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
458 Episodes
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People of Note - Sven Ruygrok

The latest production at the Theatre on the Bay is a play by Enrico Luttmann called “Family Secrets”. It’s a two hander which stars Dorothy Anne Gould and Sven Ruygrok. In this week’s edition of People of Note, Rodney Trudgeon will be talking to Sven Ruygrok about the play as…
7 Jul 2019 55 min

People of Note - Brendan Argent and Sarah Boyd

A new and fascinating CD has just been released called “Echoes of Sophiatown”. It is a re-creation of a number of the songs which became famous in the jazz clubs of Sophiatown before the apartheid machine declared it a white area. The CD is dedicated to preserving, celebrating and reviving…
30 Jun 2019 51 min

People of Note - Debbie Turner

This week’s edition of People of Note features the new CEO of Cape Town City Ballet, DEBBIE TURNER, who was appointed in October 2018. Debbie founded the Cape Dance Company and the Cape Academy of Performing Arts but had a long and successful career as a dance in many genres…
23 Jun 2019 59 min

People of Note - Marc Lottering

Rodney Trudgeon’s guest on this week’s edition of People of Note is one of the country’s most successful and much loved comedians, MARC LOTTERING, who has won multiple Fleur du Cap Awards and a Vita Award and his full ensemble musical Aunty Merle The Musical played for three sold out…
16 Jun 2019 54 min

People of Note - Daniel Ciobanu

Rodney Trudgeon’s guest on this week’s edition of People of Note is the exciting young Romanian pianist DANIEL CIOBANU who was in Cape Town recently to perform with the Cape Town Philharmonic and at the Cape Town Concert Series. Daniel won the prestigious UNISA International Piano Competition in 2014, but…
9 Jun 2019 55 min

People of Note - John Kani

Rodney Trudgeon’s guest on this week’s edition of People of Note is the distinguished South African actor JOHN KANI. John’s extraordinary career has led to countless awards and honours both locally and internationally and in 2015 the Market Theatre in Johannesburg re-named their main theatre the John Kani Theatre. In…
2 Jun 2019 1 hr 12 min

People of Note - Stephen Jubber

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…
19 May 2019 58 min

People of Note - Priscilla Holmes

On People of Note this week, Rodney Trudgeon will be talking to Priscilla Holmes who has set up a group of six enthusiastic women all of whom write under the title “The Write Girls” – write spelt w r I t e. Their latest novel is called In Dire Straits…
12 May 2019 54 min

People of Note - Jeremy Silver

Rodney Trudgeon’s guest on this week’s edition of People of Note is the newly appointed Director of the UCT Opera School, Jeremy Silver. Jeremy will also be conducting the Bellini opera I Capuletti A E Montecci for the opera school and Cape Town Opera which opens on 15th May. Jeremy…
5 May 2019 56 min

People of Note - Allison Foat

Rodney Trudgeon’s guest on People of Note this week is one of Cape Town’s most dynamic and glamourous theatre publicists and travel writers ALLISON FOAT. Allison has had an exciting career first as a principal dancer with Capab and Pact Ballet as well as Manhattan Ballet in New York and…
28 Apr 2019 55 min

People of Note - Christine Crouse

The hugely popular Suid Ooster Fees opens at the Artscape Theatre Complex on 25 April and runs until 1 May with a host of productions. One of the highlights will undoubtedly be Franz Lehar’s evergreen operetta, The Merry Widow which has one performance only at the Artscape Opera House on…
21 Apr 2019 54 min

People of Note - Marius Coetzee

In this week’s edition of People of Note, the focus will be on music in Bloemfontein and, more specifically, the exciting activities at the music school of the Free State University. Rodney Trudgeon’s guest will be MARIUS COETZEE who wears many hats but who is also the founder and Artistic…
14 Apr 2019 54 min

People of Note - Ben Schoeman

Rodney Trudgeon’s guest on this week’s edition of People of Note is one of South Africa’s foremost pianists who has won numerous awards both locally and internationally, BEN SCHOEMAN. Ben has played in some of the world’s finest concert halls such as Wigmore and the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London,…
7 Apr 2019 58 min

People of Note - Graham Hopkins

Peter Shaffer’s award winning play EQUUS has just opened at Pieter Toerien’s Theatre on the Bay and in this week’s edition of People of Note, Rodney Trudgeon will be talking to GRAHAM HOPKINS who plays the daunting role of the child psychiatrist Dr Martin Dysart. Graham is one of this…
31 Mar 2019 55 min

People of Note - Zakes Mda

One of South Africa's most acclaimed novelists and playwrights, Zakes Mda, has been back in the country to launch his latest book, tantalisingly titled 'The Zulus of New York'. Zakes Mda has led the sort of life that could quite easily fill the pages of one of his books. From…
24 Mar 2019 58 min

People of Note - Carli Olivier

Back at Pieter Toerien’s Theatre On The Bay due to public demand is the colourful and exotic show called Recuerdos featuring classical guitarist James grace with the Carli Olivier Spanish Dance company from Sasolburg. This exciting show not only features James’s superb playing, but the dances interact with him in…
17 Mar 2019 59 min

People of Note - Manu Herbstein

Rodney Trudgeon’s guest on this week’s edition of People of Note is the award winning author MANU HERBSTEIN who first novel, “Ama, A Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade” won the 2002 Commonwealth Writer’s Prize for the best first book. Manu is also the winner of the 2018 African Writer’s…
10 Mar 2019 54 min

People of Note - Marcin Patrzalek

Rodney Trudgeon has something of a whizz-kid on People of Note this week. MARCIN PATRZALEK is an 18 year old Polish guitarist who is enjoying huge success both on social media and on concert platforms. Marcin is known mostly for his guitar arrangements and compositions which gather over 80 million…
3 Mar 2019 1 hr 02 min

People of Note - Sir Malcolm Jack

Rodney Trudgeon’s guest on People of Note this week is Sir Malcolm Jack who, for many years was Clerk Of The House in the British Parliament specialising in constitutional matters. Sir Malcolm is also an author, lecturer and critic and his latest book has just been published. It is called…
24 Feb 2019 58 min

People of Note - Patrick Ryan

Our guest on People of Note this week is a man who made the unusual career switch from advertising agency executive to wild land firefighter. Patrick Ryan can often be seen on the fire-lines on our mountainsides and farmlands with camera in one hand, fire-fighting gear in the other. He'll…
17 Feb 2019 57 min
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