Richard Kaplan News

Booking for KZN's premier arts festival: the 26th annual Hilton Arts Festival which will be hosted on the campus of Hilton College from 14 - 16 September, 2018, opens nation-wide today.

Booking for KZN's premier arts festival: the 26th annual Hilton Arts Festival which will be hosted on the campus of Hilton College from 14 - 16 September, 2018, opens nation-wide today.

Nominated for six Naledi Awards When Swallows Cry interweaves three stories set in Africa, or about African migrants and refugees. One story features a Canadian teacher - initially assumed to be an American - who is captured by a group of bandits in a West African country. He is held for ransom to generate the funds required to develop the region in which he is held. A second story features two Zimbabwean teachers who flee the economic hardships of their country in a boat heading to Fiji where they will not require visas for at least three months. However, the boat ventures into Australian waters and they are held at a detention centre for illegal immigrants, and are threatened with immediate deportation to Zimbabwe. The third story tells of a Somalian who leaves his war-torn country for South Africa, only to experience brutal xenophobic violence that obliges him to seek refuge in America. He obtains a legitimate US visa but is hounded at the port of entry; one of his tormentors is an African America official, a descendant of African slaves, but whose job it is to prevent "undesirables" entering America, and threatening their security. These stories, featuring three actors playing contrasting characters in the three different playlets, are multi-layered and raise numerous themes about contemporary mobility. The stories comment on each other, not necessarily in sequence, but as a whole.

After sold out performances in September 2017, Selwyn & Gabriel returns to the Alexander Bar.

After sold out performances in September 2017, Selwyn & Gabriel returns to the Alexander Bar.

SELWYN AND GABRIEL is a new comedy-drama by Richard Kaplan, writer of THE FINKELSTEINS ARE COMING TO DINNER. Directed by Matthew Kalil, SELWYN AND GABRIEL features KaiLuke Brummer as Selwyn and Mbulelo Grootboom as Gabriel, both award-winning actors who bring freshness and passion to their roles.

The new Lauderhill Central Park Library grand opening took place this month reflecting a collaboration of County and City partnerships, the arts, sports and learning.

Richard Kaplan's debut as a produced playwright with THE FINKELSTEINS ARE COMING FOR DINNER offers an evening of solid entertainment. For its pivotal love scene alone, it is worth going to see what is being cooked up for the Finkelsteins' visit.

An exibition of male nudes by artist Evan Oberholster is currently running in the parlour room at Alexander Bar, in tandem with the delightful new play premiering at the Cape Town Fringe, the comedy The Finkelsteins are Coming to Dinner, which will also be transferring to Alexander Upstairs after Fringe.

THE FINKELSTEINS ARE COMING TO DINNER, with Andrew Laubscher, David Viviers and Megan Furniss, written by Richard Kaplan, with lighting by Guy de Lancey and direction by Adrian Collins, will play the Alexander Upstairs as a part of the Cape Town Fringe.

A playreading of THE FINKELSTEINS ARE COMING TO DINNER will take place on 21 February at the Alexander Bar and Café's vibreant Upstairs Theatre. Written by Richard Kaplan, the hour long play will be read by Andrew Laubscher, Megan Furniss and David Viviers.

Massive downpours and one of the worst East End traffic tie-ups in recent memory proved no match for the most eagerly anticipated event of the season, the second edition of Art Southampton, presented by Art Miami.

Rochelle Slovin, Director of Museum of the Moving Image, today announced the complete schedule for the screenings and programs that will celebrate the grand re-opening of America's only museum dedicated to film, television, and digital media.

The Museum of Modern Art announces film exhibitions from January through April, 2011, including career retrospectives of important filmmakers, the 40th anniversary of New Directors/New Films, annual exhibitions such as Global Lens, Documentary Fortnight, and Canadian Front, and select screenings.

Rochelle Slovin, Director of Museum of the Moving Image, today announced the complete schedule for the screenings and programs that will celebrate the grand re-opening of America's only museum dedicated to film, television, and digital media.

The Museum of Modern Art announces film exhibitions from January through April, 2011, including career retrospectives of important filmmakers, the 40th anniversary of New Directors/New Films, annual exhibitions such as Global Lens, Documentary Fortnight, and Canadian Front, and select screenings.