CAPE TOWN JUNE 2012 – Restaurant and food lovers are now able to turn to their phones for assistance in choosing a restaurant, when Eat Out, South Africa’s most definitive and credible restaurant guide, goes live with a smart phone app. Telmap, pioneers in mobile location-based services, will partner with New Media for the integration of its Eat Out brand into the Telmap Mobile Location Companion. Eat Out is accessible via a variety of media channels. At the centre of the brand is the website, supported by a weekly e-newsletter, Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, an annual glossy magazine and the much-anticipated Eat Out Restaurant Awards held in November of each year. The website lists over 3,500 restaurants in cities and towns in all nine provinces. Users of the Telmap powered Cell C Xplorer can now access Eat Out’s useful and reliable content on Blackberry devices at no cost, with availability on Android devices just around the corner. Eat Out information can either be accessed through a dedicated widget on the home screen of the Cell C Xplorer, on the unique widgets carousel or in the search results, when there are relevant search results coming from the Eat Out database. Restaurants can be searched for by name or food type such as Italian, Indian, Seafood, etc. Once a restaurant is selected, the information provided includes details about the restaurant, including address and professional and/or reader reviews from Eat Out. Users can then initiate a navigation session (drive/walk) to the destination. The Eat Out brand launched in 1998 and is the gold standard of the South African culinary industry. With a heritage in celebrating excellence, Eat Out carries the highest credibility amongst chefs, restaurateurs and the South African food loving public. Eat Out users are keen foodies who are social and enjoy eating out with friends, family or business associates. Partnering Eat Out with Telmap increases the number of platforms on which Eat Out is …
SA Post Office announces sponsorship of 2012 Student Theatre Festival
The South African Post Office has announced the sponsorship of the Student Theatre Festival at Grahamstown’s National Arts Festival running from 28 June to 8 July 2012. Over the years the Student Theatre Festival has developed into an indispensable part of the National Arts Festival programme and has become renowned for showcasing South Africa’s next generation of performing artists. As part of the sponsorship the SA Post Office, in partnership with the Student Theatre Festival, will provide 16 tertiary institutions from across the country with the opportunity to take part in the Festival. The sponsorship investment covers travel, meals, accommodation, miscellaneous items, and production expenses for the total of 160 students. The institutions have been invited to present a production in Grahamstown in any South African language and use a multiplicity of artistic expressions or genres in the creation of their work. On 6 July 2012 an awards ceremony will take place to recognise the most outstanding and exceptional of these productions. The institution that presents the most acclaimed production in the opinion of the Student Theatre Advisors will be awarded a budget to create a theatre-in-education production based on the theme of philately. The content for the production will be designed in conjunction with subject matter experts from the South African Post Office. The winning production will be invited to present their production on the Fringe programme at the 2013 National Arts Festival. “We jumped at the opportunity to be part of the South Africa’s largest and most diverse annual arts celebration,” said van Johan van Wyk, senior manager of philatelic services for the SA Post Office. The arts industry faces continued challenges when it comes to assisting emerging professionals to become productive in the arts economy. Through the sponsorship the SA Post Office aims to achieve a greater national prominence for the performing arts industry as a …
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HEINEKEN® Symphonic Rocks reveals another stellar line-up
