ANTAKALIPA

Joseph and the amazing technicolor Dreamcoat At Pieter Toerien to watch "Joseph and the amazing technicolor Dreamcoat", LAMTA, Spring Awakening, that type of vibe. An outstanding show, vibrant energy, youthful, defined bodies, six packs, wonderful lighting, a set that illuminates, Egypt, the eye of horus, fantastic choreographed movement and dance and the best singing in the world. It's an experience, the sound coops you in, high tempo, faster revolutions.  A musical by Andrew Lloydwebber (music) and Tim Rice (lyrics). The story follows Joseph, the favorite of Jacob's 12 sons, who is given a magnificent multicolored coat. His jealous brothers sell him into slavery, and Joseph ends up in Egypt. Despite many hardships, including being falsely imprisoned, Joseph rises to power by interpreting Pharaoh’s dreams. Eventually, he is reunited with his family and forgives his brothers. No dialogue, it's sung throughout. I took a picture with Joseph. ...

The Frog Prince At the Peoples Theatre, Joburg Theatre to watch The Frog Prince and other fantastic stories. A wonderful show for the kids with color, imagination, energy, funny gags, sing alongs, morality, fantastic costumes and plenty of participation from the audience. We were very helpful. It wasn't just the Frog Prince, we had other great stories like: 3 Wishes, a story of a grant wishing flounder with a lifelong lesson about promises "you have to keep your promises". There was Hansel and Gretel, The brave little tailor, The soup stone, The emperors new clothes and The brave little rooster. There was also a story about goats.  The performers also performed Happy, uptown funk, I've got the feeling and Waka Waka, encouraging and teaching the audience dance moves for participating. Perfect choreographed movement and dance.  It is fun and interactive, a lot of smiles and laughter. Children helped and donned costumes, so cute, they were flies, bees, kings ...

Godspell At the Wits Theatre to watch the Student Production of the Year, "Godspell". So glad it was not preachy, you can't be too sure when Jesus is the main character. He is a good, chilled guy in this production, he even has on his "Superman" shirt. He preaches compassion, joy and faith. A musical conceived by John Micheal Tebelak with music and new lyrics by Stephen Schwartz. Godspell presents a series of parables, mostly drawn from the Gospel of Matthew, told through a framework of theatrical games, storytelling, and music. Jesus gathers a group of followers and teaches them lessons of love, humility, and service. The story culminates in a poignant reenactment of the Last Supper and the Crucifixion. The set is simple, wide stage and a fence at the back. Behind the fence above is a big cross made of wood pallets, on either side of the big cross are small crosses also made of wood pallets. The set reinforces the Christian t...

The Importance of Being Earnest Day 4, an extended birthday run, at Ster-Kinekor Rosebank to watch "The Importance of Being Earnest".  One of my favorite superhero movies of all time is Spider-Man 2. In the movie, Peter Parker's love interest, Mary-Jane Watson stars in a Broadway play called "The Importance of Being Earnest". I was always curious, always wanted to see this Oscar Wilde classic. A full circle moment, today I got to watch it on the big screen with Popcorn, Cream Soda with ice and crisp sound. Live theatre production straight from the UK, a production by National Theatre. Watching theatre on the big screen is so refreshing, there's even an interval, the cinema is in my life again, Janet de Kretser is my new best friend.  Oscar Wilde is undoubtedly one of the greatest playwrights of all time. The writing on "The Importance of Being Earnest" is truly phenomenal, with wit, sarcasm, humor, irony, perfect...

Belinda Davids Day 3 at the Joburg Theatre to watch the Whitney Houston tribute show. Whitney Houston is Sharon Spiegel-Wagner's favorite artist of all time. Sharon is also born in August. Happy Birthday great man, long live antakalipa, live long!  Sam and Stew have watched this four times and they don't rule out a fifth. Best birthday ever, I can't conceive of anything better. I never saw Whitney, however she taught me the greatest love of all. I have made up my mind, Belinda Davids is my favorite performer of all time. Belinda Davids is Whitney Houston maybe even better, sacrilegious, I know, I don't know what to say after watching something like that. She is truly amazing!  After the show, I followed Belinda on all her socials because I want her to stay with me forever. So in love with Belinda Davids, that voice, the technique. She is so beautiful. She is perfect. I've never experienced anything like that, couldn't stop singing and cla...

Father and I  Day 2 at the Market Theatre to watch this poignant and emotionally charged play "Father and I". A play that delves into interpersonal relationships between fathers and their offspring. It explores what it means to be a father. To have someone teach you the intracies of life, someone who inspires you and hones skills in you so you can live life with purpose and deliberately. To instill good values, to be dependable, honest and trustworthy. Care and support your family. Someone to teach you stick-fighting and being an honorable man. The stories are told in the first person, making them subjective and personal. The stories evoke nostalgia and have the performers reminiscing about simpler times. Tata taking us to Spur every month and buying me ice-cream after school. He used to be a good guy when he was younger but now we are estranged, yes, he has children all over but still. We see one of the performers regress to a childlike state recounting and reliv...

La Bella Day 1 of my birthday weekend at The Cirk to watch "La Bella - I am a woman". Big weekend, you have to start strong!  I can't imagine anything better than The Cirk to kick-start the festivities. It didn't disappoint. All female cast, so many beautiful, literally perfect ladies on the stage. God's glory, perfect bodies, beauty incomprehensible. The show beams sexuality. It is sultry, passionate and sexy - to reference Beyonce, oh so bootylicious. Costumes: underwear, lingerie and poles to dance for you.  The female form is a thing of beauty, it is art. When it stretches and bends like elastic, it is awe-inspiring. It stimulates your imagination, it's suggestive, it makes you day-dream with your eyes wide awake. It's so difficult to keep your eyes off the ladies on the stage, they are captivating and embody the spirit of femininity. Nothing exists besides them, beauty and talent like that doesn't negotiate. The...

STAR LINE Chance the Rapper is back! Thank you for coming back to us Lil Chano. Sometimes you lose your best just so you can come back even stronger. A heck of a redemption arc, you were phenomenal since #10 Day, Acid Rap, Surf and Coloring Book but then the big day came and you flopped spectacularly. Awful album, "I love my wife, I love my wife", you became corny, you became a meme. The big day became ironic and somehow spoiled your previous work. You spiraled out of control and your wife divorced you. You receded into the darkness, you were never heard off again. A lot of fans were disappointed in the big day but I never lost faith, you still won 3 Grammy's independent, talent like that doesn't just fall into obscurity. So what she left? Move forward, life goes on, some of us have been here since #10 Day. Having Chance the Rapper at 30 is such a blessing. No one in the mainstream raps anymore, he was never mainstream, he fills the gap. Whitne...

celebrity II: Clout Making viral content that stretches across all fours like a tent. Clout, likes, shares, eyeballs anything for that content. Will use my kids to get likes, gimme, gimme, gimme! Degenerate, attention seeker, will sell my mamma for some views. Can never be content with that 9 to 5, provides life without substance - content. Content is king. Dopamine infested existence, chasing a thrill, a high, virality, clout, shock value, sex! Celebrity, celebrity would do anything for the views. Insight disrespect and cut queues, I am on a stream, 50000 views, 50 million more and I'll be living my dream. Bot clique, manufactured social proof, 6 million followers but no engagement. Pay attention to me, look at what I can do, I've got a big ass, I can dance for you, subscribe and see my cat, it's pink!  Controversy, shock value, disrespect, violence, clout, everybody can be famous, anyone can be a celebrity. The death of mainstream has destroyed civility. Tal...