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"contents": "<b>Deejay let the music play</b>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Possibly the biggest event this weekend, </span><b>Global Citizen’s One World: Together at Home Festival </b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on Saturday, 18 April 2020 will feature some of the biggest names in entertainment performing from home, including South Africa’s very own DJ Black Coffee and Sho Madjozi. The line up of over 71 artists also includes musicians Alicia Keys, Annie Lennox, Usher, The Rolling Stones, Sam Smith, Lizzo, Elton John, Celine Dion as well as actors Samuel L Jackson, Jack Black and Matthew McConaughey, to name just a few. It will be livestreamed online as well as on television. See</span><a href=\"https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/connect/togetherathome/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for the full line up of performers as well as DStv channels to watch on.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As mentioned on</span><a href=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-04-09-alone-together-easter-weekend-parties-events-movie-screenings-to-look-forward-to/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">our line up last weekend</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><b>Channel O’s Lockdown House Party</b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> continues this weekend on Friday and Saturday with two six-hour sets. See this weekend’s DJ line-up</span><a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/B_FE57UA2JY/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fans of Swedish popstar </span><b>Robyn</b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are in for a treat as she will be kicking off her weekend with a live set on Friday and it will be streamed on her Facebook page as well as her YouTube channel. Visit her Facebook page</span><a href=\"https://web.facebook.com/robyn/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for details.</span>\r\n\r\n<strong>Our tip:</strong> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Make sure to book NPR’s</span><a href=\"https://www.npr.org/series/tiny-desk-concerts/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tiny Desk</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> music performance series. This one has been around for a decade, with performances from indie as well as some of the world’s best known performers, recorded from All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen’s desk. They are now adding new performances recorded from home by the artists. However, their library features well over 800 performances, enough to last you for several lockdown extensions.</span>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>***</b></p>\r\n<b>The show must go on</b>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Seeing as we can’t go to the theatre, a lot of actors and theatres are uploading a variety of performances online. Many of the performances, some of them celebrated classics, would have been inaccessible to most simply due to geographical location, and now with some of them being screened for limited online runs, every weekend is a chance to go to the theatre from the comfort of our homes. Although free, they also offer an opportunity to donate to the different organisations so that we can support theatre performers during this time when they can’t practice their craft on stage.</span>\r\n\r\n<b>The Shows Must Go On</b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is celebrated English composer’s Andrew Lloyd Webber’s recently launched YouTube channel, created in collaboration with Universal. Each Friday, they will stream plays from Webber’s back catalogue, and each will be available for 48 hours. This weekend, they are streaming the live performance of … drumroll … </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Phantom of The Opera</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Watch</span><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nINQjT7Zr9w\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A bit closer to home, Cape Town-based </span><b>The Fugard Theatre</b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has uploaded the </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">10</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">anniversary production of Athol Fugard’s </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Master Harold … and the Boys</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. You can watch the 90-minute production featuring Desmond Dube, Siya Mayola and Kai Luke Brummer</span><a href=\"https://thefugard.com/master-harold-stream/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r\n\r\n<b>The United Kingdom’s National</b> <b>Theatre</b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is also streaming some of the most beloved performances on their YouTube channels for limited runs as part of the</span><a href=\"https://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/nt-at-home\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">National Theatre at Home</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> programme. This week, they premiered </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Treasure Island</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Robert Louis Stevenson's “classic adventure of mutiny, money and murder”. It will be live on the channel until 23 April 2020. 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You can watch them </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">he</span><a href=\"https://web.facebook.com/TheMarketTheatre/?_rdc=1&_rdr\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">re on their Facebook page</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r\n\r\n<b>Our tip:</b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> For a variety of other performances and talks across performance art and theatre, make sure to bookmark</span><a href=\"https://www.socialdistancingfestival.com/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Social Distancing Festival</span></a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">website, which features a calendar of various livestreamed events from around the world that you can watch from home. </span><b>DM/ML</b>\r\n\r\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you would like to share an upcoming virtual event with us, please leave a comment below or email us at </span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[email protected]</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[email protected]</span>\r\n\r\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sign up for our</span></i><a href=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/about/newsletter/\"> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">newsletter</span></i></a> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to get the best of Maverick Life delivered to your inbox every Sunday morning.</span></i>",
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