HEINEKEN® and MACSTANLEY frontman, Andy Mac, have once again teamed up to bring the iconic music sensation, HEINEKEN® Symphonic Rocks to the South African music scene massive. Following the runaway success of the 2010 and 2011 event, this year’s eagerly anticipated show promises to deliver even more excitement, entertainment and, of course, pure unbridled talent. Ticket sales open this week, offering the first peak at a show-stopping line-up. HEINEKEN® Symphonic Rocks is a world class, cross-genre live music show ranging from rock to pop, adult contemporary, R&B, hip hop, electro and soul, all set against the breath-taking onstage backing of a 65-piece symphonic orchestra. The impressive list of artists this year includes award-winning MiCasa and Zahara, fresh from their successes at the 2012 SAMA’s; Tumi & the Volume, Freshly Ground’s Zolani and Just Jinjer’s Ard Matthews, all of whom wowed audiences at the show last year; as well as the soulful ChianoSky and pop-rock band MACSTANLEY, back on tour after recording their third, soon-to-be-released album. In addition, the 2012 show will also offer unique performances from the multi-award winning Van Coke Cartel and Afrikaans Rock superstars F*ofpolisiekar; electro-pop singing sensation, Toya Delazy; and finally, popular rock hit-makers, aKing. The audience can expect to hear a range of almost 30 hit songs, each painstakingly rearranged by John Walton from the Cape Town Pops Orchestra. Each band or singer will be backed by 22 violins, 8 violas, 6 cellos, 4 double bases and a harp, and that’s just the string section! Also on stage will be full woodwind, brass and percussion sections. Mac had spent six years working on the concept for the show which became a reality in 2010 when HEINEKEN® came on board. “HEINEKEN® Symphonic Rocks is a marriage between current cutting-edge music and the incredible pitch perfect depth and richness of a traditional orchestra. The collaboration produces an intensity of …
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Grammy Award winning Band “Switchfoot” to perform in SA for the first time
They are all-round nice guys who love to surf. They have also sold millions of records; are known for their incredible energetic live performances during their sold-out shows and are one of the biggest rock bands around. Now, for the first time, South Africans can see the Grammy-Award winning band SWITCHFOOT live on their VICE VERSES SA TOUR. The rock band from San Diego will be taking to the stage on August 8 at The Big Top Arena, Carnival City in Johannesburg and on August 11 at the Grand Arena, GrandWest in Cape Town. Switchfoot formed in 1994 when Jon Foreman (lead vocals, guitar) and his brother Tim (bass guitar, backing vocals) put their high school friends together - including Chad Butler (drums, percussion), Jerome Fontamillas (guitar, keyboards, backing vocals), and Drew Shirley (guitar, backing vocals). Nine albums over a decade later, they have achieved multi-platinum status, having sold over 4.4million albums and 3 million concert tickets worldwide and a Grammy Award and have a massive worldwide fan base (they currently have over 1.8million Facebook fans and over 229,000 followers on Twitter). The band has had 3 consecutive Top 10 hits on Modern Rock Radio. Their song “Vice Verses” debuted at #8 on Top 200 Billboard Charts and #5 on iTunes Top 200 Charts. Music from VICE VERSES has already been included in movie trailers and soundtracks - In Time (Ft. Justin Timberlake) and Hawaii 5-0 Soundtrack “Out of Control”. Their album ‘The Beautiful Letdown” was RIAA certified 3 X Platinum. The band has previously toured with the likes of “Dave Matthews Band”, “3 Doors Down”, “Goo Goo Dolls” and many more. SWITCHFOOT’S music has also appeared in “The Chronicles of Narnia - Prince Caspian”, “American Idol”, “A Walk to Remember”, “Life of Ryan”, “CSI Miami”, “Grey’s Anatomy”, “The Vampire Diaries”, “Dawson’s Creek”, “One Tree Hill” and the smash-hit “Spiderman 2”. With its play on words, Vice Verses, the title of Switchfoot’s new album, coherently …
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Mio Khondleka – from breakfast jock to programme manager
What started as a fun adventure while studying in Australia as an exchange student has grown into a career for newly-appointed Algoa FM programme manager Mio Khondleka. His break into radio came when he qualified with a broadcasting certificate from the Melton FM Radio Academy while attending school at Mowbray College in the city of Melton. The city is around 35 kilometres from Melbourne, Australia. Khondleka then became one of the youngest presenters on the daytime line-up at Melton FM, a community radio station which serves the greater area of Melton in Victoria. The radio and entertainment bug had bitten, and when he returned to South Africa, Mio worked as a musician, voice-over artist and club rugby player. In 2003, while studying at what is now the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, he joined the campus radio station CBFM as a presenter. He was part of the team which took the station off campus, to become the Bay FM community station, where Khondleka was programmes manager. He then moved to Kaya FM in Gauteng as music manager. The station recorded significant audience growth after Khondleka