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The Two Oceans Aquarium will be abuzz with activi-ties for the upcoming school holidays. Achieving 10th

place in the 2014 Travellers’ Choice Zoo and Aquarium Awards, the Aquarium offers young, old, moms, dads and their little ones, the op-portunity to Explore, Experience and Engage.

Daily activities for the holidays and Easter weekend include the very popular AfriSam Children’s Play Cen-tre. The Centre caters for energetic little ones with special activities, in-cluding puppet shows and arts and crafts. Feeding of the penguins and fish are daily highlights. The Aquar-ium Mascots will be handing out some special treats during the Easter weekend

The Aquarium’s Solemates mem-bership programme offers its mem-bers unlimited visits to the Aquarium for an entire year. It also has other benefits such as members-only events and discounts at the Aquar-ium shop and Shoreline Café.

For perfect diving conditions year-round, book your dive at the Two Oceans Aquarium and dive ei-ther with the sharks in the I&J Pred-ator Exhibit, or the shoals of fish in

the Ocean Basket Kelp Forest Exhib-it. Divers need to have a minimum of an OpenWater 1 qualification, but a special course can be arranged for those who are not qualified and want to take the plunge.

The Two Oceans Aquarium’s on-site restaurant, Shoreline Café offers patrons wholesome, well-priced and tasty fare. With its dedicated chil-dren’s play area, quick service and view of Table Mountain and the yacht marina, it provides an ideal spot for families to grab a quick bite

or to sit back and relax after an ex-citing visit to the Aquarium. Shore-line Café is accessible without enter-ing the Aquarium and is open from 9am until 6pm daily (the kitchen closes at 5.30pm).

The Aquarium Shop has a wide range of gifts and souvenirs, ranging from t-shirts to soft toys, and more.

* For more information, visit www.aquarium.co.za, join on Face-book and follow on Twitter: @2OceansAquarium.

Cape Winelands - spier treasure HuntTaking place on Sunday, April 5, from 11 to 3pm, this free event is for the whole family. Discover the newly restored farmyard surround-ing the Werf, where exciting goodies will be hidden around the buildings, boulders and lawns. Don’t forget to head to the chocolate bar in the Jonkershuis where you can buy and decorate your own Easter eggs.www.spier.co.za

Cape Garden route & Klein Ka-roo - slow Festival sedgefieldA trail run, sand sculpting compe-tition, fashion show, beauty pag-eant and a much anticipated Easter

Bunny Beach, taking place from Fri-day to Sunday, April 3 to 5. There will also be food stalls and arts and crafts – an ideal day out for young and old. www.slowfestival.co.za

Cape West Coast - Easter Palaeo HuntThe West Coast Fossil Park is holding an Easter egg hunt with a difference on Saturday, April 4. Discover the Easter Palaeo Hunt. Promising Pale-ontologists can excavate a mock dig to discover sugary, hidden treasures. R30 per child (12 and under), which includes a kiddies’ breakfast and R40 for over 12’s. Easter Breakfast is a sweet R40 for mums and dads.www.fossilpark.org.za

Cape town - table Mountain Aer-ial Cableway’s Easter Egg HuntThe Easter Bunny and his helpers re-turn to Table Mountain this year for a delicious Egg Hunt.Join the Easter Bunny, the Easter Fairy and the Mad Hatter for this eggciting hunt on top of the iconic mountain from 10-1pm on Easter Sunday.www.tablemountain.net

Cape overberg - Easter Week-end Holiday at de HoopDe Hoop Nature Reserve will be hav-ing an Easter weekend filled with fun for everyone from April 3 to 6. Expect family marine walks, cricket and croquet and fun Easter-egg-making workshops and star stories.www.dehoopcollection.com

Five exciting events for those on the hunt for family fun

Holiday fun at the Two Oceans Aquarium

Justine and Alexa MacTaggart with the Slow Fest Easter Bunny

Make maritime memories this Easter

Land some chocolatey sur-prises at Spier

burger King launches the Fierce Whopper

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After weeks of intense dis-cussions and close collabo-ration with the City of Cape Town and key stakeholders,

it has been confirmed that the Old Mutual Two Oceans Ultra Marathon route will run along the detour route of Ou Kaapse Weg on Easter Satur-day, April 4.

The recent devastating fires that raged along Cape Town’s Southern Peninsula caused significant damage to Chapman’s Peak’s fragile vegeta-tion. Since the fire, the section of the pass most affected (between Noord-hoek to the top lookout point) has been closed regularly due to high winds and threatening rock falls.

“This is not a decision that was made lightly,” says Carol Vosloo, general manager of the Two Oceans Marathon NPC. “We are responsible for every single runner on Race Day, so all decisions were made with this in mind.”

“We remained hopeful that Chap-pies would be available to us until the very end. But it became clear that the extent of the damage done to the mountain, coupled with the vulnerability of the mountain pass to weather changes, would hold a significant safety risk for our runners and volunteers.

“It was simply a risk we were not willing to take, and we have always been very clear in our intention to

place participants’ safety at the fore-front of all planning.”

It isn’t the first time that the Ultra Marathon has run over Ou Kaapse Weg.

“Ou Kaapse Weg as a detour route is not a new concept to us, and our team can now move forward to make the necessary logistical chang-es to facilitate this change,” Vosloo adds.

This detour route was used for four years between 2000 and 2003, when Chapman’s Peak was originally closed while the tunnels and catch-ment nets were being constructed.

The Ou Kaapse Weg detour route starts in Main Road, Newlands, and takes runners along the scenic South Peninsula route, through Fish Hoek and into Kommetjie. But, instead of heading towards Chapman’s Peak, runners will turn towards and over Ou Kaapse Weg, from where they will run along the leafy Spaansche-mat River Road. They will then join the Half Marathon route at the La-dies Mile / Parish Road intersection before heading onto Southern Cross Drive to follow the Half Marathon route along Rhodes Drive and the M3 back to UCT.

The distance remains the same.“Although it is disappointing that

the Ultra Marathon will not traverse Chappies, a ‘certain’ race over Ou Kaapse Weg is preferable to one that

may be interrupted if routed over Chapman’s Peak Drive,” Vosloo con-cludes.

Record-breaking R1 million bonus standsDespite the route change, Old Mu-tual’s R1 million bonus remains in place, rewarding the winning male and female runners who respectively breaks the 56km Ultra Marathon re-cord.The men’s record of 3:03:44 was set in 1988 by road running legend Thompson Magawana, while Frith van der Merwe set the women’s re-cord a year later in 1989 when she ran 3:30:36.This will be the 16th year that Old Mutual sponsors this prestigious road race.The Old Mutual Two Oceans Ultra and Half Marathons are scheduled to take place on Easter Saturday, April 4. Some 27000 runners are expected to participate in the event that is globally known as the world’s most beautiful marathon.

* For more information, visit www.twooceansmarathon.org.za. Runners can also join the online con-versation on www.facebook.com/TwoOceansMarathon, @2Oceans-Marathon on Twitter and Instagram (and by following and using the #OMTOM2015 hashtag).

Old Mutual Two Oceans Ultra Marathon to run via Ou Kaapse Weg

The Golden Easter Egg Hunt will have its third renewal at Kenilworth Racecourse on Monday, April 6. It has become an eagerly anticipated treasure hunt with a difference, as the substantial prize money goes towards the lucky finder’s educa-tion.

The day has also become popu-lar with regular racegoers as fine Easter fare can be enjoyed and the horseracing on Cape Town’s flag-ship racecourse is never short of class or excitement.

The lucky scholar who finds the Golden Easter Egg will receive the grand prize, valued at R10000, which will go towards his or her education. The prize money has kindly been donated by New Turf Carriers.

The Easter Hunt will take place between races 4 and 5 (3pm) on an action-packed racecard and is lim-

ited to ages six to nine years old, with registration commencing at 11.30am (bring along your child’s birth certificate).

The age restriction should not put a dampener on the day for kids outside of that group as there will be stacks of free, fun-filled enter-tainment commencing at 11am and continuing right through until 5pm. This will include a special visit from the Easter Bunny, a jumping castle, face painters, free popcorn and candy floss and more.

Moms and dads and other race going adults can feast on a tasty buffet in the Somerset Room at R250 per person, while enjoying the horseracing and all of the other on-course action.

* For more information, call 021 700 1600.

Win big towards your child’s future at Golden Easter Egg Hunt

It’s bound to be a fun-filled day at Kenilworth


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Elizabeth Nienaber and Ivan Boonzaaier in ‘Thumbelina’

Emma-Rose Blacher as Peter Rabbit and Emily Reznik as Cotton-Tail

An artist’s impression of Adri-an Collins and Amy Wilson

Three writers and two actors make an anthology of short plays on the theme ‘A Change in the Weather’, which will be showing at the Al-exander Bar Upstairs Theatre from Tuesday, April 7, to Saturday, April 18, at 9pm nightly.

