Arts and Culture Don’t Miss This: April 2 – 9

CAPE TOWN

• Grant van Ster and Shaun Oelf of Figure of Eight Dance Collective will present their acclaimed work Architecture of Tears, which was staged at the 2014 Baxter Dance Festival. They have teamed up with the Baxter’s Lara Foot to present a new dance and theatre work dealing with Shakespeare’s characters Iago and Othello.
  Foot worked with both artists on Fishers of Hope, with Oelf as a cast member and Van Ster as choreographer. The double bill of Iago and Architecture of Tears will showcase their talents and expand the repertoire they have built up in such a short space of time. WHEN April 9 to 18 at 7pm. WHERE Baxter Theatre. INFO R100 a ticket. Visit www.baxter.co.za

• Held in association with Playboy magazine South Africa, Shimmy Beach Club will host a bunny party featuring an all-female DJ line-up. Partygoers are encouraged to dress up because prizes will be given for “Best Hugh Hefner” and “Best Dressed Bunny Girl”. WHEN Saturday April 4 from 9pm until late. WHERE Shimmy Beach Club. INFO To pre-book and receive VIP entrance, or email info@shimmybeachclub.co.za. Entry is R100 a person.

• SAS Somerset Other War Stories is an installation by Stephen Hobbs in collaboration with David Krut Projects, representing the pre-production state of a series of performances on the world’s last boom defence vessel, an Iziko Maritime Centre artefact. The installation will demonstrate a unique and dynamic use of dazzle patterning and lighting on to a mock assemblage of the SAS Somerset; a spectacle conceived

  Article source: http://mg.co.za/article/2015-04-01-dont-miss-this-april-2-9