Speaker 1: Sarah Jane Laking talk every weekend morning.
Speaker 2: All right, sh Jay's topics is how we kick off
Speaker 2: the show every Saturday morning, and first up this morning,
Speaker 2: Beat Bangers DJ Academy's Lab Session is happening today. It's
Speaker 2: a free workshop designed for aspiring DJ, seasoned professionals and
Speaker 2: actually anyone who simply loves being where the music is
Speaker 2: alive and pumping. I'm delighted that joining me on the
Speaker 2: line with all the details is organizer Grandmaster DJ Ready
Speaker 2: do good to have you with us this morning. Thanks
Speaker 2: so much for making time why a free workshop of
Speaker 2: this nature.
Speaker 3: Good morning to you, and thank you so much for
Speaker 3: the opportunity to be on this show. The Lab Sessions,
Speaker 3: we have a long tradition were doing these workshops and
Speaker 3: these I would say, this programs in so many different communities.
Speaker 3: And because a lot of people know us of being
Speaker 3: entrenched within hip hop culture, that's also one of the
Speaker 3: important things as well. It's to go into communities and
Speaker 3: offer these workshops, and for us, it's also a great
Speaker 3: opportunity to bring together all these different communities as well,
Speaker 3: and also to create networking opportunities, especially for the young people.
Speaker 3: Because we have so many young DJs and they seem
Speaker 3: to look for more direction and within this space we
Speaker 3: bring together, you know, all these different personalities with different
Speaker 3: levels of experience, and it's also just a good space
Speaker 3: to be in for creatives within that ecosystem.
Speaker 2: Won't you just talk to us about some of the highlights.
Speaker 2: What can people expect if they come through to the session.
Speaker 3: Sure, I would say one of the bigg highlights is
Speaker 3: the fact that we're launching the new space as well.
Speaker 3: It's called a tiny Warehouse, and people will kind of
Speaker 3: get a sense of the space and what's the because
Speaker 3: it is a work in progress. We also speak about
Speaker 3: the different levels of technology that DJs use, everything from
Speaker 3: the turntables, you know, we come from the vinyl error.
Speaker 3: We also speak about how we integrate that with the
Speaker 3: digital technology that exists as well, and people will get
Speaker 3: to see, you know, and year some of that. People
Speaker 3: can also expect a few demos. And then we have
Speaker 3: a thirteen year old young man that we regard as
Speaker 3: a hip hop scratch genius. This young man is so
Speaker 3: far ahead of his time it is mind blowing. So
Speaker 3: people will have the opportunity to hear him play and
Speaker 3: also to hear him demos some of his really really
Speaker 3: interesting scratching routines, and then we will do Q and
Speaker 3: A sessions as well, and people will get to jam
Speaker 3: on some of the latest technology as well.
Speaker 2: And who are some of the other DJs involved. It's
Speaker 2: not just you heading out for workshelf, is it?
Speaker 3: No, we are collective s it's myself, it is DJ Azol.
Speaker 3: We also have DJ e twenty that's on board as well,
Speaker 3: another gentleman called Himid and he is pretty much involved
Speaker 3: with sound and audio technology and he is also an
Speaker 3: expert in this interface known as a record box. And
Speaker 3: then of course there's Malica Daniels as well. She is
Speaker 3: the wife and she is the BOS. She runs the
Speaker 3: whole operations. It's quite a huge collective. And then we
Speaker 3: also have a gentleman that owns the space and he's
Speaker 3: been involved from a distance because it works out in
Speaker 3: the Middle East. So yeah, there's a lot of moving
Speaker 3: parts and a lot of input from different people.
Speaker 2: And won't you just give us the address for where
Speaker 2: today's lab session is happening from eleven to one o'clock today.
Speaker 3: Yeah, correct, it is happening all the way out in Woodstock.
Speaker 3: The road is called a drag close. I always tell people,
Speaker 3: unfortunately somebody who's told the road side. But if you
Speaker 3: look for the space rather search for Poets Corner and
Speaker 3: it will bring you into the road. You can't miss it.
Speaker 3: You'll hear the music playing, you'll see the cars, and
Speaker 3: we'll be a lot of movement. And I don't think
Speaker 3: the weather's going to hold dijits back badges. Yeah, they'll
Speaker 3: come out in any weather. So we in Woodstock, Trackler
Speaker 3: Street or search for Poets Corner and you'll find us there.
Speaker 3: It's just of Albert Road and it's quite central though.
Speaker 4: Okay, fantastic stuff.