In Jon Keevy’s ‘Bullet Point’, an enigmatic package throws two con artists into a tight spot.

In Nicholas Spagnoletti’s ‘Drowned Bride’, a best man and a bride find themselves at the bottom of the Atlantic, dead, after the wed-ding went horribly wrong.

And then there’s Louis Viljoen’s

‘Tropicalypse’, in which some hang-overs feel like the end of the world; some hangovers are the end of the world.

The writers were given the theme, and aside from constraints on cast-size and set, total freedom. Acting talents Adrian Collins and Amy Wilson are up for the challenge that ‘Anthology’ presents.

The production was first pre-sented in a limited run in December 2014. ‘Anthology’ is the brainchild of Nicholas Spagnoletti and Louis Viljoen, hatched as a platform for local writers to experiment with short format plays, network, and have fun.

The first short run was over too soon, so before moving on to the next edition the organis-ers decided to reprise it. However Candice D’Arcy, one of the writer-directors, has moved on to Aus-tralia so Keevy has filled in with a contribution. Brendon Daniels, who was in D’Arcy’s piece, will return in ‘Anthology Two’, scheduled for Au-gust.

* For more information and for bookings, visit alexanderbar.co.za.

After a successful opening season last year, ‘Thumbelina’, the ballet, returns to Artscape over the Eas-ter weekend. Due to huge public demand, three exclusive perfor-mances have been scheduled in the Artscape Opera House: two on Sat-urday, April 4, and one on Sunday, April 5.

Based on the enchanting fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen, ‘Thumbelina’ tells the story of the little princess and her journey from being born in an acorn to marrying her handsome fairy prince, Corne-lius. True to the original story, the stage comes alive with Jitterbugs, Ice Fairies, Lovebirds, Mice and Chickens, performed by young bal-let dancers from across the Cape Peninsula.

Added to this, audiences can look forward to spirited character-izations of a very pushy Mrs Toad, who tries extremely hard for Thum-belina to fall in love with her goofy son, as well as a very sauve perfor-mance by the wealthy Mr Mole.

The role of Thumbelina will be danced by Elizabeth Nienaber, Meghan Henegan and Cleo Ames and the role of the dashing Prince Cornelius by Ivan Boonzaaier, Craig Pedro and Conrad Nusser.

A Cape Town City Ballet Youth Project, the production was choreo-graphed by Cape Town City Ballet’s Artistic Director, Robin van Wyk.

* Book at Computicket or Artscape Dial-a-Seat on 021 421 7695. Tick-ets cost from R80 to R110.

Three writers, two actors, one play

‘Thumbelina’ ballet returns for Easter Weekend fun

After a sold out run in November in QATAR and a sold out school run at the Baxter Theatre in March, the Lil-liput Children’s Theatre Company will be performing their latest show, ‘The Ugly Duckling and Other Stories’ at the Nassau Theatre for the Easter school holidays.

Performances will take place from Saturday, April 4, until Saturday, April 11, at 10am daily, at the Nassau The-atre at Groote Schuur High School, in Palmyra Road, Newlands.

‘The Ugly Duckling’ and ‘The King’s New Clothes’ are two magi-cal stories by the Danish ‘weaver of dreams’, Hans Christian Anderson. Filled with colourful characters, this stage adaptation sticks closely to the original fairytales.

Both stories have valuable lessons to be learnt: Don’t be judgmental (‘Ugly Duckling’), because an ugly duckling can turn into a beauti-ful swan; and don’t be foolish (‘The King’s New Clothes’).

‘The Ugly Duckling and Other Sto-ries’ is adapted and directed by Elton John Duffy, who has been produc-ing Children`s Theatre for 22 years. This show stars Desle McConney, Monique Rockman, Bronwyn Garlick and Duffy himself. Choreography is by Shaun Klaasen.

The show is filled with loads of audience participation and current popular songs from Justin Bieber,

Michael Jackson, Taylor Swift, Nicki Minaj, Pharrell Williams and Meghan Trainor, giving this show a modern twist. The duration of the show is 45 minutes and is ideal for the whole family to enjoy.

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Tickets are R55 per person. Book at Computicket. For school block book-ing prices or queries, call 083 364 8284 or 021 558-2650; or send an email to [email protected] more information, visit www.lil-liputplayers.co.za.

‘The Ugly Duckling’ to entertain with valuable lessons

‘The Tale Of Peter Rabbit’ to delight young theatregoers

Beatrix Potter’s delightful story for children, ‘The Tale of Peter Rabbit’, will be showcased at the Artscape

Theatre Foyer during the April Eas-ter school holiday, presented by Stagecraft Drama Studio.

The story is well known: Mrs Rabbit lived in her cosy burrow underneath the roots of a very big fir-tree. She had four little children, Flopsy, Mopsy and Cotton-Tail who were good little bunnies and Peter, who was sometimes a bit naughty.

Their neighbour, Mr McGregor,

grew carrots, radishes and lettuce in his garden. The rabbit family would love to have gone into Mr McGregor’s garden to eat the yum-my vegetables, but Mrs Rabbit had forbidden her family to go into the garden as their father had had an ‘accident’ there.

One day naughty Peter decided to explore and instead of going to school, went to Mr McGregor’s gar-den. ‘The Tale of Peter Rabbit’ is adapted by Dudley Glass, directed by Cheryl Abromowitz, starring Emma-Rose Blacher as Peter Rabbit.

Come and join in the fun and help the flopsy bunnies to help Peter Rabbit escape from Mr McGregor’s clutches.

* Performances will take place on April 2, 4, 7, 9, 10 and 11 at 10.30am; and Wednesday, April 8, at 10.30am and 12.30pm. Those at-tending the performance on Satur-day, 4 April, are invited to dress up as a rabbit and join the parade after the performance.* Book at Computicket, or Artscape Dial-a-Seat on 021 421 7695.

Elton John Duffy and Desle McConney in ‘The Ugly Duckling’


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Your guide to the best of what is happening in and around Cape Town. To list your event, email: [email protected]

THEATRE THEATRE THEATRE

DevilishA sleight of hand show per-formed by Stuart Lightbody.9 April Alexander Bar, 76 Strand Street, Cape Town, Tel: (021) 300 1652

Oom Schalk: From The HeartDavid Muller narrates short stories under the character of Oom Schalk created by Herman Charles Bosman.Until 12 April @ 8:30pmR120Kalk Bay Theatre, 52 Main Road, Kalk Bay, Tel: (021) 788 7257

Anthology: A Change in the WeatherA collection from writers Louis Viljoen, Nicholas Sp-agnoletti and Jon Keevy. Staring Adrian Collins and Amy Wilson.7 – 18 AprilR90 – R100Alexander Bar, 76 Strand Street, Cape Town, Tel: (021) 300 1652

PsythonesqueAlan Swerdlow returns to direct this version of Monty Python’s sketches with Gra-

ham Hopkins, Theo Landey and Robert Fridjhon.Until 11 AprilR95 – R165Theatre on the Bay, 1 Link Street, Camps Bay, Tel: (021) 438 3301

CabaretOne of Broadway’s greatest musical productions, set in pre-WWII Germany, is brought to life by the team that produced the smash hit musical, The Rocky Horror Show.Until 28 JuneR100 – R280Fugard Theatre, Caledon Street, District 6, Tel: (021) 461 4554

Orpheus in AfricaThe return of the production by popular demand, David Kramer directs a new musi-cal about Orpheus McA-doo and the Virginia Jubilee Singers who came to South Africa from the USA in 1890. Starring tenor Au-brey Poo and soprano Ly-nelle Kenned.Until 6 OctoberR110 – R220The Fugard Theatre, Cor-

ner Caledon & Lower Bu-itenkant Street, Cape Town, Tel: (021) 461 4554

Kaapse StoriesThis delightful musical re-vue celebrates the joyful, resilient spirit of the colour-ful people who populate the city that lies at the foot of Table Mountain. Couched in the recent history of the Cape, “Kaapse Stories” deftly relates stories of Cape Town and her people, their struggles, victories and personalities, all with a hefty dose of comedy. Tuesday, Thursdays & Sat-urdays @ 7:30pmR435pp (incl. Drink on ar-rival & 4 course dinner)Richards Supper Stage, 229a Corner Main Road, Corner Glengariff, Tel: (021) 434 4497

ART

Lolly Hahn – Page Water and plants is an exhi-bition of the artist’s most recent oil on canvas paint-ings.Until 8 April The Studio, The Majestic

By the time you read this moms and dads of Cape Town you will be oh so close to having normal households again, as the One

Direction mania that swept Cape Town this week and possessed young adults all over our beautiful city will be on the verge of abating.

Even with one less member, the en-ergy and fan hunger was undiminished. Why? The simple answer is great songs and even better management. The songs are what kids buy into and enjoy. The rest is all hype, and helps position the group as a brand. All of this aside, you need great songs and a stage show to keep demanding young audiences en-tertained. My daughter, Casey, who is 14 can tell most kids a thing or two about music, as she is surrounded by creative types on a daily basis and her take on 1D is: “The songs are cool Dad.” So there you have it.

