3 National Theatre (UK) productions to be screened at Cinema Nouveau
There is also a new season of filmed National Theatre productions. There are only 4 showings each and these often get very booked up so its good to get a seat should you wish to see any of these...
View ArticleYAY! Live in HD Opera Season is back
The NY Metropolitan’s Live in HD opera season starting Friday 16th November. The 8 operas will run for about 7 days each at Cinema Nouveau in Rosebank starting on Friday and running through till March...
View ArticleSome great theatre productions currently showing in Joburg
Joburg Theatre never has a huge number of shows on offer as there is only a limited number of theatres, but as always what is available, promises not only a wide range of productions (although mostly...
View ArticleGoing into 2013 – what’s on at Joburg theatres
There are some really exciting upcoming shows and I’m making the most of what’s on offer. Looking forward to seeing Fascinating Aida next Saturday 26th. I heard the cast being interviewed by Jenny...
View ArticleJoburg’s best value .. classical music
Friday Lunch Hour classical concerts at the Old Mutual Theatre on the Square. Every Friday at 12h45 for 1pm. Tickets are only R35 and include coffee and biscuits. Now you can’t beat that for value...
View ArticleWhere to go for live music in Joburg
Guests who stayed recently at Liz at Lancaster went off to Katzys in Rosebank for live music and had a great evening. Situated in the Firs , a mall in nearby Rosebank, right next to the well-renowned...
View ArticleSouth Africa’s Classic FM finds fans in New York
Recently we had guests from New York stay here at Liz at Lancaster, one of whom was Molly-Vivian Huang, an accomplished concert pianist. They were visiting South Africa for a niece’s wedding up near...
View ArticleA cultural feast at Cinema Nouveau, Rosebank
We are so privileged in Johannesburg to have access on our doorsteps to world-class productions (quite literally). If an air-ticket to London is out of the question (let alone R600 odd for a theatre...
View ArticlePick of the Week: Screening of Kentridge’s NY Met production of The Nose at...
There are 3 performances left of this dazzlingly whacky absurdist opera by Shostakovich, brilliantly produced by William Kentridge. This is a live screening of the opera (in the Met’s HD series)...
View ArticleJazzing it up in Jozi
Jazzlovers bemoan the demise of many of Jozi’s well-known jazz venues such as Kippies and the Blues Room, amongst others. However, good news is that Aymeric Peguillan who was so central to the live...
View ArticlePick of the Week: At last ‘our’ Horse returns home …
When I was out of town in April of this year and missed the screening of the HD movie shown at Cinema Nouveau of the live London National Theatre production of War Horse, I was deeply disappointed. So...
View ArticleIt’s time to celebrate the winter solstice this week-end
We’re due for a mild week-end, from Sunday the days will be getting longer and the gas crisis might ease towards the beginning of August – some positive thinking around the load-shedding blues. So get...
View ArticleStay and play in Joburg on upcoming week-ends
Do Jozi-ites realize just how many domestic tourists come to the city to see big events? Last week Liz at Lancaster had no fewer than 4 families who drove from different parts of the country to bring...
View ArticleLoads to do in Jozi over the next 10 days
I can’t ever give a gift that I don’t personally like (although I make an exception when it comes to sport-loving sons), so my things to do in Joburg always reflect my personal tastes and interests....
View ArticleSpin into Orbit with Science, Cocktails and Jazz
This city of Jozi never ceases to amaze me that for all its grittiness (or maybe it’s precisely because of this edginess), it is so compulsively creative and trend-setting. On the last Tuesday of...
View ArticleLiz’s Pick of the Week: 14th February
It’s hard to believe that the Market Theatre celebrates its 40th birthday this year, opening mid 1976 just 5 days after that most significant of dates – 16th June. While its history as the ‘theatre of...
View ArticleLiz at Lancaster Pick of the Week: 21st Feb
Recently, Liz at Lancaster guests who were born and grew up in Johannesburg and were visiting from overseas for a big family reunion, wanted to take their grand-nieces on the Red City Bus leaving from...
View Article‘TRUE IS IT THAT WE HAVE SEEN BETTER DAYS’….
No, I’m not talking about the state of the nation but rather about Shakespeare’s amazing influence on the English language. I am sure many of you are familiar with Bernard Levin’s famous poem On...
View ArticleAbandon mindless nightly repeats of DSTV Jeremy Clarkson re-runs: hit the...
‘Us South Africans’ don’t know how lucky we are with the quality of theatre and the comparative low cost of tickets for what are often world class productions. And Joburg is particularly spoilt for...
View ArticleLiz’s Pick of the Week: Movies with a difference
As the colder weather sneaks up on us, it’s an ideal time to take yourselves off to Cinema Nouveau in Rosebank, the ‘arthouse’ movie theatre. Until next Sunday 15th May there are showings of 11...
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