Sarafina Magazine

A Conversation with Ukhona Ntsali Mlandu

Ukhona Ntsali Mlandu is an Arts Manager, Curator and Facilitator. During the last few years she has worked alongside some of South Africa’s leading arts institutions and organisations including Artscape where she spent several years heading up their Resource Center, PANSA, FTH:K and Siyasanga Cape Town Theatre Company before going on to become an independent Arts Manager. She has launched her latest project makwande.republic, a residency program set in the heart of her hometown village in the Eastern Cape. We sat down with her to chat about moving back home, creating makwande.republic and having to coin a new phrase to encompasses her multi-faceted career.
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May 2, 2018January 23, 2019 by Sarafina Magazine Categories: Arts, Arts Administrator, Artscape, Cape Town, Conversation, Culture, Director, Engineer, Facilitator, Ideas Engineer, Interview, Organisation, Photography, Sarafina, Sarafina Magazine, South Africa, Theater, Theatre, Theatremaker, Uncategorized, Woman, Women, Womxn, writerTags: #100AfricanReads, Advice, Arts, Arts Manager, Artscape, Cape Town, Chanel Katz, Conversation, Curator, Facilitator, Ideas Engineer, Ka Pa Tee, makwande.republic, Pansa, Photography, Ukhona Ntsali Mlandu, Woman, Women, Womxn 3 Comments

A Conversation with Sara Matchett

Sara Matchett is a director, theatre-maker and lecturer. She holds a PhD in Theatre and Performance from the University of Cape Town where she currently resides as a senior lecturer in the Department of Drama. As co-founder and Artistic Director of The MotherTongue Project, a women’s arts collective, Sara has experience in the field of theatre in South Africa, Singapore, India, Kenya and Indonesia as a theatre-maker, performer, director and facilitator. Her latest directorial endeavor, Womb of Fire, which reunites her with her “soul collaborator” and fellow MotherTongue Project co-founder, Rehane Abrahams, is now playing at the Baxter Theatre. Continue reading →

April 25, 2018November 17, 2019 by Sarafina Magazine Categories: Actor, Actress, Artist, Arts, Baxter, Cape Town, Conversation, Culture, Director, Interview, Now Playing, Organisation, Photography, Production, Sarafina, Sarafina Magazine, South Africa, The Baxter, Theater, Theatre, Theatremaker, Uncategorized, Woman, Women, Womxn, writerTags: Baxter, Candice van Litsenborgh, Cape Town, Conversation, Director, Draupadi, Fitzmaurice voicework, Groote Catrijn, Interview, MotherTongue, National Arts Festival, Photography, Rehane Abrahams, Sara Matchett, Sarafina, Sarafina Magazine, South Africa, The Mother Tongue Project, Theater, Theatre, UCT, What the Water Gave Me, Womb of Fire, Women, Woordfees, WoordTroFees, Zara 5 Comments

A Conversation with Diaan Lawrenson

For 13 years, actress and producer Diaan Lawrenson charmed South African audiences by starring on 7de Laan. Since leaving the series, she has gone on to star in critically acclaimed films such as Raaiselkind, Sink and her latest film Susters which is now playing in select theatres. An accomplished theatre actress, she is also the co-founder of Jester Productions, a multimedia production company that she founded alongside her husband, and fellow actor, Jody Abrahams, which focuses on facilitating, developing and producing original South African concepts. Continue reading →

April 18, 2018January 23, 2019 by Sarafina Magazine Categories: Actor, Actress, Advice, Artist, Arts, Cape Town, Content Creator, Content producer, Conversation, Culture, Entertainment, Film, Filmmaker, Interview, Now Playing, Performer, Photography, Producer, Production, Sarafina, Sarafina Magazine, South Africa, Television, Theater, Theatre, Theatremaker, Uncategorized, WomanTags: 7de laan, Actor, Actress, Advice, AFDA, Cape Town, Chris de Beer, Co-founder, Content Creator, Conversation, Corne van Rooyen, Diaan Lawrenson, Film, Jester Productions, Jodi Abrahams, Lecturer, Performance, Performer, Photography, Producer, Production, Quanita Adams, Raaiselkind, Series, Sewende Laan, Sink, Susters, Table Manners, Television, Theater, Theatre, TV, Women 1 Comment

