So we’re at the end of the year and I must say I’m quite excited for season to start here in Cape Town. That’s when a huge deal of castings and auditions happen every week, as filmmakers – local and international – flood to the mother city and start prepping for films and commercials they want…
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A Night of Comedy with Bafunny Bafunny
How’s this for a cute concept: “If comedy was a sport, who would represent South Africa?” Bafunny Bafunny is a new hilarious comedy show, featuring 8 of South Africa’s best (funniest) comedians. The title alone grabs your attention; a smart pun playing on the name of our national soccer team ‘Bafana Bafana’… Who are they, you’re asking? Who…
John Cleese Brings His Alimony Tour to Cape Town
John Cleese. We all know him as Basil from the famous British sitcom Fawlty Towers, produced by BBC Television and first broadcast on BBC2 in 1975. We also loved him for his role as a member of Monty Python, the comedy troupe responsible for the sketch show Monty Python’s Flying Circus and four Monty Python Films:…
Guet Going!
Tonight, multi-Grammy Award winning David Guetta is rocking Cape Town, South Africa.I am playing his tunes in my earphones all day today – can’t get enough of him! Many people will tell you he is one their favourite House DJs, as he has some of the best beats of the year. He is always teaming up…
Auditioning for a Slasher
Today I auditioned for a slasher film. Really, seriously? Does this kind of thing still tickle the fancy of film buffs everywhere? That was so 90’s. According to Wikipedia, this is the definition of a slasher movie: A slasher film is a type of horror film typically involving a psychopathic killer stalking and killing a sequence…
Leon Schuster’s Back
Drinking my morning Nescafe, I do the rounds of reading about the latest updates in the SA Film industry. As I click through many articles; two words jump out at me again and again. Leon Schuster. It seems he’s come out with a new film. We all know his most popular movies (Panic Mechanic, Mr Bones, Oh…
The Hout Bay Market
I love visiting markets. I’ve been to two well-known markets here in Cape Town, and yesterday marked the third. The Hout Bay Market in Hout Bay – a coastal suburb in a valley along the Atlantic Seaboard of the Cape Peninsula – hosts a lovely organic food market every weekend. They also have arts & crafts. I…
More Good News for SA Film Industry
Another local film is due to set fire to the hearts of South Africans! Following the exciting news of local film ‘Skoonheid’ winning at both the Cannes Film Festival and the Zurich film festival this year, as well as being selected for the Oscars 2012, comes another local masterpiece. ‘Florida Road’ is a film about…
Coldplay in South Africa
When I stood at the entrance of St Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican City in Rome last year, one song kept playing over and over again in my head. That song was “Viva La Vida” by Coldplay. I guess it’s just because there are lyrics in the song that reminded me of where I was at…