Robin Hood Adult Pantomime

ROBIN HOOD 11th Annual Durban Adult Panto Oct 23 - 27 @ The Hexagon. Oct 30 - Dec 31;@ The Chris Seabrooke Theatre at DHS from Oct 30 Bookings and enquiries: 074 190 6239. It was a time of lawlessness and corruption, When honest decent folk lived in fear of thieves and brigands When the gold-hungry wealthy oppressed the poor. It was in fact, a time a lot like ours… Yes boys and girls, after many years happily spent sullying the memory of our best loved fairytales, this year's festive adult pantomime takes us back in time to the legendary green Sherwood Forest - before they smoked the green, ran a freeway through it and attempted to rename it after an obscure Libyan camel-breeder. Of course, this being pantomime there's bound to be more G-strings twanging than bow strings but, rest assured, the familiar faces will all be there. Staring Thomie Holthauzen as Friar Tuck, Rowan Bartlett as Little John, Clare McIlroy as Maid Marion, Sean de Klerk as Robin Hood & Anthony Stonier as Princess Joan of Collins. This show has it all: a dazzlingly dirty script, saucy singalongs and timeless (well they seem to last forever) songs in a classic tale of true love, good versus evil and the sheer joy of shooting sharp pointy things at other people - all this in a pristine forest setting with more bush than Paris, Lyndsay and Britney combined. Written and directed by Anthony Stonier
Just one more reason to come to Durban and stay at our exclusively gay Durban View Guesthouse.

Big Concerts for Durban

Durban's International Convention Centre (ICC) will be hosting two major concerts over the next few weeks. Next Saturday 20th October 2007 will see heart-throb singing star Enrique Iglesias wow audiences in Durban whilst 16th December 2007 sees Michael Buble' pay his first visit to Durban.

Most of this is happening due to the decision to build a superb indoor Arena attached to the ICC which was completed earlier this year. The ICC has been rated in the top-10 International Convention Centres in the world by the World Association and the best in Africa. The addition of the ICC Arena will cement our position as a world class venue. One can see the ICC from the roof-top of our exclusively gay Durban View Guesthouse and many of our guests do in fact come here as part of a conference.Book your concert tickets here, then come Stay Gay with us. Enrique Tickets Buble' Tickets Accommodation

Pride Film Festival

5th - 11th October is Pride Film Festival at Cinema Nouveau, Gateway Shopping Centre. Hosted by Sterkinekor this is an inaugural Pride event and features 9 diverse movies with a focus on light entertainment. The featured movie "Another Gay Movie" also opens on the general movie circuit this week.

ANOTHER GAY MOVIE, is described as "the dirtiest, funniest, most scandalous gay-teen-sex-comedy-parody ever," in which four young gay friends make a pact to lose their virginity by the end of the summer.

THE MOSTLY UNFABULOUS SOCIAL LIFE OF ETHAN GREEN is a screwball comedy about an adorable 26-year old looking for love in all the wrong places.

THE TRIP is an unlikely and humorous love story about a sexy, blonde gay activist and a closeted Republican set in the turbulent political climate of the 70's and 80's, while APRIL'S SHOWER is another comedy; a tale of lesbian love, romance, and expectation, which takes place in the midst of a bridal shower.

On a more dramatic note, POSTER BOY tells the story of a gay college student who is placed in a difficult position when his right wing father is embroiled in a tight race for re-election as senator.

Two films with an ostensibly factual slant top out the festival's offerings: NAKED FAME is a documentary portrait of widely successful gay adult film star Colton Ford who, at the age of 40, decides to leave porn behind to pursue his dream of making it in the music business, while SHOWBOY, an award-winning "mockumentary", is the journey of Christian, in his bizarrely erratic and passion-fuelled attempt to become a Las Vegas showboy.

Tickets to the Pride Film Festival are R40 per person; Vitality, Edgars Club and Movie Club concessions apply including half-price Tuesdays for Movie Club Members.
Bookings can be made:
o via the award-winning Ster-Kinekor Theatres website ? www.sterkinekor.com
o on your W@P-enabled cellphone via www.sterkinekor.com
o via TicketLine ? 082 16789 (vas rates apply)
o at Self-Service terminals at Cinema Nouveau screened by Jameson
o at Cinema Nouveau screened by Jameson box offices.

