Aweh! Find out what’s happening in Durbs
Don't miss out on the exciting events coming up in Durban in the next few days.
FROM music concerts, hilarious comedy and shows to raise funds, you can have fun in Durban while raising funds for a good cause. Hold onto your seats as the award-winning Durban Virginia Airshow is back.
Orchestra honours women
To honour Women’s Month, the KZN Philharmonic Orchestra will host a two-concert Early Spring Season on Thursday, August 22, and Thursday, August 29, in the Playhouse Opera, each with a women conductor and a woman soloist.
The early Spring Season is comprised of two concerts. On Thursday, August 22, renowned Polish British conductor Ewa Strusińska is on the podium to open the Spring Season with Schumann’s enchanting Carnival Opus 9. Originally written from 1834 to 1835 for piano solo, and subtitled Little Scenes on Four Notes, the work consists of 21 variations on a theme by Schubert, representing masked revellers at a carnival.
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Internationally celebrated Australian violinist Emily Sun takes centre stage in a performance of Samuel Barber’s highly regarded Violin Concerto. After intermission, Beethoven’s titanic Seventh Symphony is guaranteed to set the audience’s pulses racing. The work was premiered with Beethoven himself conducting in Vienna on December 8, 1813.
The internationally acclaimed Panamanian American maestra Kalena Bovell conducts the second and closing concert of the season. She opens her programme with Holst’s St Paul’s Suite, a popular work for string orchestra.
Indian-American pianist Pallavi Mahidhara, a popular figure with SA audiences, returns to wow her admirers performing Saint-Saëns’ glittering Piano Concerto No 2. Composed in 1868, it is the most popular of the composer’s five piano concertos. The second half of the programme is comprised of Mendelssohn’s Reformation Symphony.
For those who prefer not to self-drive to town for the evening KZN Symphony Season concerts, there are buses from Caister Lodge (R60 return/departure 18:20); Westville Senior (R80 return/departure 18:10); St Agnes Kloof (R100 return/departure 17:50); Grace Church Umhlanga (R100 return/departure 18:10). Book through Quicket – subscribers book through KZNPO offices.
KZN Philharmonic Season tickets and bookings for individual concerts are available at Quicket outlets. For more information, call 031 369 9438, email info@kznphil.org.za or visit www.kznphil.org.za.
The Glitter Girls shine at Talloula
Glitter Girls will perform at Talloula on Wednesday, August 28.
The group is made up of talented and versatile performers: Lisa Bobbert, Liesl Coppin and Marion Loudon. All three are natural comics who keep the audience in stitches with their irrepressible performances.
Photo: Jason Bird
The show hinges around the 35th-anniversary reunion of the ‘Skolliesville’ High School’s Class of 1989. The comedy entertainment includes songs from the 80s, right up to today, with hits from Bananarama, Eurythmics, Cindy Lauper, Madonna and Abba. Witness the Glitter Girls reliving their greatest triumphs, trials and heartbreaks in this comic caper, which won the 2014 Mercury Durban Theatre Award for Best Musical Review and also the Best Actress in a Musical Review Award for Liesl Coppin.
Performance starts at 19:00. Doors open at 18:00. Patrons are welcome to bring picnic baskets or order food beforehand. No drinks allowed. Cash bar available. The duration of the show (excluding a 20-minute interval) is 70 minutes. Tickets are R225. Booking is through email at events@talloula.co.za.
Get transported back to the iconic 60s at The Tiles Club reunion show
The Tiles Club will be celebrating their 58th Reunion at the Rhumbelow Theatre, Durban. The Tiles Club was opened in July 1964 in Durban and was the first teen club in South Africa to offer live local bands and entertainment for teenagers.
The club opened with the 004 from the UK, The Ivy League (No 1 UK hit Tossing and Turning), and later, The Hedgehoppers Anonymous (No 1 UK hit, It’s Good News Week – check YouTube).
The 60s gave us The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Bats, The Tiles, the GUNSTON 500 Surfing Contest, the moon landing, Vietnam, Woodstock, LSD, Martin Luther King, the pill, Twiggy, the mini skirt, Jim Morrison, Janice Joplin, Jimmy Hendrix and some of the best music ever.
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“We were there, and that is what we are celebrating,’ explains George Polly, the owner of the Tiles Club.
The Tiles Band is made up of Dawn Selby who used to be part of It’s a Secret and Third Eye; Bruce Boome who used to be part of Four Jacks and a Jill and The Zombies; Glen Turrell who used to be part of Howard Carpendale & The Kinsmen and the Dave Anthony Quartet, and Ian Webster who used to be part of Bite and Circus.
Special guests featured will be Pete Clifford who used to be part of 004 and The Bats; Brian Gibson who used to be part of 004, and Mick Matthews who used to be part of Ballyhoo and Hedgehoppers Anonymous.
Show times:
Saturday, August 24, at 19:30.
Sunday, August 25, at 14:00
The Rhumbelow Theatre Durban opens 90 minutes before the show. It is R200 per ticket. Bring food picnic baskets or buy at the venue. There is limited secure parking available so booking is essential. Call Roland Stansell at 082 499 8635 for more info. Book through Webtickets or email Roland at roland@stansell.co.za.
Gillits Park Fun Run/Walk
Run, walk, sprint or saunter at Jill’s Jamboree Fun Run – whatever your pace or age, all are welcome, even the dogs! Choose between 10km, 5km, or 2.5km!
GET YOUR TICKETS NOW! https://gillittspark.co.za/collections/jills-jamboree
Details: Saturday, August 24, from 12:00 to 17:00. Venue: Anthony Park, Gillitts.
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