...don't let it get to you.
Buy your books (see below), find your venues, make it to class. We're diving straight in.
I'll be starting February off with poetry to give you a chance to read your setworks. Use it! You can find out what order to read your setworks by referring to the semester planner I handed out in the first class. If you missed out on this, come and fetch one from me. You can find me on the ground floor of Postilion House. Turn left at reception, through the door nearest the railway tracks. You'll hear me before you see me.
I want you to consider this blog as extra assigned reading. I'll be posting assignment hints, feedback and tips throughout the semester. Feel free to leave comments, questions and rants as we go. I'll also be pointing you in the direction of some great Cape Town cultural events - let me know of anything you think would be interesting to visit, or review the things I post. I really want you to get out there and make the most of Cape Town culture!
I want you to consider this blog as extra assigned reading. I'll be posting assignment hints, feedback and tips throughout the semester. Feel free to leave comments, questions and rants as we go. I'll also be pointing you in the direction of some great Cape Town cultural events - let me know of anything you think would be interesting to visit, or review the things I post. I really want you to get out there and make the most of Cape Town culture!
Speaking of which, there are a couple of exciting theatre events on at the moment.
Maynardville continues to play host to an awesome production of Shakespeare's As You Like It until Valentine's Day.
I've heard they are reintroducing midweek ticket specials - 2 tickets for R100. Now that's a deal! If not, swing by any night at 7:45 with your student card and see if you can pick up a R60 student ticket. Take a picnic, a glass of wine and a warm top and be entertained by a rip-roaring tale of cross-dressing, mistaken identity and misguided passion.
It also helps that the actors are hot.
It also helps that the actors are hot.
***I am organising a class trip to this play on WEDNESDAY 28th JANUARY at R40 per ticket. Email me by Monday 26th if you're keen***
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Don't forget to try The Baxter's Feb offerings. If you're quick, you can catch Sir Antony Sher in Shakespeare's The Tempest. It's an African spin on the play - many themes of which (disposession, control and slavery) lend themselves to this interpretation. It certainly is a sensory feast, with some amazing puppetry, costuming and sound effects. Despite all the pagentry, I found myself rather underwhelmed by the production. I'd love to hear what you thought...
Don't forget to try The Baxter's Feb offerings. If you're quick, you can catch Sir Antony Sher in Shakespeare's The Tempest. It's an African spin on the play - many themes of which (disposession, control and slavery) lend themselves to this interpretation. It certainly is a sensory feast, with some amazing puppetry, costuming and sound effects. Despite all the pagentry, I found myself rather underwhelmed by the production. I'd love to hear what you thought...
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Something I can heartily recommend is Pictures of You, also at the Baxter.It's a truly magical piece, combining actors in full facial masks, puppets and a very ingenious set. The Baxter write-up says it "explores the quirky lightness as well as the darker truths of undying love and obsession" and I think that sums it up better than I could. On Monday nights you get the show plus a full dinner in the restaurant for R55. They also have a Tuesday (twosday) special: Two tickets for the R65 price of one.
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See you in class!
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