The screening times are:

Sun 2.30pm Poster Boy

6.00pm Naked Fame

8.30pm April's Shower

Mon 8.30pm Another Gay Movie

Tues 8.30pm Show Boy

Wed 8.30pm Mostly

Thur 8.30pm The Trip

Guests from around the globe

Meet Bill (Washington) Eddy (local savage from Pretoria), Ira and Brett (also Washington) who joined us for the Mince Show last night and are staying at the Guesthouse. The show was fully booked weeks ahead.

da Mincy fun

I was supposed to take the camera last night for some pics of the guys we took to see the fabulous, famous Mince drag show. But like a savage I forgot and this cellphone shot of Llewellyn, Mince Star Clive and myself, Dave, is all I have to show for the magnificent performance. We took Eddy, Ira, Brett and Bill, guests staying with us at the guesthouse,to the show as well and we were joined by another 15 friends - so much drinking and laughter was had by all. Well done Clive and Martin (best drag mime artists we have seen) - please bring your shows back to Durban soon!!!

Gay Outdoors

If ever gay guys were to look for outdoors adventure, South Africa is the place to visit.. with our wide open spaces, mountains, deep blue sea and diving opportunities.. the sky is the limit...lol. Or you could of course just lounge in the sun from October - April on our roof top at this exclusively gay Guesthouse and soak up our glorious summer sun. Gay Outdoors is an adventure website we have recently linked to and you could find us and any number of alternative gay outdoor vacations right here.

Fun times Mark...

Our fun friend and regular guest Mark (left) returned to the Guesthouse and sunny South Africa with his mate Brett (right), a spunky Bournemouth lad who flew out from the UK for a short South African holiday. Also in the picture is our "gay-curious" friend Shaun who loves to visit the gay boys every so often, helping out in the bar and around the house.

What an Awesome Cruise on the Med

Llewellyn and Dave on board the "Brilliance of the Seas" as she docks in Istanbul last week....

I know this is supposed to be a blog about our sunny port city of Durban, on the east coast of South Africa, but we returned back from an awesome cruise yesterday from Athens to Venice docking at the ports of Mykonos and Rhodes (Greek islands), Kusadasi and Istanbul (Turkey), Corfu (Greek island), Split (Croatia) and Venice (Italy)... and we promised you some pictures. So here are some of the shots we took. What an awesome time we had. The boys on board were everything they promised, the ports of call were fascinating and the ship was incredible. So we're home again and will be delighted to tell our Guesthouse guests more of the info on the trip and our adventures. Dave

Gay Cruise Athens to Venice Sept 07

The bodies on board our ship the "Brilliance of the Seas" were everything we were promised..

Llewellyn shows the boys his hot body and new cozzie...

Dave returns to his favourite European city Venice with the Bridge of Sighs in the background.

Llewellyn with postcard picture of our ship docked at the island of Corfu, Greece.

Here is the island we would love to buy off the island of Corfu!!!

Sailing into the port of Venice on a slightly chillier morning after an awesome cruise and fantastic sunny weather.

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Gay Cruise Athens to Venice

What an awesome time lies ahead as we get set to jet off to Athens for our 10-day gay cruise which takes us from Athens to Rhodes, Mykonos, Kusadasi, Istanbul, Corfu, Split and Venice. As we join 2000 other guys on board the Brilliance of the Seas with our new bodies (mine is not as awesome as my sexy hunk so will only appear behind one of those beach photo boards of bodybuilders...lol) we are sure to have loads of fun.. and plenty of eye candy. Will show you the pics and tell you more on our return... or during the trip if we get a chance to upload some pics.

Llewellyn takes Shape...

This is what Llewellyn has achieved in just under 3-months of twice-a-week personal training sessions with Bruce (see story below) as he and I tried valiantly to shape up for our gay-only cruise. Wow.. eat your heart out guys!!! :-) Dave

Our personal Trainer will beat up yours..

Meet Bruce, our personal trainer who has been trying to beef up our bodies for the all-gay cruise we are going on next week.. see story above. It is so difficult to believe what can be achieved, but after our 3-month gruelling sessions, some measure of success has been achieved. The "proof of the pudding" will be on deck before 2000 other gay cruise mates as we sail among the Greek Isles.... many thanks Bruce.

Sir Elton John in Durban

Legendary singer, songwriter and entertainer Sir Elton John has confirmed dates for his first South African tour. Don't miss the chance to see Elton John and his band live in SA!

Elton John is performing at the ABSA stadium on Wednesday 16 January at 20h00. Bookings can be made through Computicket and ticket prices range from R268 to R473.

Mince will be back in Durban

WONDERFUL NEWS: It has just been confirmed by the gurls that "The Da Mincey Code" will be coming to Durban between the 3rd and 5th October 2007. It will play at the Heritage Supper Theatre, so book your seats to this outstanding dinner drag show soon.

We have booked tables for the show on the 5th October so if you are interested in attending and would like to join our table then please email us at email: Llewellyn or send an sms to 0823772322 This is a show that is not to be missed and if you are coming from far then come stay with us for the night at our Guesthouse.

