38 :: ? {CHORAL} UJ Arts & Culture presents UJ CHOIR AND HOPE COLLEGE (USA) Rosebank Church :: See www.uj.ac. za/arts for performance details 12 MAY The University of Johannesburg (UJ) Choir has dedicated itself to broadening the choir grounds by venturing in international projects. {EXHIBITION} UJ Arts & Culture presents 300 ART ORNAMENTS UJ Art Gallery :: see gallery hours 17–31 MAY This exhibition is a showcase of 250 pieces collected by the UJ Jewellery Design and Manufacture Department over the past 10 years. {URBAN JAZZ} UJ Arts & Culture in partnership with Khaya FM presents UJ WEEKEND OF JAZZ UJ Art Centre :: See www.uj.ac.za/arts for performance details 25–27 MAY Presented in celebration of Africa Day, this urban jazz experience is set to cast a spotlight on exceptionally skilled emerging jazz musicians who are not afraid to experiment or disrupt the notion of jazz. JULY {PLAY DEVELOPMENT PLATFORM} UJ Arts & Culture presents STAGED National Arts Festival: Rehearsal Room. See the NAF programme for performance details 02–06 JUL This all-new play development platform, STAGED, is a public-facing extension of the hugely successful UJ Can You? Programme, which actively identifies and develops hidden talent from amongst UJ’s 50 000 students. STAGED similarly seeks to nurture new plays and professional talent for the stage, by creating a national platform to showcase selected works to local and international producers and presenters. Featured productions for 2018 include Wynne Bredenkamp’s At the Edge of the Light (South Africa) Joakim Daun’s The Incident (Sweden/ Zimbabwe/South Africa), and Greg MacArthur’s A City (Canada/ South Africa). { JAZZ AVANT-GARDE} Pro Helvetia in partnership with UJ Arts & Culture present HILDEGARD LERNT FLIEGEN Art Centre Theatre 04 JUL :: 19:30 Hildegard Lernt Fliegen (Hildegard Learns to Fly) is a Swiss formation of avant- garde jazz, headlined by singer Andreas Schaerer. In 2014, the band received the BMW Welt Jazz Award, and subsequently toured Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Estonia, Lithuania, Russia, Luxembourg, China, Italy, Finland, the UK and France. {DRAMA} UJ Arts & Culture presents CHOIR BOY National Arts Festival: St Andrews. See the NAF programme for performance details 04–07 JUL Choir Boy tells the story of a young man who wants nothing more than to take his rightful place as leader of the school’s legendary gospel choir. Can he find his way inside the hallowed halls of this institution if he sings in his own key? {DRAMA} UJ Arts & Culture and the National Arts Festival (NAF) present AFRICAN GOTHIC National Arts Festival: See the NAF programme for performance details 06-08 JUL :: RHODES BOX 19-25 JUL:: THE FRINGE THEATRE AT JOBURG THEATRE Set against the backdrop of a farm in desolate ruin, Reza de Wet’s, African Gothic (translation of Diepe Grond), tells the story of the complicated, passionate, and troubled relationship between two siblings. {EXHIBITION} FADA Gallery presents 2018 FADA ALUMNI EXHIBITION 12 JUL–17 AUG (subject to change) :: See FADA Gallery operating hours This year’s FADA Alumni Exhibition honours Dr Carol Hofmeyr, founder of the Keiskamma Art Project Trust. The Trust is a community organisation, based in Hamburg, a rural area in the Eastern Cape, which works to foster hope and offer support to the most vulnerable. The Trust strives to address the challenges of widespread poverty and disease through holistic and creative programmes and partnerships. AUGUST {STAND-UP COMEDY} UJ Arts & Culture, POPArt and Goliath & Goliath present OUT THE BOX COMEDY Con Cowan Theatre 01 AUG :: 19:30 Out the Box Comedy offers UJ students, staff and the public an opportunity to catch some of the biggest names in SA comedy. {EXHIBITION} UJ Arts & Culture presents TRANS UJ Art Gallery :: see gallery hours 15 AUG–19 SEPT Brazilian curator, Daniella Géo, delves into the archives of the Bag Factory’s alumni, to contemplate the impact its artists had on the art scene, and the role it played in connecting Johannesburg with the rest of Africa, and the world. {CHORAL} UP Camerata presents KOORKALEIDOSCOPE University of Pretoria Musion 19 AUG See www.uj.ac.za/arts for performance details A triple-dose concert by Tuks Camerata, the UJ Choir & NWU-Koor, in celebration of university choirs in the northern hemisphere of South Africa. {FESTIVAL} UJ Arts & Culture presents UJ YOUTH ARTS FESTIVAL Art Centre & Cowan Theatre 22 AUG–07 SEP See www.uj.ac.za/arts for performance details Thefestivalwillcastaspotlight onsomeofthebestnewcreative voices,withstudentsfromother institutions,collegesandyouth groupsjoiningUJArts&Culture studentsinashowcaseofacting, singing,dancingandmakingmusic. SEPTEMBER {AWARDS EXHIBITION} FADA Gallery presents 2018 JJC SCHOOLS ART AND DESIGN AWARDS 18–29 SEP (provisional dates) :: See FADA Gallery operating hours Now in its 10th year, the awards’ exhibition, presented in association with the Johannesburg Junior Council, exhibits a diverse range of art and design work, including artists’ books, paper sculpture installations and digital media (animation). Prizes are sponsored by Herbert Evans. {STAND-UP COMEDY} UJ Arts & Culture, POPArt and Goliath & Goliath present OUT THE BOX COMEDY Con Cowan Theatre 19 SEP :: 19:30 Out the Box Comedy offers UJ students, staff and the public an opportunity to catch some of the biggest names in SA comedy. {DANCE} UJ Arts & Culture proudly hosts MOVING INTO DANCE MOPHATONG 40TH CELEBRATION