Zine Gwija LIVE@Riverside
Sun Mar 28, 15:00 - Sun Mar 28, 19:00
Riverside Retirement Village
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Zine will perform her long-awaited DEBUT solo show here on the beautiful lawns of Riverside.
Originally from Willowvale in Eastern Cape, Zine grew up in Imizamo Yethu, Hout Bay. Her gift for singing and performing was spotted from an early age and as part of the Hout Bay Music Project she travelled to the Netherlands where she took a leading vocal role in their performances with Andre Rieu, and has won awards including the Cape Town School Jazz Festival. After matriculating, Zine won a sponsored place at Waterfront Theatre School, where she graduated with a diploma in Musical Theatre in 2018. She has acted and sung in several productions at Artscape and Oude Libertas, is lead soprano and a founding member of the Ingoma Choir, and during the day works as an arts & music teacher at Silikamva High School, helping other young people to shine their light. She was getting through advanced auditions for Disney's European touring production of The Lion King, when the pandemic struck.
This will be Zine's first solo concert where she will perform a mix of cover songs and some of her own compositions, mainly a mix of jazz and pop, accompanied by keyboard.
Doors open at 3pm, performance at 5pm. There will be an interval and the show should end by 7pm.
All seating will be socially spaced between groups. There will be roughly three areas: the lawn in front of the stage where you can lay out your picnic blanket; areas at the sides of the lawn where you can put up your camping chairs; and the slightly elevated area where there will be a couple of rows of seating provided by the venue. All Covid protocols will be in place: screening and sanitising will take place on arrival.
Picnics by Riverside can be pre-ordered here, and they will also be selling some food on the night. You are also welcome to bring your own picnic - but please no alcoholic drinks to be brought. A fully licensed outside bar, selling wine, spirits, beers and soft drinks, will be run by Riverside on the day from 3pm to close.