The songs are played on radio and TV and young adults buy into the group be-cause they like the music, and herein lies the question. How do we judge what is selling and what is not? We believe the hype, we drink the Cool-Aid, we buy into

the promise… not that dissimilar to poli-tics, in the end. In the American music market you have accurate charts, as well as sales history via Nielsen. Nielsen is an information and sales tracking system created by Mike Fine and Mike Shalett.

Over and above their monitoring of radio airplays, online streaming and mu-sic consumer behaviour, Nielsen is the authority in tracking what music people are buying, both in-store and digitally. Nielsen compiles data from more than 39000 retail outlets globally, to help record labels, publishers, artists, artist management and performance rights organisations understand what albums, singles and music videos people are buy-ing, and where they’re buying them.

On a weekly basis, Nielsen collects point-of-sale (POS) information in 19 countries that include the US, Canada, Europe and Oceania. In Europe and Oceania, digital track and song sales are available in Austria, Belgium, Den-mark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Nether-lands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the U.K., Australia and New Zealand.

So what’s happening in South Africa? Well in Cape Town we have three major chart shows - one on Heart 104.9fm, a second on KFM and a final one on Good Hope FM. All the charts differ, and the only vaguely accurate one is the KIA Top 40 on KFM. It plugs into the local iTunes store in order to rank the Top 10 songs.

Would the industry and market not grow if Nielsen was used to accurately define sales figures and help profile acts that might not get on to heavily formatted radio stations? The only gauge promot-ers can use is what record companies tell them. That and a gut feel. To grow the market music market accurate sales fig-ures are needed, and not just hype and Twitter numbers.

Gigs of the long weekend

Thursday, April 2After four great years, Woodstock Ma-

fia has decided to call it a day. As a parting gift, the band got together with Defiance collaborator Matthew James at Platinum Studios in Wood-stock. The band recorded live in an attempt to capture the energy and raw sound better associated with live performances. The result is the four-track EP titled ‘86’.With probably close on 150 shows done and dusted, Woodstock Mafia will be going out with a bang, play-ing one last show for friends and fans alike.

Venue: Manila Bar, Long Street, Cape TownAdmission: R50. Bands start at 9pm. Merchandise on sale at a special price.

Friday, April 3Reggae comes to town in the shape of Luciano, whose roots reggae music has graced the world for more than 21 years since his debut album, ‘Where there is life’. A stellar support lineup is included on the bill.Venue: The Assembly, 61 Harrington StreetAdmission: R200 at the door. Doors open at 9pm.

Saturday, April 4Salim Washington is a highly accom-plished jazz artist whose instruments are the tenor saxophone, flute, and oboe. The Harvard University Ph.D. is a scholar and an in-demand lecturer, as well as a composer and an arranger who leads the Harlem Arts Ensemble.Venue: Straight no Chaser, 79 Buitenk-ant StreetAdmission: R100 per set, or R160 for both sets. Doors open at 7pm.Bookings: 076 679 2697

Sunday, April 5This weekend is Jeremy Loops’s last Kirstenbosch summer concert for the season. Jeremy’s music is steeped in folk, with traces of hip hop, Balkan, jazz, rock, and house influences sprinkled lib-erally. Winner of the 2013 MK Male Solo Artist of the Year award, his career has been built on a strong live act, support-ed by rapper Motheo Moleko and multi-instrumentalist James Faull. Their strong live performances saw them win Best Live Act at the 2014 MK Awards. His debut album ‘Trading Change’ went to number 1 on the iTunes charts and was also the most streamed album on Simfy Africa. He spent most of 2014 touring internationally.The Show starts at 5.30pm, with tickets via Webtickets; or at the door for R135.

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R10 000*The scholar who finds the Golden Egg will WIN

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Moms & Dads, enjoy action packed racing and a delicious buffet

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ART MARKETS MARKETS

Village, 122 Main Road, Kalk Bay, Cape Town, Tel: (021) 783 5459

Rembrandt in South AfricaThe first national exhibition of over 100 etchings by the re-vered Dutch artist is extended by popular demand.Until 18 April R10 – R20Iziko Old Town House, Green Market Square, Cape Town, Tel: (021) 481 3965

Bit by Bit Mosaic Full day workshops that are perfect for beginners – ‘you will be amazed at what you can achieve after just one day,’ says owner Kerry Ather-stone. What a fantastic way to spend the day; relax, learn an amazing skill and you get to take home your project.R400 per person including lunch.Observatory, Cape Town, Tel: 079 042 3908

Big Tree Mosaics Join Michelle McConnell, who started her journey into the art of mosaics after an inspira-tional trip to Turkey, at her home studio in Durbanville.9:30am – 12:30pm & 6pm – 8pmR60 – R9042 Primula Crescent, Wellway Park East, Durbanville, Tel: 073 653 2688

Fiddlewood Pottery StudiosClasses are small and inti-mate giving students ample individual attention as they learn the tricks of the trade. Beginners are more than wel-come to come and learn about pottery basics such as; glazing, firing, hand as well as wheelwork.10am – 12:30pm, 7:30pm – 10pm & 5pm – 9:30pmR410Fiddlewood Pottery Studio 88, 1st Avenue, Harfield Vil-lage, Claremont, Tel: (021) 671 2515

MARKETS

Tokai Forest MarketThis market has a little bit of something for visitors of all ages. It also provides an op-portunity for some family quality time and adventure. There is a great deal of fun to be had for each member of the family, from activities for the kids to shopping for the teens as well as culinary high-lights for the foodies.Every Saturday @ 9am – 2pmTokai Forest, Orpen Road/Spaanchemat River Road, Tokai

Fashion in the Village MarketThe monthly market is the passion project of Cape Town local and fashion guru Kim Speer, who also runs the weekly Friday night Blue Bird Garage Food and Goods Market out of the same space (an old converted postal plane hangar in the heart of the suburb). While she gives much of her attention to the

regular evening event, she launched the vibey daytime clothing and design fair in an effort to find expression for her long-time love of beautiful attire.Every 1st Saturday of the month @ 11am – 4pmBlue Bird Garage, Muizen-berg, Tel: 082 3312471

Durbanville Saturday MarketWith over 200 stalls you will find everything from crafts, food and plants. Bring the kids and enjoy the market un-der the ancient oak trees while listening to soulful mu-sic play in the background.Every 1st Saturday of every month @ 8:30am – 2pmFREEGardens of Rust en Vrede Es-tate, Wellington Rd, Durban-ville, Tel: 072 173 1040

Milnerton Flea MarketCape Town’s most diverse outdoor market and famous landmark for bargain hunters! Enjoy endless variety of used items ranging from household goods and bric-a-brac, to col-lectables and antiques at bar-gain prices.Open weather permitting from 8am Saturdays, Sundays & Public HolidaysAmple free parkingMarine Drive (R27), Metro In-dustrialFor further info visit www.mil-nertonfleamarket.co.za

City Bowl Market on HopePull in and get your fill of ex-otic eats and wholesome treats. Along with Food from around the world - breakfast and lunch Smoothies, gour-met coffee, delicious des-serts, beer, wine, ginger beer, live music, beautiful clothing & jewellery, and more.Every Thursday & Saturday 14 Hope Street, Gardens, Tel: 073 2708043

The Palms Market brings Die Platteland to City Tables “Here we laugh, make music, and exchange hugs and chats with familiar faces. We sell food from the heart and it’s like meeting up with old friends on the village square every Saturday: shopping, eating and drinking – as like-minded people have done for centuries.”EVERY Saturday @ 9am - 2pmFREE parkingThe Palms, 145 Sir Lowry Rd, Woodstock, (021) 462 [email protected]

Alphen Antiques and Collect-ables MarketsA variety of items will be on sale. Entry is free, there is ample parking and refresh-ments are available.2nd & 4th Sunday of every month @ 10am – 4pmAlphen Community Centre Hall, Constantia Main Road, Opposite Constantia Village, Tel: 084 6267499

Bay Harbour Market (Hout Bay)An inspiring destination for breakfast, lunch and dinner, this weekend market kicks off with Friday Nite LIVE!, offer-ing live music, at least 26 culi-nary experts catering to ev-erything from Tunisian cuisine, Seafood platters, Ov-en-fired Pizza to gourmet Sandwiches, speciality soups and everything in-between.Dates & times: Friday Nite LIVE!: 5 pm to 9 pm; Sunday: 9.30 am to 4 pm.Extended trading hours on Saturdays from 16 November 2013: Saturdays 10.30am-6pm31 Harbour Road, Hout Bay, Cape Town

