked below. Continue reading →

November 15, 2016February 4, 2017 by Sarafina Magazine Categories: Ballet, Cape Town City Ballet, Conversation, Culture, Dance, Interview, music, Now Playing, South Africa, Theater, Theatre, Uncategorized, WomenTags: Artist, Ballet, CAPAB, Cape Town, Cape Town City Ballet, Conversation, Dance, Dancer, Elizabeth Triegaardt, inspirational, inspiring, Interview, Maynardville, New Years Eve, Romeo and Juliet, South Africa, Swan Lake, UCT, UCT School of Dance, Women 5 Comments

A Conversation with Lisa Chait

Lisa Chait is a storyteller. Throughout the years her platforms may have changed, from teaching to radio and now founding Life Stories as well as hosting and producing SABC’s I Am Woman-Leap of Faith series, but her intention has always been the same, to share honest and compelling human stories.

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November 10, 2016February 4, 2017 by Sarafina Magazine Categories: Film, Filmmaker, I am Woman, Interview, Leap of Faith, Lisa Chait, Now Playing, South Africa, Uncategorized, WomenTags: Artist, blog, Content producer, Conversation, empowerment, Film, Filmmakers, I am Woman, Interview, Leap of Faith, Lisa Chait, Politics, Radio, South Africa, TV, Women, writer Leave a comment

A Conversation with Loren Loubser

Loren Loubser is an actress who recently performed in Niqabi Ninja at The Cape Town Fringe Festival. I have been very vocal about my admiration for this powerful and necessary play. With abandon Loren performed as the title character alongside Bianca Flanders in the two-handler play. On top of being a performer, Loren along with Kelly-Eve Koopman and Kim Windvogel, has created an NPO called Femme Projects which empowers and educates young women. Continue reading →

November 3, 2016February 4, 2017 by Sarafina Magazine Categories: Actor, Actress, Arts, Cape Town, Cape Town Fringe Festival, Conversation, Culture, Femme Projects, Sarafina Magazine, South Africa, Theater, Theatre, Uncategorized, WomenTags: Actors, Actress, Artist, Arts, Cape Town, Charity, Comedy, Conversation, empowerment, Femme Projects, inspirational, inspiring, Interview, Loren Loubser, Niqabi Ninja, Performer, South Africa, Theater, Theatre, Women 3 Comments

Meet the Cast of Shout!

Opening this week at the Roxy Revue Bar, GrandWest, Shout! The Mod Musical follows the story of 5 women in the swinging 60’s. It is an inspiring celebration as we watch each of these women navigate womanhood and experience her own rite of passage to discover her true self through a decade of emotional highs and lows. What is also interesting to note is that Shout! centers around the fictitious Shout! Magazine: a magazine for the Modern Woman, so it was only fitting that Sarafina Magazine sat down with the cast to chat about the show. Ticket information and cast bios can be found at the end.

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November 1, 2016February 4, 2017 by Sarafina Magazine Categories: Art, Arts, Cape Town, Conversation, Culture, Interview, Now Playing, South Africa, Theater, Theatre, Uncategorized, WomenTags: Actress, Actresses, Arts, Cape Town, Christine Thonissen, Conversation, empowerment, Enyha Swanepoel, Grand West, inspirational, inspiring, Interview, Laura Bosman, Megan Spencer, Melissa Sanderson, Performer, Roxy Revue Bar, Shout the Mod Musical, South Africa, Theater, Theatre, Women Leave a comment

A Conversation with Ameera Conrad

Ameera Conrad is a writer, director, actress and one of the Theatre Arts Admin Collective Emerging Young Director’s bursary winners. Currently she is starring in The Fall at The Baxter, a play which she also helped workshop and co-directs. Her new play Reparation, which she has written and will direct, will be produced later this year. Her resume is already impressive but what may surprise many is that Ameera graduated from UCT less than a year ago.

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October 27, 2016September 2, 2018 by Sarafina Magazine Categories: Art, Arts, Artscape, Cape Town, Conversation, Culture, Interview, Now Playing, The Alexander Bar, The Baxter, Theater, Theatre, Theatre Arts Admin Collective, Uncategorized, WomenTags: Actress, Ameera Conrad, Arts, Cape Town, Conversation, Director, empowerment, inspiring, Interview, Performer, Politics, Reparation, South Africa, The Fall, Theater, Theatre, Theatre Arts Admin Collective, Women, writer 19 Comments

A Conversation with Megan Furniss

Megan Furniss is a writer, director, improviser, teacher, playwright and performer. This year Megan not only performed during the Cape Town Fringe Festival in The Finkelsteins are Coming to Dinner, but she also directed Niqabi Ninja. Written by Sara Shaarawi, Niqabi Ninja tells the story of one woman’s experience with sexual harassment in Cairo and her plans to fight back. It is an extremely empowering and important piece of theatre that Megan bravely and unapologetically brought to life. We sat down with Megan at the Alexander Bar to chat about her journey as a self-proclaimed theatre-practitioner.

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October 20, 2016February 4, 2017 by Sarafina Magazine Categories: Art, Arts, Cape Town, Cape Town Fringe Festival, Conversation, Culture, Interview, Now Playing, Sarafina, Sarafina Magazine, South Africa, The Alexander Bar, Theater, Theatre, Uncategorized, WomenTags: Actress, Art, Arts, Cape Town, Cape Town Fringe Festival, Director, empowerment, improvisor, inspirational, inspiring, Interview, Megan Furniss, Niqabi Ninja, Performer, South Africa, The Alexander Bar, The Finklestein's are Coming to Dinner, Theater, Theatre, Women, writer 5 Comments

A Conversation with Wynne Bredenkamp

Wynne Bredenkamp is a multi-hyphenate artist and the latest recipient of the Theatre Arts Admin Collective Emerging Theatre Directors Bursary. Her 2014 award-winning play, Salt received critical acclaim and captured the attention of audiences across South Africa. Her latest work At The Edge of the Light begins performances on November 6th.

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October 18, 2016September 2, 2018 by Sarafina Magazine Categories: Art, Arts, Cape Town, Conversation, Culture, Interview, Sarafina, Sarafina Magazine, South Africa, The Baxter, Theater, Theatre, Theatre Arts Admin Collective, Uncategorized, WomenTags: Actress, Art, Artist, Arts, blog, Cape Town, Conversation, Director, empowerment, inspirational, inspiring, Interview, Playwright, Salt, South Africa, The Edge Of The Light, Theater, Theatre, Theatre Arts Admin Collective, Warrior Green, Women, Wynne Bredenkamp 12 Comments

A Conversation with Jesse Kramer

Look out Cape Town because there is a new Kramer about to grab your attention. For years the Kramer family has contributed to the arts and cultural landscape of South African Theatre and now it’s Jesse’s turn. Jesse has fast become one of Cape Town’s go to photographers for theatre. Her extraordinary work attempts, and succeeds, to do the impossible and capture those magical theatrical moments that are the reason that we as humans flock to the theatre.

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October 11, 2016February 4, 2017 by Sarafina Magazine Categories: Art, Arts, Cape Town, Conversation, Culture, Interview, Photographer, Photography, South Africa, The Fugard, Theater, Theatre, Uncategorized, WomenTags: Art, Artist, Arts, blog, Cape Town, Conversation, empowerment, inspirational, inspiring, Interview, Jesse Kramer, Photographer, Photography, South Africa, South African, Theater, Theatre, Visual Arts, Women 2 Comments

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