Markets
Shongweni Farmers and Craft Market: (today) Fun and safe family outing in the country, 6.30am to 12.30pm, with full Covid protocols. Fresh produce, crafts, ready-made foods, decor items, furniture, pet products, outdoor goods, nursery and jewellery. Call 031 777 4686.
Musgrave Market: (today) Under the trees at Berea Park for good food, good music and stalls selling arts and crafts, clothing, accessories, confectionery, baked goods, books, toys, plants, good quality second-hand items and more. From 9am to 2pm.
Golden Hours Market: (tomorrow) Family market at the Golden Hours School, 10am to 2pm, all Covid-19 protocols. Call Lyn at 083 262 3693.
uMhlanga Farmers Market: Autumn Drive, Prestondale, every Wednesday from 8am to noon. Call Ethel at 060 303 3957.
Shows
Rhumbelow, Durban: (today and tomorrow) Burning Love ‒ Elvis features Doug Weich as Elvis. Evan Cullum(keyboards/backing vocals), Paul Cassells (drums/backing vocals), Jason Andrew (bass Guitar /backing vocals), and David Knott (lead guitar). Starts 2pm. Tickets R160. Call 082 499 8636 or email [email protected]
Rhumbelow, Tina’s: (today and tomorrow) Synchronicity is a tribute to the music of Sting and The Police by Marion Loudon (vocals), Grant Halliday (drums), Keith Fordyce (guitar, keyboard and vocals), Neil Ford (bass guitar), and Ross Tapson, (guitar and vocals). Starts 2pm. Tickets R160 from Computicket or email [email protected]
Rhumbelow, Northlands: (tomorrow) Barry Thomson & The Reals present Hot August Night, a tribute to Neil Diamond. Starts 4pm. In Durban August 21-22 at 2pm and August 28-29 and 2pm at Tina’s. Tickets R160, Northlands Bowling Club Members R130.
Playhouse, Loft: Kamphoer, featuring South African theatre legend Sandra Prinsloo, is based on a true story of Susan Nell, brutally raped and left for dead during the Anglo-Boer War in the Winburg concentration camp. She qualifies as a psychiatric nurse and 16 years later during World War I, her path crosses again with one of her rapists. August 19-21 at 7pm, August 21-22 at 2pm. Tickets R100 at Webtickets.
Rhumbelow, Pietermaritzburg: The Glitter Girls, starring three multi-award winning performers Lisa Bobbert, Liesl Coppin and Marion Loudon. Performances described as “irrepressible”. August 22 at 2pm. Tickets R160. Call Roland on 082 499 8636 or email [email protected]
Playhouse, Drama: Nongogo, written by Athol Fugard, is set in a shebeen outside of Johannesburg in the 1950s, focussing on the life of a shebeen queen who was once a prostitute. August 28 at 6.30pm, and 29 at 3pm and September 3 at 6.30pm and 4 at 2.30pm. Tickets R100 from Webtickets.
Comedy
Rooftop BBQ Durban: (tomorrow) Jokers Corner hosts a comedy picnic for a day filled with laughter from noon. Brought to you by host Simphiwe Shembe and featuring Celeste Nthuli, AmaWele and Flymotion. Tickets R200 from Webtickets, R250 at the door.
Talloula, Botha’s Hill: An afternoon of laughter with The Best of Aaron McIlroy on August 28. Tickets R350 from Webtickets include a meal. Cash bar. Bring your own picnic blankets and chairs. Lunch at 12.30pm, show starts at 2pm.
Riverside Hotel: Women’s Month comedy evening with Cyril Basker, Jem Atkins and Annalakshmi on August 28 at 7pm. No under 18. Tickets R130 each from Webtickets
Music
Playhouse, Opera: (today) The Imbokodo Maskandi concert highlights the glittering talents of Vumile Mngoma, Ama Yellow Bones, Buselaphi Gxowa, Annah Mlotshwa and Ngenzeni Ntanzi. Starts 3pm, tickets R100 from Webtickets.
BAT Centre: (today) Abahlabeleli and GMX Live, a Gospel show from a group from Church Abahlabeleli baseWeseli at 2pm. Tickets R200 from Webtickets.
Puddles Cottage, Kamberg: The Midlands Trio Maggie Deppe (oboe), Ilse Myburgh (piano) and Charl van der Merwe (bassoon) present music for oboe, bassoon and piano on August 22 at 11am and 2pm. Strict Covid protocols. Tickets R120. Bookings Agnes Jerman on 082 683 1583 / [email protected]
Playhouse, Opera: The Playhouse Company, with Adesso Enterprises, presents an evening of melodies celebrating the resilience of the human spirit for Women’s Month. August 28 at 6pm. Tickets R100 from Webtickets
Art
KZNSA Gallery: Opening August 17, Terra Fragmented by Nindiya Bucktowar, an immersive three dimensional clay installation to inspire and stimulate. Also opening is We’re oClay by the Ceramics Society of Southern Africa KZN region.
Elizabeth Gordon Gallery: (today) Featuring Hussein Salim’s works that are a celebration of the African woman. Call 031 303 8133.
The Green Gallery: (today) New paintings by Nicolle Pletts, along with many other lovely female artists. Also bronzes by Sarah Richards. Flanders Boutique Mall, Flanders Drive, Mount Edgecombe. Call 031 502 2757.
Outdoors
Amblers Hiking Club: (tomorrow) At 2pm a new hike to enjoy the forests and streams of Giba Gorge Mountain Bike Park on Stockville Road. Takeaway pizzas and beer after. Call David at 0726150559.
Cycle Club: Meet every Tuesday at the Mini Town car park on North Beach at 9am for a cycle on the promenade. Call Ian at 083 675 2125.
Spar Women’s Race: The Durban and Pietermaritzburg SPAR Women’s 10/5km Challenge goes virtual this year on September 4. The only condition is that they complete their challenge between 6am and 6pm. Entry is R60 which includes a race pack containing a T-Shirt, buff, medal, and a digital magazine. Entries close at midnight on August 15. See https://sparvirtualchallenge.co.za/
Events
Alliance Française: Cine Club this month features African fiction: on August 18 at 6pm the feature Tilaï (The Law), a 1990 Cannes Jury Prize drama co-written, co-produced, and directed by Idrissa Ouédraogo. Entrance free, pizza, drinks and popcorn available.
Centre for Creative Arts: JOMBA! Contemporary Dance Experience celebrates its 23rd and second digital edition from August 24 to September 5. The theme is Border Crossings. Jomba is free via the website, www.jomba.ukzn.ac.za or subscribe to the JOMBA Youtube channel here: https://www.YouTube.com/Jomba_Dance
The Independent on Saturday