THEATRE
The Train Driver, a new play written and directed by iconic South
African theatre master Athol Fugard, will have its world premičre at the
new Fugard Theatre in Cape Town [more]
Following the success of Where the Boys Are, the extraordinary
talents of award-winning performers Alistair Izobell and Loukmaan Adams
come together once again [more]
Out The Box Festival of Puppetry & Visual Performance is a visual
feast of performances, workshops, talks, exhibitions and films [more]
If you like small angry men letting you know why they think they’re
single don't miss Paul Snodgrass - the loudest comic on stage [more]
London Road, a tender, funny and heartbreaking
story about two women from diverse backgrounds, will premiere at the Kalk
Bay Theatre on 11 March [more]
The opening season will feature performances of the Olivier
and Globes de Cristal award-winning The Magic Flute in repertoire with the
internationally acclaimed production The Mysteries. [more]
Told in poetic isiXhosa with English translations
projected onto a screen the production explores economic migration and its
impact [more]
This international hit
musical will be opening at the Artscape Opera House in Cape Town in March
[more]
This was the highest grossing theatre show on the fringe at the 2009
National Arts Festival [more]
This zany comedy looks at the fears, longings and literary
aspirations of a dysfunctional writers' circle. [more]
This work is set against the backdrop of forced removals to the Cape
Flats in the early 70s [more]
The latest show from musical director Mike McCullagh pays tribute to
modern proponents of folk rock along with those who started the trend in
the 60’s [more]
From his hilarious childhood on the Flats to his equally hilarious
present, Kurt Schoonraad invites you on a journey into the deepest reaches
of his mind [more]
The ultimate school reunion will be taking Cape
Town by storm as the Barber Boys go back to school with their brand new
comedy School Cuts [more]
Antony and Cleopatra, one of Shakespeare’s better known tragedies,
opens the 55th Shakespeare season at Maynardville Open-Air Theatre [more]
Using dance, dialogue and original music to explore
the meaning of identity, Scars hopes to shift myths and misperceptions
about what being “coloured” means in South Africa. [more]
Brace yourselves for the most unconventional `Mile High` trolley dolly
to hit our shores, as she kicks off her nationwide tour! [more]
Without missing a beat, without a false note, and
without a doubt, Johnson is putting on his most personal show to date [more]
Learner Husband offers men a step-by-step
programme to to survive one of life’s most challenging tests … marriage [more]
The latest in the highly popular, side-splitting theatre talk show
series, Let’s Mix It: The Samoosa Trinity shapes up to be perfect
entertainment this festive season. [more]
Second Time Around takes the audience on a magical and
sometimes nostalgic journey through the most loved music of Cape Town [more]
The Tent is set in a small and
conservative South African village, where everybody knows everybody yet
secrets are hidden [more]
Boasting a cast featuring South Africa’s finest stars of stage, film and
the small screen, Mamma Mia! is 2010's hottest ticket for fun-filled
family entertainment. [more]
Swirling skirts, castanets and a passionate display of Flamenco dancing,
rhythms and sounds is what audiences can look forward to in La Rosa’s
upcoming season at Artscape. [more]
Join Marc Lottering, Riaad Moosa and Nik Rabinowitz for the much
anticipated return of 3 Wiser Men, this summer season at the Baxter
Theatre in Cape Town. [more]
Acclaimed director Russell Labey, known for his script editing on the
film Milk, starring Sean Penn, is set to direct New Boy [more]
New Africa Theatre Association (NATA) is no longer only the designation of
a long standing theatre institution and academy; it is now set to be the
name of Cape Town’s newest theatre [more]
The perfect marriage between Broadway and Ballet, Swing Time is a high
impact production and a visual feast that will entertain audiences of all
ages. [more]
Outodidak is a satirical work that plays havoc with the pretensions of
“self-realisation” and the self-appointed “pop life-philosophers” of our
time. [more]
Partly god follows the story of a young man’s search for his father and
ultimately his journey toward redemption. [more]
Welcome to the cool world of Disco Divalicious, presenting Diva Deluxe
Irit Noble in full funk attitude, backed by her slick, sharp and very sexy
cast. [more]
Consisting of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy
Davis Junior and others, The Rat Pack took the world by storm in the
1960's [more]
This award winning musical celebrates the music made famous by the
“pork pie and wayfarers” duo, Jake and Elwood Blues [more]
Jeremy Crutchley plays 40 different characters as he slips
into the heart and mind of German transvestite Charlotte von Mahlsdorf [more]
This year’s festival will feature dance, song and performance poetry