Welcome Guests

Welcome guests from around the country for the July weekend in Durban were (left to right) Gavin and Roger (5FM) seen with host Dave in the guesthouse Pub. An awesome weekend - thanks guys for joining us.

5FM Blast in Durban

The Durban July races 5fm after-party with DJ Roger Goode was awesome and the place to be. Guests who have been to the Cape J&B Met agree that Durban rocks and party differently to those in Cape Town. We lived up to this reputation last night and party-goers who flew into Durban from around the country vowed to make it a date here again next year. The sunny day at the races turned into a stunning evening and no one was leaving.

Final day Beach Festival

Today is the final day of the Mr Price Pro at Durban's Beach Festival. Our top International Surfing competition on the World circuit hots up when Brasil's Jihad Khodr and Australia's Josh Kerr match up for the final in excellent surf conditions. South Africa's Ricky Basnett (in photo) is not in the finals but is nevertheless proving to be up there as one of our hottest guys in the surf and on the beach. So get on here down to the beach and see the hot bodz!

Stunning Durban July finish

Beautiful Durban weather ensured a 55000 strong crowd turnout to watch Hunting Tower ridden by Anton Marcus romp home in the Durban July - Durban's premier R2,5mil horseracing event held just down the road from our Guesthouse . We dressed up for the occassion in matching cargo pants and a stunning white shirt from YDE with white shoes - a first for us to dress as "twins". We parked our car on the golf course grounds in the centre of the race track early in the morning and then strolled down to the course at lunch time to join the trendy crowds with our other guests and watch the main event.

2010 - Durban races ahead

Durban's new 2010 Stadium for the Soccer World up can be seen under construction in this photo I took from the adjacent Absa Rugby Stadium last week at the Tri-Nations Springboks vs All Blacks clash. The second picture is an artist's impression of the awesome new mega-building which will seat 80 000 spectators. The new stadium will be visible from the roof-top of our http://www.durbanview.co.za guesthouse and will be an exciting addition to Durban's skyline and world-class sports facilities.

East Coast Radio House & Garden Show

Join the buzz, get spending and redecorating! It’s the East Coast Radio House & Garden Show, from 29 June to 8 July, 2007 at the Durban Exhibition Centre. The Pink Rand will be working overtime as this year showcases the latest hot trends on the home and lifestyle front. As always nothing can stop us once we get going and a visit to this annual event is a must.
‘alive with ideas’ is this year’s theme and more than 350 exhibitors will show you how to brighten and update your home, office or garden space, at this must-see event. East Coast Radio will be broadcasting live over the 10 days so you can meet some of your favourite radio personalities.
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Durban Rocks

Winter in Durban is one of our best months and a host of sporting events will be taking place in our marvelous June/July sunshine while the rest of the country shivers - the events range from the world famous Comrades Marathon which took place this Sunday gone, the Tri-Nations Rugby with All Blacks/Springboks test match, Surfing, Body Boarding Durban Beach Pro-Am at the Bay of Plenty29th June - 1st July 2007 and of course the Vodacom Durban July Horseraces the 7th July 2007. Durban is really packing the visitors in for the events and there will be plenty of yummy eye candy for the gay Durban guy-watchers.

Tri-Nations Rugby hits Durban

Absa Stadium Durban - just down the road from our Guesthouse - is of course home to our Province's Sharks Rugby Team and will see all the action this weekend with the National Springbok team playing the All Blacks in a tri-nations clash of the titans. Go Bokke, Go!! We will all be down watching our team play along with some other guests from the guesthouse - strange gay guys..watching rugby...lol.

Getting married in the morning..

Congratulations to Craig (2nd left) and Robert (3rd left) from South Africa but who are now living and working in London and are getting married in the morning!!! They both came to Durban for a visit and to see family and will be getting married in Johanneburg on Friday before returning to London after sorting out visa renewals for Craig. Thank you for sharing some time with us (Dave far left, and Llewellyn right) at the Guesthouse - we both wish you everything of the best for your future together.

Travel South Africa

Being in the hospitality industry and recommending tour destinations to our guests, we like to try some of the destinations and transport ourselves. Llewellyn and I recently jumped on a South African Airways Express turboprop plane to visit East London and really enjoyed the flight and great service onboard. SA airways Express is our national airline's domestic service to smaller destinations within the country, linking them to our inbound airports.

International visitors

Juan (left) and Miguel (right) from Brazil and New York respectively seen with Llewellyn ( Durban View Gay Guesthouse) last week in Durban. Jose' is working in Mocambique for a year and Miguel is about to re-locate to California. Good luck to both of you in your respective fields and thanks for including Durban and our glorious winter sunshine in your tours.