PRESS RELEASE
12 June 2014

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

StateoftheART is proud to present 'A Reflection Of Us', an exhibition of mixed media, drawings and paintings by Lisette Forsyth on the Exhibition Wall.

"The present and the past meet by some divine intervention called art . A reflection of us. I work on found surfaces from 1860s Government Gazette pages to scrap pieces of wood. The surface dictates the subject: the people, their body language, unique style and characters all develop into a perfect match." - Lisette Forsyth

Lisette constantly experiments with media and subject matter. Her compulsion to recycle pushes her towards mixed media. The contrasts and contradictions of Cape Town and its people provide the inspiration for her work.

Opening 3rd July @ 6pm closes Saturday 19th July @2pm

61 Shortmarket Street, Cape Town.
Gallery hours: 10am-5pm weekdays, 10am-2pm Saturdays.

The exhibition will run concurrently online from the 2nd July - 19th of July.
For more information please contact Jennifer on 0724709272 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Tucked away behind a small shopping centre in Sunningdale is a theatre, its part of Elkanah House School and the performances staged are far from the average school productions. No squeaky can’t-hold-a-note voices or forgotten lines with a teacher prompting little Jimmy for every other sentence but fresh, youthful and exceptionally professional and very polished performances.

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers is almost at the end of a 10-Day Run. An amazing cast of high school students in a more than professional performance of a familar musical supported by a first class orchestra delivers entertainment for audiences of all ages.  Superbly acted with the perfect balance of serious storyline and laugh out loud comedy, the enjoyment of the cast is conveyed to the audience in a unique and special way. The foot tapping musical score, brought to life by the live orchestra not pre-recorded synthetic sounds  so often used in so many schools, amateur and even professional productions carries the audience into the musical itself creating first class, truly enjoyable entertainment. Everything a theatre production should be is brought to the table and delivered to the tee.

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers is another masterpiece from this little gem of a theatre that is fast growing up.  This and past productions leave audiences spellbound and changing the mind-set of what a school production is; any preconceptions are thrown away as soon as the show starts and standing ovations are common and well deserved. One leaves the theatre wanting more with the audience questioning “was that really a school production?” The answer is no, it wasn’t  a school production but a production from a school that is passionate about theatre, with a staff that know the theatre and a team bold enough to tackle the most challenging of projects that say “if we are going to put on a show then it’s going to be the best”

Seven Brides for seven brothers is sadly drawing to a close, last shows are on Saturday 17th May, future productions are in the pipeline. Keep an eye open for the next show and when you attend the next production, and if you have waited all this time to go you are perfectly allowed to kick yourself for not doing so sooner.  You will soon agree that this little theatre, tucked away behind a shopping centre is a real gem!  

{pp}Afrikaans rock outfit, Beeskraal, today announced that they will make available all of their back catalogue and upcoming album on MXit's new MXit Music offering.

{pp}“KAMMAKASTIG LAND” heads for “Student Oscars 2008”

Johannesburg - The South African School of Motion Picture Medium and Live Performance (AFDA) is proud to announce that an AFDA honours short film “Kammakastig Land” will represent South Africa in the 35th annual Student Academy Awards. AFDA and the crew of “Kammakastig Land” will go up against the best of the worlds student films in the category of Honorary Foreign Film Student Award.

The Student Academy Awards is an annual competition conducted by the Academy and the Academy Foundation. Every year over 500 film schools and universities across the U.S enter works to be judged in the following four categories: Animation, Documentary, Narrative and Alternative. Added to these is an award which honours a film outside of the U.S, contested worldwide by all CILECT member film schools.

{pp}MOPP (Month of People's Photography) invites the people on the street to its annual free exhibition by encouraging all to bring their own photographs to the grand opening event that will take place in the Annexe of the South African National Art Gallery in Plein Street (St Johns Street), Cape Town on February 22, 2008.

The South African Ballet Theatre’s Artistic Director, Ms Karen Beukes, has announced the promotion of the following SABT dancers:

Ms Sarah King is now ranked as a Senior Soloist while Ms Shannon Glover, Ms Gwen Barry and Mr Dion Page have all been promoted from Senior Corps de Ballet to Soloist ranking.

Ms Tammy Higgins and Ms Sanmarie Kreuzhuber have both been promoted from the Corps de Ballet to the Senior Corps de Ballet.

Ms Nicole Ferreira and Ms Claire Spector both successfully completed the SA Ballet Theatre’s Graduate programme in 2007 and have been accepted into the Company as members of the Corps de Ballet.

These promotions came into effect on January 21st when the Company resumed its rehearsals.

{pp}The South African Ballet Theatre, the country’s foremost professional ballet company, is pleased to announce its seasons for the year.

The first season of 2008 is The Sleeping Beauty accompanied by the Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra- the JPO is partially funded by Rand Merchant Bank.The season runs at the Johannesburg Civic Theatre from 29 March to 13 April

The SABT and The Black Tie Ensemble join forces from 24 to 27 April to present Autumn Enchantment at The SA State Theatre, Pretoria.

{pp}Gecko Valley performing arts camp for kids, is pleased to announce a year filled with great musical productions.

The camps will include the following:

The opportunity for kids to act along side professional actors, a 10 Day Musical Camp or 8 Day Variety Camp, Accommodation in comfortable Bungalows.

{pp}James Blunt is heading to South Africa for the next leg of his world tour.

{pp}Cape Town stands a chance to be selected as one of the world’s great cities and included in the new Monopoly World Edition board game – but she needs YOUR help!