Speaker 2: DJ ready do what an absolute pleasure to have you
Speaker 2: on the show this morning to talk to us about
Speaker 2: the Beat Bangers DJ Academy Lab session happening today in Woodstock.
Speaker 2: Do pass the details on to anybody you think maybe
Speaker 2: interested in that. That is really you're getting some the
Speaker 2: finest DJ talent in South Africa.
Speaker 4: For free, all right.
Speaker 2: The Melletum Players are putting on a double bill of
Speaker 2: Geraldine Aaron's One act Place at the Milton Playhouse. Mickey
Speaker 2: Canis caught my eye and Bar and jerm don't know
Speaker 2: if I'm pronouncing that correctly. Are on until the twelfth
Speaker 2: of July. The director is Godfrey Johnson, who joins me
Speaker 2: on the line, now, good to.
Speaker 4: Have you with us, and morning to you.
Speaker 2: Tell us if I pronounced that Barr and jerb.
Speaker 1: Bar and Jee.
Speaker 5: So Barr is for Barry and ju is for Gerald Deane.
Speaker 5: So the names Barre.
Speaker 4: Both written in the seventies.
Speaker 2: These plays, without giving too much away, can you give
Speaker 2: us a synopsis of the place?
Speaker 5: Okay, very brief synopsis. So the first well, firstly, there
Speaker 5: one explet so they're not particularly long. The first one
Speaker 5: is slightly longer than the second one. Mickey Canas caught
Speaker 5: my eyes setting capt Town. Even though the writer is
Speaker 5: Irish born Irish, I mean she spent some time in
Speaker 5: cap time in the seventies. So it's about a slightly
Speaker 5: dysfunctional young couple and how they how they need to
Speaker 5: plan their future, how they need to done the eighties
Speaker 5: and the nineties and the future. So so it's a
Speaker 5: very kind of a personal a person a little bit
Speaker 5: of a personal insight into their relationship and about that.
Speaker 5: The young husband has dreams, he wants to be a superstar,
Speaker 5: and is it too late for him? Is he too old?
Speaker 5: And how are they going to now solve this dilemma?
Speaker 5: And remember it's set in the seventies, so it has
Speaker 5: already there's there's a whole different sort of political dynamic,
Speaker 5: et cetera, et cetera. So that that's the first one.
Speaker 5: The second one is is also biographical. It's about you know,
Speaker 5: Gerald Deane's relationship with the brothers. So it's very sweet,
Speaker 5: it's very heartwarming, very very sincere, and it's a story
Speaker 5: of loss, and there's a lot of humor in the writing.
Speaker 5: So it's not you know, it's not all depressing, but yes,
Speaker 5: and lovely little snippets into people's lives. Yes, what's the.
Speaker 4: What was Gerald Deane's connection to South Africa?
Speaker 5: I think she she was very interested in what was
Speaker 5: happening here to you in the theater world. And in fact,
Speaker 5: these players were performed at the Space Theater, which was
Speaker 5: the you know, the wonderful, exciting kind of sort of
Speaker 5: semi underground theater at the time where everybody performed and
Speaker 5: petered as and Paul Slavelevski and their players. I think
Speaker 5: she just enjoyed traveling. I think there was some sort
Speaker 5: of family connection in Cape Town, but she also spent
Speaker 5: time in Zambia and in Zimbabwe and various other African countries.
Speaker 5: So I think she was just yeah.
Speaker 4: Just had just had an interest and then just talk
Speaker 4: to us a little bit about the cast. Excuse me
Speaker 4: there the cast, who's who.
Speaker 5: Pass Well, they're lovely, lovely, lovely. There's a lovely actor,
Speaker 5: Gregan O'Hearn who plays Mickey Canis and he also plays
Speaker 5: bar And then we have Kendra Maduro who's absolutely gord
Speaker 5: the je Marie Squirt and Chris Cameron Doll. So it's
Speaker 5: four people, all four in the first piece and then
Speaker 5: two of them on the second piece because that's a
Speaker 5: two hander. They are just extraordinary young actors with you know,
Speaker 5: some have other jobs and two of them are professional
Speaker 5: performers who are constantly on stage. So it's a lovely
Speaker 5: combination of people. There's a lot of love, a lot
Speaker 5: of very positive energy, and it's just lovely, lovely and
Speaker 5: then different different, you know, each person has something very
Speaker 5: different to bring and that always makes for exciting theater
Speaker 5: and exciting art.