A Conversation with Quanita Adams

Quanita Adams is an award-winning stage and screeen actress, vocalist and director. A four-time Fleur du Cap Theatre Award winner, she has taken on notable theatre roles including Valley Song, Boesman and Lena, Nadia Davids’ Cissie and At Her Feet, also penned by Nadia Davids, which was met with critical acclaim and has gone on to tour extensively over the last 15 years. We sat down to chat about her career and her latest film, Susters, which is now playing in select cinemas. Continue reading →

April 11, 2018June 5, 2018 by Sarafina Magazine Categories: Actor, Actress, Artist, Arts, Cape Town, Conversation, Culture, Film, Fleur du Cap, Interview, Now Playing, Performer, Photography, Sarafina, Sarafina Magazine, South Africa, Theatre, Uncategorized, Woman, Women, Womxn, writerTags: Actor, Actress, Advice, Artist, At Her Feet, award-winner, Cape Town, Chris de Beer, Cissie, Conversation, Corne van Rooyen, Director, ER, Film, Fleur du Cap, Nadia Davids, Performer, Photography, Quanita Adams, SAFTA, Singer, South Africa, Susters, Television, Women, writer 13 Comments

A Conversation with Samantha de Romijn

Samantha de Romijn is the co-founder of The Imbewu Trust, a non-profit organisation which was established to promote the development of contemporary South African theatre and arts. She has also worked as a producer, agent, arts manager, performer, stage manager and director. Now in it’s seventh year, the SCrIBE Scriptwriting Competition, a flagship project of the Imbewu Trust, was recently awarded a Fleur du Cap Theatre Award for Innovation in Theatre. SCrIBE is an opportunity for South African playwrights to further develop their work. A staged reading is held for each of the finalist’s scripts, providing the chance for feedback from the industry and members of the public. An overall winner is announced at the end of the week, with one of the prizes being having the play professionally mounted for a run at a Cape Town theatre. Another writer has the chance to win The Scribblers Dream, a prize which enables a writer the opportunity to work alongside a mentor to develop their script and another writer has the chance to further workshop his or her play.
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April 4, 2018June 5, 2018 by Sarafina Magazine Categories: Agent, Arts, Cape Town, Conversation, Culture, Fleur du Cap, Interview, Organisation, Photography, Producer, Sarafina, Sarafina Magazine, South Africa, Theater, Theatre, Theatremaker, UncategorizedTags: Advice, Cape Town, Chanel Katz, Co-founder, Conversation, Fleur du Cap, Gaenor Artiste Management, Imbewu Trust, Paul Griffiths, Photography, Producer, Sam de Romijn, Samantha de Romijn, Scribe, Script Writing Contest, South Africa, Women Leave a comment

A Conversation with Genna Gardini

Genna Gardini is a writer and teacher. She is the author of Matric Rage, which was published in 2014 by uHlanga Press. In 2012, she was awarded the DALRO New Coin Poetry prize and was chosen as one of the Mail & Guardian’s Top 200 Young South Africans for 2013. She is also the co-founder of Horses’ Heads Productions and has had several of her plays produced at the National Arts Festival including WinterSweet and Scrape, both of which went on to win Standard Bank Ovation Awards. In addition, she also works as the poetry editor of Prufrock Magazine, a journal in which her own work has featured.
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March 28, 2018March 28, 2018 by Sarafina Magazine Categories: Advice, Arts, Cape Town, Conversation, Culture, Interview, Photography, Playwright, Poet, Sarafina, Sarafina Magazine, South Africa, Theater, Theatre, Theatremaker, Uncategorized, Woman, Women, Womxn, writerTags: Advice, Cape Town, Chris de Beer, Conversation, Dalro New Coin Poetry Prize, Editor, Genna Gardini, Matric Rage, National Arts Festival, Photography, Playwright, Poet, Poetry, Prufrock, Scrape, South Africa, Teacher, The Swell, Theater, Theatre, Uhlanga, WinterSweet, Women, writer Leave a comment