EVENTS

Easter @ Anthonij RupertAn Easter celebration featur-ing wine tasting, a picnic, an Easter egg hunt and a scenic tram ride to the famous Fran-schhoek Motor Museum.Until 12 AprilR150 – R295Terra del Capo Tasting Room, Anthonij Rupert Wines, R45, Franschhoek, Tel: (021) 874 9004

Table Mountain Easter Egg HuntHourly Easter egg hunts on Easter day as part of activities and entertainment for the family, running throughout the Easter Weekend.5 AprilTable Mountain, Tafelberg Road, Gardens, Cape Town, Tel: (021) 424 8181

MUSIC

Jeremy LoopsThe one man band the master of the loops will be in the gar-dens for a chilled Sunday evening treat.5 April @ 5:30pmR100 – R135Kirstenbosch Botanical Gar-dens

Let’s Make MusicSouth African singer & music producer, Alistair Izobell pres-ents his first-ever one-man production performing old school hits from the llikes of the Commodores and Eric Clapton.Until 4 AprilR90Roxy Revue Bar, Grandwest, Goodwood, Tel: (021) 505 7777

The Greatest Love of All – The Whitney Houston ShowAfter a successful tour in Jo-hannesburg, South Africa’s own Belinda Davids performs a tribute to one of the world’s most revered singers for the first time in Cape Town.8 – 19 AprilR125 – R290Artscape Opera House, DF Malan Street, Foreshore, Cape Town, Tel: (021) 421 7695


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to form a protective film over the hair. The ingredients have differ-ent effects and benefits for dif-ferent types of hair and with their wide range of organic shampoos and conditioners, you can choose the one suited to your hair type. Their range is also environmentally friendly, which means that they do not harm the environment in any way. The ingredients in these

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FUGARD‘Cabaret’

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‘West Side Story’

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‘Cinnamon’•

‘Dance Reality’

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‘How Did I Get Here’

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ARTSCAPEEaster Festival

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Youth Music Festival

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School’s Arts Festival

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Alankaaram

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‘Dance Reality’

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A dance group at last year’s Festival

A scene from ‘Nritya Alankaaram’

A performance of last year’s WCYMF

Creating an environment of theatre practitioners and direc-tors, Artscape will be present-ing its first Easter Festival until

April 18. By way of personal narra-tives and collective memories in spiri-tual and religious interpretations the festival is a dynamic engagement of artist and audience through music, dance, poetry, monologues, storytell-ing, live arts and site specific instal-lations.

“With more than 40 artists par-ticipating in 20 various art forms and performance works, we seek to bring society closer to understanding our spiritual diversity and religious practices, at the same time setting up a foundation for future work,” says Mandla Mbothwe, Artscape Creative Manager and festival Director.

Easter is a time of so many thoughts, memories and reflections. Artscape offers the opportunity to share in all of these sentiments through some powerful, thought provoking entertainment and an op-portunity to engage with some new and established artists and works.

This year the Western Cape Youth Mu-sic Festival celebrates its 44th year and is presented by Artscape and the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra in col-laboration with Distell Foundation.

The festival serves as a launching pad for accomplished young classical instrumentalists and singers, in per-forming with a symphony orchestra. This prestigious concert will take place on Saturday, September 26, at 7.30pm in the Artscape Theatre.

Auditions will take place on Tuesday, May 12, at Fismer Hall, University of Stellenbosch and Thursday, May 14, at the Artscape Theatre Centre. Deadline for entrants is Friday, April 17.

* For more information and entry forms, call Marvin Weavers on 021 410 9209, or send an email to [email protected]; or Debbie Damons on 021 410 9915, or at [email protected]; or visit www.artscape.co.za.

Vadhini Indian Arts Academy will present ‘Nritya Alankaaram – up-lifting the soul through dance’, at Artscape from April 9 to 11. The pro-duction will showcase the most in-spiring Indian Classical Dance forms – something which Vadhini is partic-ularly passionate about and consis-tently aims to share with Cape Town audiences.In addition to presenting this diver-sity of dance styles, Vadhini will be

joining with the Rotary Club Cape of Good Hope to raise funds for the new Open Door Centre in Ocean View, an initiative that provides a safe haven for abused women and children. All the proceeds of opening night will be donated towards this worthy cause.

* Tickets are R120 and can be booked at Computicket, Artscape Box Office or Artscape Dial-a-Seat on 021 421 7695.

Artscape Easter Festival

School’s Arts FestivalWestern Cape Youth Music Festival

A scene from ‘Secret Flames’, on between April 9 and 18 at 7.30pm nightly

As part of Artscape Audience Develop-ment and Education’s (ADE) ongoing vision to develop a love for the perform-ing arts, and contributing to practi-cal Nation building, primary and high schools learners are invited to undertake this wonderful opportunity.

Approximately 10 Schools will share the same stage each evening, contrib-uting to an exciting and diverse theatre experience, from classical choirs to con-temporary dance.

The festival will culminate in a glit-tering Gala performance by selected

schools, attended by various dignitaries and showcasing the talent that exists in our schools. The festival runs from Au-gust 11 to 26, excluding weekends (Fri, Sat, and Sun).

* Should you be interested in taking part in the festival, competition details and entry forms can be downloaded at www.artscape.co.za; or enquire with the School Liaison Unit (SLU) on 021 410 9927, or at [email protected] for returning the application: May 2, 2015

Uplifting the soul through Indian dance

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April 24 to June 6

‘little Shop of Horrors’ is a musi-cal we seldom get to see on these shores. Why do you think that is? I think it actually has been seen here quite a lot, as musicals go. It was only written in 1986, and presented by Pieter Toerien shortly afterwards, starring Andre Hattingh and Eddie Eckstein, and then it was presented by the Civic Theatre in Johannesburg in 1999. We did our production in Durban in 2009. So it has been done every ten years or so since it was writ-ten, which for a musical in South Af-rica is pretty good going.

What do you personally love about it?It has tremendous music - instantly hummable, recognisable, and irre-sistible, yet also punchy, funny and surprising. I love the pastiche of the show - the B-Grade horror movie/comic book tones and characters. The characters are fantastically drawn, with depth and great humour - such a joy to direct and to play.

The irony of this sly little beast of a show never detracts from the characters’ vulnerability and cred-ibility. We go with Seymour 100% on this Faustian journey, laughing and nudging one another all the way. It’s a spoof! It’s a hoot! And it’s also strangely moving. I love it!

What can audiences look forward to with your production?

Aside from some stunning costume designs by Terrence Bray (one of South Africa’s top fashion designers) and great set and puppets by Kick-stArt’s own wunderkind, Greg King, the show has an awesome cast.

Headed by the very talented and very funny Alan Committie, the rest of the cast is just as strong and as ex-citing. I have worked with veteran Mi-chael Richard several times and know that he will be a superb Mr Mushnik, and Candice von Litsenbourg is going to be a hilarious, heart-breaking Au-drey with a powerhouse voice!

Then there is the trio of golden-toned girls which is the musical back-bone of the show, headed by Lelo, exciting, glamorous and dynamic lead singer on TV’s ‘Strictly Come Dancing’. We are very lucky to have her. It will be a feast for eye and ear.

What are some of the biggest chal-lenges in bringing this show to the stage?Without doubt, the monster plants. Audrey II starts life as a modest hand puppet, and morphs through four phases to become a gigantic pod that eats half the cast. Oh, he also talks and sings…quite a challenge for any production team!

Finally, any tips for folks unac-customed to the musical on how to dress up to make a real night of it?There are no rules. This isn’t ‘Rocky Horror’. Come comfortable and ready to have a good time. You will!

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April 13 to 18

i can’t even imagine what it must feel like to know you’ve been part of a band for 50 years...In 1964 when The Bats were formed, we honestly had no idea how long the band would be together. The fact that we can still attract an audience 50 years on is for us something out of the ordinary - a miracle. Many times after the gig we realise how fortunate we are that (apart from the aches and pain) we’ve still been blessed with good health that enables us to con-tinue to entertain people of all ages.

Why would we want to carry on? Well it’s the response we get from our audiences, the enjoyment, the ap-plause, the laughter and occasionally a standing ovation. What more do you need? It’s a feeling that is very difficult to explain. We all agree that as long as we continually enjoy do-ing these performances and as long as people still want to see The Bats, we’ll carry on. Entertaining needs to be a two way experience. The more the audience members react favour-ably to the performers, the more the performers enjoy themselves. All the experience we have as a band, as

solo artists and in our theatre perfor-mances have kept us on this unbe-lievable fun-filled road to who knows where. There is nothing better than us four guys and an audience - it is just so damn lekker.One of the biggest compliments we received was from the late Joan Brickhill. After our performances in the production of ‘I Love My Wife’, she said, “You guys have that rare quality that projects you across the footlights.”

What’s the wildest (pG version) thing(s) that has happened to you on the road during that time?Driving to a gig in Middelburg, only to find we were booked in Newcastle. Some frantic phone calls eventually got us to the gig, one and a half ours late....we got paid, in the end.

