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REKORD OOS VRYDAG 28 OKTOBER 2011
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Frank bring hulde Tribute to a music legend aan Ol’ Blue Eyes Global Concert Artists bied Frank Sinatra Live met die The Sticky Triggers by die Atterburyteater op 29 Oktober aan. Hierdie swing, jazzy konsert huldeblyk aan Frank Sinatra word deur sangsensasie Frank Panaou gelei. Panaou het al regoor die wêreld getoer en opgetree en boei gehore met sy sterk verhoogpersoonlikheid en talent. Sinatra se onmiskenbare stem
was die klankbaan van die 20e eeu en hierdie spesiale konsert sal al daardie onvergeetlike liedjies soos Angel Eyes, Lady is a Tramp, Just the Way You Look Tonight en New York, New York weer lewe gee. Panaou neem jou terug na ’n glansryke era van lag en musiek, wat die gevoelens en herinneringe van Amerika se mees geliefde sanger reflekteer. Bespreek by Computicket.
Rekorvoce 2011 wenner, Frank Panaou, in aksie tydens ’n huldeblyk aan die musieklegende, Frank Sinatra.
Debut novel a story of love over two continents Between Yesterday and Tomorrow is Charmaine Pauls’, a former South African citizen, debut novel. The fictional memoir romance with a strong emotional element, plays off between South Africa and France. It tells the story of how a sudden turn of events in the life of a woman leads her onto a path of healing after facing her mother’s abandonment and the disappearance of her fiancé. A graphic designer who was raised by her father on a farm in South Africa, Marlien leaves home for Bon Soleil, the luxuri-
ous estate of her French grandmother, May de la Croix. She finds herself enmeshed in connections that hark back to days well before her birth, as she seeks an understanding of her long absent mother. After the disappearance of her fiancé, a love triangle is formed when she finds love in two other men’s arms: the veterinarian Jean-Christophe Fontaine and a French gypsy musician, Laurent Regard. Marlien is faced with choosing between the man in her present and the man of her past. In her epic journey of self-discovery, Marlien must face the past to make way for the future.
WIN Rekord has two signed books to give away. Send the keyword TOMORROW, followed by your name to 36968. SMSs cost R1,50 each. Free SMSs do not apply. Winners will be notified telephonically and they can collect their prize at Rekord’s office. The closing date for this competition is October 30 at midnight.
A pilgrimage is a journey made to a place as a gesture of respect. With this in mind, five musicians convened earlier this year to find out exactly where that place was. Their subject matter was an artist who filled his 70 years on earth with a staggering amount of music. The Man in Black was there for the birth of Rockabilly in the 1950’s, sharing the stage with the likes of Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Roy Orbison and others. He soldiered on for another five decades, the eternal rebel, forever at odds with the corporate record industry and other authoritative figures. The eighties were not exactly kind to him, but his American recordings project brought him back to prominence and served as a fitting farewell for a man who touched many a life. Johnny Cash, as his famous song suggests, did indeed stand up for the unlucky, the reckless ones, the poor and the beaten down. While the show features some of his later work, the Johnny Cash Pilgrimage felt that the bulk of the performance should consist of the now signature Tennessee Threesound, that wonderful music most famously documented on the Live at Folsom Prison album. This period featured songs
The Johnny Cash Pilgrimage will be performed at Steak ’n Ale on October 28, from 19:30.
about love, hardship, hope, joy, trains, prisoners, cowboys, good and bad women and of course the odd serious crime and the inevitable consequence of such actions. All the members of the band are Johnny Cash fans and consider the show to be a labour of love. A lot of effort has gone into recreating that magical era and the sound that influenced many a musical journey, including their own. The 90-minute set includes highlights that will please both the casual fan and Cash connoisseurs. Therefore, whether you saw the movie and fell in love with Ring of Fire or discovered The wreck of the old 97 in your parent’s record collection, the band guarantees a good night out on the dance floor. The journey ends when everyone feels better about themselves. Was that not the great man’s
intention all along? Andy Evans and Brixton Barnard supply the no nonsense solid backbeat on drums and bass while Pat Plank and Erika Strydom compliment each other’s styles with some brilliant guitar work. Strydom also fills the shoes of the legendary June Carter. Stepping up to the mike is Gert Barnard, a man who has lived and breathed Johnny Cash for most of his life. He bears a striking resemblance to the man in question. The Johnny Cash Pilgrimage tours the country extensively over the next year and will soon be in Pretoria. It will be performed at Steak ’n Ale on October 28 from 19:30. Enquiries: Sean Manson or Grant Bubb on 012-664-5155.
Staged readings address social issues In celebration of Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender (LGBT) History month, the month-long annual observance of LGBT history, gay rights and related civil rights movements, the University of Johannesburg (UJ) Arts and Culture in collaboration with the Artscape New Writing Programme proudly presents Reading Gay. This is a season of staged readings of new multi award winning South African gay plays from October 26 to 30. These plays feature in SA Gay Plays compiled by Robin Malan and published through his independent press, Junkets Publisher. “The social issues addressed in the collection include more than just LGBT themes,” said Grace Meadows, who is the manager of performing arts at UJ and the producer of the season of readings. Sexual awakening, issues of identity and abandonment are interlaced with the added grit of revenge, passion and sex. Most important of all is the work is young, fresh and compelling,” she added. The director of Reading Gay is Alby Michaels, who has pulled together a formidable team of new young directors, UJ students, UJ alumni and professional guest performers to tackle the plays. The readings start on October 26 at 19:30 with Cape Town’s Jade Bowers directing The Boy Who Fell from the Roof (2007) by Juliet Jenkin. This is a heartfelt story about a boy, Simon, who with his best friend Georgina, falls into the cold bath water of homosexuality, race, love, death and growing up in contemporary Cape Town.
The Boy Who Fell from the Roof by Juliet Jenkin will be one of the plays performed at this year’s Reading Gay.
On October 27 at 19:30 the UJ Arts Academy alumnus, Motlatji Ditodi, directs Gideon van Eeden’s Myth of Andrew & Jo (2010), which is the last of the plays in the collection that toured to Dublin. A contemporary tale of a gay couple, a lesbian couple and a pregnancy, how will they live, how will they love and how will they laugh? Then on October 28 at 19:30 the Musical Theatre stars Neels Clasen, in Ashraf Johaardien’s Happy Endings Are Extra, (2006), which was the first of the plays in the collection to be invited to Dublin. A provocative story of love and betrayal unravels as one man comes to terms with the life he’s leading and the one he’s left behind. On October 29 at 19:30 Alby Micheals, who is the resident director of the UJ Arts Academy, takes on Dalliances (2008) by Pieter Jacobs. Leo and Janet are friends. Ken is involved with
Andy. When Ken meets Leo and make out in a lift the lives of these four characters intersect with extraordinary results. Jacobs scooped the KKNK Nagtegaal debut prize for his Afrikaans play Plofstof earlier this year. Finally on October 30 at 16:00 television personality, Jacques Bessenger, who plays Renier in Erfsondes 2 on SABC2, directs the lesbian play Careful (2009) by the late Fiona Coyne. Careful was her last play. It is about women and lesbianism, about friendship and fear, or fear and friendship and being willing to take the risk to care, both about oneself and others. Readings are each on for one night only at the Con Cowan Theatre located at UJ’s Bunting Road campus, adjacent to the SABC in Auckland Park. Tickets are available at Computicket. Season tickets for all five plays are available from the UJ Arts Centre on the Kingsway campus. Enquiries: 011-559-3058.