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GEORGE BACON meant the world to Jon March. "He had this way of making everything and everyone feels like they were doing the right thing," he says. "His death in 2015 cast a shadow over my life and the alternative music scene who had grown to love and respect and adore him and his band Hog…
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THE four-piece Cape town-based band Lights Out is fronted by Caminey Kuropatwa, along with Josh Rosen, Mark MacDonald and Mike McAuley. We sat down to chat about where they came from, where they're going, and what's it's like to be a woman in rock. "Our drummer Mark and I played together for all…
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THIS is IT - the event that promises to provide the ultimate Halloween experience this year. As organisers of the biggest costume party in Africa, you know the MCQP team will present themust-attend event with MCQP PRESENTS HALLOWEEN, taking place on Saturday, October 28. “For those who thought…
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IT had been a long, hard day in Stellenbosch, eating oysters and drinking bubbly...all my problems are first world ones, which in itself is a first world problem. The wretched hangover brought on by another impromptu night of recklessly opening brilliant bottles of wine with my neighbour made the…
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MONDAY NIGHT MAGIC, hosted by Cape Town Magic Club, launched its fifth season this week with a spectacular bonanza showcase in its new venue: the five-star Taj Cape Town. The historic building was once a bank, and the intimate theatre is located in the underground vault...where there is no…
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THE fourth edition of Power Flower Picnic, and 10th Wolfkop Weekender takes place over the weekend of September 1-3. From the most humble of beginnings it has slowly and steadily grown into the tiny but feisty festival it is today. Four Lilo Flows, three Power Flower Picnics and two Cooked…
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IT was a momentous occasion - our first road trip in nearly two years. The reason for the delay is valid: Divine Lady D was with child. Now that the infant has grown sufficiently, it is time to get back out there and this was a jolly good way to begin. Our destination was Bot Rivier in the…
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IT may sound like a contradiction but the title of Black Orchid Burlesque's Modern Vintage Varietease Burlesque Showat Café Roux in Noordhoek this Saturday is a fusion of spectacle and glamour from yesteryear with a sexy modern edge. "Modern burlesque has taken on many forms, but it has the…
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JONNY DOWNTOWN's response to the brief "look after the media today" was to ply me with bubbly, then put me in the Globe Of Death with a guy on a motorcycle. Best. Day. Ever. Jonny knows me and knows what I like. But I'm getting ahead of myself. Going out to Stellenbosch to The Fantastic Grifizzi…
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FOLLOWING record-breaking runs in New York, London and Asia, the Illusionists Direct From Broadway will be in South Africa for the first time, opening at GrandWest on Wednesday, February 7, 2018 and ending on Sunday, February 11, 2018. The show then moves to Montecasino’s Teatro in Johannesburg.…
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