Micaela Tucker is absolutely elated to share the stage with the formidable cast of IF A TREE FALLS. Micaela says to be directed by Janice Honeyman is a dream come true and she is grateful to be a part of this unique and intimate journey. Micaela plays the role of the daughter in IF A TREE FALLS which opens 16th June 2022 at The Theatre Linden. Tickets are available at Quicket.

During Saturday’s Role, Renos Nicos Spanoudes chats to Micaela Tucker. Listen to the podcast!

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During Saturday’s Role with Renos Nicos Spanoudes, our representative in Greece, Katerina Simboni Paraskeva, pays tribute to Greek actor, ZANNINO who has appeared in more than eighty films from 1956 to 1991.  Katerina also updates us on all the latest news. Listen to the podcast and find out more!

Κατά τη διάρκεια του Ρόλου του Σαββάτου με τον Ρένο Νίκο Σπανούδη, η εκπρόσωπός μας στην Ελλάδα, Κατερίνα Συμπόνι Παρασκευά, αποτίει φόρο τιμής στον Έλληνα ηθοποιό, Ζαννίνο, ο οποίος εμφανίστηκε σε περισσότερες από ογδόντα ταινίες από το 1956 έως το 1991. Η Κατερίνα μας ενημερώνει επίσης για τα τελευταία νέα στην Ελλάδα. Ακούστε το podcast για περισσότερα!

In the studio, during Saturday’s Role, radio host Renos Nicos Spanoudes chats to Dr Raita Steyn, Prof. Stergios Proios and Mr Arthur Molepo about the ‘Ongoing Projects (2018-2022) - Collaborations-Supports-Sponsorships’ between the University of Pretoria and the University of Thessaloniki.

During a research visit (sponsored by the I.A.H.S.) to Greece in 2017, Dr Steyn had the wonderful opportunity to meet Prof. Stergios Proios, a lecturer at the School of Drama (Faculty of Fine Arts) at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. This encounter initiated a professional constructive collaboration between their departments and an exciting pedagogical experience while, setting the roots of a steadfast friendship.  Unfortunately, the COVID-19 pandemic had restricted international travels until the reopening of all borders but the contact between UP and the AUT students continued through teleconferencing.

One of the projects, namely, Banners for Liberty is a Greek – South African Art and Drama Educational Project inspired by the 200th anniversary of Greece's revolution against Ottoman rule (1821- 2021), and the 27th anniversary of the liberation of South Africa from the Apartheid regime (1994-2021). Students from Thessaloniki in Greece and Pretoria in South Africa were asked to create their own "Banners for Liberty" using them as national, religious, social, and cultural symbols to express their own ideas for freedom, visually in an artistically creative way.

The opportunity given to the students to raise their own "banners for liberty", materialised in a breath-taking exhibition, entitled "Banners for Liberty", at the Pedagogical School of the Aristotle University Thessaloniki on 30 September 2021 and shortly after in Bensousan Han on 7 October 2021. In addition it was planned for the works of art of all participating students to also be exhibited at the Javett Art Center in Pretoria, South Africa.

Listen to the podcast to find out more!

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During the programme Saturday’s Role on Hellenic Radio, Renos Nicos Spanoudes chats to Director and Producer of SIDE EFFECTS, Odwa Kalwane and actress MAHLATSI TLAKA (main character). Side Effects was inspired by the challenges people encountered during Covid-19 lockdowns. The story is about Thandi, a young girl from a disadvantaged background who has to look after her sick mother and despite all the challenges she still manages to go to school. The movie was filmed at Snake Park, Soweto.

Odwa says, “When Mahlatsi auditioned for the role, I knew she was the right person and I had found the main character”.

Listen to the podcast and find out more!

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During Saturdays Role with Renos Nicos Spanoudes, our representative in Greece Katerina Simboni Paraskeva pays tribute to Ketty Panou who was born in 1927 in Burgas, Bulgaria. She was an actress, known for Anna Roditi (1948), The Villa with the Water Lilies (1945) and The Voice of the Heart (1943). She died on May 16, 2008 in Athens, Greece.  Katerina also updates us with all the latest news. Listen to the podcast and find out more!