Why the Bats?Good question. Well in the sixties the all the bands had names like The Beatles, The Animals etc. So it wasn’t too difficult to choose the name. We also new that the smaller the name is, the bigger it can be printed on post-ers and billboards. Especially when the other band on the bill is Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich.

What can folks look forward to with the show at theatre on the Bay?Well, you always have to put in your

hit songs like ‘In a Shabby Little Hut’, ‘Who’s that Girl?’, ‘Vat hom Dawie’ and ‘Oh God it’s Beautiful’. There is a fair amount of stand up comedy, a couple of hilarious parodies, plus solo performances from each member of the band and a few new surprises. We like to call it “Our unique blend of music and humour.”

Any new material, or shows coming up, and where can people find the

info, or book?We always endeavour to add some-thing new into the show. Visit www.thebats.co.za for future bookings and gigs, as well as profiles and pictures from across the years.We’re also on Facebook.

What do you guys have in store for the next 50 years?Rocking chairs!

the Bats – ‘that old Bat Magic’

Smash hit musical ‘little Shop of Horrors’ coming your way

The Bats in the 1960s

Funnyman Alan Committie will be starring in his first ever musicalProp building for ‘Little Shop Of Horrors’

The modern-day Bats

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Q&A with drummer Eddie Eckstein

Q&A with director Steven Stead

Including the unforgettable songs: ‘Skid Row (Downtown)’, ‘Somewhere That’s Green’, ‘Dentist’, ‘Feed Me!’ and ‘Suddenly, Seymour’


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A scene from ‘Dance Reality’ A scene from ‘Cinnamon’

Grant van Ster and Shaun Oelf in ‘Most Honest Man’

ApRil 9 TO 18

in ‘Grant and Shaun: A Double Bill of Dance’, Cape Town artists Grant van Ster and Shaun Oelf, two of the hottest young tal-

ents on the local dance and theatre scenes, take to the Baxter’s Flipside stage for a short season, from Thurs-day, April 9, to Saturday, April 18, to perform a brand new work, ‘Most Honest Man’, and their critically ac-claimed ‘The Architecture of Tears’.

With the premier of ‘Most Honest Man’, UCT graduates Mdu Kweyama and Alex McCarthy make their debut as artists-in-residence at the Baxter Theatre Centre for 2015, made pos-sible by the Rolf-Stephan Nussbaum Foundation. For the production the two theatre-makers are supervised by the Baxter’s CEO and artistic di-rector Lara Foot.

Resident director Kweyama heads the production as director and cho-reographer, with dramaturgy and assistant direction by resident play-wright McCarthy.

Based on Shakespeare’s ‘Othel-lo’, ‘Most Honest Man’ examines the relationship between Othello

(performed by Van Ster) and Iago (performed by Oelf), exploring the notions of sexual jealousy and its power to destroy. ‘The Architecture of Tears’, an exploration into the human responses to attraction be-yond gender and social correctness, was created with Ananda Fuchs and Thabisa Dinga.

It was performed to great acclaim at the 2014 Cape Town Fringe and Baxter Dance Festival and most re-cently at the 2015 Dance Umbrella in Johannesburg.

Blogger Sarah Robertson gushed in her review, writing “Wow…I haven’t watched such exquisite dancers in…too long. Grant Van Ster and Shaun Oelf of FO8, along with Thabisa Dinga are masterful movers. Ananda Fuch’s challenging choreog-raphy makes for an excellent dance work. Skilful is an understatement.”

* Performances are at 7pm nightly, with a matinee on Saturday, April 18, at 3pm. Ticket prices are R60 for the preview, matinee and for the school performance on April 16 at 11am, and R100 for all other performances.

Dance, dance, dance at the Baxter this April

Jonathan Rubain

ApRil 20 TO 26

international latin American, Ball-room and Show Dance stars Lindsey Muckle and Brandon Eilers Le Riche take audiences inside the remarkable creative process behind reality tele-vision’s most-watched dance phe-nomenon in the Baxter Theatre from Monday to Sunday, April 20 to 26.

Joined by TV presenter and MC for the show Graeme Richards, him-self a semi-finalist on ‘Strictly Come Dancing’, and a stellar cast of up-and-coming young talent, they offer audiences a chance to get up close and personal and be immersed in all the glitz and glamour as genres collide in a spectacular visual experi-ence and an unforgettable interac-tive journey from prime time tele-vision to the stage – this is ‘Dance Reality’!

* Performances are at 8pm, with two matinee performances on April 24 and 25 at 2pm. Ticket prices ranges from R100 to R250.

ApRil 28 TO MAy 2

She grew up with the wolves and they taught her how to love, laugh and live…

Described as a dance drama with music, ‘Cinnamon’ is the latest pro-duction by Afrika Ablaze and runs from Tuesday to Saturday, April 28 to May 2. Acclaimed choreographer and producer Glenda Jones is once again ready to wow Cape Town au-diences with this mind-blowing and captivating dance production.

Following on her highly success-ful run with ‘Raw Silk’ at the Bax-ter in 2013, Jones is confident that ‘Cinnamon’ will keep audiences riv-eted to their seats until the curtain falls.

A brilliant cast, an amazing story, dramatic dance concepts, music to cherish and a must-see show!

* Performances are from Tuesday to Saturday at 8pm, with matinees on Friday and Saturday at 3pm, as well

as a schools performance on April 30 at 12pm. Ticket prices are R100 and R70 for the matinees.

‘Grant and Shaun: A Double Bill of Dance’

‘Dance Reality’ ‘Cinnamon’

ApRil 8 TO 18

Jonathan Rubain takes stock of his blos-soming music career and the thing that makes him tick - his love of music – in ‘How Did I Get Here’ in the Baxter Gold-en Arrow Studio for one week only from Wednesday, April 8, to Saturday, April 18.

Music has been instrumental in all as-pects of his life and has moulded him into who he is today - a successful musician with a colourful and eventful journey. The talented bass player and storyteller shares anecdotes of his life in the industry and a career entertaining local audiences.

Tickets cost R120 throughout.

‘How Did i Get Here’

* Booking for all the above productions at the Baxter is through Computicket on

0861 915 8000, online at www.computicket.com or at any Shoprite Checkers

outlet. For discounted corporate, schools or

block-bookings, charities or fundraisers, contact Sharon on 021 680 3962, email sharon.ward@uct.

ac.za or Carmen on 021 680 3993, email

[email protected].


NIGHTLIFE KIDS FUN KIDS FUN

Fiction Presents SandrinoEnjoy the fine tunes of Ger-many’s very own house.3 AprilR50Fiction, 226 Long Street, Cape Town

KIDS FUN

ThumbelinaThe Cape Town City Ballet Youth Project presents the famous Hans Christian An-dersen story.4 – 5 April R80 – R110Artscape Opera House, Tel: (021) 410 9838

The Ugly DucklingA retelling of the classic Hans Christian Anderson tale.4 – 11 April @ 10amR55Nassau Theatre Centre, Pal-myra Road, Newlands, Tel: (021) 558 2650

Discover a unique Two Oceans Aquarium in the WaterfrontOne of the top tourist attrac-tions in Cape Town and over 3000 living sea animals, in-cluding sharks, fishes, turtles and penguins can be seen this spectacular underwater nature reserve.Adults – R125, Pensioners & Students (14-17) – R97, Kids (4-13) – R60Open: Daily @ 9:30am – 6pm (incl. Public Holidays)Two Ocean Aquarium Cape Town, V&A Waterfront, Cape Town, Tel: (021) 418 3823

Ice Skating in Cape TownCome rain or shine - ice skat-ing is a must! Whether you want to organise a party or just want to go skating with one or two friends, the ice rink is a whole lot of fun.Monday – Friday @ 10am – 12:30pm & 2pm – 4:30pm, Saturdays @ 9am – 11:30am, 12pm – 2:30pm & 3pm – 5:30pm R40pp including skatesGrandwest, Tel: (021) 535 2260 Atlantic Rail Steam TrainVintage fun for the whole fam-ily. Buxom, beautiful and still hard at work at the ripe age of 63, Jenny hasn’t let the wrin-kles of time mar her life’s mis-sion. Cape Town to Simon’s Town and back one to three Sun-days a month.Kids @ R150 – Adults @ R250Cape Town Train Lodge Ho-tel, Tel: (021) 558 5805

Beautiful Butterfly WorldVisit this Winelands paradise and be privileged to see rest-ing butterflies, exotic spiders and scary scorpions up close. Monday – Friday @ 9am – 3pmRoute 44, Klapmuts (near Stellenbosch and Paarl), Cape Winelands, Tel: (021) 875 5628

Noordhoek Farm VillageRenowned for long white sandy beaches, vast wet-

lands and ancient milkwood forest, Noordhoek epitomizes a relaxed, unhurried lifestyle that is sought after by many environmentalists and artists, so don’t be surprised to find horses, pigs, cows, hens, ducks and rabbits roaming the gardens and open public spaces. Noordhoek Farm Village, Noordhoek, Tel: (021) 789 2812