Speaker 2: You are running at the milnit And Playhouse until the
Speaker 2: twelfth of July. I gather, folks to God than thanks
Speaker 2: so much for joining us. Folks, if you want to
Speaker 2: get tickets, then Cuicket is where you need to head
Speaker 2: and tickets are one hundred and twenty rand each. And
Speaker 2: then finally, the Zecoplanetarium and Digital Dome is the most
Speaker 2: advanced digital planetarium on the planet and well on the
Speaker 2: African continent, should I say, And this world class facility
Speaker 2: creates a space of innovation and discovery where art, science
Speaker 2: and entertainment meet.
Speaker 4: And I'm delighted to say that Melody.
Speaker 2: Claiinsmith that joins me this morning to tell us what's
Speaker 2: on offer, not only this weekend but for the rest
Speaker 2: of the winter school holidays.
Speaker 4: Melody, good to have you with us.
Speaker 2: For those who haven't been, tell us a little bit
Speaker 2: about the Planetarium and Digital Dome.
Speaker 1: Good morning and hello Cape Town. Yes, Capetown's cosmic exploration station.
Speaker 1: We are ready for some astronomical adventures. The Zeka Planetarium
Speaker 1: and Digital Dome is an immersive, multi seen three sixty
Speaker 1: degree experience. It is how science, exploration and art meets
Speaker 1: right here in Cape Town. So we have a special
Speaker 1: holiday program scheduling planned for the winter holidays and every
Speaker 1: day from Tuesday until Sunday at ten thirty am, eleven
Speaker 1: thirty am, we have two kiddy shows. The first is
Speaker 1: called We Are Starts, and there we jet off on
Speaker 1: a space adventure worth exploring the universe. And then at
Speaker 1: eleven thirty we have a show called Accidental Astronauts and
Speaker 1: we join Psi and Annie and their curious dog Armstrong
Speaker 1: as they explore the Moon. And those are the two
Speaker 1: children's shows that we have during the swinter holidays. At
Speaker 1: one o'clock and at two o'clock we have two shows
Speaker 1: that are more gear towards the younger curious explorer and
Speaker 1: older individuals. And the first at one o'clock is called
Speaker 1: Mayan Archaeo Astronomy, and this is a visual exploration of
Speaker 1: the six Mayan temples and looking at the relationship between
Speaker 1: the it's astronomical knowledge and the history of ancient Maya.
Speaker 1: So that's the first show. Then for adults at one
Speaker 1: o'clock at two o'clock, we have a beautiful show called
Speaker 1: The Search for Life, and it finds a way in
Speaker 1: which to explore the questions that we often have, and
Speaker 1: it is narrated by Harrison Ford, and it allows us
Speaker 1: to travel from the depths of Earth, the Earth's ocean
Speaker 1: to exol planets and things. We usually cannot see.
Speaker 2: What sort of age group are we talking about Melody?
Speaker 2: From what age can we bring our young people to
Speaker 2: and explore the planetarium in digital dome.
Speaker 1: The planetarium is a really an immersive experience, and so
Speaker 1: children from the ages are five, I would say would
Speaker 1: be an appropriate age for the children's show. So the
Speaker 1: two morning shows we are Stars and Accidents or Astronauts
Speaker 1: are geared for children between the ages of five to
Speaker 1: twelve and the older shows or the shows that are
Speaker 1: in the afternoon are for child young people between the
Speaker 1: ages of thirteen. To tell you and I.
Speaker 4: Okay, fantastic stuff.
Speaker 2: And then in terms of tickets, we're happy to see
Speaker 2: that you have both international and local pricing.
Speaker 1: Yes, yes, So upon presentation of your ID or SA documentation,
Speaker 1: we have a family tickets and that is for two
Speaker 1: adults and two children, and that is two hundred and
Speaker 1: thirty rands. As an adult you would play ninety rand
Speaker 1: and for a child you would play first yerrand even
Speaker 1: our students South African students and pensioners can get these
Speaker 1: play firsty rand. And that is upon presentation of the
Speaker 1: student card or ID cards. Our international guests, thank you
Speaker 1: for visiting Ezco museums. They have to pay one hundred
Speaker 1: thirty rands for all categories visitors.
Speaker 4: Okay, wonderful stuff, Melody.
Speaker 1: Also, just one more thing. Enterance to the planetarium includes
Speaker 1: entrance to the South African Museum. And right now we
Speaker 1: have a series of new exhibitions in celebration of the
Speaker 1: museums two hundred year existence this year.
Speaker 4: Okay, wonderful stuff. Thanks very much.
Speaker 2: Indeed, Melody Clain Smith, who is from the EZEK Planetarium
Speaker 2: Digital Home telling us about what is on offer not
Speaker 2: just this weekend but for the rest of the winter
Speaker 2: school holidays.
Speaker 4: Go and pay them a visit.