People of Note

PROUDLY SPONSORED BY PIETER TOERIEN PRODUCTIONS. People of Note is broadcast on Sunday evening at 6 pm on Fine Music Radio with a repeat on Thusday afternoon at 1 pm, presented by Rodney Trudgeon.

Says Rodney: “There are a number of fascinating people who pass through Cape Town and I’ve always felt there to be a need for a programme that allows an in-depth discussion with these personalities. Whether their fields are music, literature, theatre, dance, opera or even politics and economics, we’ll invite them into the studio to talk about their lives, inspirations and role models, among other things.
“Rather like the famous BBC programme, Desert Island Discs, I’ll ask my guests to bring with them their six or seven favourite pieces of music to share with us.”

Among the long list of guests on the programme so far have been people such as Rhoda Kadalie, Lord Robin Renwick, Petronel Malan, Pieter Dirk Uys, Ruby Wax, Jonathan Roxmouth, Imam Rashied Omar and many more.
Weekly English South Africa TV & Film
442 Episodes
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People of Note - Richard Glasstone

Rodney Trudgeon’s guest on People of Note this week is Richard Glasstone who has enjoyed a long and distinguished career as a ballet dancer, choreographer, teacher and now writer. He was awarded an OBE for his contribution to British Ballet and his books include a biography of Dulcie Howes, a…
29 Apr 2018 1 hour

People of Note - Pumeza Matshikiza

Rodney Trudgeon’s guest on People of Note is the South African soprano currently enjoying an exciting international career, PUMEZA MATSHIKIZA. The Independent in the UK has described her as one of today’s most exciting new operatic voices and she is now an exclusive Decca Classics recording artist with two albums…
22 Apr 2018 51 min

People of Note - Louis Zurnamer

For Two weeks only, the words and music of titan composers Leonard Bernstein, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Stephen Sondheim will be celebrated in a new show at the Theatre on the Bay called “Lenny, Andrew, Steve and me”. The show has been put together by Jonathan Roxmouth who will be…
15 Apr 2018 51 min

People of Note - Fiona Ramsay

This weekend the internationally acclaimed Tennessee Williams masterpiece SWEET BIRD OF YOUTH opens at the Artscape theatre. The play is directed by Fred Ambrahamse and stars Fiona Ramsay and Marcel Meyer with an all-star cast. The production has just returned from rave reviews in the USA. This week on People…
1 Apr 2018 1 hr 02 min

People of Note - Robert Fox

The Pieter Toerien Production of FATAL ATTRACTION is on at the Theatre On The Bay. The famous 1987 film has been transferred to the stage and has been directed by Paula Bangels. The co-producer is Robert Fox, who has been a theatrical producer on London’s West End for well over…
25 Mar 2018 1 hr 01 min

Peope of Note - Kevin Hack

PEOPLE OF NOTE Rodney Trudgeon’s guest on People of Note this week is Kevin J Hack. The Fugard Theatre’s spectacular production of Leonard Bernstein’s #WestSideStory has returned to the Artscape Theatre Centre Opera House. It has garnered rave reviews and standing ovations. Rodney Trudgeon’s guest on People of Note this…
18 Mar 2018 52 min

People of Note - Morgan Szymanski

PEOPLE OF NOTE Rodney Trudgeon’s guest on People of Note this week is renowned Mexican guitarist Morgan Szymanski. Morgan has been a featured artist at this year’s Stellenbosch University's Woordfees. Described as ‘a player destined for future glories’, Morgan Szymanski has been highlighted as ‘One to Watch’ by both Gramophone…
11 Mar 2018 53 min

People of note - Paula Bangels

I wonder whether or not you remember the 1987 film FATAL ATTRACTION starring Glen Close and Michael Douglas? The film has been translated to the stage and is being performed at the Theatre on the Bay from 20th March starring Ashley Dowds and Jenny Stead. The director is Flemish born…
4 Mar 2018 52 min

