WHAT’S THE BUZZ
Markets
Fragrance Street Market, Chatsworth. Fragrance Street, opposite RK Khan Hospital. Wednesdays to Saturdays, 9am-5pm. Sundays, 10am-4pm. Call 072 638 9459.
Shongweni Market. 457 Mr551 Road. Every Saturday. 6.30am-11.30pm. Call 083 777 1674.
uMhlanga Farmers’ Market. Prestondale, Autumn Drive, uMhlanga Ridge. Every Wednesday, 9am-noon. Call 074 445 6186.
Rosetta Country Market. Rosetta Village. Local produce. May 27. 8.30am - noon. Call 082 550 4656.
Litchi Orchard Night Market. Seaforth Road Umhlali. Night Market. Local food, drink, live music and festivities. May 26. 5pm-10pm. R30. May 27. 9am-1pm. Free entry. Call 032 525 5118.
Chiltern Family Market. Chiltern Park Sports Club. Pitlochry Rd, Dawncrest, Westville. Local stallholders, foods, bar and a variety of activities for the kids. May 28. 9am-2pm. Call 031 262 4680.
Wonder Market. Chris Saunders Park, Centenary Boulevard, uMhlanga Ridge. Craft, design and food. May 28. 9am-2pm. info@ridgemanagement. co.za
Music
BAT Centre: Friday workshop, noon-2pm. Hip hop, contemporary, 1pm-3pm. Lunch concert, 1pm-2pm. Call 031 332 0451.
Jameson’s Pub: Dorothy Nyembe (Gardiner) Street. Conceptkidds: live radio podcast with Q&A, every Wednesday. Monkey Pandemonium: One artist weekly live; from jazz, hip hop, poetry, comedy and book readings to percussion. Every Thursday, 4pm-7pm. Find a way Friday: Alternative party music, 4pm-8pm. Hip hop Saturdays: noon-6pm. Call 061 988 1341.
Jazzy Lunch: Café Saint Germain, Alliance Française, 22 Sutton Crescent. Saturday, noon-2pm. Call 031 312 9582.
Music Unlimited. Murphy. Stamford Hill Bowling Club. Every Saturday from 2pm. Call 073 584 0258.
Roberta Reddy: Oyster Box Hotel, alternate Saturdays and Sundays. 2.30pm-5pm. Call 082 321 2698.
Roberta Reddy: Resident pianist at Coastlands Hotel on Friday and Coastlands Musgrave on Saturday. 7pm-10pm. Call 082 321 2698.
Windsor Tennis Club. 30 James Henderson Crescent, Glenwood. Mondays. Tennis,4pm-6pm. May 22, Gavin Ferguson, May 29. Music 6pm-9pm. R50. Call 082 499 8636.
Trio Frontier. Durban Jewish Centre, 44 KE Masinga (Old Fort) Road. Christopher Duigan, director of the widely acclaimed, Junnan Sun. He is the principal clarinettist in the KZNPO. He studied at the Royal College of Music in London for a Master of Performance specialising in orchestral studies. Aristide du Plessis, he has established a reputation as one of South Africa’s leading cellists.Prelude performer: Sandile Mabaso – tenor. May 23. 7.30am. Members R80, non-members R100, sudents R20. Call 031 335 4460.
Debbie Mari and Lihle Ngidi. The Centre for Jazz and Popular Music. Jazz Voice students present Jazz standards, selections from the American songbook and South African songs in a programme featuring undergraduate students from the UKZN Jazz Studies programme. May 24. 6pm. R60 for general admission, R40 pensioners, R20 for students. Call 031 260 3385.
Zakifo Music Festival. The Green Hub. 31 Steibel Place, Blue Lagoon. Boasts over 20 of the finest international music-makers from UK, Jamaica, USA, Belgium, France, Niger, Congo, Tanzania and South Africa, with a cultural area, food carts and stalls, craft beer bars and local traders. May 26-28. 5pm. R700. R250, day pass. Call 078 234 0200.
Dan Patlansky Solo, Acoustic. Caversham Mill. May 26. 8.15pm. R130. Call 033 940 0145.
Steve Newman. Winston Churchill Theatre. 2 Leinster Rd, Pietermaritzburg. A consummate instrumentalist who can pick out any tune you name. With his worldfamous band Tananas, formed in 1987, Newman has received a string of awards for albums released with Tananas. May 26. 7.30pm. R50. Call 033 392 2264.
Rusty Red. Shongweni Market. Mr551 Rd, Outer West Durban. May 27. 9.30am - 11.30am. Free admission. Call 083 777 1674.
Swati Vocalist Zoe The Seed. Jazz vocalist from Swaziland. Good Reflection Jazz Band will also perform. MC Lounge in King Dinuzulu Township, May 28. 2pm. R30. For more information visit http://concertssa.co.za.