Gemstones in the Scratch Patch Simons TownA visit to topstones is fun. Tour the Topstones factory with the kids; there is plenty for the little ones to have a flied day, and watch gem-stones being tumble-polished and crafted into a wide variety of products. Monday – Friday @ 8:30am – 4:45pm, Saturdays & Sun-days @ 9am – 5:30pmScratch Patch, Cape Town, Dido Valley Road, outside Si-mon’s Town, Tel: (021) 786 2020

PaintballTeamwork, stealth and strat-egy are all part of what makes it so exciting. Hiding behind trees, belly crawling through the grass or strategising with their team will soon make them forget about their com-puters. R130Monday – Sunday: 9:15am-12:45pm, 1:15pm – 4:45pmArea 51, Imhoff Farm, Kom-metjie, Cape Town, Tel: (021) 790 7603

Camel Riding If the paintball sounds a bit too hectic then why not take your kids for a camel ride at Imhoff Farm next door to the paintball. Tuesdays – Sundays and public holidays: 12pm – 4pmShort rides: R60 for adults, R40 for children, outride: R200Please be aware that rides are not offered when it is rain-ing or in stormy weather.Imhoff Farm, Kommetjie, Cape Town, Tel: 082 3443163

Pirate Boat Craving adventure on the high seas? Set sail aboard the Jolly Roger and enjoy the live pirate show out at sea. Children will love the authen-tic looking pirate ship and the sense of adventure that the crew helps to create. Daily cruises: adults: R130, children: R60, sunset cruise: children: R100, adults: R200.Opening times: Subject to weather conditionsV&A Waterfront Harbour, Cape Town, Tel: (021 421 0909

Go-kartingNeed for speed? Let them race each other around the 310m mini replica of the Killarney racetrack, complete with twists and turns to keep the adrenaline pumping. Adults: R100, children: R90Opening times: Mondays –

Sunday @ 9:30am – 10pm10 Myhof Road, Kenilworth, Cape Town, Tel: (021) 683 2670 Cool Runnings Tobogganing Park We’ve swapped sunshine and beaches for the lure of snow here in Cape Town but that doesn’t mean we have to miss out on the winter sports they get to enjoy elsewhere. Opening Times: Tuesday – Friday: 12pm -6pm, Satur-day-Sunday: 9am-6pmOff Carl Cronje Drive, Oppo-site Bellville Velodrome, Tel: (021) 949 4439

The Book LoungeFor younger children (3-8 years) there’s adventure of a different kind every Saturday at 11am at the Book Lounge. The exciting stories will take them along for a different journey each week. It’s a great way to get them excited about reading and exploring the wonderful world of books. Saturdays @ 11amFREE71 Roeland Street, Zon-nebloem, Cape Town, Tel: (021) 462 2425

Cape Town MuseumsThe musty smell of old photo-graphs and historic artefacts in well-lit showrooms offers a welcome retreat from the rainy weather outside. 25 Queen Victoria Street, Cape Town, Tel: (021) 481 3900

The Science CentreA world of discovery under one roof, the Science Cen-tre features a wide variety of interactive displays and excit-ing activities for your enjoy-ment. Monday to Saturday 9am - 4:30pm; Sundays & Public Holidays 10am - 4:30pm370B Main Road, Observato-ry, Cape Town, Tel: (021) 300 3200

Grandwest Children’s Entertain-mentMagic VillageThe arcade venue is an ex-tremely popular section of the casino with people of all ages enjoying the gaming facilities on offer. Daily @ 11am – 10pm, Week-ends @ 10am – 12am & School Holidays @ 11am – 11pmMagic Company, Grandwest Casino & Entertainment World, Vanguard Drive, Goodwood, Tel: (021) 534 0244

Clay CaféThe Clay Café makes for a memorable day of creativity and recreation for children and parents alike.Monday – Sunday @ 9am – 5pmOld Dairy, Oakhurst Farm, Main Road, Hout Bay, Tel: (021) 790 3318

Chinese pianist and compos-er, Tian Jiang, and the dar-ling of South African music, Zolani Mahola, lead singer

of Freshlyground, will perform and help raise awareness for Rhino Dis-harmony in a special concert to be held at the Old Land Bank Building in Cape Town on Friday, April 13.

The Rhino Disharmony concert will showcase art, photography and sculpture which, when combined with music, will endeavour to cre-ate a powerful emotional and in-tellectual journey towards better understanding the impact of Rhino poaching.

Jiang will not only play classical pieces but also, for the first time, some of his own compositions, which he will perform together with Mahola in tribute to the rhino.

It will not be the first time that Jiang will be visiting South Africa. In late March and April of 2013 he completed his first piano concert at Motswari Private Game Lodge in the Kruger National Park. This feat led to an invitation to return to South Africa in March 2014 for an encore tour, ‘Tian in the Wild’. On May 28, 2013, Jiang performed at a sold out concert at Carnegie Hall in New York.

The concert will not only aim to raise awareness about the scourge of rhino poaching, but the artists and participants will also set forth to create a platform for an apology from humankind to the animals that have been violated.

“The concert (will) allow people the freedom to create their own impressions without having to re-sort to graphic and often disturb-ing images,” says Fabrice Orengo

de Lamazière of Motswari Game Reserve who, together with New-mark, Hotels & Lodges, is heading up the project.

Attending the concert will be dignitaries from across the globe, as well as local Rhino ambassadors such as artist Beezy Bailey, Barend Dewet, Marion Geiger and Andre van der Merwe, whose installation, ‘Rhinosaur’ is currently a much talked about feature on the Sea Point promenade in Cape Town.

Rhino Disharmony has united artists around the world with the aim that they may use their art to arrest people’s attention about

what’s happening to the rhinos in South Africa and on the Afri-can continent. Rhino Disharmony works with other fund-raising or-ganisations to raise awareness, but especially it is founded on the fact that art, music and performance can dig deeper into people’s aware-ness and perhaps even initiate a shift in thinking and perception.

* Visit www.rhinodisharmony.co.za for more information.Tickets can be booked at www.webtickets.co.za. The Old Land Bank is situated on 54 Queen Victoria Road.

Tian Jiang and Zolani Mahola

China and SA unite to raise awareness of rhino poaching


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FILM: CINDERELLACAST: CATE BLANChETT, LILy JAMES, RICh-ARD MADDEN, STELLAN SkARSgåRD, hoL-LIDAy gRAINgER, DEREk JACoBI AND hEL-ENA BoNhAM CARTERDIRECToR: kENNETh BRANAgh

The story of ‘Cinderella’ follows the fortunes of young Ella (Lily James) whose merchant father remarries following the death

of her mother. Eager to support her loving father, Ella welcomes her new stepmother (Cate Blanchett) and her daughters Anastasia (Holliday Grainger) and Drisella (Sophie McShera) into the family home. But, when Ella’s father un-expectedly passes away, she finds her-self at the mercy of a jealous and cruel new family. Finally relegated to noth-ing more than a servant girl covered in ashes, and spitefully renamed Cinderella, Ella could easily begin to lose hope. Yet, despite the cruelty inflicted upon her,

Ella is determined to honor her mother’s dying words and to “have courage and be kind.” She will not give in to despair nor despise those who mistreat her. And then there is the dashing stranger she meets in the woods. Unaware that he is really a prince, not merely an appren-tice at the Palace, Ella finally feels she has met a kindred soul. It appears her fortunes may be about to change when the Palace sends out an open invitation for all maidens to attend a ball, raising Ella’s hopes of once again encounter-ing the charming Kit (Richard Madden). Alas, her stepmother forbids her to at-tend and callously rips apart her dress. But, as in all good fairy tales, help is at hand, and a kindly beggar woman (Hel-ena Bonham Carter) steps forward and, armed with a pumpkin and a few mice, changes Cinderella’s life forever.

For years, Walt Disney Studios has been interested in bringing ‘Cinderella’ back to the big screen, to reintroduce

the timeless tale to a 21st-century au-dience and build on the nostalgia and memories cherished by millions around the world. Of utmost importance, the film needed to be entertaining and bring as much fun and humanity to the fairy-tale characters as possible, while preserv-ing the unforgettable elements from the animated classic.

Director Kenneth Branagh (‘Hamlet’, ‘Thor’) had never toyed with the idea of directing a fairy tale before, but af-ter reading the script by screenwriter Chris Weitz (‘About a Boy’), found that the story spoke to him in ways he never imagined.

“I was captivated by the power of the story and felt I was in sync with the vi-sual artistry that was being developed,” Branagh says. “It’s a classic piece of sto-rytelling where the central character goes

on a journey that we can really identify with, so the texture and landscape of a great story was wonderful to play with as a director.”

In order to make the film relevant to modern audiences, it was the core of kindness and compassion at the heart of the fairy tale that would prove to be fundamentally important for the film-makers. They were convinced that the powerful story, combined with an excep-tionally-talented cast and a strong script with more complex and realistic charac-ters, would make for a truly entertaining cinematic experience.

