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People of Note - ALAN OLEJNICZAK
2026/07/26 | 57 mins.
Cape Town Opera has recently appointed a Librettist-in-Residence to help their new project called Staging Stories, an incubator for new South African Opera. ALAN OLEJNICZAK is based in San Francisco, although he has numerous Artist in Residence around the world. On People of Note this week, Rodney Trudgeon spoke to Alan about his work.

People of Note, Sunday at 6pm and again on Thursday at midday, brought to you by PTP. And Agatha Christie’s thriller The Murder of Roger Ackroyd is on at Theatre on the Bay.
People of Note - Dennis Hutchinson
2026/07/19 | 55 mins.
In People of Note this week, a look behind the scenes at a theatre, where so much magic happens. Rodney Trudgeon’s guest will be set designer DENIS HUTCHINSON who has worked on shows ranging from experimental theatre via contemporary dance and musicals to ballet and opera. He’s also worked on South African productions in New York, Senegal, Uganda and Tanzania.

People of Note – Sunday at 6pm and again on Thursday at midday. Brought to you by PTP. Agatha Christie’s thriller The Murder of Roger Ackroyd is on at Theatre on the Bay.
People of Note - Delia Sainsbury
2026/07/12 | 58 mins.
A fun musical has just opened at the Arena theatre called Something Rotten and it is being presented by the Waterfront Theatre School. In People of Note this week, Rodney Trudgeon spoke to the founder and director of the Waterfront Theatre School, Delia Sainsbury who founded it with her husband Keith Galloway 34 years agao.

People of Note – Sunday at 6pm and again on Thursday at midday. Brought to you by PTP. And Agatha Christie’s thrilling play The Murder of Roger Ackroyd opens at Theatre on the Bay this week.
People of Note - Miclen LaiPang
2026/07/05 | 58 mins.
Rodney Trudgeon’s guest on People of Note this week is the young, dynamic violinist Miclen LaiPang who has established himself as one of the most compelling and versatile artists of his generation. He stunned Cape Town audiences recently with his performance of the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto and he is now playing at the Stellenbosch International Chamber Music Festival.

People of Note – Sunday at 6pm and again on Thursday at midday. Brought to you by PTP. And A Little Night Music is on at Theatre on the Bay.
People of Note - Alistair Cockburn
2026/06/28 | 58 mins.
G&S Cape Town is presenting one of the most loved comic operas by Gilbert and Sullivan, The Pirates of Penzance. The production promises to be not only great fun but also beautifully and originally staged. Rodney Trudgeon spoke to the Music Director and Conductor of G%S, Alistair Cockburn about the opera.

People of Note – Sunday at 6pm and again on Thursday at midday, brought to you by PTP. Killer Queen is in its final week at Theatre on the Bay.

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About 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.

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