was tasked to re-packaged the music mix. Khondleka and Queenie Grootboom (his wife and on-air soul mate) also hosted mid-mornings at Kaya FM, and built up a large listenership before accepting an offer to join M-Power FM as the breakfast team. A decision by the power radio couple to return to their home town coincided with the restructuring of Algoa FM. This created an opening for a programme manager – and incumbent Alfie Jay is more than happy to hand over the reins to Khondleka. “I first met Mio at a record company function in Port Elizabeth and have been watching his career progress since then. “While consulting to M-Power FM, I recruited Mio and Queenie to present the breakfast show and worked with them in Mpumalanga. Mio has comfortably kept the pace in senior positions both on and off air in the high pressure environment of commercial …
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That’s 80’s Show with Mike Mc Cullagh’s live at The Boardwalk
Live at The Boardwalk Vodacom Amphitheatre, Mike Mc Cullagh will be living out his dream to produce a TV show – well, trying to at least. With help from his nine man cast, that 80’s show will be rocking to sensational songs from well-known artists like Starship, George Michael, U2, Madonna, Michael Jackson, Queen, Stevie Wonder and many more. Not forgetting about the audience, Mike will be pulling people up on stage to participate in various situations, leaving the on-stage guests in hilarious situations, and the rest of the audience laughing their funny bones off. For a night which will leave you dancing in the aisles and singing along to the best of the 80’s go to Computicket to book your seat for only R75.00. That 80’s Show will be staged on June 21 and June 23 from 19h30. Ends. Media Release for the Boardwalk Contact: Caley Phillips Public Relations and Entertainment Manager The Boardwalk Casino and Entertainment World Tel: +27 41 507 7944 Fax: +27 41 507 7830 Mobile: +27 72 455 6287 Email: caley.phillips@za.suninternational.com Ed Richardson: 041 5823750 or 083 656 9757 More Info: Author: Christena Crause from Siyathetha Communications. Originally distributed by MyPR.co.za. No of Images Uploaded: One To gain access to One image/s please Like, Tweet or +1 this article: [l2g] Images: Mike Mc Cullagh Photographer: Photographer: Photographer: [/l2g] …
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Comedic puppets on stage in Nelson Mandela Bay
Funny puppets take to the stage in Nelson Mandela Bay for the first time this month. Puppeteer Conrad Koch will be introducing comedy fans in The Boardwalk to what he calls “these extremely odd characters”. His alter-egos include Mr. Chester Missing (his 51% BEE partner), Ronnie (The precocious monster), and Hilary (A bad attitude ostrich). Sharing the stage on Friday, June 22 is Martin Davis, who encourages and goads his audience into heckling him, and so becoming part of the act. Davis takes no prisoners, and in the process members of the audience learn to laugh at themselves, as well as each other. And, for lighter relief, Martin has his audience on their feet as he conducts the crowd to his crazy, highly energetic and slightly manic tunes. These two can be found at the Boardwalks new Action bar, June 22, from eight thirty in the evening till late. If you want to tickle your funny bones, get down to The Boardwalk’s Action Bar for a show suited for all over eighteens. Ends. Media Release for the Boardwalk Contact: Caley Phillips Public Relations and Entertainment Manager The Boardwalk Casino and Entertainment World Tel: +27 41 507 7944 Fax: +27 41 507 7830 Mobile: +27 72 455 6287 Email: caley.phillips@za.suninternational.com Ed Richardson: 041 5823750 or 083 656 9757 More Info: Author: Siyathetha Communications from Siyathetha Communications. Originally distributed by MyPR.co.za. No of Images Uploaded: Two To gain access to Two image/s please Like, Tweet or +1 this article: [l2g] Images: FAILED%20(Temporary%20file%20could%20not%20be%20copied.) Martin Davis Photographer: Conrad Photographer: Photographer: [/l2g] …
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THE 8TH VODACOM FUNNY FESTIVAL – BAXTER THEATRE 11 JUNE – 8 JULY
