Aweh! What’s happening in Durban?
Keep warm this week, be part of indoor and outdoor fun near you. The fun is endless, packed with musical drama, women's events, dance, comedy, sport and much more.
Winter chills have no chance of winning against a tapestry of events that Durban has to offer.
Aunty Rumba Rocks Durban, again
A laugh a minute comedy show with Jailoshini Naidoo and everyone’s favourite, Aunty Rumba, returns to Durban for a three-day affair from August 29 to 31. The show is set to crack up the audience at iZulu Theatre – Sibaya. It also features music by the super talented Lloyd Paul and Jani Punjab.
Tickets are available at ticketpro.co.za from R150. Doors open at 19:00
JOMBA! hits the dance floor
THE UKZN Centre for Creative Arts presents the 27th JOMBA! Contemporary Dance Experience, a 13-day explosion of world-class contemporary dance, bringing together dancers and dance-makers from South Africa, Spain, France, Réunion, Uganda, Ivory Coast, Germany, and Luxembourg from August 26 to September 7 in Durban.
The theme of this year’s festival is “moving border/lands” as JOMBA! sets out to engage, through curated dance encounters, and with artists and dance-makers who battle with, and navigate, the current unfolding socio- and geo-politics of border/lands.
For the full programme, go to: https://jomba.ukzn.ac.za/. Tickets are R85 and R65 (concessions and groups) or R390 once-off for a full festival pass.
Booking for the full festival pass can be done via Webtickets before individual ticket bookings open.
Laugh out loud
Legends of Laughter will feature the comedic likes of Darren Maule, Muthu Murugan, Bash With Tash, Darrien Asbury, Nabeel Peer, Sagie Murugan, Annalakshmi and Logie Naidoo.
The legendary comedians assure the audiences of rip-roaring comedy on Friday, August 29, at the playTsogo Globe, Suncoast at 19:00.
Tickets are available from R150 at Ticketpro or SPAR outlets.
Patrons are advised that the show has an age restriction of PG-13.
For more info, contact Showtime Promotions on 060 302 9860.
SPAR KZN Schoolgirls’ Fast 5s Netball Challenge
Launching into its fifth year, the SPAR KZN Schoolgirls’ Fast 5s Netball Challenge is set to tip off in August with eight tournaments around the province, with 100 teams participating this year.
The Southern KZN Regional tournament will be hosted by King Edward High School on Saturday, August 23, where Shayamoya Area Secondary School will take on another 10 schools in the hopes of defending their title to win it for the third time.
Wrapping up the August regionals, the picturesque inner city setting of St Henry’s Marist College welcomes Durban Central teams on Saturday, August 30. Hoping to defend their title on their home courts, they will welcome 12 local schools on the day.
The September calendar kicks off at Curro Hillcrest for the Highway Regional on Saturday, September 6.
Following the success of the SPAR KZN Schoolgirls’ Hockey Tournament, which is celebrating its 15th year since its inception, SPAR KZN is grateful to see its netball challenge growing substantially since its first challenge with four regionals in 2019.
All games will be livestreamed on SuperSport Schools.
Women’s Month empowerment
The Glenwood /Bulwer Ratepayers and Residents Association presents Woman of Valour to celebrate women of strength, courage and virtue.
On offer will be speakers, entertainment, lucky draws and raffles.
The gathering will take place on August 30 at Berea Bowling Club from 14:00 to 18:00.
Tickets cost R100 per person, and tables of six to eight are available for booking.
Lunch, tea, snacks, coffee, and a cash bar will be available.
For more information and bookings, contact glenwoodbulwerrra@gmail.com or WhatsApp 062 267 6535.
What’s cooking at the theatre?
The Playhouse Company presents Sophiatown, a lively and memorable drama with music that is being revived with a new, young cast under the experienced eye of director Aubrey Sekhabi to delight today’s audiences with its timeless music. Sophiatown came to be known as the ‘Chicago of South Africa’, and a place where shebeen queens, gangsters, politicians and black and white ‘Bohemians’ rubbed shoulders and traded drinks in a heady atmosphere fizzing with music, style, and rebellion.
This vibrant community produced some of South Africa’s most famous musicians, artists, writers, journalists, and politicians as urban African culture formed here during the repressive 1940s and 1950s.
The show takes place on August 29 at The Playhouse. Tickets are available at R120 via Webtickets.
For more info visit https://playhousecompany.com/.
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