MUSIC

KrescendoIsland Hotel, Isipingo BeachEvery Saturday at 8pmTickets: R30Call: 084 589 6343

Guy Buttery Corner Café, Glenwood20 NovemberCall: 082 474 0326

Lionel RitchieAbsa Stadium25 NovemberTickets: R175 to R475Call: 011 340 8000

Battery 9Burn14 November Tickets: R30Call: 083 325 9746

DANCE, THEATREAND COMEDY

Michel LauziereiZulu Theatre, Sibaya12 December to 11 JanuaryTickets: R80 to R135Call: 011 463 8673

Comedy Theatre LaboratoryBat CafeWednesdays from 6.30pmCall: 031 332 0451

Rocking All Over The WorldBarnyard TheatreUntil 11 JanuaryCall: 031 566 3045

Let’s Get this Party StartedDockyard TheatreUntil 31 DecemberCall: 031 201 9147

Puss in BootsBotanic Gardens 6 December to 10 January Tickets: R40 to R50Call: 083 883 8855

Bad Moon Rising Heritage Theatre, HillcrestUntil 31 December Tickets: R160 – R185 Call: 031 765 4197

Let’s Hear it for the BoysuShaka Upper DeskUntil 10 January

Tickets: R150

VISUAL ART

Durban Art GalleryIndian InkCall: 031 311 2264

The Art Bus KZNSA Art Gallery Saturday mornings, until 30November Call: 031 311 2264

Memento MoriBank GalleryUntil 6 December Call: 031 312 6911

Construct: Beyond theDocumentary PhotographDurban Art Gallery, City HallUntil 31 January Call: 031 311 2264

Confluence Kizo Art Gallery (upstairs gallery) Until 16 November Time: 6.30pmCall: 031 566 4322

Loathing and Loving andGivingartSPACE Until 15 NovCall: 031 312 0793

DiminutiveartSPACE Until 15 NovCall: 031 312 0793

SUSS’TKZNSA GalleryFrom November 16Call: 031 227 1703

OTHERS

Golden Hours Family Market Near Hyper by the SeaSundays, 10am to 3.50pm Call: 083 262 3693

Mountain of the Midnight Sun – lectureBotanic Gardens 18 November Time: 7pmTickets: R25 – R30 Call: 031 309 1170

Climate Change – Action EveningBotanic Gardens 28 November Time: 5.30pmTickets: R10Call: 031 309 1170

Mr Price Carols byCandlelight Botanic Gardens 15 DecemberTime: 6pmTickets: R20 – R80 Call: 083 915 8000

Transnet Port TerminalsStella No! To Violence TributeRaceStella Athletics Club,

Glenwood16 NovemberTime: 6am Tickets: R15 – R25

Workshops on HIV/Aids andSTI’sHambanati Library 24 – 26 NovemberCall: 032 945 1080 or082 634 2369

Wellness Wednesday Yoga ICC ArenaWednesdays, from 5:30pmCall: 031 360 1359

Free Yoga ClassesSuncoast SundeckThursdays: 5.30pm – 6.30pmCall: 031 201 8585

Bhangra BashKrakatoa, Sibaya15, 22 and 29 November Time: 10pmTickets: R60 Call: 031 580 5100

KZN Conservation Servicesguided walksKrantzkloof Nature ReserveFirst and third Sunday of the monthCall: 031 764 3515

❏ Compiled by ThembaKhumalo. To have your eventincluded in the Durban Diary, e-mailkhumalotk@durban.gov.zaor fax 031 306 4603.

DURBAN DIARY: Your guide to entertainment in the city

NEWS and ENTERTAINMENTPage 6 14 November 2008

STRIKING: Shadu, is partof an exhibition by ApamaSwarup at the Kizo gallery

SOHANA SINGH

THE sequel to Leon Schus-ter’s wildly successful com-edy, Mr Bones, which wasfilmed largely in Durban, hasentrenched the city’s repu-tation as one of the premierAfrican film locations.

That was the message dueto be delivered by DeputyMayor Logie Naidoo at thepremier of Mr Bones 2: Backfrom the Past at the ICC lastnight.