“The thing for us was not to try too hard to reimagine things, but to go by the lights of the story as we saw it — a world of hidden wonder and beauty, with the animating force of kindness and faith at the heart of it,” says Weitz.

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STILL ALICE (10-12PGL)Daily 11.45am, 8.15pm (no 11.45am Thurs 2/4)

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The Next 48hoURS • Entertainment guide

FILM: INhERENT VICECAST: JoAqUIN PhoENIx, JoSh BRoLIN, owEN wILSoN, kAThERINE wATERSToN, REESE wIThERSPooN, BENICIo DEL ToRo, MARTIN ShoRT, JENA MALoNE, JoANNA NEwSoM, ERIC RoBERTSDIRECToR: PAUL ThoMAS ANDERSoN

‘Inherent Vice’, an adaptation of Thomas Pynchon’s seventh and most humorous novel, is also the seventh film written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson - and the very first film adaptation ever of Pynchon’s legendarily inventive, culturally kaleidoscopic work. A surf noir, the story dives headlong into the smoky haze and neon af-terglow of the American counter-culture via a psychedelic spin on the classic detective yarn.

When private eye Doc Sport-ello’s ex-old lady suddenly out of nowhere shows up with a story about her current billionaire land developer boyfriend whom she just happens to be in love with, and a plot by his wife and her boyfriend to kidnap that billionaire and throw him in a loony bin…well, easy for her to say.

It’s the tail end of the psyche-delic 1960s and paranoia is run-ning the day and Doc knows that “love” is another of those words going around at the moment, like “trip” or “groovy,” that’s being way too overused - except this one usually leads to trouble.

With a cast of characters that includes surfers, hustlers, dop-ers and rockers, a murderous loan shark, LAPD detectives, a tenor sax

player working undercover, and a mysterious entity known as the Golden Fang, which may only be a tax dodge set up by some den-tists...it’s part California noir, part hallucinogenic romp, and an all-out cinematic homage to a Pyn-chonian world of far-out charac-ters, dead-on insights and deep yearning.

“There’s a sadness underneath Doc’s investigations,” says Paul Thomas Anderson, “a feeling that the promise that people felt in those times was being ripped off. And that’s been a persistent theme of Pynchon’s work since the be-ginning. As I made the film, I was trying to be a surrogate for Pyn-chon’s concern for the American fate.”

Joaquin Phoenix in ‘Inherent Vice’

Lily James in ‘Cinderella’

Paul Walker and Vin Diesel in ‘Fast & Furious 7’

Helena Bonham Carter in ‘Cinderella’

FILM: FAST & FURIoUS 7CAST: VIN DIESEL, ChRIS BRIDgES, DwAyNE JohNSoN, JASoN STAThAM, JoRDANA BREwSTER, MIChELLE RoDRIgUEz, PAUL wALkER, TyRESE gIBSoNDIRECToR: JAMES wAN

After defeating Owen Shaw and his crew, Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel), Bri-an O’Conner (Paul Walker) and the rest

of the crew are able to return to the United States and live the normal life again as they had wanted, but Owen’s older brother, Ian Shaw (Jason Sta-tham), is after Dominic, seeking revenge for the death of his brother, putting the entire crew in danger once more. After learning of Han’s death, the crew sets out to find the man who killed one of their own, before he finds them first.


The Next 48hOURS • Easter Fun

Easter Holiday Fun Guide

Children visiting GrandWest over the Easter break are promised loads of “egg-citing” fun, with activities

planned daily from Thursday, April 2, to Sunday, April 12.

There will be puppet shows, mag-ic shows, arts and crafts workshops, face-painting and balloon sculpting, as well as face-painting and hula hoop workshops to look forward to. The festive fun will unfold daily, from 12pm to 4pm, at the Cape Vil-lage, GrandWest. “Our complex will be a hive of activity over the Easter holidays. Kids are invited to be part of the action everyday at no cost,” says GrandWest PR and Promotions Manager, Elouise Matthys.

The festivities will reach fever pitch on Easter Sunday, April 5, on the Marble Walkway and Cape Vil-lage, between 12pm and 2pm. The Food Court and Hendrik Boom’s Garden will be a hive of activity with buskers, face painters, magicians, balloon sculptors and more to en-tertain children. Families will have the opportunity to have their photos taken in the Easter-branded pho-tobooth in The District and various restaurants will be offering special menus and other promotions.

* For more information, visit www.grandwest.co.za.

2015 is the International Year of Light, a global initiative which will highlight to the citizens of the world the importance of light and optical technologies in their lives, for their futures and for the devel-opment of society. The Cape Town Science Centre (CTSC) will be ex-ploring the science behind light, as well as eggs and rabbits during the Easter holidays. The CTSC will be open on all public holidays from 10am to 4.30pm.

Their April Holiday Programme from April 1 to 12 is as follows:

Bio Bunny (Ages 6+)Did you know? Rabbits have incred-ibly strong limbs which allow them to leap up to 1 metre high. Join in and discover fascinating facts about bunnies and their physical features.Eggcellent Egg Drop (Ages 7+)Use your eggspertise to build a cap-sule and protect your egg from the great fall.

Egg Hunt (Ages 7+)Scurry around the CTSC exhibition floor solving clues and unlocking the eggs. The Ultimate Egg Hunt.

Eggs-periments (Ages 6+)Test out the strength of an egg shell and uncover why egg shells are so strong.

Light Fountain (Ages 8+)

Discover the wonders of light while making a light fountain and find out how light bounces through wa-ter.

Light Detector (Ages 6+)Discover the difference in tempera-ture between red, blue, green and white light using a prism.

Mini Projector (Ages 7+)Discover how a projector works and build a modern day overhead pro-jector using simple items you can find at home.

Spectrometer (Ages 8+)

Build a spectrometer to take home and discover the wonders of light. A spectrometer is an instrument that measures the spectrum of light.

Trendy Telescope (Ages 8+)Did you know that the first tele-scope was invented in 1608 by Hans Lippershey? Build a telescope and discover the science behind it.

* For more information, call 021 300 3200; send an email to [email protected]; or visit ctsc.org.za.The Cape Town Science Centre is situated on 370B Main Rd, Obser-vatory.

“Egg-citing” Easter fun for kids at GrandWest

Explore the science behind eggs and rabbits this Easter

Put on your hard hat and get to exploring at the CTSC

Mint, the Local Grill will host an Easter Sunday Jazz Lunch

From egg hunts to hot cross buns and memorable lunches, Easter is a time for creating fond memories with your loved ones. This year, Taj Cape Town has created a selection of Easter experiences, including a tradi-tional Easter Jazz Lunch, a decadent ‘Sugar and Spice’ Afternoon Tea as well as a luxurious Jiva Grande Spa package.

On April 5, Mint, the Local Grill, will host a traditional Easter Sun-day Jazz Lunch from 12pm, which will include a sumptuous a la Carte menu and live saxophonist. Guests can enjoy Executive Chef Shyam Longani’s famous Easter speciali-ties, such as sweet-hot plum-glazed ham, honey-curry glazed lamb and Lexington-style grilled chicken.

For those with a sweet tooth, Taj Cape Town is offering a ‘Sugar and Spice’ themed Afternoon Tea. Cinna-mon hot cross buns, ginger cheese-cake and spicy ajowan brownies will

be served in the Lobby Lounge along with authentic Indian Chai tea. The Easter Afternoon Tea special will be available from April 3 to 6, between 2pm and 5pm, and is priced at R195 per person, or R95 for children aged four to 12 years old.

For the month of April, Jiva Grande Spa, Taj Cape Town’s award-winning spa, invites you and your partner to experience a relaxing Easter indulgence with a soothing and nourishing Posha Body Ritual. Guests can enjoy a cleansing wrap and a relaxing shoulder massage, and complete the experience by sip-ping on original Indian Chai Tea in the spa’s tranquil relaxation room. The 1 hour 15 minute treatment is priced at R650 per person.

* For bookings or more information, call Taj Cape Town on 021 819 2000; or visit www.tajcapetown.co.za.

Easter tantalizing at Taj Cape Town

Get into the swing of things these school holidays at Ratanga Junction, the Wildest Place in Africa. The park will be open from Thursday, April 2, until Sunday, April 12.

Ratanga will also be open for spe-cial bonus days from Friday, April 24, until Sunday, May 3.

Over and above firm favourite at-tractions, visitors can also enjoy a variety of new attractions, from zip lines to paddle boats to the high adrenalin, fast spinning Vortex.

* Visit www.ratanga.co.za for more information.

