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Philip Miller

Nkoli: The Vogue-Opera — it’s fierce, fabulous … and freaking fantastic

Maverick Life

Nkoli: The Vogue-Opera — it’s fierce, fabulous … and freaking fantastic

By Keith Bain

Being Simon Nkoli’s mother: Who will remember me?

South Africa

Being Simon Nkoli’s mother: Who will remember me?

By Welcome Mandla Lishivha

South Africans just wanna have fun (and fix the country)

South Africa

South Africans just wanna have fun (and fix the country)

By Mark Heywood

A life resurrected — an opera about Aids and the life of queer activist Simon Nkoli

South Africa

A life resurrected — an opera about Aids and the life of queer activist Simon Nkoli

By Mark Heywood

So, you’ve never heard of Reuben T. Caluza? That needs to change

Magazine

So, you’ve never heard of Reuben T. Caluza? That needs to change

By Emma Dollery

How Influenza 1918 is helping Covid-19 in 2020

South Africa

How Influenza 1918 is helping Covid-19 in 2020

By Ufrieda Ho

On listening, dissonance and chaos: How composer and musician Philip Miller turns sound into art

Magazine

On listening, dissonance and chaos: How composer and musician Philip Miller turns sound into art

By Emilie Gambade & Malibongwe Tyilo

The Head and the Load, William Kentridge’s epic production on imperial indifference in WWI, premieres in London

Maverick Life

The Head and the Load, William Kentridge’s epic production on imperial indifference in WWI, premieres in London

By John Battersby