eclectically influenced from Ghana, USA, Jamaica, Puerto Rico and South
Africa. [more]
The phenomenal 3 Tons of Fun, featuring the incredible vocal talents
of Michelle Thomas, Sthe Mfuphi and Bee Cosa, are back in a brand new
show! [more]
Noddy, Big Ears, Tessie Bear and friends will be back at Artscape
during the winter holidays. [more]
Part serious, part silly but overwhelmingly entertaining, Mysterious
Ways is a psychologically engaging performance [more]
Prepare for things to hot up this winter as two of South Africa’s most
exciting magicians, Alexander May and Glendini, unite to present their new
show [more]
Noah of Cape Town is the country’s first full-length a
cappella musical, created by a stellar artistic team and performed by
sixteen talented local voices. [more]
iKapa Dance Theatre is getting ready to showcase their first full length
production for the 2009 season [more]
Feeling the squeeze, overcooked and getting a raw deal? Your bank manager
tightening the screws? Time then for a mouthful of Credit Crunch at Obz
Café Theatre with Brent Palmer [more]
Conrad Koch, SA’s numero uno comedy ventriloquist, brings you his best
show yet. [more]
Bovim Ballet is bringing their alluring full-length dance sensation Tango
Nights to the Baxter Theatre for a short season before continuing with
their national tour. [more]
Jazzart’s annual Danscape season features a new cast of brilliant young
dancers presenting a variety-packed showcase of dance. [more]
Take a trip down memory lane with South Africa’s
internationally acclaimed “Ambassadors of Big Band Music” [more]
Drawing on their vast experience in the theatre, Time Plewman and Jonathan
Rands have crafted a taut web of laughter and suspense [more]
If you love someone set them free and hope they don’t show
up some years later with a new wife and a custody order for your child [more]
A company of outstanding young dancers from Cuba will grace our stages
during May [more]
Amaza, directed by well-known director, Itumeleng
Wa-Lehulere is a thriller, set in a rural village in the Transkei.
[more]
Anything and everything is fair game, from marriage mishaps to the
challenges of dieting [more]
Nik Rabinowitz is back at On Broadway with his latest show, uNIK [more]
This musical journey through the life and times of
Liverpool’s “Fab Four” boasts a large cast supported by two narrators [more]
Coming Home is Athol Fugard’s first sequel and follows on from his
acclaimed 1995 Valley Song, which was also his first post-apartheid play.
[more]
The team that brought you the acclaimed ‘Footsteps’ in
December of 2008 is back with an unforgettable party promising more laughs
and more music. [more]
What happens when five sisters get together over a weekend for the
first time in three years lugging with them all the baggage which siblings
carry? [more]
After a sold out season and rave reviews, Learner
Husband returns for a brief season at the Baxter Theatre. [more]
This powerful one-hander, beautifully portrayed by Pumeza Rashe,
directed by Itumeleng Wa-Lehulere, assisted by Timmy Kwebulana, is a story
about love, betrayal and politics. [more]
Angels on Horseback is a thigh-slapping, butt-wiggling, tassel-shaking
country-and-western musical rodeo that will have you line-dancing in your
seat! [more]
This production, which is being staged in a spare and thrilling manner,
explores the lives of the five young people who die in the course of
Shakespeare’s play [more]
This quirky, visual love story explores the darker truths of a
picture-perfect marriage using an imaginative blend of different theatre
forms [more]
The true story of the romance between George Bernard
Shaw and Mrs. Patrick Campbell, which lasted for 40 years. [more]
When does a free country become exactly the opposite? How long does it
take for those in power to turn paranoid? What if you pushed your luck
with these people in just such a place? [more]
David Newton, two-time award nominated* stand-up comic (*Defending the
Laid Man 2006 & Politically Incorrect 2007), is back at the On Broadway
Theatre in his long awaited and eagerly anticipated, brand new show. [more]
The award-winning talents of Alistair Izobell, Loukmaan Adams & Mono
Dullisear combine in an exciting new show that bristles with razor-sharp
wit, comedy and brilliant musicality. [more]
Comedian Stuart Taylor and
director Heinrich Reisenhofer have teamed up to create the definitive
relationship crash course for the modern South African man. [more]
Based on the true story that rocked the nation and
shocked the world, Lara Foot Newton’s critically acclaimed Tshepang comes
to the Baxter Sanlam Studio [more]
High School Musical, the phenomenally successful stage production of
Disney Channel’s smash hit original movie, opens in Cape Town on 28
November [more]
A new production of William Shakespeare's magical last play, The Tempest,
a collaboration between The Baxter Theatre Centre and the Royal
Shakespeare Company, is set to be a highlight of Cape Town’s bumper Summer
season. [more]
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