This week’s two hot-ticket events in Cape Town.
The Africa Day eKapa edition of City Hall Sessions
Named after the Imperial Bodyguard Band of Haile Selassie era and Monty Python’s Tiger in Africa sketch, the six-piece Imperial Tiger Orchestra headed by Swiss-based trumpeter Raphael Anker perform their rousing Ethiopian beats in a series of concerts with the support of Pro Helvetia, the Swiss Arts Council. The Africa Day eKapa edition of City Hall Sessions includes guitarist-singer Ntombe Thongo from the Eastern Cape and Ringo Madlingozi presented by the Cape Town Partnership, and is directed and produced by Making Music Productions with the support of the National Lottery Fund.
WHERE AND WHEN: City Hall, Darling Street, Cape Town8001 at 19h30, May 25, 2014
COST: R75 -100
INFO: Webtickets
African Metropolis
An initiative by Goethe-Institut South Africa and executive producer Steven Markowitz, African Metropolis is a compilation of six short-fiction films set in six major African cities (Abidjan, Cairo, Dakar, Johannesburg, Lagos, Nigeria), telling urban tales about life in African metropolises.
WHEN: May 30 at 18h15
WHERE: Labia Theatre, 68 Orange Street, Cape Town 8001
INFO: Visit Labia or Goethe