Relationships are core to our human existence. For many the lockdown and anxiety

around Covid has placed so much strain on our relationships. As we move into a new global paradigm where things are not the same as before, new communication skills will be paramount in assisting us in creating a more harmonious and connected world.

This applies to:

● Our more personal relationships with our partner, children, parents and loved

ones,

● As well as the less personal ones, with our colleagues, community and society at large.

With Womens’ rights, human rights, as well as internet, social media and text messaging - our relationships have changed dramatically from those of our parents and so to accommodate all of these changes, many of our learned relationship skills need to be updated. How do we move away from the relationship stereotypes such as “men are so practical, and woman so emotional?” What is our role in the co-creation of our relationships? And Can we find a NEW and different way to connect and interact? We believe you can. It only takes one to change, and that is you. When you learn how to communicate in a different way, others automatically hear you differently, and so in that way you are seen in a whole new and different way. It does not matter if you are Male of Female - In this 2 day workshop we will explore in a fun and interactive way, new skills that will help you better communicate your needs, desires and aspirations, in such a way in a way that you can be more easily seen and understood by those around you. In so doing it will help facilitate greater clarity between you your partner, family or colleagues.

Your Facilitators:

Brian Segal – Is a transformation and Relationship coach. He has studied numerous

embodiment facilitation techniques and in Germany, Sweden and Switzerland.

Lorraine Burne – Has 11 plus years of running workshops in Brazil, US and South Africa. She is a holistic and energetic healer and Self-mastery teacher, who has helped many to release their self-limiting patterns and beliefs.

DATES: Saturday/Sunday 28th & 29th MAY

WHERE: Weleda Naturally Yours Building, Main Road, Bryanston

TIME: 8.30 for 9.00 to 4.30pm both days

CONTACT : BRIAN: 083 253 0070 or LORRAINE: 082 856 6811

During Saturday’s Role, radio host Renos Nicos Spanoudes chats to Brian Segal and Lorraine Burne. Listen to the podcast to find out more!

African entrepreneurs and creatives will be putting their best foot forward during this year’s Africa Day Festival, taking place from the 25th to the 28th of May 2022 at Constitution Hill in Johannesburg. The four day action packed festival will showcase a medley of African collaborations in Fashion, Film, Food, Business, Arts and Culture. Festival hosts The LoCrate Market say this event is a much-needed catalyst that will revive the creative economy that has been negatively impacted by the global COVID-19 pandemic. “The Africa Day Festival will not only celebrate African talent but will also give our creatives and entrepreneurs a platform to collaborate and acquire a livelihood, thus allowing us to open the industry. The festival aims to create an enabling environment for young people from across Africa to exchange ideas and do business under our theme, “United colors of Africa” Says Kgosi Rampa, organiser for Africa day festival. The festival thrives on the idea of an inclusive Africa that encourages people from all nationalities, races, genders and more especially members of the LGBTQI+.

The event will also be providing a platform for local businesses to market and sell their products to a wider audience and positioning Gauteng as a vibrant tourist destination. Strategic partners like MTVBase, BET Africa and The Department of Arts and Culture will highlight the progress that Africa has made while reflecting upon the common challenges that the continent must tackle in order to achieve a united and thriving Africa.

This year’s Africa Day Festival is historic since it forms part of a majestic build up to the 60th Anniversary of Africa Day next year. Africa Day is celebrated across Africa every year to mark the formation of the Organisation of African Unity on the 25th of May 1963 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, which later became African Union.

Tickets to the event are available at Quicket

Follow on social media:  IG BET_AFRICA , MTVBASESOUTH, LOCRATEMARKET

During Saturday’s Role on Hellenic Radio, radio host Renos Nicos Spanoudes chats to event organiser, Kgosi Rampa. Listen to the podcast to find out more!

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The College of Magic is a non-profit performing arts organisation founded in 1980, opening its doors to youngsters who wanted to learn how to entertain and amaze their friends and families. Since then, the College of Magic has become a haven for aspiring entertainers and big dreamers alike. The skills taught by their talented and dedicated team have helped to enrich the lives of young Capetonians from every community, and have brought joy to hundreds of children – and their audiences – across the city, and in some cases, the country and the world. The College of Magic is a powerhouse of experiences that teach young people the art of entertainment and magical performance. The courses help children to build confidence and develop valuable life and social skills that they can carry into adulthood. What inspires your budding entertainer? Is it large stage illusions or intimate, close-up card tricks? Perhaps it’s clowning, puppetry or ventriloquism – or the ability to juggle or mime. Whatever delights the budding magician, the College of Magic offers courses for children aged 10 and up.

