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Madeleine Chaput

Madeleine Chaput is a feature and lifestyle writer based in the Eastern Cape

Claudia Chandler of Blackwoods Treasures at her stall at the Village Green market in Makhanda. Picture: MADELEINE CHAPUT

Something for everyone at Village Green

You will always find something that catches your eye at the Village Green market during the National Arts Festival.

  • Madeleine Chaput
‘Call Me A Diva’ is a sparkling celebration of the women who shaped music history. It is performed by Taylyn Miller, Emma Amber, Anja Taljaard and Ethan Saunders.

‘Call Me a Diva’ | Experience your favourite songs with the sass of true divas

Three vocalists and a witty emcee deliver unforgettable hits and laugh-out-loud moments in 'Call Me a Diva' at the National Arts Festival.

  • Madeleine Chaput
A scene from 'Autoplay', an AI opera – an immersive, surreal encounter between human and machine. Picture:

Inside Africa’s first AI opera

Autoplay creator and Darkroom Contemporary founder Louise Coetzer talks about the creative process, thinking and experience of making Africa’s first AI opera.

  • Madeleine Chaput
autoplay is an AI Opera - an immersive, surreal encounter between human and machine. This hybrid performance confronts traditional notions of identity and autonomy in an era shaped by digital systems. A charged game of musical chairs driven by Artificial Intelligence, it exposes questions of agency, influence, and control. Picture ALAN EASON

‘Autoplay’ has your heart pounding before you’ve even taken your seat

Created using generative AI, Autoplay is a commentary on the relationship between humans and machines, on what the world might become as AI continues to influence and perhaps even control us.

  • Madeleine Chaput
Dancers perform 'Majaivan', a movement story of the life of choreographer Lee-Ché Janecke at the National Arts Festival.

Acclaimed choreographer packs life journey into NAF dance production

Lee-Ché Janecke’s ‘Majaivan’ received a standing ovation on the opening night

  • Madeleine Chaput
Wela Kapela Productions presents BRENDA AND I, a compelling new cabaret that follows Kwesi —who has spent years performing Brenda Fassie covers — as she confronts the question that has haunted her life: Who is she without Brenda? The show is currently running at the Beethoven Room at the National Arts Festival in Makhanda. Picture: ALAN EASON

‘Brenda and I’ a hit at the National Arts Festival

Infectious, gorgeous, powerful. Those three words immediately come to mind while watching Wela Kapela Productions’ Brenda and I at the National Arts Festival.

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National Arts Festival kicks off in Makhanda

It’s officially that time of the year again: the National Arts Festival has kicked off inMakhanda for its 52nd run.

  • Madeleine Chaput
Kerry-Lyn Honey with the painting done by her students at Hartspace Art Studio at a charity fundraiser exhibition called Honey for the Soul Art Picture SUPPLIED

Colourful canvas of boobs steals show at Ann Bryant Art Gallery

More than 60 artworks by students from the Hartspace Art Studio were auctioned off in aid of charity at the Ann Bryant gallery late last week.

  • Madeleine Chaput
Adele Sparg sorting and labelling secondhand items in preparation for the next pop up event taking place in June. Picture: MADELEINE CHAPUT

From forgotten finds to fresh hope

New pop-up second-hand store, The Shop, is turning donated treasures into vital funding for local charities

  • Madeleine Chaput