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South African HorrorFest: Makabra Ensemble’s Faust at the Labia
Fri 30 October 2015 The last time I saw the Makabra Ensemble perform a live score to a silent horror film was in 2012 when they re-imagined Nosferatu. Watching them again last Friday, breathing new life into the 1926 classic Faust, made me … Continue reading
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Tagged classic, costumes, dressing up, faust, favourites, film, gigs & festivals, gigs and festivals, halloween, horror, horrorfest, industrial, labia, makabra ensemble, market, metal, music, orchestral, photography, rock, silent film, silent movie, south africa, south african, south african horrorfest, steampunk, summer, terminatryx, weekends
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Tagged classic, costumes, dressing up, faust, favourites, film, gigs & festivals, gigs and festivals, halloween, horror, horrorfest, industrial, labia, makabra ensemble, market, metal, music, orchestral, photography, rock, silent film, silent movie, south africa, south african, south african horrorfest, steampunk, summer, terminatryx, weekends
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Falling Mirror: Truth Sessions
Saturday 31 August 2013 The last Saturday of August was also the last of Falling Mirror‘s ‘TRUTH Sessions’, a consecutive series of Saturday night shows at TRUTH Coffeecult in Buitenkant Street.
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Tagged alternative, cape town, coffee, falling mirror, gigs & festivals, guitars, reunion, rock, south africa, steampunk, truth, tul microphones, veterans
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Tagged alternative, cape town, coffee, falling mirror, gigs & festivals, guitars, reunion, rock, south africa, steampunk, truth, tul microphones, veterans
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The Makabra Ensemble – Nosferatu at the Labia
Wednesday 31 October 2012 It was Halloween, and the 8th annual South African Horrorfest was a week into its 10 day programme. As dusk descended on the Labia Theatre, a crowd began to gather for the evening’s show – a … Continue reading
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Tagged cape town, cinema, costumes, double bass, dressing up, evenings, events, favourites, film, gigs & festivals, halloween, horror, horrorfest, labia, makabra ensemble, movie, nosferatu, south african horrorfest, steampunk, theatre, vampires, violin
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Tagged cape town, cinema, costumes, double bass, dressing up, evenings, events, favourites, film, gigs & festivals, halloween, horror, horrorfest, labia, makabra ensemble, movie, nosferatu, south african horrorfest, steampunk, theatre, vampires, violin
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Saturday steampunk silliness
I’ve always liked the whole Steampunk aesthetic and have wanted to try doing something in that style…luckily for me, not only is my brother a willing model who feels the same, but he also builds bizarre pneumatic weaponry that made … Continue reading
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Tagged brother, cape town, chris, dressing up, family, fashion, photography, portraits, steampunk, victorian, weapon, weekends, why not
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Tagged brother, cape town, chris, dressing up, family, fashion, photography, portraits, steampunk, victorian, weapon, weekends, why not
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