The Vodacom Funny Festival which runs at the Baxter Theatre from 11 June to 8 July presents a selection of award-winning acts of the 2011 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, together with best of local comics and a number of newcomers. The bill includes a host of international comedians, some new names and numerous local stalwarts of the industry. The Festival, now in its eighth year has run at capacity since inception. Some 20 000 comedy lovers are expected to fill the 30 performances. The Funny Festival has developed its own brand of comedy which is strong in specialty acts with a difference. The foreign contingent is headed by Londoner Kev Orkian, whose memorable performances at last year’s Funny Festival, have resulted in a recall. Kev was voted “Best Musical Comedian” at the 2011 Edinburgh Fringe Festival and has since been in huge demand all over the world. He returns with a new show. Mombasa born and UK raised comic Imran Yusuf, who was awarded “Best Newcomer at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival” joins the cast. Imran’s multi-cultural background makes him an interesting comedian with a large fan base. His appearances on the Michael McIntyre Show and hard work ethic have landed him his own BBC TV show. Imran is destined to be a hit at the Festival. The Boy with Tape on his Face hails from Christchurch New Zealand, but his international acclaim and performance on the Royal Variety Show 2011 has made an international celebrity performer. He is the popular face of the Melbourne, Adelaide and Sydney Comedy Festivals and the recipient of numerous international awards. Japanese comedians, Gamarjobat join the cast. The duo are winners of many awards at Festivals in Asia and Europe, the “kings of silent comedy” are so unique they are difficult to describe. They present a physical comedy master-class which develops into a perfectly choreographed feast of visual jokes. UK speed painter Jon Hicks has a unique act which thrills variety shows the world over. To say …
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The Von Memerty family returns to The Boardwalk
Nelson Mandela Bay’s own celebrity family, the Von Memertys, return to The Boardwalk stage by popular demand. Led by all-rounder father and well-known television personality Ian, the whole family is back to share their energy and joy of life. Mother Vivienne, with her graceful yet stylish dancing, Oscar, with his hip hop and short stop comedy and Kasvia with her big belting voice – a truly entertaining combination. The Von Memerty family performance started because Oscar and Kasvia (the kids) thought it was unfair that their parents could work together and leave them out so Ian gave them the opportunity to perform in a family performance and the audience went ballistic to say the least. The Von Memerty family will be performing at The Boardwalk Vodacom Amphitheatre for one night only, Friday, June 15 from 19h00 till late. Call 041 586 0156 to purchase your ticket for only R60.00. Ends. Media Release for the Boardwalk Contact: Caley Phillips Public Relations and Entertainment Manager The Boardwalk Casino and Entertainment World Tel: +27 41 507 7944 Fax: +27 41 507 7830 Mobile: +27 72 455 6287 Email: caley.phillips@za.suninternational.com Ed Richardson: 041 5823750 or 083 656 9757 More Info: Author: Siyathetha Communications from Siyathetha Communications. Originally distributed by MyPR.co.za. No of Images Uploaded: Three To gain access to One image/s please Like, Tweet or +1 this article: [l2g] Images: [/l2g] …
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JAZZ AND POP FESTIVAL
Date Friday June 29 - Emo Adams – Jazz & pop festival Saturday June 30 – aKING - Band slam Festival Time 20h00 Venue Golden Valley Casino, Worcester Cost R120 per person per show Tickets Computicket 083 915 8000 or www.computicket.com The beautiful Breede River valley will play host to two marquee shows in June showcasing the hottest local talents in one weekend of music. On Friday, June 29, enjoy a superb triple bill of marquee entertainment starring the always popular singer, actor, entertainer, producer, Emo Adams; Donovan Dyers’ exciting top SA live band Public Opinion; and the jazz music and songs of the talented foursome The N2 Jazz Band. Multitalented crooner and comedian Emo Adams, known for his roles in District 6: The Musical will have the audience in stitches, while the experienced Public Opinion entertains with a vast range of musical styles such as funk, reggae, pop and jazz. The following night’s entertainment will see indie-pop-rockers the Graeme Watkins Project playing hits such as London Bridge and Music Affair, the operatic vocals, huge guitars and rolling drums of 3rd World Spectator; Cape Town based rock band Jesse Jordan; and top alternate rock band aKING. With so much to offer there is sure to be something to suit everyone’s musical tastes and is guaranteed to heat up a mid-winter weekend. More Info: http://www.suninternational.com/Destinations/Casinos/GoldenValley/Pages/EventsEntertainment.aspx Author: Jeni Fletcher from Corporate Image. Originally distributed by MyPR.co.za. No of Images Uploaded: Two To gain access to Two image/s please Like, Tweet or +1 this article: [l2g] Images: [/l2g] …