Monday, May 17, 2010

Waiting for Godot, Art Books on Sale, Good Week for Books



CAPE TOWN CONFIDENTIAL IS ON HOLIDAY FOR A WEEK
so here the briefest of notes.



WAITING FOR GODOT AT THE LITTLE THEATRE

The one event most definitely not to be missed in Cape Town this week is  Waiting for Godot at the Little Theatre, directed by the writer Damon Galgut, with  Oscar Petersen and David Isaacs as Vladimir and Estragon, and Martin le Maitre and Graham Weir as Pozzo and Lucky.

Little Theatre Hiddingh Campus
18 May to 5 June
19h30  Tuesday to Saturday
(021) 480-7129
Tickets: R85



INTERNATIONAL MUSEUMS DAY

On Tuesday 18 May  visitors will have free access to all Iziko Museums in Cape Town (except for the Castle.)  Worth going to is the sale by Iziko Arts Collections Library of a wide range of exhibition catalogues, books, journals, pamphlets and posters spanning many different genres, at the SA National Gallery just for this one day from 10h00 to 15h00.




 A GOOD WEEK FOR BOOKS

The Book Lounge hosts two of SA's most interesting writers,Ivan Vladisclavic (Monday) and Ingrid Winterbach (Friday), plus Muriel Barbery (Tuesday), French writer whose novel The Elegance of the Hedgehog has been a huge best seller.
17h30 for 18h00.