14 November- Arts, Culture and Environment

In today's show, we were joined by Mark Hoben - from Soundtrack 4 Life. Soundtrack 4 Life equips high school communities of the Western Cape with skills to face the challenges of HIV and Aids. It offers life skills training and performing arts at schools, enabling participants to explore personal choices in an interactive environment. The 2008 leg of the Soundtrack 4 Life is already underway and has so far reached 8 schools, 88 learners and 31 educators with a series of exciting and intensive theatre workshops aimed at creating vibrant, interactive audience participation that could result in sensible decisions in real life situations. High school learners from all communities are invited to attend these workshops as this work helps to empower the youth participants with life skills and some theatre arts training in an interactive manner. For more information on Soundtrack 4 Life, contact Mark on 082 397 9868 or 021 410 9986 or email them at st4l@artscape.co.za.

Nigel Vermaas joined us for the Arts update, to share with the listeners what’s hot and what’s not in the Art sector.

We closed off the show with an interview with Tanya Surtees – Chairperson from the Hip Khulumakahle. After the running of the very successful Gumbo the team from the FTH:K brings us another production called Ek Roep Vir Jou Vanaand devised and performed by an all-Deaf team, with assistance by Liezl de Kock. This is a heart-warming story about a young boy dealing with the loss of his father. This is a work-in-progress showing of 30 minutes long, followed by a post-production discussion of about 30 minutes. The production will be at the Intimate Theatre next week - on Thursday at 6.30, Entrance is R70. Book at (021) 448 2838 or 073 586 8208 or call Tanya on 083 528 3501.

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