People of Note - Brendan van Rhyn

Rodney Trudgeon’s guest on People of Note this week is an incredible versatile actor and singer, cabaret artist and drag artist BRENDAN VAN RHYN who is possibly better known as Cathy Specific or you may even have seen his memorable and outrageous interpretation of Frank n Furter in the Rocky…
25 Feb 2018 50 min

People of Note - Patrick Ryecart

There’s a wonderful Noel Coward play opening at the Theatre on the Bay next week to celebrate 30 years of world class entertainment at this popular venue. The play is called PRESENT LAUGHTER and features an all-star South African cast led by the distinguished West End star PATRICK RYECART who…
18 Feb 2018 54 min

People of Note - Anthony Fabian

Rodney Trudgeon’s guest on People of Note this week is the award winning director of feature films and documentaries ANTHONY FABIAN. Anthony’s first feature film, SKIN, won 22 international awards and his first documentary, Township Opera, featured emerging talent from South Africa. Anthony Fabian is back in South Africa working…
11 Feb 2018 53 min

People of Note - Marc Goldberg

A groundbreaking new ballet featuring Cape Town Ballet and using digital 3-D projections opens at Artscape Opera this week. MOZART AND SALIERI is based on the alleged rivalry between Mozart and the Italian composer Salieri, a story first published by Pushkin and then made famous in Peter Schaffer’s adaptation for…
4 Feb 2018 53 min

People of Note - Lara Foot

On People of Note this week, Rodney Trudgeon’s guest will be the multi-award winning playwright, director and producer LARA FOOT, who is also the CEO and Artistic Director of the Baxter Theatre and whose play The Inconvenience of Wings opens at the Theatre on The Bay and then at the…
28 Jan 2018 51 min

People of Note - Anthony Marwood

Rodney Trudgeon’s guest on People of Note this week is the distinguished British violinist Anthony Marwood who has just been awarded an MBE in the Queen’s Honour’s List. Anthony Marwood is known worldwide as an artist of exceptional expressive force. His energetic and collaborative nature places him in great demand…
21 Jan 2018 53 min

People of Note - Louise Howlett

Rodney Trudgeon’s guest on People of Note this week is someone who is a keen promoter of classical music in Cape Town and who is also a singer and presents our opera programme For The Love Of Opera on FMR. That’s Louise Howlett who wears many hats and who is…
15 Jan 2018 53 min

People of Note - Kechil Kirkham

In the first People of Note programme for 2018, we’ll be looking up into the stars as the magical, mysterious world of astronomy takes centre stage. Rodney Trudgeon’s guest will be KECHIL KIRCHEN, well known to FMR listeners for the weekly feature “Looking Up”. Kechil is also involved with the…
8 Jan 2018 52 min

People of Note - Prof. Peter Zille

As the world celebrates the 50th anniversary this month of the Heart Transplant in Cape Town, another major development has taken place at Groote Schuur. A team of dedicated heart surgeons, clinicians and medical engineers has perfected a heart valve that is likely to save millions of young lives particularly…
17 Dec 2017 55 min

People Of Note - Deirdre Visser and Dene Friedman

On the 50th anniversary of the world's first heart transplant, Chris Barnard's daughter, Deirdre Barnard-Visser, and a member of the original transplant team, Dene Friedmann, will be in conversation on People of Note about the celebrity surgeon and his ground-breaking operation. Deirdre and Dene have been life-long friends, first getting…
9 Dec 2017 49 min

People of Note - Daniel Kutner

Pieter Toerien’s spectacular production of Evita has arrived at Artscape for the Festive Season and in People of Note this week, Rodney Trudgeon will be talking to the director DANIEL KUTNER who is the resident associate director to Broadway legend Harold Prince. Daniel has worked extensively with Prince on a…
3 Dec 2017 51 min

People of Note - Kim Jordan

Undoubtedly the big Festive Season attraction here at Artscape is the new, spectacular production of Andrew Lloyd-Webber’s musical EVITA with an all-star cast. The show opens at the Artscape Opera on the 1st December and runs into January. On People of Note this week, Rodney Trudgeon will be talking to…
26 Nov 2017 57 min
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