A Conversation with Louisa Talbot

Choreographer and dancer Louisa Talbot became a soloist in the Cape Dance Company at the age of 13, specialising in contemporary and classical dance. She became a member of Jazzart Dance Theatre and went on to freelance for Free Flight Dance Company and Bovim Ballet. In 2004, Louisa started her musical theatre career with the musical Show Boat. She began choreographing musicals for The Fugard Theatre in 2013 and went on to be nominated for a Best Choreography Naledi Theatre Award for The Rocky Horror Show. Other theatre choreography credits include Cabaret, Funny Girl and West Side Story which is currently running at Artscape in its return Cape Town season. Continue reading →

March 21, 2018April 2, 2019 by Sarafina Magazine Categories: Arts, Cape Town, Choreographer, Conversation, Dance, Dancer, Interview, Photographer, Photography, Production, Sarafina, Sarafina Magazine, South Africa, The Fugard, Theater, Theatre, Uncategorized, West Side Story, Woman, WomenTags: Cabaret, CAPA, Cape Dance Company, Cape Town, Choreographer, Choreography, Conversation, Creative Team, Dance, Dancer, Funny Girl, Johannesburg, Louisa Talbot, Musical, Naledi Award, Rocky Horror, Sarafina Magazine, South Africa, The Fugard, Theater, Theatre, West Side Story Leave a comment

A Conversation with Veronica Paeper

Prolific choreographer and ballet dancer, Veronica Paeper has created more than 40 ballets, among them sixteen full-length works. During her performing career Veronica rose to become a principal dancer with three South African companies; CAPAB Ballet, PACT Ballet and PACOFS Ballet. Her latest production, Carmen, is a restaging of her award-winning choreography and makes its way to Joburg Ballet for a limited engagement. Continue reading →

March 14, 2018 by Sarafina Magazine Categories: Artist, Arts, Ballet, Choreographer, Conversation, Culture, Dance, Dancer, Interview, Joburg, Joburg Ballet, Johannesburg, Now Playing, Photography, Production, Sarafina, Sarafina Magazine, South Africa, Theater, Theatre, Uncategorized, Woman, WomenTags: Ballet, Carmen, Chanel Katz, Choreographer, Choreography, Conversation, Dance, Dancer, David Poole, Frank Staff, Joburg Ballet, Joburg Theatre, Johannesburg, Opinion, Photography, Veronica Paeper 3 Comments

A Conversation with Melanie Burke

Melanie Burke is the chairman of the Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards. Originally based in the corporate world, Melanie was appointed to her position six years ago. She serves on the board of many NGO’s but it’s the Fleur du Cap’s that have broken her “three-year volunteering rule.” A fierce and formidable presence in the theatre industry, we sat down with Melanie at the Baxter Theatre, the upcoming venue of the 53rd annual Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards, to discuss her journey as chairman of South Africa’s most coveted theatre award. For a list of the nominees, please click here.
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March 7, 2018January 23, 2019 by Sarafina Magazine Categories: Arts, Artscape, Baxter, Cape Town, Conversation, Culture, Fleur du Cap, Interview, Organisation, Photography, Sarafina, Sarafina Magazine, South Africa, The Baxter, Theater, Theatre, Theatre Awards, Uncategorized, Woman, Women, WomxnTags: Awards, Baxter Theatre, Cape Town, Chairlady, Chairman, Chris de Beer, Conversation, Distell, FDC Theatre Awards, Fleur du Cap, Melanie Burke, Opera, Opinion, Photography, Theater, Theatre, Theatre Awards, Women 2 Comments

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

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