Arts Events List

Chimanimani Arts Festival (2123 May)

The annual Chimanimani Arts Festival will take place during the weekend 21-23 May.

The free-entry festival regularly features Zimbabwe’s best-known artists and performers, while this year’s festival welcomes Barcelona-based Spanish street performers Pa lo Q’Sea who will use mythology, tradition, ritual elements and legends to realize a contemporary

The festival opens on Friday 21 May with a cultural exposition in celebration of International Day for Cultural Diversity and Development during which Zimbabwean culture will be on prominent display; and continues throughout the weekend with a program of music, theatre, film, poetry, comedy, dance and workshops.

Feature acts include Suluman Chimbetu, Andy Brown, Outspoken, Makoomba, Junior Bantan and Edgar Langevelt plus groups from the Flame, Bocapa and Music Crossroads talent networks and Mutare and Chimanimani based groups. There will be a special guest appearance by ‘Tuku’ alongside the Ay Band in tribute to his son Sam Mtukudzi; whose recent loss has deprived everyone of a sparkling gem of a talent.

The full programme, as well as information on previous festivals and more general info about Chimanimani, can be found on the website with ongoing updates as the festival approaches.

Steve Brown, Festival Director, Tel: +263(712)404019

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DANCE

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Winter Warmer Dancesport Competition @ Belvedere Teachers Technical College (29 May)

ZADSA presents the first Ballroom and Latin American competition of the winter term on 29 May at Belvedere Teachers Technical College.

At this competition we will be including the popular fun team match. Competition starts at 6pm – bar and catering will be available.

Tickets will be on sale at Big Sky, Pomona from 17 May. Contact Roy Travers for further details 0913-615187.

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MUSIC

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Leon Bosch [Double Bass] @ HIS (16 May)

Leon Bosch accompanied by Elizabeth French, on Sunday, 16 May at the HIS auditorium, starting time 4 pm .

The programme includes:

Giovanni Bottesini (1821-1889): Melodia: “Auld Robin Gray”

Anton Rubinstein (1829-1894), arr. David Popper, edited Leon Bosch: Melody in F, Op.3, No.1

Rubinstein, arr. Leon Bosch: Romance

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847), arr. Leon Bosch: OnWings of Song, Op.34, No.2

David Ellis (b.1933):Parallel Shadows, Op.84

Bottesini: Nocturne

Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943),arr. Allan Stephenson: Prelude, Op.23, No.10

Rachmaninov: Vocalise, Op.36, No.14

Bottesini: Variations on Paisiello’s “Nel cor pi non misento”

Killer Queen/We Will Rock You @ 7 Arts (27 May 5 June)

To be staged at 7ArtsTheatre in Avondale from Thursday, 27 May through to Saturday, 5 June.

There will be two matinees. One on Saturday, 29 May and one on 5 June, both from 14:00 hrs.

Ticket price; Advance booking (tickets purchased before 26 May) $15

At the door (tickets purchased after 26 May) $20. Matinee prices: $10

For more information, contact Mark Robbins .

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Celebs: Leslie Howard [Piano] @ HIS (30 May)

Leslie Howard has previously visited Zimbabwe on several occasions. Those who have heard him play will most certainly remember him. He has tremendous character and virtuosity.

See more at . He will be coming to Harare after the Bulawayo Music Festival.

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Showbiz @ Reps (25 June)

The Phoenix and Harare Male Voice Choirs present their mid-year show at Reps Theatre

Wednesday 2 June Saturday 5 June, 7pm

No matinee performance.

A festival of music and colour from shows and cabarets perfect for everyone!

Tickets: $10; Senior Citizens and students $5. Discount for Reps members and HIFAmigos.

Tickets are on sale now at The Spotlight (located in the Reps Theatre foyer tel 308159)

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Performing Arts Bulawayo [PAB] and the Academy [Bulawayo]

Kit and the Widow @ the Bulawayo Club (20 May)

Thursday 20 May : Bulawayo Club. Dinner at 8.00 p.m. Performance at 9.15 p.m. Limited numbers!

You may be surprised to learn that Kit & The Widow, in a long and distinguished career, have appeared at the following venues (if any of them are unfamiliar, just assume they are extremely top-drawer and impressive): St Moritz; Estepona; Southwark Cathedral; Lloyds building; Spencer House; Porto Fino; London’s South Bank; Buckingham Palace.

And now you can see them in Bulawayo! Booking is at the Academy or at the Bulawayo Club. Tickets including three-course dinner : $25.00

The Bulawayo Music Festival (1923 May)

Wednesday 19 Sunday 23 May 2010 at the Academy of Music

Booking is now open for individual concerts at the Academy, $5.00 for day and late-evening concerts, $10.00 for the main evening concert. Season tickets are also still available at $60.00, half the price of individual tickets to all seventeen Sibson Hall performances.

Zimbabwe Academy of Music Tel: [09] 60684 / 67195; e-mail: .

PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME

Wednesday 19 May

6.00 p.m. Gala Opening Concert

Gibbons, arr.Adrian Cruft: Suite for Trumpet and Strings; Bach: Concerto in C major for Three Pianos and Strings, BWV1064; Smetana: Sonata in E minor; Percy Grainger: Green Bushes; Delius, arr.Leslie Howard: La Calinda; Liszt: Rkczy March; Bach, arr. Percy Grainger: Toccata in F; Rossini: William Tell Overture [four pianos, sixteen hands]; Vivaldi: Gloria, RV589

Thursday 20 May

11.00 a.m. Rubinstein: Fantasy in F minor, Op.73; Brahms Variations on a Theme of Haydn, Op.56a; Liszt: Les Prludes, S597

Michael Brownlee Walker, Coady Green, Leslie Howard

1.00 p.m. A Spanish Celebration – music by Albeniz, Tarrega, Malats, Sor & Rodrigo. James Grace (guitar)

6.00 p.m. Saint-Sans: Variations on a Theme of Beethoven, Op.35 [two pianos]; Ravel: Bolero [two pianos]; Ravel: String Quartet in F major; Saint-Sans: Septet in E flat, Op.65

The Odeion Quartet, Elizabeth French, Coady Green, Leslie Howard, Leon Bosch, Trevor Lax

9.00 p.m. Kit and the Widow [Bulawayo Club with dinner : see above]

Friday 21 May

11.00 a.m. & 1.00 p.m. Chopin: Berceuse in D flat major, Op.57; Ballade No.4 in F minor, Op.52; Four Waltzes; Rondo in C major for two pianos, Op.73; Five Etudes; Nocturne in C sharp minor, Op.posth.; Scherzo No.3 in C sharp minor, Op.39; Variations brillantes in B flat major, Op.12; Fantasy in F minor, Op.49; Impromptu No.3 in G flat major, Op.51; Tarantella in A flat major, Op.43; Barcarolle in F sharp major, Op.60; Three Mazurkas, Op.59; Polonaise in A flat major, Op.53

Elizabeth French, Coady Green Michael Brownlee Walker, Leslie Howard

6.00 p.m. Schubert: Piano Quintet in A major, D.667 “Trout”; Dvork: Piano Quintet in A major, Op.81

The Odeion Quartet, Leon Bosch, Michael Brownlee Walker, Leslie Howard

8.45 p.m. Alkan: Symphony for Solo Piano, Op.39, Nos.4-7; Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No.2 in D minor/G major, S621/2; Shostakovich: Concertino for Two Pianos, Op.94; Milhaud: Paris – Suite, Op.284 for Four Pianos

Elizabeth French, Michael Brownlee Walker, Coady Green, Leslie Howard

Saturday 22 May

11.00 a.m. Chopin: Impromptu No. 1 in A flat, Op.29; Schumann:Blumenstck, Op.19; Leslie Howard: From Preludes, Op.25; Tchaikovsky: From Eighteen Pieces, Op.72; Chopin/Liiszt: Moja pieszczotka; Schumann/Liszt: Widmung, S566; Schumann: Waldscenen, Op.82; Liszt: Mephisto Waltz No.1, S514. Michael Brownlee Walker, Coady Green

1.00 p.m. Music for Trumpet and Piano by Jean Hubeau, Eugene Bozza, Zequinha Abreu, Derek Bourgeois, Johann Molter, Oskar Bhme, Edrich Siebert

Trevor Lax, Elizabeth French

6.00 p.m. Mozart: String Quartet in G major, K387; Hummel: Piano Quintet in E flat, Op.87; Mendelssohn: Piano Sextet in D major, Op.110.

The Odeion Quartet, Michael Peto, Leon Bosch, Coady Green, Leslie Howard.

8.45 p.m. Kit and the Widow

Sunday 23 May

11.00 a.m. Boccherini: Guitar Quintet in D major, G448; Pujol: Suite Buenos Aires for violin and guitar; Bottesini: Gran Quintetto in C major.

The Odeion Quartet, Leon Bosch, James Grace

1.00 p.m. Music for Double Bass and Piano by Bottesini, Rachmaninov, Rubinstein and Mendelssohn.

Leon Bosch, Elizabeth French

4.00 p.m. Schumann: Carnaval, Op.9; Leslie Howard: Piano Quintet (2010) First Performance, dedicated to Michael and Lindsay Bullivant

Leslie Howard; the Odeion Quartet

6.00 p.m. Shostakovich: Suite in F sharp minor for Two Pianos, Op.6; Richard Rodney Bennett: Four Piece Suite for Two Pianos; Liszt: Grosses Konzertstck on themes from Mendelssohn’s Songs without Words;Liszt, arr.Leslie Howard: Galop in A minor [one piano, six hands] First Performance

7.30 p.m. Closing Concert to include: Beethoven: Variations on God Save the King: Rossini: Duo for cello and double bass; Paganini:Cantabile for violin and guitar; Rachmaninov: Italian Polka; Czerny:Variations brillantes on a theme from Auber’s “La Maon”; Supp: Light Cavalry Overture [two pianos, eight hands]; Richard Sisson: The Mukamba Tree First Performance – commissioned for the Festival

There will also be daily “Meet the Performer” interviewers with Petroc Trelawny and music in the grounds with performances in a large marquee plus workshops, etc. in a second venue. The entertainment lined up includes Liyana, Yebo, Drums of Peace, the Peterhouse Orchestra, the Girls’ College marimba band, gospel choirs, pop bands, jazz and more.

