Cruising for a good laugh
Dance and diabetes also on the menu
play — as interpreted by a group of clowns — will be performed at the Wits Theatre on Tuesday and Wednesday at 7.30pm. Tickets are R80 each through Computicket.
DANCE lovers can take in Singapore-based Gayatri Sriram’s Dwitayam (Duality) and local choreographer Versha Magan’s Footprints of a Dancer. The former will be performed at the Wits Theatre on Thursday and Friday from 7.30pm. Tickets are R80 each through Computicket. The latter will be at Gold Reef City’s The Lyric Theatre on Saturday at 7.30pm and Sunday at 3pm. Tickets start at R130. See sharedhistory.co.in.
ART
KWAZULU-NATAL’S Hilton College hosts the annual Witness Hilton Arts Festival from Thursday to Sunday. Visit hiltonfestival.co.za for the programme and phone 033 383 0126/7 or e-mail theatre@hiltoncollege.com for bookings.
MUSIC
THE Tamil Action Group will host a concert in Durban to celebrate Karthigai Deepam in November and is looking for volunteers. Contact 031 505 4389 to get involved. The date and venue of the event are still to be decided.
CHARITY
REGISTER to take part in this year’s Santa Shoebox Project, to help provide and distribute 100 000 shoeboxes full of gifts for children in South Africa and Namibia. Go to santashoebox.co.za to register and choose the name of a child or children to whom you would like to send age-appropriate gifts.
ISLAMIC nasheed artists Zain Bhikha from South Africa, Dawud Wharnsby from the UK, Morocco’s Khalid Belrhouzi and American comedian Omar Regan will perform in some of South Africa’s major cities later this month and early in October to fund projects run by Islamic Relief South Africa.
The concerts are on September 27 at the Laudium Community Centre; September 28 at the Wits Linder Auditorium in Johannesburg; October 4 at the Durban City Hall and October 5 at the Cape Town City Hall. Tickets are R130 each through Computicket or the Islamic relief offices.
LIFESTYLE
BOOK an exhibition stand, apply to be a performing artist, advertise with or sponsor this year’s Diwali in Mzansi festival by phoning 082 837 4104 or e-mailing diwali@indianspice.co.za. The event takes place on October 19 at the Sandton Sports Grounds in Johannesburg and entry is free to the public. Visit indianspice.co.za for more information.
CELEBRATE Hindi Day on Saturday with the Gauteng Hindi Shiksha Sangh and the Indian Council for Cultural Relations at the Indian Cultural Centre, Arta House, 8 Newport Road, Parktown, Johannesburg. A programme of dance, poetry recitals, music and speeches will begin at 2.30pm. Contact 083 704 4353 for more information.
HEALTH
ANGELA Bentley will speak about the nutritional management of diabetes when the Malabar Diabetes Support Group meets on Tuesday. The talk will begin at 7pm at the Malabar Community Centre’s Minor Hall in Port Elizabeth. Contact 041 457 4576 or 041 457 5447 for more information.
A BOOK, You can be Sugarfree — Indians vs Diabetes by motivational speaker and yoga teacher Kanchana Moodliar and homeopath Dr Colette Kell, will be launched on September 25 at Suncoast Hotel and Towers in Durban. The aim is to use a series of book launches and workshops to target the Indian community, which has a predisposition for diabetes. The book costs R150. Telephone 031 837 3794 or e-mail youcanbesugarfree@gmail.com to discover the workshop nearest to you.