Kids holiday time means its Ratanga time again

Catch some zip line action during the holidays


The Next 48hOURS • Fooding Around

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Move over Christian Grey. There’s a new “passioni-sta” in town; one whose velvety flesh is firing up

the fantasies of lovers all over South Africa. Lovers of good food and good health, that is. I’m of course talking about delicious, locally grown avoca-dos, which are in season right now.Go on, shake off your inhibitions this winter and experiment with some exciting new avo-nues of taste and texture by adding an avo to any meal, any time of the day.

What about spicing up your

breakfast with chorizo, goat’s cheese and avo on toast; or adding an avo to your power smoothie, for a creamy healthy kick? Give lunchtime routines an exciting twist with mini chicken and avo sliders; or devilled eggs with smashed avo guacamole. You could whip up something fresh and tasty for dinner by adding some avo to your old favourites - think spicy Asian beef stir fry with coriander and sesame seeds; smoked salmon and avo salad with pink grapefruit and radishes; or zucchini noodles with a creamy avo pasta sauce. The versatil-ity of avocados creates endless tasty combinations - so go on, add an avo today.

Avos are also the perfect partners for a low carb lifestyle and with rec-ipe ideas like avo coconut bread, avo hummus and avo and turmeric lassi, there’s every reason to add an avo to your healthy meal or snack.

Incorporating avocado into a meal is also great way of boosting your daily intake of monounsaturated fats and essential nutrients such as po-tassium, folic acid and vitamin C - and the good news is that while avos are rich and creamy, they’re proven to be heart-healthy and effective fight-ers against “bad” LDL cholesterol.

Who hasn’t snuck a slice of avo

from the top of the salad? Or hunted for a piece of green deliciousness hidden under the lettuce? Well, say goodbye to guilty secrets. The ex-perts say that eating avocados may be associated with better diet qual-ity and beneficial nutrient intakes*, so you can happily eat avos and your body will thank you for it. And when it comes to testing for ripeness, the fruit should yield to a gentle squeeze in the palm of the hand.

Alternatively, give the fruit stalk a gentle nudge with your thumb and if it comes off easily, the Avo is almost ripe but if it’s still firmly attached, you’ll need to wait a few days. Test-ing the Hass variety is even easier as its green skin changes to purple/black as it ripens.

So go on, satisfy your hunger and add some delicious, versatile and healthy home-grown avos to your daily shopping basket today. Look good and feel good with fifty shades of green!

Ripening and storage of the avo-cadoThe avocado does not ripen on the tree, even when it is ready to be picked.Once picked it usually begins to soft-en at the round end of the fruit then continues up to the stem end.

Storage of avocadosHard, unripe avocados can be kept in refrigeration for a few days to pre-vent ripening The best temperature is 6 - 7°C (nor-mal household fridge temperature). Lower temperatures should be avoid-ed.

Moving avocados in and out of cold storage repeatedly is very bad for fruit quality.

When avocados are ripe, they can be stored at 4 °C without damage oc-curring.

If avocados are stored for too long at low temperatures (below 5 °C) they will show typical signs of chilling in-jury. (Blacking of the skin and inter-nal grey or brown discoloration).

How to tell if an avocado is ripeDon’t squeeze an avocado to find out if it is ripe, because you will just bruise it.

When an avocado is approaching

eating ripeness, the short fruit stalk comes off easily when touched gen-tly.

In a hard, unripe avocado the fruit stalk is still firmly attached and it will take days to ripen.

Hass fruits are usually picked without stems, but the ripeness is easy to determine because the fruit skin changes its colour from green to purple/black as it ripens.

In any box of avocados the fruits will ripen at different times.

Avocados should not be stored for any length of time with bananas, apples or cabbages, as the ethylene gas given off by these fruits can have a bad effect on the avocados, caus-ing internal discoloration.

Avocados that start turning grey on the inside have either been picked too late in the season, or have been stored for too long.

How to ripen avocadosTo ripen avocados at home, keep them at room temperature until they are ripe.To speed this up, place avocados in

the fruit bowl with other fruit (es-pecially bananas), or better still, put them into a brown paper bag with the bananas.

Let’s cook!

Avocado, smoked salmon, pink grapefruit and radish salad Arrange slices of buttery ripe avocado with pink grapefruit segments, rad-ishes and sliced smoked salmon. Gar-nish with microgreens and serve with a grinding of black pepper Avocado salad with seeds and sproutsPeel and quarter 4 - 6 avocados de-pending on their size. Toss with a squeeze of fresh lemon juice, a hand-ful of sprouts, 2 tablespoons mixed seeds and a handful of chopped Ital-ian parsley and serve immediately.

Avocado Potato SaladNo mayo, only avow Toss 1-2 large avocados with 500 g boiled new potatoes, 1- 2 table-spoons of white vinegar and gar-nish with chopped chives and freshly ground black pepper.

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As Easter weekend approach-es, South African’s will make their yearly migration to holiday destinations to

spend time with their families and loved ones. While many will be en-joying the traditional pickled fish, chocolate eggs and hot cross buns, others will lose their lives on the road.

According to the Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) the Easter road death toll dropped from a staggering 241 in 2013, to only 193 in 2014. This is an indica-tion that great headway has been made to reduce the road death toll in South Africa. Unfortunately speed and alcohol remain the main reasons for road accidents. It is estimated that around 330 motorists were ar-rested over last year’s Easter weekend for drunken driving alone.

Wandile Dumakude, legal expert at LIPCO Law for All, explains that many South African’s think they know their drinking limits or have quick fix solutions to sober up, but these limits usually do not measure up against those set by law or by the human body. “A person is over the le-gal limit if his breath alcohol content is in excess of 0.24mg per 1000ml, or his blood alcohol concentration in excess of 0.05g per 100ml. The rule of thumb for any motorist is a maximum of 1 unit per alcohol per hour. Biologically the human body

can only process one unit every hour, despite drinking lots of water, strong black coffee or taking a cold shower. These tricks do little to help sober a person up,” says Dumakude.

But what does this mean in lay-man’s terms? Dumakude explains that “a 75ml glass of your favou-rite wine will amount to about one unit. But be cautious, because that means a 250ml glass will amount to 3,3 units. A spirit cooler or beer amounts to roughly about 1,25 units, while a 25ml tot of whiskey or brandy to a unit. Cocktails and shooters are

a bit more tricky and dangerous, as one glass could easily amount to 2-4 units.”

Many South African’s are aware of the fact that many drivers are let off the hook due to unreliable blood al-cohol specimens, and fail to compre-hend the seriousness of the crime. If found guilty, a person faces six years imprisonment, or a R120000 fine, a suspended driver’s licence and crimi-nal record. That is not even mention-ing the repercussions should some-one die as a result of a road accident. “The real reason people should not

drive under the influence is the fact that they might cause the death of someone. You stand to face a charge of culpable homicide, and prosecu-tors are increasingly accusing mo-torists of murder,” Dumakude warns motorists.

What to do if a person is arrested for Drunken Driving:

1. Remain calm and collected. Do not resist arrest or become violent, even if force is used. You don’t want to prejudice your chances to be re-

leased on bail2. You have the right to be treated

with dignity and to remain silent. Pay attention to whether you are in-formed of your rights (if at all) and other things said by the arresting of-ficer. You must however provide your full names. You have the right to phone one person (a friend/relative or Attorney).

3. You may not refuse to provide a blood sample. The district surgeon, a registered nurse, or prison medical officer will take a blood specimen within two hours of arrest and sub-mit to the state laboratory for analy-sis.

4. Follow the instructions of the arresting officer. Chances are good that you will be kept at the police station until you have sobered up, and you may be released with a warning to appear before court with-in 48 hours. You may also be kept behind bars.

5. It is important to note the de-tails and the name of the police sta-tion you are in, the case number for your case, the name of the investi-gating officer. Your attorney will re-quire the info.

Considering that 65% of road ac-cidents are related to alcohol abuse, let’s hope South African’s are respon-sible and put safety first this Easter weekend.

Avoid murder on the road this Easter Weekend

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Remain calm and collected. Do not resist arrest or become violent. You don’t want to prejudice your chances to be released on bail.

You have the right to be treated with dignity and to remain silent. You must however provide your full names. You have the right to phone one person (A friend/relative or Attorney).

Follow the instructions of the arresting officer. Chances are good that you will be kept at the police station until you have sobered up, and you may be released with a warning to appear before court within 48 hours.

It is important to note the details and the name of the police station you are in, the Cas no. for your case, the name of the Investigating Officer. Your attorney will need the info.

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You may not resist the taking of a blood sample. The district surgeon, a registered nurse, or prison medical officer will take a blood specimen within 2 hours of arrest and submit to the state laboratory for analysis.

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Urban Myth: Drinking lots of water, strong black coffee or taking a cold shower, is a quick fix solution to sober up.

Many South Africans are aware of the problems the state faces with unreliable blood specimens and falsely believe that they will

be let off the hook easily.

If found guilty, a motorist faces 6 years imprisonment or a R120 000 fine, a suspended license and a criminal record.

That’s if no one was killed - a motorist could be charged with culpabale homocide or even murder.

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