ART
Artisan Gallery: Barbara Becke’s new small flower paintings on display. Each painting is only 23cmx23cm and framed in a soft white. Call 031 312 4364
artSPACE. Notion and Nature by Nicholas and Miranda Crooks. These two-dimensional artworks comment on how digital new media condition superimposes itself on to the technologies of a shadow baby-boomer, or the predigital generations. Ends May 25. Call 031 312 0793.
Durban Art Gallery: Beauty and its Beasts. Has the female stereotype changed? The exhibition examines how the stereotype was created and how artists have either perpetuated the phenomenon or subverted it. Works borrowed from other art collections include Mary Sibande’s ‘Cry Havoc’ and Zanele Muholi’s ‘Condoms & Feet’ – contemporary pieces that sit provocatively alongside Hubert von Herkomer’s ‘Queen Victoria’. Until May 28. Call 031 3112264.
Elizabeth Gordon Gallery. Hugh Mbayiwa, Zimbabwean artist. His paintings include fashion images showing colourful ethnic inspired outfits. Call 031 303 8133.
The Green Gallery. Oil works by Angelika Anastasia, Nicole Pletts, Sheena Povall, and Coral Spencer. Call 031 502 2757.
Phansi Goes Phezulu Gallery: Magical Msinga. Featuring coloured pencil drawings of the Msinga landscape by Jannie van Heerden. Supplemented by the work of Msinga artists. Call 031 206 2889.
Tatham. Permanent Collection: The South African Landscape (Lorna Ferguson Room), Vessels and Containers (Ceramics Room) Migrations: Time – Place – Culture (Perimeter Gallery), Recent Acquisitions Exhibition (Schreiner Gallery), The Schreiner Gallery in the Tatham Art Gallery is a temporary exhibition space for artists working primarily in the Msunduzi region. Call 033 392 2801.
Woza Moyo. 15-year Traveller Exhibition. 5th birthday party and exhibition and the launch of the latest Traveller product. Join the celebration and launch of the Traveller Sock photo facebook competition. May 15-June 15. Call 031 765 5866.
SHOWS
Mamba Republic. Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre. Mamba Republic is a rapidly-paced satirical sketch comedy. Reuniting the talents of Ben Voss (Beauty Ramapelepele) and John van de Ruit (Spud) Mamba Republic takes a savagely funny look at all that is wrong and very wrong in the Rainbow Nation. Until June 3. 7.30pm. May 27 and June 3, 2pm and 7.30pm. R150. Book at Computicket.
The Long Road To Rock. Rhumbelow Theatre DBN. The Reals. The show features iconic bands/artists who started as garage bands and ended up in stadiums, selling millions of albums. Until May 28. Starts at 8pm. Sunday, Today at 2pm and Sunday, May 28, 2pm and 6.30pm. R150. Call 082 499 8636.
The Sound Of His Music. Rhumbelow Theatre, Tinas in Kloof. Anthony Stonier takes a “down memorylane” meander through the marvellous melodies of one of the most famous composers of all time, Richard Rodgers. 2pm and 6.30pm. R150. Book at Computicket.
Upcoming
We Are Still Marching. Playhouse Drama Theatre. This piece explores the struggles faced by women in SA and neighbouring countries. May 27-28. 7.30pm and Sunday, 2.30pm. R30-R60. Book at Computicket
Tartuffe By Sylvaine Strike. Courtyard Theatre. Exploring the way in which people are easily manipulated by symbols of power and honeyed words, Controversial when it was first performed in 1664, the play was closed down, censored and Molière questioned by the religious authorities of the time, who saw in it an audacious critique of hypocrisy within the church. May 25 and May 26. 7pm. R80. Book at Computicket
Freedom. Playhouse Loft Theatre in Durban. The show seeks to interrogate, illuminate and provoke critical thought of what the next 20 years holds for this country. May 26 -28. 7pm. Saturday, 2pm and 7pm and Sunday 2pm. R30-R60. Book at Computicket.
Hello Darling... Sheila Here. Izulu Theatre, Sibaya Casino. Sheilas viewership has reached more than a million and her success is celebrated through-out the world. May 26-28. 8pm. Sunday 3pm. R120-R150. Book at Computicket.
Never Ending Comedy Tour. Suncoast Conference Centre. Darren Maule as MC together with a different line-up each month of 3 to 4 local and national comedians on stage. May 26. 8pm. R100. Computicket.
Sankalp. Thekwini College Auditorium (262 Daintree Avenue, Asherville). Indian classical performing arts. May 27. 5.30pm. Call 082 422 6865.
Dusty Rich and the Voices. Butler’s Restaurant (24 Old Main Rd, Hillcrest). Stand-up comedy. May 24. 8.30pm. R100. Call 031 765 3850.
Events
Natal Zoological Gardens. Exit 65 off N3 about 15 minutes from PMB and 45 minutes from Durban. See exotic birds and animals. Kids activities. Open daily 9am-4pm. Adults R60. Children under 12, R40. Call 083 629 7799.
Birding and general nature walk: Springside Nature Reserve, Hillcrest. Second Wednesday of each month. 8.30am. Call 031 765 6809.