“This movie will certainlyput Durban on the map as amajor film location in SouthAfrica,” said Naidoo, who hada cameo role in the movie.

“The film has had positivespin-offs for the economy ofthe city.

“Not only did the producersspend the majority of theirbudget in our city, but the movie employed hun-dreds of local performingartists.”

Producer Anant Singh ofDurban-based VideovisionEntertainment said it was thefirst time Schuster has doneany major filming in the city.

“Leon was keen to do amovie in Durban and this onewill help position our city as amajor film location in SouthAfrica.”

Singh said that the majorityof the budget of the film was

spent in Durban and thiswould have a positiveeconomic impact on the city.

“The way a film works isthat it has a multiplier effect.Catering, security andaccommodation have aknock-on effect. This film hadthe biggest spend for a localmovie in the province, so thespin-offs will be good.

“The benefits are substan-tial from a tourist standpoint,because you can assume thatalmost every South Africanwill at some point see themovie,” said Singh.

The premier was due to betelevised live and, in Holly-wood style, was set to featurea gaggle of photographersshooting activities on the redcarpet as guests arrived.

Due to it’s strong Indianflavour, Mr Bones 2 wasinitially planned to be shot inMumbai, but after visitinglocations in and around Dur-ban, Schuster and directorGray Hofmeyr decided thatDurban was the best location.

Local moviegoers will spot ahost of familiar locations,with scenes shot at BlueLagoon, Dakota InformalSettlement at Isipingo Beach,Umhlanga and La Mercy.

Mr Bones 2 opens atcinemas nationwide on 27November.

singhsohana@durban.gov.za

THE EYES HAVE IT: This oil on linen canvas by PeterRippon, Portrait Miniature (blue eyes), is just 10cm X15cm. It’s part of an exhibition of miniatures atArtSpace entitled Diminutive

No Bonesabout filmbenefits

Early Christmas for Cato ManorSANE SHANDU

TEARS of joy were shed andsongs of praise sung, andthere was even some dance,when 600 senior citizensreceived Christmas hampersat a party thrown for them bythe Council, at Wiggins Hall,Cato Manor, on Wednesday.

Council Speaker JamesNxumalo, whose office wasresponsible for the bash, hasbeen a busy man in the run-up to the festive season.

Since last month andcontinuing into December,the City has been hosting aseries of Christmas parties ineach of its 100 wards for itssenior citizens. And on many

of these occasions Nxumalohas been in attendance toplay Father Christmas, dolingout the good cheer and gifts.

There has also been three-course meals for the pen-sioners, live entertainment,dance and drama.

“These parties are a way ofshowing our elderly weappreciate them,” he said.

And by all account, theMunicipality’s generosity hasbeen well received.

Alexia Malinga, a 77-year-old gogo, said: “I am veryhappy for what the Council isdoing for us and I wish tothank Councillor Nxumalofor the food parcel.

“I have seven grandchildren

and some of them lost theirmother while they wereyoung. At times I wish toenjoy my pension money theway I want but because thesechildren are now my respon-sibility I have to supportthem.”

The Christmas partiesproject has been runningsince 1999 and apart frombeing a lot of fun, givesofficials a chance to shareCouncil information.

“Most of the elderly do nothave access to informationabout Council programmeswhich might be of help tothem. This gives us a platformto engage with them,” saidNxumalo.

❏ The elderly of Tafelkop,Umbumbulu, now have acommunity service centre,thanks to a partnershipbetween a German companyand the Municipality.

Thembekile Hlubi, Exec-utive Manager of the Muth-ande Society for the Aged saidone of the uses to which thecentre would be put was toeducate older citizen aboutHIV/Aids. “More often thannot they are left at home totake care of their sick childrenand grandchildren,” Hlubisaid.

There will also be a carecentre for the elderly who aredischarged from hospital torecuperate.

TAKINGCARE OFOURELDERLY:CouncilSpeakerJamesNxumalopresentsaChristmashamper topensionerMay vanVuuren inCatoManorthis week

Picture:JESSIESINGH