The College of Magic will take to the stage at the Artscape Theatre with The Magic Key. The whole family is invited to join South Africa’s ‘Hogwarts’, famous for creating astonishing family experiences and intriguing worlds of mystery, magic and illusion over its 40-year history. The Magic Key will be directed by Chad Findlay, current artistic director at the College of Magic. The show will take place from 1-4 June. Tickets can be purchased via Computicket online or via Checkers and Shoprite retail stores, countrywide, from R149 and R165. All Covid regulations will be strictly adhered to.

During Saturday’s Role, radio host Renos Nicos Spanoudes chats to Creative Director, College of Magic, Chad Findlay about The Magic Key. Listen to the podcast to find out more!

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For more info about the College of Magic’s website:

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SOCIAL MEDIA DETAILS:

The Miss International South Africa organization hosted the 2021 edition of the pageant on 12th December, 2021 at the Theatre of Marcellus at Emperors Palace in Gauteng, where stunning delegates from all over the country competed for the national title. At the end of the event, Ferini Dayal was crowned as Miss International South Africa 2021 as she succeeded Miss International South Africa 2019 Nicole Middleton for the title. Ferini is a doctor at Thelle Mogoerane hospital in Vosloorus and the founder of ‘Dayal Foundation’, a charitable institute which aims to create difference in many South Africans lives through fundraising and medical advocacy. A surgeon in the making, Dr. Dayal has also appeared on the cover of October issue of ‘Spectacular’ magazine and took part in a discussion on breast cancer for her campaign. The 27-year-old recently helped raise over R700,000 in gifts for moms and babies to commemorate World Prematurity Day. Relishing in her crowning moment, the diva shared a quote by Williamson on her social media. “As we let our own light shine, we unconsciously allow others to do the same. As we are liberated from our fear, our presence automatically liberates others,” she quoted. The diva wore a glass beaded gown by Tumi Gede, fashion designer and owner of ‘Sophie Online’, an online fashion store and finished off her look with crystal embedded shoes for the finale night.

The two times medical graduate will now head to the 60th Miss International Beauty Pageant, which is rescheduled to the autumn of 2022 due to rising cases caused by the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant. A South African is yet to take the crown at the Miss International pageant but when the judges gather in Japan this year, they are going to have a hard time seeing past our Dr. Ferini Dayal.

Renos Nicos Spanoudes chats to Ferini Dayal during Saturday’s Role on Hellenic Radio. Listen to the podcast for more! Instagram: @drf_dayal

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INDEMNITY, a subversive, edge-of-your-seat local action film, produced in South Africa by Gambit Films and written and directed by AFDA alumnus Travis Taute is on a level that South Africa’s never seen before!

The film, which had its overseas premiere at the Fantasia International Film Festival in Canada last year and already released in the USA earlier this year, premiered in South Africa at the 10th annual kykNET Silwerskermfees, where the film received 12 nominations. The film will release in South Africa on 13 May 2022. The praises from international media poured in after its international release earlier this year:

“A great deal of fun”. – The New York Times

“A stylish, high-stakes thriller laced with eroticism and subterfuge”. – Los Angeles Times

“Beefed up with punchy action and suitably incendiary special effects”. – Screen International

“Travis Taute’s debut feature impresses with its slick, nimble action sequences”. – Variety

South African best-selling author, film critic and award-winning lecturer, Leon van Nierop thoroughly enjoyed the film and said the following: “It is the bravest, best and most balanced South African action film ever to be made.”

INDEMNITY tells the story of Theo Abrahams (Jarrid Geduld), an ex-fireman suffering from severe Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) who, unable to return to work, turns to alcohol.

During Saturday’s Role, radio host Renos Nicos Spanoudes chats to Travis Taute about INDEMNITY. Listen to the podcast to find out more!

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Watch the trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEeirDvFXLw