by admin | Feb 8, 2017 | Reviews
And so legendary African cultural and civil rights activist, Miriam Makeba, returned to Cape Town last Friday and she was a show-stopper, filling the land with memories and recalls of her extraordinary life of struggles and accomplishments in the arts. Makeba returned...
by admin | Feb 5, 2017 | Reviews
MIRIAM MAKEBA – MAMA AFRICA THE MUSICAL. Directed by Niyi Coker, Jr, with Jennifer Pau-Kakaza, Simangele Mashazi, Phelo Nodlayiya, Princess Dyani, Tabita Khoncwana, and more. Choreography Thandi Swaartbooi. JANE MAYNE There’s probably some kind of shortlist to be...
by admin | Feb 2, 2017 | Reviews
MUSICALS which relate the story of the influential or famous individual provide a potent means of engaging and gaining insight into their lives and milieus – in an entertaining manner. We sing along and become immersed in their stories. Evita– based on the life of...
by admin | Jan 26, 2017 | Reviews
By popular demand, Miriam Makeba Mama Africa The Musical will be staged at Artscape Theatre from 02 – 12 February 2017.The story of the life and career of the Grammy award winning singer and civil rights activist, is delightfully told in the musical, written/directed...
by admin | Oct 13, 2016 | Featured, Reviews, Theatre
In the early 1960s she was introduced to the world by singer and activist Harry Belafonte, singing in her incredible, unique South African vocalizing style of yells, chants, hums and scats woven into the electrifying soulfulness and spiritual vibrations of African...
by admin | Sep 29, 2016 | Reviews
Miriam Makeba, the internationally famed singer and civil rights activist from South Africa, actually died on stage. Read more:...
