Fruit Cocktail for My Soul - Lerato Sibanda and Laverne Schwimmbacher Book Here A poetry lounge session fit for a lax Sunday day-out. Come enjoy a two-women presentation with Lerato Sibanda and Laverne Schwimmbacher reading from their own portraits of love, joy, peace, perseverance and more with a denouement portrait of the Sounds of Water [...]

BODIES IN WATER - Karin Schimke and Helen Walne Book Here If there is magic on this planet, it is contained in water -- Loren Eiseley, American philosopher and natural science writer. Immerse yourself in a world of beauty, strangeness and magic as award-winning poet Karin Schimke and freediver and writer Helen Walne present a [...]

Godfrey Johnson will be performing his Fleur du Cap nominated cabaret, “The Shadow of Brel”. Book Here This acclaimed show is directed by Sanjin Muftic and features some of Jacques Brel's most popular songs. The show includes "Amsterdam","Marieke", "If you go away","Carousel", "The Middle Class", "Funeral Tango", " Fanette", "Mathilda", "If We Only Have Love" [...]

Vinette - Nomashenge & Lunette Elle Warren Book Here Nomashenge is a Ladysmith born and Durban bred poet-vocalist, and chemist. She began her poetry journey in 2005 as a writer and 2007 as a performer. Having shared her work across the country including the Arts Alive, Essence, and Open Book International Festivals, Nomashenge believes poetry [...]

The Language of Water: Reflections - Cornelia Rohde, Alice Sarembock and Elizabeth Trew Book Here Water speaks to us and shapes our consciousness. We respond to its sensual, vital language from oceans, rivers, lakes and rain, reflecting on its infinite sounds, rhythm, movement and stillness; water that sustains our lives and has properties to heal. [...]

Allegories of the everyday – Brian Walter Book Here Brian Walter is a Port Elizabeth poet whose evocative works spans a few decades. Rooted in his home soil, his poetry uses mini-narratives and imagery of place to find a way through towards shreds of meaning. His “allegory of the everyday” delves for sense in the [...]

Different Voices – Poems by Michelle Ainslie & Graham Dukas Book Here Description: The varied poems of Michelle Ainslie and Graham Dukas open the world of poetry to those who love the written word. Here you will find humour, intensity, love and a range of emotions that affirm our common humanity. Graham Dukas is an [...]

NOSTALGHIA  (Italian and Russian with English sub-titles) Directed By: Andrei Tarkovsky   Runtime2 hr. 5mins. Winner of the Grand Prix de Creation and the International Critics Prize at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival.   The Russian poet Andrei Gorchakov, accompanied by guide and translator Eugenia, is traveling through Italy researching the life of an 18th-century Russian [...]

The Closing Function takes place on Sunday evening from 18:00 in the Book Tent. This is an open event and you are warmly invited to join with us for this time of relaxation and celebration – soup, wine and poetry. A R100.00 donation at the door will be appreciated to help cover costs.

The French term ‘mise-en-scène’ originates in the theater to refer to the stage arrangement for a theatrical production and in film it includes the visual component that appears in the composition of the shot. In this body of work I, in the same way, choreograph images, depicting a moment of everyday. Join us for the [...]

Armistice Day is commemorated every year on 11 November to mark the armistice signed between the Allies of World War I and Germany at Compiègne, France, for the cessation of hostilities on the Western Front of World War I, which took effect at eleven o'clock in the morning—the "eleventh hour of the eleventh day of [...]

About The Event SANCTUS holy, sacred, consecrated, saint, pius, hallowed, saintly, chaste, venerable an art project by Solly Smook With Sanctus I take the opportunity to experiment and play with dogma as subject matter. In the pejorative sense, dogma refers to enforced decisions applied to some strong belief and is often used to refer to [...]

Workshop presented by HA!Man, master facilitator of spontaneous creativity. All artistic mediums welcome Performance by HA!Man and stage poet Joke Debaere, including willing workshop participants. Sat 23 Feb 2019 Wahnfried, McGregor  13-16h30 Workshop, 18h30 Performance. Workshop and performance package: R250.00 (capacity 15)  Performance only: R120.00 (capacity 60) "These artist's music and poetry are working to [...]