The Bulawayo Club is offering a special rate of $90 single room B&B and $100 double room B&B for the duration of the Festival. All rooms have been refurbished and standards there are now very high. Tel: 09 64868 | Mobile: + 263 11 215 904

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Accommodation is also available through Co-ordinating Zimbabwe Tel: 09 243064 E-mail:

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FINE ART & EXHIBITIONS

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Seasons in Art @ 23 Selous Road (23 May)

The group are having their annual exhibition on 23 May.

Paintings by: Arthur Azevedo, Maryanne Nevill Birch, Sheena Chadwick, David Chinyama, Pat Ferris, Sarah Fynn, June Lunney, Jenny Galbraith, Carole McFadyean, Moira Miller, Lis Ace Mills, Rose Trewartha and Kier Turner

plus delightfully unique jewellery by Luana Bardavid

To be held at: 23 Selous Road, Off Ridgeway North, Highlands, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

In a garden setting with teas by Vabatsire Soroptimist Club. Guarded Parking

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Friends of the Gallery (FOG) AGM (24 May)

To all FOG Members, you are warmly invited to attend the Annual General Meeting on 24 May at 5.00 p.m. in the North Gallery of the National Gallery of Zimbabwe. FOG is an established committee with many years of service, a wealth of experience and with a dedicated collection of people promoting and supporting the activities of the National Gallery. If you would like to become more involved with the visual arts please do come and join us as we are looking for new committee members. Refreshments will be served at the meeting. Secure parking will be available.

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Gallery Delta – 35 Years @ Gallery Delta (May)

A select retrospective and contemporary exhibition of 35 paintings graphics and sculptures by 35 artists of stature, prominence and promise

plus ‘Windows’ of works by Foreign, Ceramic and Young Artists.

Exhibition duration until late May

Foundation for Art and the Humanities, Gallery Delta. Supported by Hivos Foundation

‘Robert Paul’s Old House,’ 110 Livingstone Avenue/Ninth Street, Greenwood Park, Harare

Telephone: 792135; ; .

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Live ‘n’ Direct @ National Gallery, Harare (25 May to 31 July)

The National Gallery of Zimbabwe has for the last six months worked tirelessly towards the launch of the 2010 flagship show Live ‘n’ Direct which is designed to inspire the artists to produce their best work. The artists have been challenged to reflect deeply and produce cutting-edge work that speaks on being proudly Zimbabwean within the global context. The show will run throughout the duration of the 2010 World Cup and will certainly tell the Zimbabwean story with pride and excellence to all the visitors that may care to engage. The show is a collaborative affair created by the National Gallery of Zimbabwe, the National Arts Council, the Spanish Embassy and Kingdom Financial Holdings Bank.

Please contact Rutendo Mutadzapasi for more information on the National Gallery number 04-704666/7.

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DRAMA, THEATRE & SPOKEN WORD

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Ol’ Blue Eyes @ Reps Theatre (2529 May)

Directed by Teri Grimmel; Musical Direction by Renee Mostert

Starring: Dean Jones, Nigel Hopkins, Aaron Ziwande, Patience Musa and many more

A showcase of all your favourites from “Ol’ Blue Eyes” himself, Frank Sinatra, and The Rat Pack

Reps Theatre, 2529 May, 7pm; Matinee performance 29 May at 2.30pm

Tickets: 2527 May and the matinee: $10, with all the usual discounts

Friday 28 and Saturday 29 May: $15, with discounts

Tickets are on sale now at The Spotlight (located in the Reps Theatre foyer tel 308159)

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Are There Tigers in the Congo? @ Reps Theatre Upstairs (27 May 5 June)

Directed by Per Fosser; Starring George and Shamiso Gukuta

A fascinating look at the reality of morals and ethics what would YOU do?

27 May 5 June; Preview performance: 26 May pensioners free.

Tickets are on sale now at The Spotlight (located in the Reps Theatre foyer tel 308159) – Readers can receive a free copy of the Arts Events List every week by e-mailing ael@twinarts.co.zw. Visit www.twinarts.co.zw for more information. Items for inclusion in the ARTS EVENTS LIST, written EXACTLY as you wish them to appear and in the format used here, should be sent to ael@twinarts.co.zw by 4pm Monday.

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